environment
Report Suggests Recovery Options of Drained Rusizi Hot Springs
A final expert assessment report on recent drainage of hot spring in Rusizi district has recommended restoration of the springs in a cheap and safe way, taking into consideration that…
Rwanda Stands Out At the Bonn Challenge Review
From Rwanda to Guatemala, a new report on a global challenge to plant trees has showed that fewer countries have failed to unleash their potential to restore forests while some…
IUCN Global Environment Series to Discuss Reforestation of 150M Ha
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will this Wednesday hold a series of a global digital events to celebrate the first major milestone of the Bonn Challenge and…
Experts Explain Disappearance of Rusizi Hot Springs
A team geologist and environment experts led by Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) has concluded its finding on the cause of the sudden disappeared of tourist hot springs…
Rwanda Sets Ambitious Reforestation Targets
On 23 July, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released the new set of Global Standard for Nature-based solutions (NbS) that will act as a benchmark for…
Rwanda Raises The Bar In Response to Climate Change
Appositely, or may be paradoxically, or perhaps, paradoxically apposite, a virus that attacks respiratory pathways has reminded the world of the urgent need to cut air pollution, which costs millions…
We Lost Heroes – Families Pay Tribute to Gakenke Disaster Victims
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, a sunny day started like a normal day in Gakenke district, Northern province with no sign that it would rain. Andrew Mwumvaneza from Rumbi cell, Bwanamo…
American Couple Pushes Rwandan Students to Save Environment
Sometime in 2004, Mark Sullivan Kristin Jensen Sullivan – an American couple travelled to Rwanda as tourists to visit different parts of the country. On a visit to volcanoes national park…
REMA Gets a New Partner – Environment Professionals’ Association
Rwanda has witnessed the inauguration of the first association of environment professionals adding to other existing careers-based organisations like in the media, medics, lawyers and business community in Rwanda…
Environment Week: Taking Stock of the Biogas Project
Bénoît Segatoma, a resident of Muyebe I Settlement in Ruhango Cell of Rongi Sector – Muhanga District, wakes up early morning, collects cow dung from the cowshed and mixes…
One Year Later – Gakenke Disaster Survivors Back on their feet
On May 6th, 2016, Silyvestre Ngendahayo left his home early morning for prayer and fasting behind closed doors at Gakenke Pentecost Church – ADEPR Ganzo. At midnight, heavy rain with thunderstorm…
Rwandans Plant 30 million Trees To Save Environment
Rwandans have today planted over 30 million trees across the country in a community exercise conducted every last Saturday of the month. Dr. Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s Minister of Natural…
