Gabon, in western central Africa, is home to some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. A relatively wealthy and stable nation, the government has created a network of 13 national parks placing nearly 11% of the country under protection, invested in wildlife enforcement personnel and declared a zero-tolerance policy on wildlife crime. But national conservation initiatives are being challenged by ivory poachers, loggers and the rural poor who are using wild animals as a source of food.Photographer James Morgan travelled to Gabon and took this series of images to support WWF's efforts to combat poaching and the illegal wildlife trade