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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
Jean de Dieu Kwizera, a beekeeper in Gasabo District. Beekeepers reckon that one of the ways to increase honey production is producing eco-friendly pesticides.

Beekeepers weigh in on how to boost honey production

Monday, August 08, 2022
A segment of Nyungwe forest that was affected by fire last week. Seen here, different security personnel inspect the incident in Rusizi District.

Public warned against starting wildfires as blaze guts part of Nyungwe forest

Monday, August 01, 2022
Students tour Busaga forest in Rongi Sector of Muhanga District. The forest once occupied 300 hectares of land but has been reduced to less than 150 hectares due to agriculture, wood exploitation and settlement. As Rwanda observes the World Nature Conservation Day on July 28, the country has committed to restore two million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. File

Govt banks on private operators to increase forestry sector revenues

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park. Rwanda has achieved success in protecting and increasing the endangered mountain gorilla population and conserving its habitat.
Featured

FEATURED: Five ways Rwanda is investing in ecotourism and conservation

Sunday, May 15, 2022
The New Times

Protecting East Africa’s natural capital: The cost of inaction

Thursday, April 14, 2022
The New Times

Why the media is critical to Africa’s conservation movement

Tuesday, April 12, 2022