Bamboo Restoration: Win-Win Solutions

AWF has collaborated on ecosystem restoration with the Rwanda Development Board and Eco Planet Bamboo Rwanda, planting bamboo on the 27.8 hectares we donated to the Rwandan government in 2018. In addition to preventing soil erosion, bamboo provides eco-friendly building materials, furniture, small crafts, and more to local communities. This project exemplifies how restoration can be used to foster resilience and economic opportunities.

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39,604 Number of hectares protected and/or with improved conservation status due to AWF interventions beginning in 2016