GABON

COUNTRIES THAT OCCUPIED THE TERRITORY

• France signed a treaty that gave them power over the southern coastal regions of Gabon
• The Berlin conference awarded all of the territory discovered by Pierre de Brazza to France

MAJOR EXPORTS DURING COLONIZATION

• Wood
• Rubber
• Cocoa

NAME OF THE TERRITORY BEFORE INDEPENDANCE

• Gabon-the name never changed

YEAR GABON RECEIVED INDEPENDANCE

• August 17, 1960

MAJOR LEADERS DURING INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

• Léon M'a was the lesder of the bloc democratic gabonais
• Jean-Hilaire Aubame was leader of the union democratique et sociale gabonaise

PROBLEMS THE COUNTRY IS FACING TODAY

• Gabon is having problems in it's logging industry br ause people are cutting down trees that don't meet the technical standards
• The government has been creating national parks without consulting any of thr local people. So many people are complaining because they are now cut off from the activities they used to do in those areas like hunting, fishing, and religious ceremonies.
• They were having bad water supply problems before but right now its just getting worse.

Gabon has had it's independence for 54 years