Rwanda News

One of the female lions being translocated to Rwanda. Photo by: Matthew Poole. After 15 years, the roar of lions will once again be heard in Rwanda. Today the NGO,…

Forest canopy on the sky island of Nyungwe, Rwanda. Photo by: Michele Menegon. The montane rainforests of East Africa are little-known to the global public. The Amazon and Congo loom…

Hirwa Gorilla Group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Photo © Julie Ghrist. It's unlikely conservation organizations can survive if they are unwilling to embrace change: as an endeavor, conservation requires…

The sunlight poured through the canopy, casting dappled shade over Makara, a large silverback mountain gorilla, as he cast his eyes around the forest clearing, checking on the members of…

Mountain gorilla family in Virunga National Park. Photo by: Martin Harvey/WWF. A mountain gorilla census in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has a population that continues to rise, hitting 400…

Forest in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Forest cover in East Africa has dropped by 9.3 percent from 2001-2009, according to a new paper published…

Ten tropical African countries will receive training and support to develop national forest monitoring systems, reports the United Nations. Brazil, which has an advanced deforestation tracking system, will guide the…

Southern Oregon forest. The U.S. Forest Service joined Rwanda, a Brazilian coalition, and a Central American alliance of indigenous groups in a pledge to restore 18 million hectares (45 million…

African elephants at Chobe River in Botswana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate "natural capital" into their economies. Natural capital, which…

Deforestation in the Congo Basin. Click image to enlarge. Deforestation in the Congo Basin has increased sharply since the 1990s, reports an extensive new assessment of forests in the six-nation…

Mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The price of a daily gorilla permit has more than doubled since this photo was taken in 2006. Rwanda has raised the…

Kivu giant pouched rat caught on camera trap eating a seed of Carapa grandiflora. Photo by: Aisha Nyiramana. Rats are rarely thought of as heroes. In fact, in many parts…

Forest policies in the United States, Rwanda, and Gambia won U.N. backed awards for contributing to efforts to protect and sustainably manage forests. Rwanda, which experienced a reversal in deforestation…

Rift Valley escarpment with the forest of Lake Manyara National Park below in the East African country of Tanzania. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Tropical forest news last week was…

19 forest policies have been nominated for an award by the World Future Council, a global think tank. The policies come from 16 countries: Bhutan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland,…

Conservation appears to be working for the Critically Endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Virunga massif region, as a new census shows an additional 100 individuals from the…

Rwanda expects to reach its goal of 30% forest cover in three years, according to the Minister for Forestry and Mines, Christophe Bazivamo. If achieved this would be seven years…

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Conservation International (CI) have sent teams of researchers to 14 countries on five continents to search for the world's lost…

Satellite images released by NASA show nearly complete destruction of Rwanda's Gishwati Forest between 1986 and 2001. Deforestation of the forest reserve is largely the result of subsistence harvesting and…

80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000 occurred in biodiversity hotspots, reports a study published in the journal Conservation Biology. The research examined conflicts in…

Rwanda and Burundi agree to protect rare forest area Rwanda and Burundi agree to protect rare forest area mongabay.com September 15, 2008 Rwanda and Burundi have agreed to protect a…

Rwanda launches reforestation project to protect chimps, drive ecotourism Rwanda launches reforestation project to protect chimps, drive ecotourism mongabay.com March 18, 2008 Conservationists in Rwanda have launched an ambitious reforestation…

Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing mongabay.com July 24, 2007 At least four critically endangered gorillas have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's…

New monkey species in Uganda New monkey species in Uganda mongabay.com February 19, 2007 Uganda may soon have a new species of monkey according to a report published in Kampala's…

Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey Wildlife Conservation Society June 20, 2006 A recent wildlife census…

Deforestation rates jump in Uganda and Burundi, fall in Rwanda Deforestation rates jump in Uganda and Burundi, fall in Rwanda Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com January 25, 2006 Tropical deforestation rates…