Environmental news and activism
While member states of UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) are celebrating biodiversity day- under the theme: “our biodiversity, our food, our health”! The Chinese Fishmeal company- Golden Lead were busy yesterday discharging waste...
Sanyang, a coastal village in The Gambia has been struck by another environmental disaster as millions of dead fish wash up ‘Paradise beach‘. Local environmentalist shot this footage the 9th of may. Since Chinese...
The only Bambo strip of forest situated behind the Nawec substation at Jamburr village in the West Coast Region of the Gambia, has been bulldozed to the ground by one Modou Jammeh, who claims...
Just sitting on the coach I was playing with a new app I found in iStore. I did not expect it to work very good. Just for a test to see how it works,...
Fishermen who just keep on fishing, researchers who get behind the facts and national governments who do not feel like intervening. What is now happening with sardinella fishing in northwest African waters is, according...
By Mustapha Jallow Staff of the Forestry Department have accused a Chinese factory that burns tires within the periphery of Nyambai Forest of polluting the environment. When this reporter visited the factory he found...
Holiday makers including tourists are leaving beautiful beaches on the coast of Sanyang, Kombo South District following the re-operation of the fishmeal factory that was alleged to be releasing toxic waste into the sea....
These pictures were taken yesterday 10th of February 2019 in Tanji, The Gambia. Mountains of Bonga fish (Sardinella) are waiting next to the road to be transported and processed by the Chinese owned Golden...
On Friday 11th of January Gambian customs discovered three M16 rifles, 8 Gulf pistols, and a number of double barrel shotguns. The weapons were bought and imported by the owner of the Chinese GACH...
Paradise Beach in Sanyang, the Gambia. A pipeline from Nissim Fishmeal Factory is making it not so much ‘Paradise’ anymore. (Picture Momodou S. Janneh)[/caption] By Hatab Nyang A group of mainly women and youth...
Gambia’s forest is facing a heavy time. The country lost over 90.000 ha of forest the past years. Locals are fearing for future generations. Forests are very vital for life, home to thousands of...
Justice prevails as Brikama Magistrates Court dropped charges against the Gunjur Six today. The youths who helped in the removal of the illegal pipeline from Golden Lead Factory in Gunjur were earlier this year arrested...
Wetland Pollution at Bolong Fenyo Community Wildlife Reserve, in Gunjur: What does out of Court settlement between National Environment Agency and Chinese Golden Lead Fish Meal Processing Company means to the health of the...
Climate change is taking its toll in the Gambia. The rising sea is rapidly eating the Gambian coastline and is a serious threat for its capitol Banjul. Many hotels are about to be swallowed...
The raw facts on the EU-Gambia “Sustainable” Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) do not make good reading for Gambia’s local fishing industry and Gambians at large. Instead of Gambia’s Fisheries Ministry agreeing on a deal...
Gambian fish stocks are rapidly depleting. Fish prizes on local markets are skyrocketing. Gambia has three fishmeal factories and the fourth one is being build as we speak in Denton Bridge. The amounts of...
This is one of the most amazing beaches in the Gambia; Paradise beach in the village Sanyang. Since this week, Nissim Fishmeal Factory installed a new pipeline on this public beach that is loved...
Open letter to Honorable Lamin Dibba, Minster of Environment Mr Lamin Dibba, the honourable minister of Environment, I am writing to you not as a former classmate or a friend but as a concern...
Gambia made a deal with the EU last Friday to sell 3300 tons of its tuna for only 136 euro per ton. Meanwhile, the EU Fish Price Report values tuna at 1.290 € per ton....
This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who depend on them. Greyhound Bay was once a place where old ships came to...
Since two years now a true silent ecocide is happening in the coastal villages of the Gambia. This is how a small Chinese company in Africa is able to enrich themselves, terrorize an entire...
The amount of dead washed up cetaceans in the Gambia are rising to worrisome numbers. Yesterday another whale was found at Gunjur’s beach. Yes, the same beach as where Golden Lead Factory is operating....
The JXYG Fishmeal Factory in Kartong, has resumed operations one month now. As readers can recall, the factory was closed down after they were accused by members of the community and Government, for discharging...
The Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Lamin B.Dibba, has warned Gambians about the vulnerability of the country to Climate Change. He urged people to change their attitude in order to mitigate...
Illegal fishing activities is a global concern. The Gambia government said they will leave no stone un turned to combat these illegal fishing activities known as IUU. It’s said that 90% of the world’s...