Gabon Invests in Satellites to Save The Rain Forests (2015)

African nations are doing their part to prevent further damage to the environment. Humanity's rapid technological advancement has created a situation in which deforestation and pollution have become major concerns.  Gabon has been proactive in its approach. The country has some of the most bio-diverse rain forests. The rain forests extend to the beach, which few in the world do. Palm oil production and mineral extraction has been the culprit of rain forest destruction in places such as the Congo. There are about an estimated 10,000 species of plants that exist in the rain forest. Technology has been utilized in preserving Gabon's rain forests. Satellite technology has been used to monitor the rain forests with the assistance of France and Brazil. Gabon has in comparison done better than Brazil in rain forest protection .  Brazil has seen some of the worst devastation in the Amazon, which got international attention. The partnership began in 2015 and hopefully there will be more in the following years. Climate change, pollution, and deforestation are potential threats to human survival. Only in the last few years a revitalized international environmentalist movement  has brought such concerns to public attention.