Rwanda’s major ivory dealers remain untouched, poor communities face consequences
Ordinary locals in Rwanda face prosecution for possession of ivory, no top players who buy ivory from the convicted locals have faced prosecution.
Ordinary locals in Rwanda face prosecution for possession of ivory, no top players who buy ivory from the convicted locals have faced prosecution.
Capitalizing on the government’s laxity, leaving it to languish in poverty, individuals in the cartel enrich themselves from the plunder.
Tree growers, timber dealers and exporters felt the ban’s impact almost immediately
Mineral exploration and exploitation permits are issued in and around local community forest concessions
President’s Yoweri Museveni 2022 environmental directive for all wetland encroachers to vacate the swamps.
The project aims to plant 50,000 seedlings of mangroves and to create a first line of defense for the Red Sea coast.
Many families lack access to drinking water and rely on limited water tank supplieS
The species on the list included three mammals, three fish, seven reptiles, 12 insects and five spiders.
The pollutants profoundly impact the fishing industry, killing fish in Nzoia River, with the water being unusable for any purpose for at least 20 kilometres from Webuye sub-county in Bugoma County – Western Kenya.
Our efforts have led to the protection of the natural forest of Karinzu,
8.1 million people die annually from the effects of air pollution
Since South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011, the country has yet to develop its own policies to regulate some sectors