Gambia: Environment Minister Outlines Tougher Sand Mining Rules, Clean Energy Push –

By: Fatou Krubally

The Minister of Environment Rohey John-Manjang, has told the National Assembly that government is stepping up efforts to rehabilitate degraded sand mining sites and promote cleaner energy sources to reduce deforestation.

Mrs Manjang who is also the Minister of Climate Change and Natural Resources was speaking during a parliamentary question-and-answer session on Wednesday.

She says the National Environment Agency (NEA) is enforcing stricter post-mining restoration…