Nyanga Forest Fee Deal Rewritten After Local Talks. Tchibanga, Gabon — Doussala residents and the state-backed timber company CBG have redrawn their operating agreement after talks last week, according to local reports. Discussions on 23 March at the Douigny departmental council office focused on how much of the timber tax reaches community accounts.
Officials say past transfers were irregular, prompting calls for a “balanced partnership” that funds social services and road repairs. Council chair Saïd Mounguengui told attendees the revised charter will require CBG to pay the fee into public coffers on schedule. He also asked the firm to rebuild and maintain bridges on the Doussala–Mourindi route, a gravel track that becomes impassable each rainy season.
Company managers listened but did not announce immediate projects, according to the same sources. Further details on payment timelines or bridge budgets were not released.
The Doussala regroupment centre, 60 km northeast of Tchibanga, hosts several thousand people scattered between forest clearings.
Extractive activities have long generated local tax revenue, yet residents complain the funds rarely finance clinics, classrooms or road upkeep. Officials have not yet commented on when the new clauses take effect or how compliance will be checked.
Further details are expected.
