Kigali. Different stakeholders from the Albertine Rift region are gathering in Kigali for a regional dialogue on environment and development themed âBalancing Environment and Development through ESIA Â in the Albertine Riftâ. This dialogue was organized and facilitated by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS Network) in collaboration with Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) with financial support from Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). It was held on 30th May 2017 at Chez Lando Hotel in Kigali, following a field visit to KivuWatt project at Lake Kivu conducted on 29th May 2017.
"Conservation of Nature must go hand in hand with improving the livelihoods of communities who are the cornerstone for a healthy environment. It is not only all about protecting the watershed or river banks or protecting the forest, community should see clearly the benefits from sustainable environmental management through supporting their source of livelihoods", said Dr Vincent Biruta, the Ministry of Natural Resources in Rwanda during the celebration of World Environment Day held in Gakenke District in Rwanda.
Dear reader, welcome to the 7th Edition of the African Mountains Echo- the voice for Sustainable Mountain Development in Africa produced by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society in collaboration with Africa Mountains Regional Forum, with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Dear reader, welcome to the first edition of ENDOKWA News- a biannual newsletter produced by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS Network) in collaboration with ARCOSâ community partners through its Nature Based Community Enterprises Programme in the Albertine Rift region and with financial support from Rwanda Green Fund (FONERWA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), to support community learning through regional information sharing.It also facilitates the rest of the world to know the efforts of community groups in environmental safeguard and poverty reduction. This newsletter is produced in English and Kinyarwanda/Ikirundi. It is produced in the framework of âNature Based Community Learning Groupâ as resolved during the Regional Community Exchange Workshop held in Eastern Uganda from 29th to 31st August 2016.
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