{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Banjul"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":4,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Banjul","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"gclifun-005212","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-005212","title":"ESS disclosure report form for subprojects","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2025-05-28","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp188-1-fao-prorefish-bintang.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document details the disclosure process for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for a flood-proofing subproject at the Bintang landing site in The Gambia. Managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under the PROREFISH Gambia programme, the subproject is classified as Category B. 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