On 23rd September 2021 at Lemigo Hotel, ARCOS Network held a meeting with Eco-Schoolsâ partners. After the meeting, partners pledged a continued collaboration towards its further successful implementation.
In partnership with the Foundation Audemars-Watkins and Kirehe District, ARCOS is going to implement a three-year project aimed at restoring the Nyagasenyi remnant forest landscape and its water catchment and sustain surrounding community livelihoods through landscape restoration, integrated watershed management and eco-agricultural value chain development.
More than 6 million trees (including agroforestry, fruits and woodlots as well as indigenous species) will be planted on 15, 209 ha, and 3 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be sequestrated for 20 years. At least 120,000 people and 30,000 households will benefit from the project, with 60% of the project beneficiaries being women and youth 5,000 green jobs will be created and around 1,000 grassroots community groups named Friends of Nature for sustainable livelihoods and development will be established and operationalized.
One Tree Planted and Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) signed a new project agreement with a total fund of USD 160,000. This fund will finance a new project aiming at restoring degraded areas and enhancing climate resilience in mountainous areas of western Rwanda and in the lowlands of eastern Rwanda for an initial period from April to December 2021.
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