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.