Rwanda

Environmental conservation work in Rwanda

Latest news and publications

Ugandan settlers and their cattle set to cross over the Semliki River to free the northern part of the Virunga National Park in the DRC which they occupied five years ago.

09 Jul 2008
Two die in Congo attack on WWF vehicle
Two people were killed and three injured, including a WWF staff member, when a WWF vehicle was attacked in Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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13 Jun 2008
VACANCY: POLICY PROGRAMME OFFICER
The WWF-EARPO Freshwater Programme has 4 major programmes (with several subprojects) in priority geographic areas in East Africa. These are the Mara River Basin, Ruaha River Basin, the Eastern Rift Valley and the Albertine Rift. » Read more

The receding glaciers of the Stanley Group at Rwenzori, 1952 (top) and 2008 (below)

17 Mar 2008
Vanishing central African glaciers signal climate danger
Forget the snows of Kilimanjaro – Africa is at risk of losing the central African glaciers that are the highest permanent source of water to the Nile

A WWF and partner organization expedition to the Rwenzori mountains has gathered graphic evidence of declining glaciated areas, with new estimates being that the glaciers will completely disappear in the next 30 years » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: May 2008 - Started: Jul 2001

Albertine Rift Ecoregion Conservation Programme

The Albertine Rift region straddling along the borders of DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania, and stretching over a North-Ssouth distance of 1,... » Read more

Modified: Nov 2006 - Started: Aug 2001

Conservation of Biodiversity in the Albertine Rift Valley Forests

The forests of the Albertine Rift Valley system are a global centre of diversity and endemism across all taxa. In the past decades deforestation lead ... » Read more

Contact

WWF Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office (EARPO),
Nairobi
5th Floor of ACS Plaza Lenana Road No 1/1203 Nairobi Kenya
Kenya

T: +254 20 3877 355
F: +254 20 3877 389