Rwanda National Forestry Policy 2018.

The Policy defines the government’s medium to long-term intentions for the development and management of the national forest resources in the following aspects: enhance the capacity of forest institutions and actors; establishment and implementation of integrated forest management plans; increase investment of private sector in forestry sector; ensure sustainable and efficient biomass supply through appropriate regulatory; enhance biodiversity and ecosystems services and values; active participation of stakeholders; adoption of Agroforestry and Trees Outside Forest (TOFo) techniques to contribute to overall forest resources and agriculture productivity. The revised National Forest Policy is in line with national and international development framework and it addresses all aspects of cross-cutting issues that appear in conventions, treaties and regional/international programmes which the Government of Rwanda has committed to. This policy promotes in situ soil conservation through agroforestry and forest landscape restoration of which Rwanda has pledged to restore two million hectares and enhances Rwanda’s green growth while ensuring that forest are sustainably managed through full compliance with social and environmental safeguards.
The Policy vision is that forest resources will be managed to play an integral role in supporting Rwanda’s development goals for sustainable, low-carbon and climate resilient to improve livelihoods of present and future generations. The Policy is designed in 6 parts as follow: Introduction (1); National Development Framework (2); Sector Development Framework (3); Forest Policy Vision and Objectives (4); Policy Statements (5); and Additional Sector Implications (6).