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Environment & Conservation in Gambia |
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Eco-Tourism
Nature Reserves  |
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African
Conservation
News about various
conservation projects being conducted in The Gambia.
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Ballabu Conservation Project
The area project would assign 14
Gambian villages a community
forest park to manage, as well as some form of
industry such as recycling plants, eco-lodges,
skills centres, livestock or agriculture.
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Chimpanzee
Rehabilitation Project
One of the longest running chimp
rehabilitation projects in Africa. They care for
and monitor a population of over seventy
chimpanzees occupying three islands in the River
Gambia National Park.
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CITES
Listings of endangered species in
Gambia.
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Coastal
& Marine Eco-Systems
Information about coastal statistics
and bio-diversity, marine & fisheries
production.
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Darwin
Initiatives
The Field Station is a project
which aims to promote and encourage
local biodiversity research
in Gambia and increase the ability of local
people to manage their natural resources in a
sustainable way.
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Environmental
Awards Scheme
The objectives of the scheme are to
increase awareness, to promote public
participation, to promote the use of
environmentally friendly technologies, and to give
recognition to individual / community endeavours in
environmental management.
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Farasuto Forest Park
An area of 'wet evergreen forest'
composed of towering trees with buttress roots, low
visibility, high humidity and dense greenery.
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Food
& Agricultural Organization
Reports and statistical data on The
Gambia's agriculture, fisheries, forests and
sustainable development.
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Forest
Cover
Information about the current forest
cover and the annual change including
deforestation rate, loss of primary forests,
forest classifications and land cover.
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Forestry
Articles
Various published bulletins and
articles from the World Forestry Movement.
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Gambia
Community Conservation Project
Community projects sponsored by
Exmoor Falconry, to help create natural habitat
for the wildlife and birds of the Gambia, and to
derive a sustainable income for village
communities.
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Gambia Environment
The environmental
concerns of the country include deforestation,
desertification, and water pollution. Deforestation
is the most serious problem, with slash-and-burn
agriculture the principal cause.
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Gambia
Reptiles Farm
Located in a forest near Kartong
beach see a collection of Gambian reptiles snake,
chameleons, turtles, lizards and others animals.
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Geographical statistics
Information about the physical
characteristics of the country, the river, plant
and animal life and settlement patterns.
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GIS
for Climate Change Analysis in Africa
Diagram illustrating potential
rising sea levels in Banjul.
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Land
& Water Resources
A report by the FAO on the country's
geographical land use, water use such as
irrigation, drainage & the water table.
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Makasutu
Wildlife Trust
Located at the Darwin Initiatives
Field Station at Abuko.
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Paper
Recycling Project
The aim behind the charity is to
introduce the traditional skill of papermaking to
assist a number of students with their supply of
books for school. They are working to develop a
paper recycling site in Fajikunda village that
should bring like minded environmentally conscious
crafts people together, in what has been nicknamed
‘the Craft Village’.
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Participatory Integrated Watershed
Management Project
PIWAMP is a government and
internationally co-founded project whose objectives
are to increase land productivity and reduce soil
erosion in a sustainable basis. |
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Protected
Areas of The Gambia
Information about the various
national parks.
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Project Gambia
The organisation works to conserve
some of the world's rarest animals and through the
development of eco-tourism, assist the people and
economy.
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State
of the Environment in Gambia
Requires PDF file.
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Stop The Sahara
The aim of the project is to protect
the country dramatic climatic change as a result of
encroachment of the Sahara Desert. To achieve this
it aims to create a green border on the northern
part of the Gambia. |
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For more detailed information about
the Gambia's environment go the EarthTrends
and click on 'country profiles'. |
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