Rwanda: Driving Green Growth Through Conservation

Rwanda: Driving Green Growth Through Conservation

Rwanda's conservation story is entering an exciting new chapter, one where gorillas are thriving, communities are building stronger livelihoods, and partners are coming together to demonstrate how conservation, resilience, and economic opportunity are all connected.

Rwanda’s Gorilla Conservation Enters New Phase as Population Grows

Rwanda’s decades-long effort to save the mountain gorilla is entering a new phase, with authorities increasingly focused on how to protect a growing population while ensuring that communities living around Volcanoes National Park benefit from conservation. The message emerged on Friday, September 4, at the 21st Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming ceremony in Kinigi, Musanze District,

PM Nsengiyumva links gorilla habitat expansion to local community benefits - Rwanda Dispatch

Rwanda is expanding Volcanoes National Park to give its growing mountain gorilla population more space while seeking to ensure communities affected by the expansion benefit from conservation, Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva said Friday. Speaking at the 21st Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony in Kinigi, Musanze District, Nsengiyumva said Rwanda’s conservation success had created a new […] The post PM Nsengiyumva links gorilla habitat expansion…

Gorilla conservation must go with citizen welfare, says PM

Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva has said Rwanda’s conservation efforts must go hand in hand with improving the livelihoods of communities living around...