Villages across three regions defend their mangrove restoration project against government interference. Thomas Lyse from Ørsted Nature Based Solutions visited communities to check project results. Local people say the carbon offset program changed their lives completely. Sarjo Ceesay from Kiang explains how families buy rice and pay school fees from project money. The village built a mosque costing 2 million dalasis from mangrove work earnings.
Binta Darbo'e Ceesay from Keneba remembers hungry families during rainy seasons before the project started. Communities can feed children and send them to school after joining the program. Her village earned over 2 million dalasis from planting mangroves and built their mosque. Mariama Sora from Jarra Sankuya warns that government control would destroy everything they achieved. She believes communities accomplished more through this project than they could manage over thousands of years.
Three local groups started the mangrove restoration effort across 10,000 hectares of damaged coastal areas. Parks and Wildlife Management officials joined as project partners and consortium leaders. The Environment Ministry wants to review agreements and take control from the original organizations. Communities fear government takeover will reduce transparency and harm conservation efforts. Rural families depend on this program for income, education funding and food security.
Binta Darbo'e Ceesay from Keneba remembers hungry families during rainy seasons before the project started. Communities can feed children and send them to school after joining the program. Her village earned over 2 million dalasis from planting mangroves and built their mosque. Mariama Sora from Jarra Sankuya warns that government control would destroy everything they achieved. She believes communities accomplished more through this project than they could manage over thousands of years.
Three local groups started the mangrove restoration effort across 10,000 hectares of damaged coastal areas. Parks and Wildlife Management officials joined as project partners and consortium leaders. The Environment Ministry wants to review agreements and take control from the original organizations. Communities fear government takeover will reduce transparency and harm conservation efforts. Rural families depend on this program for income, education funding and food security.
