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Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 17% 60/100 Compare

Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Park — State-Funded Wetland Restoration

Rwanda's government restored a degraded 121.7-hectare urban wetland in Kigali into an eco-park (2016–2022, Rwf 4.5bn); an independent 2026 survey found bird …

Kigali, Rwanda

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 17% 60/100 Compare

Rwanda Tourism Revenue Sharing Programme (TRSP)

Rwanda's national PES mechanism since 2005: 10% of revenues from 4 national parks (~234,000 ha) redistributed to communities. US $1.55 M disbursed …

Kigali, Rwanda

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 46% 47/100 Compare

Rugezi Marsh Peatland Restoration — Rwanda

Rwanda restored the degraded Rugezi Marsh - source of two hydropower-feeding lakes - after 48.5% of its 6,735ha peatland was destroyed by …

Butaro, Rwanda

Good practice Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 46% 47/100 Compare

FONERWA — Rwanda Green Fund (National Environment & Climate Investment Fund)

Rwanda's FONERWA (est. 2012), Africa's first GCF-accredited national climate fund, has mobilised ~US$200M across 40+ projects, protecting ~20,000 ha from erosion and …

Kigali, Rwanda

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 80% 33/100 Compare

Sebeya Catchment Restoration — State-Led Cash-for-Work Terracing to Protect a Flood-Prone Watershed (Rwanda)

Rwanda's Water Resources Board ran a Rwf22bn (~$24M) cash-for-work programme (2019–2023) building terraces across the 286km² Sebeya catchment: erosion fell ~90%, potato …

Rubavu, Rwanda