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Visitors tour at Electromax Industry in Huye District. Amon Ndarifite, the recycling department manager at Electromax reiterated that the support for green projects should be in various ways.
Business

Investors want lower interest rates under new fund for green projects

Monday, November 07, 2022
Mujawamariya joined with the Diplomatic Corps, development partners, young people and communities to participate in Umuganda at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.
Environment

Rwanda to plant 36 million trees to cope with climate change

Saturday, October 29, 2022
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Business

COP27: Greenpreneurs decry funding gap

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
A woman sorts her fruits plantation in the garden in Nyamagabe District on April 29, 2022. Dan Nsengiyumva
Agriculture

Rwanda needs Rwf11bn to scale up agro-forestry

Tuesday, October 04, 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
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Africa

Chinese-built modern railway in Kenya lauded for its green ethos

Friday, August 05, 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
Rwanda National Police officers inspect air pollution to vehicles at Rwamagana .Rwanda has 221,000 registered vehicles consisting of 52 percent of motorcycles and 38 percent passenger vehicles, of which at least 30,000 are in Kigali.

80 percent of vehicles emit greenhouse gas, causing climate change - REMA

Thursday, June 02, 2022
Mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park. Rwanda has achieved success in protecting and increasing the endangered mountain gorilla population and conserving its habitat.
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FEATURED: Five ways Rwanda is investing in ecotourism and conservation

Sunday, May 15, 2022
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Protecting East Africa’s natural capital: The cost of inaction

Thursday, April 14, 2022