 
Contact Address:
Darwin Field Station For Biodiversity
Research, Education & Training
Abuko
Nature Reserve
Kombo North District
Banjul Head office
PO Box 2164 Serrekunda
The Gambia, West Africa
Email: drumohq@qanet.gm
Tel no: +220 7782633 
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Information:
The Darwin Initiative Project, The Gambia, is
a programme sponsored by the UK Government (DEFRA) with
funds being secured by Warwick University who also work
with the Makasutu
Wildlife Trust - who are the country based implementers
and operate the Field Station For Biodiversity &
Research.
The Darwin Initiative aims to conserve the Earth's biodiversity
by helping those nations that have wide biodiversity,
but lack the financial capacity to adequately protect
their living natural resources. It also assists countries
to achieve their commitments as agreed in various treaties
such as Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), CMS
and CITES.
The Gambia project is the first Darwin Initiative to
be financed in the West African sub-region and is about
enabling more of the local people here to understand
the aims of the programme and appreciate why it is important
in their lives.
The centre offers training courses for a variety of
people covering different aspects of natural resource
management and biodiversity.
The research project has also allowed the Makasutu Wildlife
Trust to create a pictorial database, talk on radio
and TV programmes, provide a national symposium about
biodiversity in the second year of the project and publish
staff training manuals and a series of booklets. These
field guides contain information about reptiles, mammals,
common butterflies and amphibians of The Gambia. These
have been distributed free to lower basic schools in
conjunction with the Ministry of Education.
* For more information contact the
Department of Parks & Wildlife |
