Gambia: Fisheries Minister Discloses Sea-Rise As Threat to Country's Landmass

James F.P. Gomez, the Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources said experts have predicted that a rise in sea levels to one meter, will sink close to 10 percent of the country's landmass including some hotels and infrastructures in Banjul.

Gomez made these remarks at the eighteenth World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) congress in Geneva, Switzerland, which began on Monday June 3rd 2019. The event gathered representatives of Governments from across the globe to discuss relevant topics such as Global Multi-Hazard Alert Systems (GMAS), Multi-Hazard Early Warnings Systems (MHEWS), Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS) and others.

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