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A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali City. Craish Bahizi
Environment

FEATURED: Rwandans urged to back wetlands restoration

Sunday, February 05, 2023
Kinshasa residents turn up to search for bodies of over 140 people who were killed by disasters in DR Congo capital city on December 14. Courtesy
Health

How eco system affects human health

Wednesday, December 28, 2022
A view of Muhazi pond, one of the artificial ponds that were created at the revamped Nyandungu Wetland Eco-Tourism Park in Kigali. File
Environment

2022: A look at 15 major climate finance flows in Rwanda

Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Vincent Biruta, and Guy Nestor Itoua, ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Rwanda, are joined with other heads of diplomatic missions to the country to plant trees during a special umuganda in Kicukiro District. Courtesy photo
Environment

Focus on climate change fight as Congo celebrates proclamation

Saturday, November 26, 2022
A grey-crowned crane at Umusambi Village in Kigali, a nature reserve and sanctuary for the disabled, rescued endangered birds from captivity. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment

Rwanda’s crane population doubles in five years

Friday, November 18, 2022
An electric car at a charging station at Kigali Convention Centre on March 30, 2021. Total adoption of electric vehicles and related solutions in Rwanda will require up to $900 million. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Five green projects Rwanda can take to global carbon market

Monday, October 24, 2022
Some Impala at Akagera National Park. According to the new report, the world has recorded an average 69 per cent decline in global wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Tourism

Wildlife: How Rwanda is faring amid global decline in wild populations

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
The newly restored Ibanda-Makera forest, a 169-hectare natural forest of varied natural trees in a marshland connected to River Akagera. / Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda to restore drought-resistant trees amid rising temperatures

Monday, October 10, 2022
Illegal miners who were arrested by Rwanda National Police over illegal mining activities in Gishwati-Mukura National Park on August 10. / Photo: Courtesy
Crime

Gishwati forest: Why illegal activities persist despite conservation efforts

Monday, September 26, 2022
A segment of a forest that was reported to be harvested prematurely in Gakenke District. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Environment

Construction activities may erode Rwanda’s gains in forestry – watchdog

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Some of the illegal miners in Gishwati who were arrested by Rwanda National Police last week. Districts that border the park have said that fresh measures are being tightened to crack down on illegal mining activities that threaten the protected forest. The park was designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve after being restored at a cost of $9.5 million since 2014. Photo: Courtesy. Courtesy

Illegal mining threatens Gishwati forest

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
The New Times

Terrorism: The World’s double standards on covering Rwanda

Monday, August 08, 2022