Second meeting of the Biodiversity Habitat and Water Quality Working Group,12 to 14 March 2013 in Banjul, The Gambia

The second Biodiversity Habitat and Water Quality Working group meeting of the CCLME project will be held at the Baobab Holiday Resort of Banjul, The Gambia from 12 to 14 March 2013. Thirty persons included the representatives of the seven countries and partners of CCLME,FAO, UNEP and the Abidjan Convention will gather under the theme " Marine and coastal habitats of CCLME: a challenge for a large marine ecosystem”. It will be opened by the Ministers of Forests and environment, her Excellency Ms. Fatou Ndeye Gaye and the representative of the minister of Fisheries and Water resources of the Gambia. Given the importance of this theme, central for the component in particular and the project in general, representatives of the countries and their partners will make presentations describing the habitats found in the marine and coastal area of CCLME.

Participants of the meeting will have the opportunity visit mangrove rehabilitation sites in the Bintang Bolong realized by the CCLME project and the UNEP/ Abidjan Convention in collaboration with Wetlands International and the World Union for Nature