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#Gambia The scale of abandonment is alarming. Of the 84 locations that provided data on abandonment, 12 reported that 76 to 100 percent of families had quit farming. Another 30 said more than half had abandoned farming, while 29 said about half had done so. The highest concentration was in Sabach Sanjal with 13 localities affected, followed by Niamina East with 12 and Niamina West with six https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/42-communities-abandon-farming-due-to-climate-shocks-report #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Gambia Young people, women’s groups and civil society organisations under the banner of Global Platform The Gambia on Saturday staged a climate justice march and presented a set of demands to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, as part of activities marking the Global Week of Climate Action https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/national-news/young-gambians-march-for-climate-justice-present-demands-to-govt #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

#Abuko #KomboNorthSaintMary #Gambia Climate activists and civil society organisations on Saturday marched to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources (MECCNAR) in Abuko, where they presented a series of demands calling for stronger action on climate justice, climate finance & the protection of vulnerable communities https://www.voicegambia.com/activists-stage-demonstration-calling-for-climate-justice-protection-of-communities/?amp=1 #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

#ClimateCrisis #Africa #Gambia "In Gambia, Salt Water Intrusion Is the Leading Edge of Climate Change Salt water from the Atlantic Ocean used to stop 150 kilometers from the mouth of The Gambia River. But now, with sea level rise, it intrudes 300 kilometers or more, triggering an agricultural crisis. In this little village in West Africa, Ebrima Nyan is watching his farmland slowly wither away. When Nyan, 47, was a teenager, the village grew all the rice it consumed, in a field alongside the Gambia River. Now that field lies dry and empty, after the river’s brackish water intruded, rainfall flagged and the soil became too salty for crops. By the early 2020s, the salt problem had moved farther inland from the river, to a field where the village grew onions, peppers, cabbage and eggplant, Nyan said. Seeds rotted, leaves fell off, plants shriveled. Bantang Killing’s farmers decided to abandon the field five years ago, though they still hold out hope it could produce again, if the soil was treated and salt kept out. 'Even though you plant here, it will grow so small—not even grow to harvesting' size, Nyan said one spring afternoon, waving his arm at the fenced-off enclosure." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12072026/gambia-sea-level-rise-agricultural-crisis/

#Gambia In Gambia, Salt Water Intrusion Is the Leading Edge of Climate Change Salt water from the Atlantic Ocean used to stop 150 kilometers from the mouth of The Gambia River. But now, with sea level rise, it intrudes 300 kilometers or more, triggering an agricultural crisis https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12072026/gambia-sea-level-rise-agricultural-crisis/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate