Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Rwanda 2016-2022

Rwanda is a landlocked country in East Africa with a topography characterised by steep hills and high mountains. Rwanda’s natural wetland, forest, and savannah ecosystems provide a wide range of services that increase the climate resilience of local communities, such as erosion control and flood mitigation. There remain many knowledge gaps in Rwanda that limit the use of ‘ecosystem-based adaptation’ - a strategy that draws on naturebased solutions to build climate resilience. The project’s main approaches are to: strengthen the capacity of institutions to plan and implement ecosystem-based adaptation; restore degraded ecosystems; and promote climate-resilient livelihoods in Kayonza, Bugesera, Ngororero, Kirehe, Musanze and Gasabo districts.