Population: 1,336,320 (July 1999 est.) Land Area: Total: 11,300 sq km Land: 10,000 sq km Water: 1,300 sq km Coastline: 80 km (Source:  CIA World Factbook 1999)

Gambia                                 ..........in this page Contacts Basic Data CSD Data Ocean and Coastal Zone     Contacts Government of Gambia http://www.gambia.com/ USAID-Gambia http://www.info.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/gambia.htm (Source:  CIA World Factbook 1999)   SUMMARY OF OCEAN  AND COASTAL PROGRAMS Many thanks are due to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, the source of the information below. The information was taken from Gambia's submission to the 7th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (last update: January 1999). For further information on social and economic factors, natural resources, and institutional structures in Gambia see the United Nations System-Wide Web Site on National Implementation of the Rio Commitments National Information for Gambia at http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/gambia/index.htm   OCEAN AND COASTAL AREAS The Technical Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (C&ME) was launched in August 1995 and is composed as follows: National Environment Agency: Chair/Secretariat Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment: Geology Unit Ministry of Local Government and Lands: Departments of: Physical Planning; Lands and Surveys; Water Resouces; Forestry; Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ministry of Works, Communications and Information: Department of Technical Services; Gambia Public Transport Corporation Ministry of Tourism and Culture: National Tourism Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Gambia Ports Authority Gambia Public Transport Corporation Banjul City Council Kanifing Municipal Council Brikama Area Council Gambia National Army: Marine Unit This information is based on Gambia's Report to the 6th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, April 1998. Last update: February 1998. (top)

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