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Among the trees planted were 4,000 fruit trees, 3,000 for crops, 3,000 for forests, and 2,000 for other uses.
Featured

Greening Kigali: Equity Bank, partners plant 12,000 trees in Gasabo

Saturday, March 14, 2026
Across districts such as Kayonza, Kirehe and Ngoma, farmers are increasingly embracing agroforestry and community-led tree planting. 
Editorial

Farmers hold key to restoring forests in Eastern Rwanda

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Workers sort seedlings in a nursery in Gatsibo. According to official the project of forest restoration has given jobs to residents in greening degraded land. File
Environment

Farmers join fight to restore forests in Eastern province

Monday, March 09, 2026
Wildlife veterinarians treat lions in Akagera National Park. The park has so far over 70 lions. In 2015, seven lions were reintroduced to Akagera National Park, marking the beginning of the species’ return after years of absence. Courtesy
Environment

Why Akagera park wants to regulate lion population

Friday, February 27, 2026
Bamboo trees planted along the shores of the Nyabarongo River, a major tributary of the Nile River in Rwanda. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

How Rwanda’s erosion control efforts shield Nile basin rivers

Monday, February 23, 2026
Workers sort and pack products into paper-made packages at a processing facility in Kigali. The initiative promotes eco-friendly packaging while supporting local manufacturing and job creation. Courtesy
Featured

How Rwanda is driving the transition from plastic to sustainable packaging

Friday, February 13, 2026
Rwanda and Singapore have launched a call for carbon market projects’ proposals under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Environment

Rwanda, Singapore issue call for carbon market project proposals

Friday, January 30, 2026
Image taken in Gakenke District starkly reveals the environmental cost of conventional tillage, where bare, disturbed soil is left defenceless against erosion, as evidenced by the sloughing hillside and washed-out field. Such practices compact the soil, severely hindering water infiltration and aggressively depleting the soil of its vital organic matter and nutrients. Photo: Courtesy of RICA

Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Inside a vegetable show room. On Monday, new regulations came into force in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for the so-called junk foods.

Why go to the supermarket, when you can go to the local market for food

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Tourists on the canopy walk way in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Editorial

What Nyungwe teaches us about sustainable tourism

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing these withdrawals on Wednesday, January 7. Courtesy
International

US withdraws from over 60 UN, non-UN organisations

Thursday, January 08, 2026
Some of the newly introduced electric buses operating in public transport at the Downtown Taxi Park in Kigali. File.
Environment

20 green initiatives that defined Rwanda’s climate agenda in 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025