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Minister for Environment, Dr Vincent Biruta addresses journalists during a media briefing as Coletha Ruhamya, the Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority looks on on Wednesday. / Craish Bahizi

Environment ministry pushes for green transport initiatives

Thursday, May 23, 2019
Minister of Environment Vincent Biruta addressing residents of Rutsiro last yesterday. (James Peter Nkurunziza )

Rutsiro residents cautioned against illegal mining

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Hydropower and electricity production plants are also affected during erosion in Sebeya River
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FEATURED: World Water Day: Call for ownership in protecting water resources by restoring water catchments

Friday, March 29, 2019
Environment minister Biruta (centre) at one the stands at the opening of the two-day Integrated Water Resources Management Conference in Kigali yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Experts call for inclusiveness in managing water resources

Saturday, March 23, 2019
Residents of Gatsata in Kigali dig trenches to divert rain water. Courtesy.
Rwanda

New bid to crack down on projects that pollute the environment

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Minister for Environment, Dr Vincent Biruta, addresses members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Environment as Coletha Ruhamya, the Director General of REMA, looks on in Kigali yesterday. The Government has pinned its hopes on five local firms that produce non-plastic products and seven companies that recycle plastics to phase out the use of single use plastic materials without significant disruptions. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Govt bets on local firms to phase out single-use plastics, smoothly

Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Vincent Biruta, Minister for Environment.
Rwanda

Government faced with land fragmentation, transfer fee issues

Saturday, March 02, 2019
Members of Parliament during a session yesterday. The lawmakers approved the basis of the law banning single use plastics albeit with some concerns. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Firms should be given more time to phase out single use plastics: MPs

Monday, February 18, 2019
It was the first art exhibition by the UN agencyu2019s Rwanda chapter since it launched operations in the country in the 1970s. The exhibition addresses issues concerning unity, reconciliation, healing and social cohesion in post-conflict Rwanda. Photos by Emmanuel Kwizera.

Empowered lives, a photo exhibition by the UNDP in Rwanda

Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Minister for Environment Vincent Biruta. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Extreme weather costs 10% of national budget – Biruta

Sunday, February 10, 2019
The project seeks to renovate forests and increase production. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Agroforestry farmers to be grouped in cooperatives

Wednesday, February 06, 2019
A man is carried across a flooded Nyabugogo highway in April 2012. The Ministry of Environment has outlined a plan to end flooding in the area. File.
Rwanda

Minister Biruta outlines plan to end flooding in Nyabugogo

Tuesday, February 05, 2019