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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by toubab1020[/i] [br]Here once again the D.O. has been writing sensible observations on The Gambia,ESPECIALLY I note concerns about The River Gambia. The reported grounding of the Barra to Banjul ferry on a regular basis due to more sediment being deposited meaning that the ferry cannot sail until high tide this is happening NOW. SNIPPET: "Now that the plan is validated, we hope that action will follow suitas the steady destruction of our environment is threatening ourcollective ability to meet the needs of the future generation." What are the DETAILS of the "plan" validated above in the snippet ? Anyone seen and read this "plan"? What is the "plan's" take on proposed DAMS on The River Gambia? Definition of "validate" from an English dictionary : http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/validate [:)] ====================================================================== Environment and social management Friday, December 19, 2014 Daily Observer Editorial http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/environment-and-social-management Climate change in The Gambia is a critical problem, which is adversely affecting the structure and functional integrity of the country's ecosystem. Upland ecosystems have degraded largely due to erratic rainfall, overgrazing, soil erosion and intensive cultivation, the result of intense pressure on land resources, high population growth and recurrent droughts. Lowland ecosystems and riverine wetlands are threatened by salinity in the western half of the country, siltation and sedimentation resulting from upland degradation caused by erosion. Declining rainfall over the last 45 years has increased aridity in the uplands and acidity/salinity of soils in the lowlands. The reduced flow of the Gambia River has caused saltwater intrusion from the Atlantic Ocean in much of the river basin. This degradation is manifested through loss of the natural productivity of the land; loss of native biological diversity and therefore its resilience; increased emission of carbon dioxide and reduced carbon sequestration; and the degradation of watershed functions, including destabilization of sediment storage and release. We are therefore in full agreement with the National Environment Agency's director of inter-sectoral service networks that thesechanges cannot be ignored and a robust action is need both fromgovernment and all other stakeholders to engage in environment and social management. We are optimistic that the just validated environment and socialmanagement plan would provide space for future development projectsand programmes to put in place measure that minimize environmentdamage and promote strategies to enhance resilience, build costaldefenses and mitigate the risks of climate change for our communities. Now that the plan is validated, we hope that action will follow suitas the steady destruction of our environment is threatening ourcollective ability to meet the needs of the future generation. Author: Daily Observer [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.