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July 31, 2004
Logging Operation, Gabon, 2002Photograph by Michael Nichols "Logging okoume trees—the backbone of Gabon's rain forest and timber industry—was the greatest threat to areas now protected as parks. Cutting continues outside the parks, with most logs shipped to Asia and Europe."
—From "Saving Africa's Eden," September 2003, National Geographic magazine
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