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'''Lee James Taylor White''' (born July 26, 1965), is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-Gabonese conservationist currently serving as the Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea and Environment of [[Gabon]] since 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Searcey |first=Dionne |last2=Bashizi |first2=Arlette |date=2022-11-03 |title=Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/climate/gabon-logging-oil-economy.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=Leading conservationist appointed to Gabon’s government |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/elephant-campaign/leading-conservationist-appointed-to-gabon-s-government-a8956311.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He has worked in the fields related to climate change, the preservation and management of natural resources, protected areas and ecotourism. White has been tasked with managing deforestation and illegal logging and the country's population of [[African forest elephant|African Forest Elephants]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/31/nothing-will-change-on-climate-until-death-toll-rises-in-west-says-gabonese-minister-aoe |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=How photos protected a country's forest elephants |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-61832589 |access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Tom |title=Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/8/31/gabon-sets-example-of-how-to-preserve-the-congo-basin-rainforest-2 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> White has overseen the creation of Gabon's carbon credits program in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavanagh |first=Michael |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Gabon Carbon Credits Seen Fetching as Much as $35 a Ton |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=8729b11d-5bb0-11ed-a152-75506174737a&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAyMi0xMC0xNC9nYWJvbi1jYXJib24tY3JlZGl0cy1zZWVuLWZldGNoaW5nLWFzLW11Y2gtYXMtMzUtYS10b24= |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=An African Forest Is on Front-line in Fighting Climate Change |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-29/an-african-forest-is-on-front-line-in-fighting-climate-change#xj4y7vzkg |access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref>
'''Lee James Taylor White''' (born July 26, 1965), is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-Gabonese conservationist currently serving as the Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea and Environment of [[Gabon]] since 2019.<ref name=Times>{{Cite news |last=Searcey |first=Dionne |last2=Bashizi |first2=Arlette |date=2022-11-03 |title=Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/climate/gabon-logging-oil-economy.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=Leading conservationist appointed to Gabon’s government |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/elephant-campaign/leading-conservationist-appointed-to-gabon-s-government-a8956311.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He has worked in the fields related to climate change, the preservation and management of natural resources, protected areas and ecotourism. White has been tasked with managing deforestation and illegal logging and the country's population of [[African forest elephant|African Forest Elephants]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/31/nothing-will-change-on-climate-until-death-toll-rises-in-west-says-gabonese-minister-aoe |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=How photos protected a country's forest elephants |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-61832589 |access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Tom |title=Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/8/31/gabon-sets-example-of-how-to-preserve-the-congo-basin-rainforest-2 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> White has overseen the creation of Gabon's carbon credits program in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavanagh |first=Michael |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Gabon Carbon Credits Seen Fetching as Much as $35 a Ton |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=8729b11d-5bb0-11ed-a152-75506174737a&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAyMi0xMC0xNC9nYWJvbi1jYXJib24tY3JlZGl0cy1zZWVuLWZldGNoaW5nLWFzLW11Y2gtYXMtMzUtYS10b24= |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=An African Forest Is on Front-line in Fighting Climate Change |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-29/an-african-forest-is-on-front-line-in-fighting-climate-change#xj4y7vzkg |access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref>

White was quoted by the ''[[New York Times]]'' as saying that without countries like Gabon leading in conservation as "examples of countries where we are solving the problems, then who is anyone else going to learn from?”<ref name=Times />


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 01:57, 7 November 2022

Lee White
Minister of Water, Forest, the Sea and Environment of Gabon
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba
Personal details
Born (1965-07-26) 26 July 1965 (age 59)
Manchester, United Kingdom

Lee James Taylor White (born July 26, 1965), is a British-Gabonese conservationist currently serving as the Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea and Environment of Gabon since 2019.[1][2] He has worked in the fields related to climate change, the preservation and management of natural resources, protected areas and ecotourism. White has been tasked with managing deforestation and illegal logging and the country's population of African Forest Elephants.[3][4][5] White has overseen the creation of Gabon's carbon credits program in 2022.[6][7]

White was quoted by the New York Times as saying that without countries like Gabon leading in conservation as "examples of countries where we are solving the problems, then who is anyone else going to learn from?”[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Searcey, Dionne; Bashizi, Arlette (2022-11-03). "Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ^ "Leading conservationist appointed to Gabon's government". The Independent. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  3. ^ "Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister". the Guardian. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  4. ^ "How photos protected a country's forest elephants". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ Collins, Tom. "Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ^ Kavanagh, Michael (October 14, 2022). "Gabon Carbon Credits Seen Fetching as Much as $35 a Ton". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ^ "An African Forest Is on Front-line in Fighting Climate Change". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
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