family still rules gabon through the son of omar bongo, ali bongo.ant to come back first of all to forestry. because it seems to me it's a very important test case of what you have tried to achieve in your career. so explain to me, given we know that gabon is systematically corrupt, there is endemic corruption in gabon, and we know that illegal logging is a lucrative business, how you as director of national parks, tried to fight that. when omar bongo created the parks system, there was forestry in all of the protected areas of gabon. and gabon was going the way of ivory coast. ivory coast today has 3% of its forests left. 80% of its parks have been deforested. and when we showed omar bongo beautiful national geographic photographs of the natural treasures of gabon, something clicked. a spark, a catalyst went off. and within a couple of months we'd created 13 national parks, preserving some of the most beautiful and the richest parts of gabon. jacques chirac, who was president of france at the time, came and tried to convince omar bongo that it was a

what omar bongo did was try to shift it in africa.l been developed on cheap, raw materials from africa. and if going to develop african countries, if we are going to find the balance between the preservation and the sustainable use of these natural resources, at least a good proportion of the wealth that comes from the exploitation of those natural resources has to come back into africa and so the reason that i ami into africa and so the reason that i am i guess a government minister as well as a conservationist today is to find that balance, you can't do conservation in isolation, you are pa rt conservation in isolation, you are part of a system. to come back to my point about how prepared you are to ta ke point about how prepared you are to take on vested interests which are undermining the efforts you and others have made in the country to preserve and protect, i'm very mindful, for example, that he use it as environment minister, your predecessor was sacked because of a scandal involving the illegal cutting down and trading of pre

and the 2 later settled the matter out of court now the bongo has been talking about his musical influences born in what was then a french atom is that part of cameroon the bangle says he he had a wide variety of joiners from young age. my paternal uncle played the harmonium during the time of the germans. my mother was the quiet director i'm a child raised among the hallelujahs. that doesn't mean i'm not african cameroonian and all that but i have the harmony of bach and handel in my ear with cameroonian lyrics. lip. that's a legend right back and that's it for now from d.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website on face book page just in case you're wondering what bach and handel would come over here lyrics sound like then take a listen to the movie bungle so next time it's by. believe . it. will. never have been the stock. is facing a mass extinction. you could say that hope itself is in danger. but there is a glimpse. biggest companies are uniting to create a local. hospital and. not only animals will be sent. to. the lions share. of the conservation. nico he's in germ

bongo the new the foreigner it's like the holy grail you couldn't find a better place from the moment i knew i could stay for good i've never wanted to leave. with back to you. couldn't get enough of it either he continued to paint his garden until late in life even after losing most of his sight not cool not. monet 1st saw the flowers an $889.00. in at the paris world fair as well as the eiffel tower visitors also caught their 1st glimpse of what are the least in colorful towns up until then europeans had only known the white variety. but the tour mali acts nursery managed to cross the common white water lily with exotic varieties from that time on you saw them in pink red blue and so on when monet saw them at the fair he was fascinated it inspired him to cultivate his garden he plays. it's now late morning and the sun has awakened all the water lilies tourists are crowding around to get the obligatory snapshots. near the pond is the sea of color that is money's 1st garden an ornamental one the painter gave his gardeners precise instructions about what should bloom where he sat isn't

the protests are small you can always see the same people and groups you know my persona is a party bongo. prout but also worried that real change that so many french or rican seem to feel since governor will say you announced that he will step down that's why there are still protests taking place. from some who won we drive sell. the protests attracted ordinary people from all over the island people like omar so to phone to new york and he said wife to write up the couple is still amazed by the size of the crowds and there you see people i walk with this situation i'm going to do they more seriously than explanations. i don't think i don't think we are ready. for example when the war nor or a warning from waterbury but people are are more aware of the situation they argue about politics at their kitchen table the governor successor and what should happen next and the posse right now says she didn't pay much attention to politics but the protests really touched her heart. up to a 1000000 people were killed in the london genocide which took place 25 years ago in 1904. the vast majority of

racial abuse online the french world cup when it missed a penalty during united's want to move on to bongos on monday and then received abuse on social media in a statement united said they would take the strongest course of action against those involved and added that we also encourage social media companies to take action in these cases. there's by cecilia no messy abraham of making the shortlist for goal of a year but this year you can also add the name of billy since then billy sims and place for cliftonville ladies in the north of ireland women's league and only this stunner from inside hof again shown swifts last summer she is one of 3 women on the 10 plan a shortlist that will be announced. next. looks like a piece of video out from the museum or gallery what you see behind me is a real scene from the state of colorado strong gusts of wind created what people are calling the great naturist migration 29 take their beds had reportedly been laid out for an open end movie night with the wind. the ideas on the mattresses eventually migrated across to a public swimming pool. his remainder

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he cools off what about sending surrogates to the ella, like a bongo?n out on this issue talking with lawmakers. >> melissa: i do think of things like that work because it seems like the only way to get deals done this kind of talk quietly to the side as opposed to screaming of the camera. it frustrates me, when you hear legislators complaining about the supreme court. i'm like, "wait a second, it's your job to write the laws. don't talk structuring supreme court, because you don't like the laws, write different laws." it's similar to immigration. immigration and gun controls, it takes steps and both sides to bring together. it's frustrating when legislators point the finger. you are the ones you need to sit down and do your work so this can be a better country. >> juan: i don't see the numbers there. i will say that a lot of people feel there wasn't the opportunity for the more liberal side of the bench to grow under president obama win that seat was held. that you have two -- >> harris: then why do certain democrats -- >> juan: they are viewed as mitc

good news or shaft coming up on the program trapped between fear and survival growing to record using bongo they are afraid to return to me and mom and that are signs to never be safe to do so can they ever go back plus. pakistan's 1st big source of me just off was my dad 3 years ago but old brother confessed to be an edge product but still up patents want to them said freak. thing. i'm going to spend a welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us. a hole they want to go back to but can't because they're afraid refugees in bangladesh are refusing to return to me and ma a un wanted to attempt to return some 300 refugee families to the country failed on thursday no one turned up to go back the fear of it on persists even 2 years after more than 700000 of them fled a brutal crackdown in me and ma says these attempted return was only the 2nd time the un tried to get refugees to go back under every pet creation deal between bangladesh and the me and my government that i think as fair as a perhaps best articulated in what one of them said to the d.w. teen in cox's bizarre if they force us t