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Lee White
Lee White
Minister of Water, Forest, the Sea and Environment of Gabon
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
President	Ali Bongo Ondimba
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Born	26 July 1965 (age 59); Manchester, United Kingdom

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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]

References

^ 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.
^ "Leading conservationist appointed to Gabon's government". The Independent. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ "Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister". the Guardian. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ "How photos protected a country's forest elephants". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ Collins, Tom. "Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ Kavanagh, Michael (October 14, 2022). "Gabon Carbon Credits Seen Fetching as Much as $35 a Ton". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ "An African Forest Is on Front-line in Fighting Climate Change". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[1] 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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-'''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]].<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> Appointed in 2019, 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>{{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>
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