Gambia: Villagers Across Gambia’s Interior Plead with Government to Stay Out of Life-Changing Ørsted-Funded Mangrove REDD+ Project –

By: Yunus .S. Saliu

In an emotionally charged gathering at Katong Kda in the Lower River Region, villagers from the West Coast, Lower River, and Central River Regions passionately defended the Ørsted-sponsored Mangrove REDD+ Project, urging the Gambian government to stay out of the initiative amid rising concerns over financial scrutiny and project suspension.

The visit by officials of Ørsted Nature Based Solutions led by its Vice President Thomas Lyse, the international backers of the…