The Ministry's mission is to develop and implement the Gabonese government's policies on water, forests, the sea, the environment and wildlife and protected areas.
In this capacity, its responsibilities are: (i) to develop and lead the implementation of forest policies to, inter alia, carry out: a continuous inventory and to manage forest resources; to protect and restore forest ecosystems and to preserve biodiversity; to enhance forest resources and ecosystems; to ensure the regularity and sustainability of the production of forest resources; to promote the industrialisation and marketing of forest products; to reconcile development imperatives with the preservation of forest resources; (ii) to develop and lead the implementation of the wildlife and protected areas policy; to conduct an ongoing inventory and management of wildlife resources and protected areas; to reconcile development imperatives with the preservation of wildlife and protected areas; (iii) to develop cooperation and partnerships at the subregional and international levels; (iv) to inform and raise public awareness about the exploitation of forest resources, wildlife and protected areas. In this task, it is supported by the activities implemented as part of the DYNAFAC collective.