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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
The Volcanoes Community Resilience Project (VCRP) is delivering visible economic and social gains, particularly for farmers working on steep, high-altitude land in Nyabihu and Musanze districts.
Featured

Featured: Major resilience project begins paying off for north-west Rwanda communities

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
Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye, addresses Members of Parliament on Tuesday, February 17. Courtesy 
Rwanda

MPs back tougher action on abandoned mining pits

Monday, February 23, 2026
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has warned the public against using banknotes for decorative and celebratory purposes. Courtesy
Law

When love meets the law: That cash bouquet could land you in trouble this Valentine’s Day

Monday, February 09, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen Mubarakh Muganga and his Egyptian counterpart, Lt Gen Osama Askar, sign a military cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the 4th edition of the Egypt Defence Expo, on December 2, 2025. Courtesy
Security

What Rwanda's expanding military diplomacy means

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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
Land and ecosystem damage is making it harder for nature to provide essential resources.Courtesy
Environment

Inside $9bn landscape management investment plan

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Farmers from Shyira Sector in Nyabihu District celebrate after planting 4,000 indigenous tree species in the buffer zone of the Mukungwa River.
Featured

Could land restoration be Africa’s "new economy"?

Tuesday, December 09, 2025
Miners work in a tunnel at GAMICO- Bashyamba Mining Site in Nyarugenge District. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Environment

Nearly 1,000 abandoned mines set for restoration by 2030

Monday, December 08, 2025