By Florence Mutesi, Kigali News Times, November 20, 2007. “The Ministry of Lands, Environment, Forestry, Water and Mines plans to plant at least 100 million trees during the annual tree-planting campaign that started yesterday. According to State Minister for Lands and Environment, Patricia Hajabakiga, the campaign runs through this month to March of next year and will become annual… Nyabihu District was recently devastated by heavy rains which killed fifteen people and displaced thousands. Officials largely attributed the heavy rains to the destruction of Gishwati forest by farmers who wanted to use the land for cultivation. Formerly covering 21,000 hectares before 1981, Gishwati Forest, located in north-western part of the country had been reduced to only 600 hectares by 2002.” Keep reading
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