| Project Detail |
Rwanda faces climate challenges that result in severe weather events such as landslides and floods in the Northern and Western provinces, and droughts in the Eastern province. The situation is exacerbated by soil erosion, resulting from unsustainable agricultural practices and forest degradation. The demand for solid biomass as cooking energy is increasing and cannot be met by current production.
The Sustainable forestry and efficient renewable energy for improved livelihoods (SFERE) project aims to strengthen the resilience of forest landscapes and dependent communities to climate change in selected districts of northwestern and eastern Rwanda.
The specific objective is to improve livelihoods by increasing the production of sustainable biomass for cooking, using improved stoves and strengthening value chains.
The project is structured around three key results:
restoration and sustainable management of forest plantations for biomass production through community-engaged private forest management units (PFMUs);
increased use of improved stoves and sustainable biomass in urban and peri-urban areas;
increasing and diversifying incomes, improving connections with value chains for smallholder farmers in UGFPs.
The project strategy focuses on capacity building, establishment of UGFPs, restoration of plantations, strengthening of private biomass and stove actors, promotion of agroforestry and facilitating access to finance. Key actors are the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Infrastructure and their operational agencies, in particular the Rwanda Forest Authority, as well as district authorities. The project has also established partnerships with civil society and private sector organizations. |
