USAID's Investments for Environment in Rwanda - Dollars to Results
FY 2011 $1.6 M
FY 2012 $2.3 M
FY 2013 $2.6 M
FY 2014 $3.7 M
FY 2015 $8.5 M
In Rwanda, the majority of the population relies on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods, making them vulnerable to major climate changes.
Why Our Work Matters…
Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5°F over the next hundred years.
Illustrative results in 2011
A hectare is equal to 2.47 acres or 10,000 square meters. Improved natural resource management includes activities that promote enhanced management of natural resources for one or more objectives, such as sustaining soil and/or water resources, mitigating climate change, and/or promoting sustainable agriculture. Effective natural resource management is essential to preserving biodiversity and reducing impacts of climate change.
Natural resource management and biodiversity conservation training transfers knowledge, skills, or attitudes through structured learning and follow-up activities, or through less structured means, to solve problems or fill identified performance gaps. Training includes long-term academic degree programs, short or long-term nondegree technical courses in academic or in other settings, nonacademic seminars, workshops, on-the-job learning experiences, observational study tours, or distance learning exercises or interventions. Natural resource managementand biodiversity training is important for building local capacity and promoting sustainability.
Topics under global climate change include the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change; national greenhouse gas inventories, national programs or policies to mitigate or adapt to global climate change; promotion of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; promotion of public awareness efforts; activities to reduce the vulnerability to climate change impacts; activities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the land use sector; activities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. Training activities support demonstration activities that strengthen in-country capacity, as well as promote strategic partnerships, education and outreach, technology cooperation and research.
Illustrative results in 2012
Training activities strengthen agency and in-country capacity, as well as promote strategic partnerships. They improve the likelihood that development partners will continue to implement climate change projects after U.S. government support has ended, as well as increase the likelihood that agency staff will program climate change funds effectively for maximum impact.
Illustrative results in 2013
Illustrative results in 2014
A hectare is equal to 2.47 acres or 10,000 square meters. "Improved Management” includes activities that promote enhanced management of natural resources for the objective of conserving biodiversity in areas that are identified as biologically significant through national, regional, or global priority-setting processes. This is essential for preserving biodiversity and reducing impact of climate change.
Officially established as a national park in 2004, Nyungwe is a rainforest that is home to a wide variety of rare plants and animals, some of which have only been found in the park. USAID has been working in Nyungwe since the mid-1980s. Our work there has helped to build an eco-tourism industry through activities like trail maintenance, training park guides, and creating partnerships with the private sector to invest in things like lodging around the park.
Illustrative results in 2015
A hectare is equal to 10,000 square meters. Areas are rated on a set of criteria and then prioritized according to their biological significance, which helps USAID decide where to focus its work. Improved natural resource management includes activities that improve management of natural resources for the objective of conserving biodiversity in areas that are identified as biologically significant through national, regional, or global priority-setting processes. This is essential for preserving biodiversity and reducing impact of climate change.
Increased economic benefits are increases in economic earnings or consumption due to sustainable management or conservation of natural resources. When people receive tangible economic benefits from natural resource management or conservation, they are more likely to value and support these activities into the future, well after the project ends, thus creating a sustainable impact.
Through workshops and trainings, USAID has worked with community groups, mayors, and local government representatives to help identify climate change threats, and to determine what adaptation measures, such as restoration and protection of critical grasslands and forests, will reduce their vulnerability.
![Workers haul materials for a USAID-supported recycling project in Kigali](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170126072240im_/https://results.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/dtr_country_sector_photo/public/country-sector/Rwanda%20Environment%20Objective%20Page_0_0.jpg?itok=8rGDfKmz)
A USAID-supported recycling project in Kigali cleans neighborhoods and creates jobs.
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