Rwanda: Farmers Join Fight to Restore Forests in Eastern Province

Rwanda: Farmers Join Fight to Restore Forests in Eastern Province

Four to five decades ago, Rwanda's Eastern Province had significant forest cover. Once characterised by rolling hills, plains, savannahs, wetlands and grasslands, the region has since experienced widespread deforestation as communities cleared land for agriculture and relied heavily on charcoal, firewood, and timber for construction.

Farmers join fight to restore forests in Eastern province

Four to five decades ago, Rwanda’s Eastern Province had significant forest cover. Once characterised by rolling hills, plains, savannahs, wetlands and grasslands, the region has since experienced widespread deforestation as communities cleared land for agriculture and relied heavily on charcoal, firewood, and timber for construction. Today, however, the government’s commitment to restore two million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 20…