Environment

By: Kebba AF Touray The German Development Agency (GIZ) in collaboration with the Fisheries Department, GAMWORKS and the Community of Brufut, under the ECOWAS RSDF...

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and National Resources (MECCNAR) has on Tuesday commenced a two-day forum to update its National Determined...

By Mustapha Jallow Gambian lawmaker, Bakary Camara, on Monday 9th February 2021, urged forestry officials to revise the Forestry Act and increase the fine imposed...

By Kebba AF Touray, Reporting from Sabi Village, URR Mr. Sheriff Sillah, the Chairperson of Sabi Village Health Facility Management Committee, has disclosed to lawmakers...

By: Kebba AF Touray Mr. Lamin Mass, Director of Administration at the NDMA, has told the Legislative Committee on Health that they are working with...

Smoke Felt Kilometers Away By Makutu Manneh The Mayor of the Kanifing Municipality Talib Ahmed Bensouda, has informed the press that smoke from the recent Bakoteh...

By Kebba Mamburay Vendors, especially those selling commodities around the Ice-Plant at the Brikama Market, have blamed the Brikama Area Council (BAC) for its ineffectiveness...

By Ndey Sowe Fafa Sanyang, the Minister for Petroleum and Energy, has revealed that there are ranges of measures which the governments, together with development...

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has Tuesday launched alternative cooking fuels to promote sustainable management of the country’s scarce forest resources. The...

Abdoulai G. Dibba Two Civil Society Organisations in the Central River and North Bank Regions have been trained on the techniques and skills in lobbying...

By Hatab Nyang There has been another abundant catch of juvenile fish at the Tanje fish landing site last Tuesday, December 22nd 2020, with many...

By Hatab Nyang On Saturday December 19th 2020, this reporter witnessed many boats disembarking their catches on the beach in Gunjur, comprising juvenile ‘bonga’ and...

with Madiba Singhateh Welcome to another Edition of the Environment Column and in this edition, we will feature Land, Natural Resource Grievances and how to...

By Madiba Singhateh Anti-forest fire campaigners on Friday 18th Decembers meet at the NACOFAG office in Brikama, together with Principal Forestry Officer and Plantation Section...

With Madiba Singhateh Welcome to another Edition of the Environment Column and in this edition, we will talk about the consultation meeting on the conservation...

By Madiba Singhateh Another area of the Bamboo forest measuring 150m × 80m, has been bulldozed yet again by the same land dealer called Modou...

With Madiba Singhateh Climate change includes global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic...

With Madiba Singhateh & Fatoumata Jallow Welcome to another Edition of the ‘Environment’, the Column that seeks to educate and inform the readership on issues...

MUHAMMED S. BAH (MS) The extractive industry in The Gambia has been operating for decades, but experts and anti-corruption advocates believe it’s less transparent. In 2017,...

By Kebba Mamburay Ms. Binta Sey-Jadama, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Regional Coordinator, has emphasized the need for stakeholders to come together and conduct...