Our Plastic Paradise
Help save the last truly wild coastal ecosystem in Africa
60 25km 10K
Tons of plastic Clean Coast Plastic bags
What we do
For the past two years, we’ve deployed a dedicated full-time crew, backed by skilled management, logistics, and specialized equipment, to remove plastic and human debris from a 50 to 70 kilometer stretch of Gabon’s coastal wilderness. Our mission is to thoroughly clean this remarkable landscape, restoring it to the pristine state it deserves as a global natural treasure.
We welcome you to support this essential effort. Every dollar you contribute goes straight to the people on the ground—100% of funds fuel the crew and operations. We operate with no office, no salaries, and no marketing budget, ensuring every cent drives real impact. Join us in safeguarding this coast for the future!
Environmental Impact:
We have successfully cleaned a substantial stretch of beach, and we are extremely proud of the positive environmental outcomes.
Employment Opportunities:
The project has provided permanent employment to three deserving individuals, which has had a life-changing impact on them and their dependents. We plan to increase the number of employees to four in the next phase starting in August and potentially up to six thereafter.
Ecosystem Preservation:
By providing sustainable employment to these individuals, we have effectively reduced the need for subsistence or commercial fishing, thus alleviating pressure on the local ecosystem.
Community Pride:
One of the most significant positive outcomes has been the sense of pride it has instilled in the community. The project has allowed them to envision the bigger picture of our economic and environmental goals in the area, and there is noticeable buy-in from the community. I cannot overstate the value of this.
Financial Contribution:
Although not directly connected to the cleanup project - We have also contributed a substantial amount of 66,000 Euros directly to the national park agency through park entry fees. This contribution has been a vital source of revenue for the agency during a challenging period for their budget.
The threat from global pollution
Plastic pollution is relentlessly flooding the isolated shores of remote Gabon, yet the debris—tangled nets, bottles, and insidious microplastics—doesn’t come from this land. Swept in by unyielding ocean currents from far-off sources, it washes ashore, endangering all life, from fragile marine creatures to the untouched ecosystems lining Gabon’s Atlantic coast. Local fishing villages and ecotourism falter as beaches drown in foreign waste. Though Gabon adds little to the world’s plastic burden, its seclusion leaves it helplessly overwhelmed. What duty do corporations hold when their products and trash choke places like Gabon?
The Nemesis
Even being so far from human populations and within a truly wild area, the wilderness of the Gabon coast is not untouched by the human hand. Plastic is carried on the ocean currents from afar and washes up on the Gabon beaches in immense volumes. This is nothing short of an ecological tragedy, as it affects the entire ecosystem.
The end of the line?
Much of the ocean is swimming in discarded plastic, this is a leathal threat to all living things in the oceans,
and in the end, all living things, inculding humans.
Can it be cleaned up?
This is one of the big challenges for our generation, what kind of a world will we leave for the next. We at 50 Pristine Miles, believe we can, and aims to collect more than 250 metric tons of plastic in one of the most remote areas of the world, showing that anything is possible
No Waters Left Untouched? There is one.
West of Sette Cama, in the wild Atlantic ocean, the Longfin jack still hunt the surface, ever looking for pray, the worlds biggest Tarpon runs supreme, and the migthy Bull Shark always patrol the coast. All over Africa, over fishing has desimated fish populations, but not here. The waters of Gabon still gives us a chance to see what was, and what it could be els where, truly the last of its kind.
The Eden of Africa
The Southern Gabon coast, and especially the area around Sette Cama and Loango National Park are the last of the true coastal wilderness’ left on the African Continent.
The area is a looking glass into the past and at how the entire West African coast used to be. Large mammals such as hippos, elephants and buffalo frequenting the beaches. Red River Hogs, Forest sitatunga, chimps and lowland Gorillas on the coastal belts of the jungle pushing onto the wild beaches. It is truly the last of its kind, and one that African Waters is working relentlessly to preserve for all future generations to gaze upon with the same wonder that we do now.
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