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In our mini documentary Musa Bah & Kev Black will take the viewer to his village Kartong. With your own eyes you can witness the poor state the Gambia is in right now. This film is our tool to spread our story and mission.
Thousand-Year Old Baobab Tree in Kartong Cut Down For Building Project
Today we were informed about the very sad fact that somebody in Kartong is cutting one of their last thousand-year old Baobab trees. For all the generations of people that lived here this tree has provided fruits for food, shadow and sticks for firewood. But most...
WATCH: Sneak Preview of the Documentary ‘The Drying Coast Of West Africa’
We are very proud to show a preview of the documentary we shot in the Gambia. The documentary ‘The Drying Coast Of Africa’, the BABAO Foundation investigates the massive deforestation in the Kombo region and the relation to disappearing groundwater and illegal...
How to Reforest the Sand Mines of Gunjur
Sand mining is a hot issue in the Gambia nowadays. Not only because of the simple fact that sand mining now is destroying the country’s last protection against the rapidly rising ocean. But also because lives have been lost in the latest Fabara incident. Three people...
BABAO Research Trip Gambia 2020
In march 2020 Musa and Kevin undertook another reserach trip in the Kombo area in the Gambia. They shot a mini documentary about the connection between deforestation and the loss of groundwater in this region. For weeks Kevin and Musa hit the Gambian road to do more...
This is the amount of mangoes that is wasted every year
Pictures tell more then words can do. This picture was going round on Facebook. It was posted by one of the Gambian youths that was heartbroken about the fact that literally mountains of mangoes are going to waste every year. This could be an amazing source of income...
Mangroves will die at fast sea level rise according to recent research
If sea level rise continues to more than 7 millimeters per year, mangroves are in danger of drowning. A little sea level rise is no problem for an average mangrove forest. But if it goes too fast, then everything gets drowned out. Mangroves can withstand a maximum sea...
Research shows mangrove conservation can pay for itself in flood protection
The natural coastal defenses provided by mangrove forests reduce annual flooding significantly in critical hotspots around the world. Without mangroves, flood damages would increase by more than $65 billion annually, and 15 million more people would be flooded,...
Selling mangoes means better lives for residents of Casamance
CBI, the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, supports companies in countries including Senegal in a variety of ways. The CBI offered mango company Saveurs du Sud advice on how to draw up an export marketing plan and how to obtain product...
The Gunjur sand mines in pictures
Degradation of land in the Gambia is alarming. Sand mining and deforestation are the main causes of this problem. The village Gunjur is separated from the rapidly rising ocean by dunes that are dug away by sand mining companies. The risk that sea water will come and flood this land is increasing by the day. This once was a thriving forest. The last standing Baobab tree pictured below is iconic for what is happening here.
Pictures by Ahmed Manjang
REFORESTATION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION WE HAVE TO COOL DOWN THE PLANET