Inside Rwanda’s Top Multi-Billion Nature Conservation Projects

Rwanda, on July 28, joins the rest of the world to mark World Nature Conservation Day. The annual event serves as a reminder for people worldwide to recognise the utmost importance of preserving the natural environment and its resources.

The country’s commitment to protecting its diverse biodiversity has led to several ambitious and impactful nature preservation initiatives. Below, in no particular order, we delve into eight of Rwanda’s top multi-billion nature conservation projects.

Green Gicumbi project

Also known as “Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communities in Northern Rwanda’’, the $32 million project is being implemented by the Rwanda Green Fund-FONERWA in collaboration with Gicumbi District and other stakeholders to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable communities in Gicumbi District.

Also funded by GCF, Green Gicumbi serves as a pilot project to be scaled up across the country. The six-year adaptation project comprises four key components; watershed protection and climate resilient agriculture; sustainable forest management and sustainable energy; climate resilient settlements as well as knowledge transfer and mainstreaming.

This project intends to restore over 60,000 hectares of drought-degraded landscapes into climate resilient ecosystems through reforestation, agroforestry, restoration of pasturelands, and erosion control measures in seven districts of the Eastern Province of Rwanda, namely Kirehe, Kayonza, Gatsibo, Ngoma as well as Bugesera districts.

By Patrick Nzabonimpa

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