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Aspen 2025: The Future of Ibogaine Is Being Shaped in the United States — Gabon Must Make Its Voice Heard

Aspen 2025: The Future of Ibogaine Is Being Shaped in the United States — Gabon Must Make Its Voice Heard

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International Conference on Ibogaine: Gabon Invited to Defend Its Cultural Heritage blessings of the forest

International Conference on Ibogaine: Gabon Invited to Defend Its Cultural Heritage

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Balancing Consumption and Conservation: The Ecological Sustainability of Iboga-Blessings Of The Forest

Balancing Consumption and Conservation: The Ecological Sustainability of Iboga-Blessings Of The Forest

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Lutte contre la biopiraterie : l’ONG Blessings of the Forest appelle le Gabon à ratifier le traité de l’OMPI

Fight Against Biopiracy: The NGO Blessings of the Forest Calls on Gabon to Ratify the WIPO Treaty

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Iboga: Zita Oligui Nguema praises the work of the NGO Blessings of the Forest and commits to promoting Gabon's cultural and natural heritage

Iboga: Zita Oligui Nguema praises the work of the NGO Blessings of the Forest and commits to promoting Gabon's cultural and natural heritage

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PRESS RELEASE – BLESSINGS OF THE FOREST-GABON Addictions and Cultural Sovereignty: BOTF-Gabon Welcomes the Vision Championed by the Ma Bannière Foundation in Nkok

PRESS RELEASE – BLESSINGS OF THE FOREST-GABON Addictions and Cultural Sovereignty: BOTF-Gabon Welcomes the Vision Championed by the Ma Bannière Foundation in Nkok

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2025: The Year of Ibogaine- Psychedelic Science 2025 conference in Denver -Yann Guignon,Blessings of the Forest BOTF

2025: The Year of Ibogaine- Psychedelic Science 2025 conference in Denver

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Zita Oligui Nguema mobilise autour de l’Iboga : entre fierté nationale et enjeu planétaire

Zita Oligui Nguema mobilizes around Iboga: between national pride and global stakes.

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Towards the creation of a detox center: Zita Oligui bets on iboga for healing and reintegration- Blessings of the forest BOTF

Towards the creation of a detox center: Zita Oligui bets on iboga for healing and reintegration

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The Ma Bannière Foundation commits to protecting Iboga under the leadership of Zita Oligui Nguema: "an intangible heritage.

The Ma Bannière Foundation commits to protecting Iboga under the leadership of Zita Oligui Nguema: "an intangible heritage.

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Gabon : Zita Oligui Nguema et l’ONG Blessings of the Forest unies pour la valorisation de l’Iboga

Gabon: Zita Oligui Nguema and the NGO Blessings of the Forest United for the Promotion of Iboga Ask ChatGPT

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Y'azo conférence Eboghè/Iboga Yann Guignon, BOTF, Blessings of the forest

Eboghè/ Iboga : The Bitter Industry: What youth must know to inherit, preserve, and pass On

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Gabon Joins the Global Conference on Psychedelic Science in Denver

Gabon Joins the Global Conference on Psychedelic Science in Denver

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Blessings of the forest -Iboga : une plante médicinale qui porte l’âme du Gabon jusqu’aux USA

Iboga: a medicinal plant carrying the soul of Gabon all the way to the USA

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flyer Blessigns of the forest invited at psychedelic sciences 2025 with IMCF

BOTF has been invited to take part in Psychedelic Science 2025

BOTF has been invited to take part in Psychedelic Science 2025, held in Denver from June 16 to 20. An opportunity to connect ancestral wisdom with cutting-edge research on consciousness and healing.
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Georges Gassita, Georges GASSITA Environmental Lawyer Founding member BOTF Gabon and Secretary-General AT wipo

Georges GASSITA, an environmental lawyer and founding member of BOTF Gabon, actively participates at the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore. (WIPO)

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Pyschedelci science 2025 june 16-20 flyer

BOTF has been invited to take part in Psychedelic Science 2025

BOTF has been invited to take part in Psychedelic Science 2025, held in Denver from June 16 to 20. An opportunity to connect ancestral wisdom with cutting-edge research on consciousness and healing.
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Ibogaine: Texas Unlocks $50 Million – Gabon Raises Alarm Over Clear Case of Biopiracy 4o

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BOTF-GABON at WIPO WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization

BOTF-GABON at WIPO WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization

Observer Status at 51st Session BOTF-GABON participates in discussions on intellectual property rights, focusing on genetic resources and traditional knowledge in Geneva from 26 May to 06 June 2025.
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🇬🇦 1st Extraordinary General Assembly of the National Association Maghanga Ma Nzambé 🇬🇦

🇬🇦 1st Extraordinary General Assembly of the National Association Maghanga Ma Nzambé 🇬🇦

July 3–5, 2025 | 📍 Ambowè, Gabon Maghanga Ma Nzambé will hold its first Extraordinary General Assembly, a key moment for cultural and spiritual revival. BOTF-Gabon proudly supports and accompanies this initiative to protect traditional knowledge and ancestral heritage. Let’s move forward, rooted in our identity. 📩 missoko.anmn@gmail.com 📞 +241 77 90 00 04 | +241 66 24 14 42 | +241 77 59 91 42
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Iboga, a sacred plant in Gabon and a revered ancestral medicine sought after worldwide.

