environment
Rwanda’s Clean Air Agenda Gets $25million Investment
Rwanda is the first African country to set an ambitious target of becoming a green country through eliminating gas emissions and adopting use of gas as an alternative of using…
President Biden Wants U.S to Resume Lead Role in 2016 Kigali Amendment
The U.S Government has announced plans to ratify Kigali Amendment on phasing down super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol, a deal that the former US president Donald…
Earth Journalism Network Opens Opportunities to Local Media
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has committed to working with the Rwanda Network of Environmental Journalists (RNEJ) as part of it plans of extending financial support to journalists who specialize…
EU Rewards Best Practices in Reducing GreenHouse Gas Emission
The European Union (EU) in Rwanda has awarded Rwandan citizens who choose to walk or bike to their workplaces as part of personal contribution to reducing Green House Gas (GHE…
Ombudsman Speaks Out on Wetland Evacuation Concerns
The Office of the Ombudsman has given its opinion on the issue of evacuation and expropriation of businesses and activities whose owners have considered to be unjustly done. This comes…
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…
