Gambians are in favour of EU plan and the government is commit to Kyoto protocol to reduce carbon emmission

Look at the city of Banjul in the Gambia, unless USA,CHINA, BRAZIL,CANADA , AUSTRALIA AND INDIA  reduce their green gas emission, our capital city will be part of  the 48 most vulnerable cities in the world that will be submerge by the sea.

GLOBAL WARMING HAVE ALREADY NEGATIVE IMPACT IN THE GAMBIA AND PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED MUCH FLOODS IN THE URBAN AREAS

The people of Thailand especially those in Bangkok continues to suffers from flood as aresul;t of global warming

Impacts of global warming are already being felt in the Gambia. If we don’t act now, the climate crisis will become much worse, dramatically impacting people around the world and causing irreversible damage to the environment.  Friends of the Earth including other stakeholders believes we can and must solve this crisis and do so in an equitable and responsible way, but the path ahead is not easy. It will require bold leadership and a broad transformation of our society.

A flooded street in city of serekunda in the Gambia.

  Friends of the Earth is working for aggressive legislation in the  Gambia that quickly reduces -- and eventually ends -- our country's emissions of heat-trapping gasses. We are also participating in Friends of the Earth International's efforts to bring the international community together behind a strong global climate agreement, without which this problem cannot be solved. As an environmental activist, am calling on western countries like USA, EU,AUSTRALIA and even China to reduce their green gas emission to save the world

By Dawda Bayo activist in the Gambia

MORE TREE PLANTING EXERCISE DONE BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE GAMBIA

2000 trees planted at Foni Siwol Forest Park in the Gambia

by Dawda Bayo

Monday, August 29, 2011

The Inspired Tree Planters Association of Sukuta, a non-governmental organisation on Wednesday, 24th of August 2011 planted 2000 trees at the Foni Siwol Forest Park in the West Coast Region. The exercise was attended by lot of  people in Foni and was aimed at making the forest green.

Speaking at the ground, Omar Jallow, the president of the association expressed delight at the turnout of the villagers. He noted that the association is composed of environmental activists who are determined to protect the forest. He made reference to their last year’s tree planting exercise and noted the importance of tree planting.

 Without trees, he stated,  there will be no life. He therefore challenged the youth of Foni Siwol to embark on tree planting exercises and to protect the trees planted.
For her part, Amie Sillah, auditor of the association, said the association is complementing government’s efforts in the area of environmental protection. She therefore challenged other associations to embark on similar venture.

Sillah further urged the people of Foni Siwol to take care of the trees planted for the sustainability of the initiative in the West Coast Region. Yunus Dibba, head of Siwol Village Development Committee thanked the association for their noble gesture and initiative of planting trees in the forest as a means of protecting the environment for the future generation.

He also commended the association for choosing their village and called on other associations to emulate them.

GAMBIA ARMED FORCES EMBARKED ON TREE PLANTING EXERCISE TO FIGHT DESERTIFICATION

The photo shows the senior armed forces with the director of forestry after planting 152 trees including some fruits trees

The director of forestry in the Gambia seized the opportunity to commend the chief of Defence Staff of GAF, Lt. General Masanneh Kinteh for the noble gesture and the entire members of GAF for actively embarking on the tree planting exercise, as a contribution to national development. The director was addressing senior armed forces in 13th september 2011 before the country received their silver award the world second best country policy on protection of forest.

He also urged GAF to not only plant trees to beautify their environment, but to also protect them. Lieutenant Colonel Babucarr Sanyang, commanding officer of Fajara Barracks, expressed delight with the Forestry department for answering to the call of the Gambian leader.

Sanyang commended the Gambian leader and the director of Forestry for a job well done. He then assured that they would protect and sustain the trees planted to ensure a green environment.

Author: Dawda bayo

In order to succeed in the protection of our environment the Gambia government involves the local communities to take ownership of their forest parks ,biodiversity and wild life in form of projects.

The project places strong emphasis on local and national capacity building with the following expected results:

 

• Improved rural livelihoods through increased adaptive capacity among pilot village communities in local land use planning and agro forestry-based land conservation practices.

• Improved capacity among national and regional policy institutions for targeting and testing of adaptive policy and agro forestry-based management interventions for sustainable management of dry land ecosystems and improved livelihoods in West Africa.