The‘Banjul Declaration’ is a statement made by the then President Sir DawdaKairaba Jawara (DK) in 1977, aimed at calling attention to the need to protectThe Gambia’s quickly vanishing flora and fauna.
The ecosystem restoration plan (ERP) is a multi-agency efforts aimed at improving and increasing aquatic and terrestrial’s habitats and ecological function along the river Gambia and its tributaries.
In his native village, Modou started small scale agriculture, involving in animal husbandry and on a barren land he enriched the soil with the use of self-made local fertilizers to cultivate both fruit and vegetable crops.
The tiny West African nation is emerging as a model of activism in battling climate change and managing waste.
The conference, conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime or Global Initiative held in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 5 to 9
The Gambia will allow European Union member states to use fishing trawlers to catch tunas and hake fish on its waters, in exchange for financial and capacity development assistance.
The training brought together journalists from the print; electronic and online media at a local hotel in Senegal was facilitated by Wetlands International and funded by MAVA Foundation.
GRID Arrendal and Wetlands International are implementing a sub-regional project entitled “ResilientSea” to enhance the management of seagrasses in West Africa.
Over 30 journalists ranging from print, electronic and online has recently benefit a day long training on importance of seagrass as marine resources and the various ecosystem services they provide. The training was coordinated by Department of Parks and Wildlife and Biodiversity Action Journalists, supported by Resilient Sea, Grid Arendal, Wetlands International and funded by MAVA Foundation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, H.E. Dr Mamadou Tangara recently signed the first component of the US$1.9 million grant Garden Project with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation to support rural women and youths to boost vegetable production in 14 selected communities.
Gambia's only National Botanical Garden created to conserve the country’s Flora and Fauna, what are the successes and challenges
