The Gambia National Wildlife Management Strategy and Action Plan 2025-2035.

This Strategy provides an overarching national framework for prioritising, coordinating and encouraging participation in the transformation of The Gambia's wildlife sector, by prescribing principles, objectives, standards, indicators, procedures and incentives for protecting, conserving and managing wildlife resources. The Strategy's vision is for healthy and resilient wildlife populations contributing to ecosystem integrity, livelihoods and national well-being. The goal is to ensure the sustainable conservation and management of wildlife species and their habitats, thereby supporting: biodiversity, ecosystem services, livelihoods and human well-being. The Strategy specifies the following strategic objectives: conserving threatened, endemic and migratory species; strengthening habitat protection and restoration; reducing human-wildlife conflict and illegal exploitation; strengthening monitoring, research and knowledge management; promoting community-based wildlife management and sustainable use; strengthening wildlife-management capacity at national, regional and community levels; integrate wildlife conservation into sectoral planning, expressly including agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism. The Strategy is organised around seven goals: 1) maintaining and improving habitat and ecosystem integrity; 2) enhancing species protection and management; 3) improving public appreciation of wildlife and active participation in its conservation; 4) promoting access, incentives and sustainable use of natural resources; 5) strengthening research and knowledge programmes; 6) development of the capacity of government institutions, communities, individuals and networks, including their equipment and technology; 7) effective governance and sustainable financing.