Appropriation de marges frontalières d’Afrique centrale : cas du Parc national de Minkébé au Gabon

This article analyzes the stakes surrounding the establishment of a protected area in the Minkébé forest in northeast Gabon. It deals with the various strategies of appropriation implemented by the Gabonese State to control this part of the territory at this part of border that separating Gabon from...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Ondo Ze, Saturnin Ndong Ndong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2020-02-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/6517
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Summary:This article analyzes the stakes surrounding the establishment of a protected area in the Minkébé forest in northeast Gabon. It deals with the various strategies of appropriation implemented by the Gabonese State to control this part of the territory at this part of border that separating Gabon from Cameroon to the North and Congo to the East. Long kept out of the socio-economic dynamic, Minkébé is now the target of informal activities and illegal trans-state organizations. The purpose of this publication is to show the deployment of public authority in this part of the country through a multifunctional appartus
ISSN:1958-5500