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Rwanda Global Environmental Facility Project
HIGHLIGHTS
Total Project Investment
US$5.4 million over 6 years
Land Area
117,300 hectares of the Volcanoes and Nyungwe National Parks
Project Rate of Funding
US$775 per sq km per year
Estimated Funding Necessary to Sustain Montane Forests
US$1,022 per sq km per year
Other Sources of Funding to Meet Funding Gap
Improved financial and business planning; private donations
Contacts
Michel Masozera, WCS-Country Director
mmasozera@wcs.org
P.O. Box 1699
Kigali, Rwanda
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established in 1991 as an independent financial organization to provide grants to developing countries. GEF funds projects that benefit the global environment while promoting sustainable livelihoods in local communities.
The Rwanda GEF project builds on the recent progress that has been made to improve the capacity of individuals and institutions to manage the land in ways that preserve biodiversity values in and around protected areas in Rwanda’s mountain forests. WCS is helping the Ministry of Lands, Environment, Forests, Water and Mines in the implementation of th eproject. WCS is playin ga role of the implementing agency in this project. The project seeks additional resources to increase the capacity of local people to manage Rwanda’s montane forests to ensure the long-term maintenance of biodiversity, ecological functions, environmental services, and economic benefits. Proposed investments go beyond mountain forests to target the sustainability of Rwanda’s entire protected area system, with particular attention to three key areas:
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Central government policies and laws, staff capacities, and collaborative frameworks;
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Local district capacity to plan, co-manage, and benefit from appropriate development activities on lands adjacent to protected areas;
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Protected area adaptive management capacity to ensure long-term biodiversity values through applied research, monitoring, and evaluation
Project activities include support for capacity-building at all levels, increased collaboration between government bodies, and a complementary set of income and employment generating activities in targeted communities that neighbor protected areas.
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