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Part of Kigali Green City project. The cabinet last week approved the ministerial order allocating state land for green homes as part of the Green City Kigali Project in Kinyinya, Gasabo District. Courtesy
Housing

Govt allocates land for 2,000 ‘affordable green homes’ in Kigali

Monday, August 07, 2023
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Environment

New bill proposes mandatory permits for tree harvesting

Monday, August 07, 2023
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya explains to journalists how a new bill governing forests and trees could help Rwanda to utilise carbon market, on August 2, 2023, in Kigali. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Environment

Rwanda counts on new forest bill to tap global carbon market

Saturday, August 05, 2023
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Environment

Public warned to take precautions after wildfire guts 20ha of Karongi forests

Thursday, August 03, 2023
A landscape view of the reforested area. Green Gicumbi project has rehabilitated 1,107 hectares of degraded forests in the past three years. Courtesy
Environment

Inside Rwanda’s top multi-billion nature conservation projects

Friday, July 28, 2023
A view of a forest that is being havested in Rurindo District. The government has authorized the allocation of 7,716 hectares of state forests to private investors for responsible harvesting and oversight. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment

Rwanda allocates over 7,000 hectares of state forests to investors

Friday, July 28, 2023
Some seedlings of indigenous species. Rwanda is planning to plant more trees, of which 40 per cent must be indigenous species, in order to access the carbon market. COURTESY
Environment

Carbon trading: Indigenous trees to take up 40% of Rwanda’s forests

Monday, July 24, 2023
A view of a lit-road at Biryogo in Kigali. In Rwanda, people believe that all roads are supposed to be night-lit.

Rwanda is a work in ceaseless progress

Friday, July 21, 2023
A visitor during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn more about the history the Genocide against the Tutsi. File

Lamenting the shame that brought a country to her knees

Thursday, July 06, 2023
A flooded area in Nyundo sector, Rubavu. Environment and climate change experts have called for a probe into deforestation, land degradation, and mining activities that have triggered the increase in soil erosion and flooding .
Environment

Scientists call for probe into deforestation, illegal mining

Monday, July 03, 2023
Jean Marie Vianney Kagenza, Team Leader of the Green Gicumbi project. Photos: Courtesy.
Featured

GCF-funded ‘Green Gicumbi’ to strengthen district’s climate resilience

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Jean Marie Vianney Kagenza, Team Leader of the Green Gicumbi project.
Featured

FEATURED: GCF-funded ‘Green Gicumbi’ to strengthen district’s climate resilience

Monday, June 26, 2023