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Rwanda launches six-year landscape restoration project

KIGALI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda on Friday launched a six-year landscape restoration project that will restore the natural forests and increase the erosion control and protection of marshlands and buffer zones to foster agriculture productivity in the Amayaga region in Southern Province.
 
The Green Amayaga Project, whose total investment stands at 32.7 million U.S. dollars, is being implemented by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority in partnership with the Rwanda Forestry Authority and the districts of Kamonyi, Ruhango, Nyanza and Gisagara.
 
The project, supported by the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Development Programme, will advance the restoration of the degraded forests in the area, the landscape of which covers more than 550 hectares, or 0.14 percent of Rwanda's total national natural forests, 10 percent of the planted forest and many patches of remnant forest.

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