Photo: IUCN ESARO
EWMR is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and implemented by The Government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in collaboration with IUCN, Rwanda Rural Rehabilitation Initiative (RWARRI) and Netherlands Development Organization SNV
The EWMR project is piloting an innovative community participatory - Village Land Use Action Planning processes (VLUAP). This approach enables community members at village level to identify local problems of landscape degradation and soil erosion caused by deforestation, unsustainable agricultural and mining practises that negatively impact on water quality. They then play a leading role in designing remedial measures to restore landscapes and reverse the degradation and in return benefit from sustainable socio-economic and climate-resilient development through improved incomes and resilience from sustainable use of landscape resources
Programme Objective:
The project aims to increase livelihoods and conservation benefits in Sebeya & other catchments through landscape restoration and improved natural resources management
Project Partners:
- The Government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Netherlands Development Organization SNV
- Rwanda Rural Rehabilitation Initiative (RWARRI)
