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Gambia

Gambia is organized here as a West Africa research route covering 2 public-policy areas. The route begins with Fisheries (artisanal stocks vs. fishmeal export), Deforestation & Logging (rosewood / Pterocarpus erinaceus transit).

Executive summary

This page is a structured research guide to institutions, public frameworks, and possible lines of inquiry in Gambia. It supports rapid orientation and identifies where current primary-source verification is required.

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Fisheries (artisanal stocks vs. fishmeal export)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Document feedstock volumes and effluent discharge at coastal fishmeal plants and report to the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources
  • Provide landing-site catch data to artisanal cooperatives and the National Environment Agency

Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources; National Environment Agency; gunjur and tanji artisanal fishing communities

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Condition development finance for coastal processing on food-fish retention rather than fishmeal export
  • Fund cold-chain and value-added artisanal processing as an alternative to feed exports

World Bank West Africa Regional Fisheries Program; African Development Bank; International Finance Corporation

Regulator / Agency

  • Set enforceable feedstock quotas and effluent standards on fishmeal plants
  • Require observer coverage and vessel monitoring on licensed foreign trawlers
  • Publish annual stock assessments to anchor licensing

Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources; National Environment Agency

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Tie EU Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement access payments to verified sustainability
  • Coordinate joint surveillance and harmonized stock limits across member states

Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP); European Union; FAO; ECOWAS

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Deforestation & Logging (rosewood / Pterocarpus erinaceus transit)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report falsified origin and permit documents at Banjul port to the Department of Forestry and customs
  • Provide shipment manifests to CITES enforcement and investigative bodies

Department of Forestry; Gambia Revenue Authority (customs); Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Screen timber and shipping exposure for trafficked rosewood and refuse financing of unverified-origin exports
  • Fund legal community forestry and agroforestry as alternative rural income

African Development Bank; World Bank; international timber-import buyers subject to EU Deforestation Regulation due diligence

Regulator / Agency

  • Suspend rosewood export permits absent verifiable legal-harvest provenance
  • Audit customs declarations at Banjul against forest-inventory capacity
  • Prosecute permit fraud and timber smuggling

Department of Forestry; Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources; Gambia Revenue Authority

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Maintain and enforce the CITES Appendix II listing for Pterocarpus erinaceus on Gambian exports
  • Broker Senegal-Gambia cross-border enforcement against Casamance harvesting

CITES Secretariat; ECOWAS; UNODC; the European Union (EU Deforestation Regulation)

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Research references

Use the public glossary for terminology and the selected publications and working papers for public evidence and methods.