Rwanda: Govt Will Meet Forestry Targets in Time, Says Minister Biruta

13 January 2016

Rwanda's forestry coverage target of 30 per cent of the total surface area is to be met before the 2020 deadline as government turns focus to agro-forestry, Dr Vincent Biruta has said.

Briefing a senatorial standing committee in charge of economic development and finance, on the status of forestry in the country, the Minister for Natural Resources said the country's current forest coverage has so far reached 29.2 per cent from 25.9 per cent in 2010, with the target expected to be hit by 2018.

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