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The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.
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The economy of Gabon largely depends on the exploitation of mineral and forest resources, which together account for virtually all export revenues. Gabon’s gross national product of $4450 per capita in the early 1990s was the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Wealth is unequally distributed... and about one-fourth of all children under 5 years of age suffer from malnutrition. Life expectancy at birth in the early 1990s averaged 55 years for women and 52 for men; the infant mortality rate was 94 per 1000 live births. The annual budget included revenue of $1.3 billion and expenditure of $1.5 billion.
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Gabon ... offers one of the last pockets of wilderness in Africa with its wealth of rainforests, mangroves, savannahs, lagoons, rivers and canyons. Its 13 national parks boast a staggering amount of wildlife, from sea turtles and whales, to forest elephants, rhinos, gorillas, buffalo, and numerous exotic plant and bird species found only in Gabon. It’s also the only place in the world where you can see hippos surfing on the beach.
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Over the past 20 years, MBG and LBV have worked extensively throughout Gabon. Recent efforts have focused on collections within the new protected area system, including Lopé, Mayumba and Ivindo, and botanical investigations are planned in Waka and Monts de Cristal National Parks. The LBV herbarium, which is growing very rapidly, currently houses over 25,000 specimens. Due to intense research activities, a larger facility is currently under construction.
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Many nature lovers well acquainted with the African continent consider Gabon a rare and exotic tropical gem, yet tourism here still remains relatively undeveloped. WILDLIFE-RICH FORESTS COVER 70% OF GABON’S LANDMASS, its vast picturesque coastline is predominantly wild and unspoiled, and its inland and coastal waters teem with myriad species of fish, reptiles and marine mammals. The naturalist Mike Fay has referred to Loango as ‘Africa’s Last Eden’, and this is ... where the photographer and conservationist Nick Nichols from National Geographic took his famous pictures of surfing hippos and elephants on the beach.
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