Gunjur Environmental Protection And Development Group(GEPADG)

The United Nations conference on the environment and development known as the earth summit held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1992 launched the idea of sustainable development to governments and local communities. Agenda 21 emerged from this summit, inviting contracting parties to develop their own strategic plans by taking into consideration the sustainable development of the local communities. Responding positively to world leaders' call for the smooth implementation of the proposed agenda, the Gunjur Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG) was founded in 1992 in the Gambia by Mr Badara N Bajo. The group realized that the only way to succeed with its aims and objecti... read more The United Nations conference on the environment and development known as the earth summit held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1992 launched the idea of sustainable development to governments and local communities. Agenda 21 emerged from this summit, inviting contracting parties to develop their own strategic plans by taking into consideration the sustainable development of the local communities. Responding positively to world leaders' call for the smooth implementation of the proposed agenda, the Gunjur Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG) was founded in 1992 in the Gambia by Mr Badara N Bajo. The group realized that the only way to succeed with its aims and objectives was to ensure wider indigenous community participation in natural resources management and conservation. The first ever national conference on the environment at community level in the Gambia was then organized in Gunjur village in February 1998. GEPADG is a voluntary grassroots organization, registered in Banjul as a charitable non-profit making organization recognised as a national NGO Registered number..A26 NGO It is non-partisan, non-cross-sectional and non-denominational but a genuine Community Based Organisation (CBO) geared towards the enhancement of the local community and livelihoods, ecotourism development for sustainable use of natural resources, a community forestry scheme and beekeeping, aggro-forestry and women's vegetable gardening.