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An island in the River Gambia in Central River Region
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Accessed by south road via the bridge on to the island
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Accessed by north road via Banjul Barra ferry, the ferry on to island at Lamin Kotu
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Accessed by River Gambia
Learn about kayaking opportunities in Janjanbureh with our own Dave Adams
Janjanbureh Uniting Sustainable Tourism
and Community Training
Charity No: XT21437
Nature Friends International
Making their first link with the African continent through Landscape of the Year Senegal/The Gambia 2018 – 2020, International Nature Friends became involved with JUST ACT. The first Kankurang Festival was timed to fit with this visit as reported here on this site :-Kankurang Festival
Through the success of this relationship JUST ACT now has a C category membership with them, meaning they are partners without voting rights.
Their website contains much information about this developing link and going to the search button and typing
'Just Act' or 'Janjanbureh will provide many links in addition to the newsletters listed below. English versions are available by selecting EN
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INF produce a regular newsletter and whilst every one is interesting and gives such a background to Landscape of the Year 18-20, these particular numbers demonstrate the developing and more importantly, continuing relationship with Janjanbureh and JUST ACT
Access them here and scroll to the numbers
No 3. Aims of the coming Landscape of the Year (LOY)
No 5. Nature and biodiversity conservation in the LOY
No 6. The coming plans
No 7. Manfred Pils, President of Naturefriends International relates his experience of the opening ceremony
No 13 News from JUST ACT, partner organisation of NFI in LOY
No 16. Workshop on Sustainable Tourism and Climate Change in Koungheul
No 18. Landscape of the Year Senegal/The Gambia 2018 – 2020
No 19. The Landscape of the Year at a 2nd glance – personal impressions fromNF Bremen’s journey by Ingeborg Pint
No 20.What happened to our trees? A local inspection by Elisabeth Mathes
No 21. African women are a driving force for development: Encounters during a journey through the Landscape of the Year by Marie-Bernard Lefebvre-Dumont including women in tourism
No 22. African women are a driving force for development: Encounters during a journey through the Landscape of the Year by Marie-Bernard Lefebvre-Dumont
No 24. The Kankurang Festival in Janjanbureh - The Landscape of the Year as a Catalyst by Ingeborg Pint
No 27.Youth Exchange Janjanbureh/Koungheul – students as advocates for the environment
by Mamadou Mbodji/Vice-President Naturefriends International
No 28. Youth migration in The Gambia - returnees as important actors of sensitisation
by Ingeborg Pint
No 29 Naturefriends in Koungheul and their work
No 31. Two years of Landscape of the Year Senegal/The Gambia – success stories to celebrate!
Personal impressions of Claudia Lenius, Director of NaturFreunde Frankfurt/Main
No 34.Virtual trip to Senegal and the Gambia – a review