Legal

Legal notice.

Legal and editorial information for the ebando.org website.

Site publisher

Name
Ebando Association — Nature · Culture · Future
Official name
Association Culturelle Ebando
Legal status
Association under Gabonese law, governed by law no. 35/62 of 10 December 1962.
Registration
Final association declaration receipt no. 1666/MISDDL/SG of 5 November 2017 (provisional receipt: late 1999).
Authority
Ministry of the Interior (General Secretariat), Gabonese Republic
Declared purpose
Ecotourism; traditional crafts and traditional medicine
Registered office
La Sablière · Akanda · Route des pêcheurs · BP 1122 · Libreville · Gabon
Legal representative
Hugues Obiang Poitevin, known as Tatayo — co-founder and referent
Chair
Prof. Opape Onanga (since April 2024)

Publication director

Hugues Obiang Poitevin (Tatayo), co-founder and referent of the association. For any editorial report: OngEbando@gmail.com.

Design and development

Project direction
Romain Turzo — Web studio
Period
Design and development phase — 2026, complete redesign from the historic ebando.org website (1999-2010)
Technical stack
Next.js 15, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, Motion (Framer Motion), strict TypeScript

Hosting

Host
Cloudflare, Inc. — 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
Cloudflare privacy policy
cloudflare.com/privacypolicy ↗

Copyright and licenses

The editorial texts on this site are the property of the Ebando association.

The historic photographs (1999-2010), grouped in /images/heritage/, come from the historic ebando.org website and remain the property of their respective authors. Any reuse requires prior authorization.

The media quotations (BBC, France 24, the ATTMind and Universe Within podcasts, Ceiba Foundation, ICEERS, Kiwi.com) are reproduced under the right of quotation, with explicit attribution, date and a direct link to the original source.

The names and brands cited (Tatayo, Pemba, Bokayé, Maviango, Mambweté, Cheyssial, M'bolo Tours, Blessings of the Forest) are mentioned with their agreement or under the right to information.

Image rights: people appearing in the site's photographs may request the removal of their image on simple request. See the privacy policy.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

The site is published from Gabon, hosted in the United States, and accessible worldwide.

Gabonese law applies to the publisher. European visitors benefit from GDPR protections — see our privacy policy.

For any legal question or formal request, write to OngEbando@gmail.com.

Report an error

If you spot a factual error, a missing attribution, a broken link or any editorial issue on this site, write to OngEbando@gmail.com. We will correct it as soon as possible.

Last updated: June 2026.