Iboga, a sacred plant in Gabon and a revered ancestral medicine sought after worldwide.

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Propriété intellectuelle : BOTF-Gabon milite pour un traité international sur les savoirs ancestraux

Intellectual Property: BOTF-Gabon advocates for an international treaty on ancestral knowledge.

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Ca S'Explique - IBOGA.épisode complet

Ca S'Explique - IBOGA. Full Episode: A Mind-Bending Disappearance. Iboga is a tropical plant with remarkable therapeutic properties. Ibogaine, extracted from its root, has proven effective in helping people overcome addictions to hard drugs. Unfortunately, this small endemic shrub...

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Co-fondateur et vice-président de l’association « Blessings Of The Forest » qui milite pour la protection de l’Iboga, Yann Guignon est l’invité du #gstoreshow #ibogaine #gabon🇬🇦

Yann Guignon, co-founder and vice-president of the association "Blessings Of The Forest," which advocates for the protection of Iboga, was a guest on the Gstore Show.

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On Arte, five "Guardians of the Forest" show the way to preserve the lungs of the planet.

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Iboga and biodiversity: Blessings of the Forest's fight for sustainability in Gabon

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Gardiens de la forêt - Toute la série documentaire

Guardians of the Gabon forest, the Forest that heals

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Les Gardiens de la Forêt : Hilarion Kassa en tournée en France

Guardians of the Forest: Hilarion Kassa on Tour in France

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Les Gardiens de la forêt Une série de rendez-vous pour repenser notre rapport au vivant

Guardians of the Forest - A series of events to rethink our relationship with living beings

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Inquiétude pour l'avenir de l'iboga, plante psychotrope, au Gabon

Concern for the future of iboga, a psychotropic plant, in Gabon

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Menacé « d’extinction », le Gabon interdit l’exportation de l’Iboga

Threatened with "extinction," Gabon bans the export of iboga

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This psychoactive plant could save lives—and everyone wants to cash in

This psychoactive plant could save lives—and everyone wants to cash in

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Filament health announce first ever Nogoya Protocol-compliant shipment of Iboga from Gabon

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Gabon Takes First Step Toward Legal Export of Sustainable Iboga

Gabon Takes First Step Toward Legal Export of Sustainable Iboga

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Psychedelics Could Become Extractive Capitalism—Unless We Hold Stakeholders Accountable

Psychedelics Could Become Extractive Capitalism—Unless We Hold Stakeholders Accountable

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Rapport de la phase 2 de l’Initiative d’Engagement Communautaire de l’Iboga et de l’Ibogaïne

Report on phase 2 of the community engagement initiative for iboga and ibogaine

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Un accord pour mieux rentabiliser les produits forestiers non ligneux dont l’iboga

An agreement to better monetize non-timber forest products, including iboga

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#18 ep1.1_Action Needed Toward Iboga Sustainability_Yann Guignon

#18 ep1.1 Action Needed Toward Iboga Sustainability Yann Guignon

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Un accord pour mieux rentabiliser les produits forestiers non ligneux dont l’iboga

Commercialization of iboga: the Nagoya protocol approach

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Gabon: le bois d'iboga, convoité par tous les laboratoires du monde

Gabon: iboga wood, coveted by laboratories worldwide

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Iboga : Fragile leadership du Gabon dans l’exportation d’un PFNL porteur

Iboga: Gabon's fragile leadership in exporting a promising non-timber forest product

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Iboga : Exportation suspendue au Gabon

Iboga: export suspended in Gabon

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Gabon : inquiétude pour l'avenir de l'iboga, plante psychotrope

Gabon: concern for the future of iboga, a psychotropic plant

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Protection des espèces /Une plantation d’Iboga dans l’Ogooué-Ivindo

Species protection: an iboga plantation in Ogooué-Ivindo

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Yann Guignon réponds aux questions de Dafresh sur le trafic international de l'Iboga au Gabon

Yann Guignon answers Dafresh’s questions on the international trafficking of iboga in Gabon

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Yann Guignon parle de ses activités autour de l'Iboga dans l'intérieur du Gabon

Yann Guignon talks about his activities surrounding iboga in the interior of Gabon

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Le Gabon s’associe à Blessing of the Forest pour valoriser ses produits forestiers non-ligneux

Gabon partners with blessings of the forest to enhance the value of its non-timber forest products

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Gabon : l'iboga, cette plante psychotrope si convoitée

Gabon: iboga, the highly coveted psychotropic plant

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Blessings Of The Forest (BOTF) et Conservation Justice (CJ) promeuvent le patrimoine naturel et culturel dans l’Ogooué-Ivindo et la Ngounié

Blessings Of The Forest (BOTF) and Conservation Justice promote natural and cultural heritage in OgoouéIivindo and Ngounié

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Yann Guignon nous parle de l'importance de l'Iboga

Yann Guignon talks to us about the importance of iboga

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Un accord pour mieux rentabiliser les produits forestiers non ligneux dont l’iboga

An agreement to better monetize non-timber forest products, including iboga

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