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Restoration landscape in Rwanda’s Western Province.  Image: Clémence Mukankuriza Agroforestry, woodlots, and terraces were at the heart of our latest data collection round for the RESTORE project. How did we study them? Find out through stories from our research team in Western Rwanda.  This article was collaboratively written by: Emma Marie Niyigena, Delphine Mpayimana, Clémence Mukankuriza, […]

Left Figure: Mukura National Park. Photo by Marina Frietsch. Right Figure: Gishwati National Park. Photo by Marina Frietsch By Molly Parker, on Reckmann et al., A coffee corridor for biodiversity and livelihoods: climatic feasibility of shade coffee cultivation in western Rwanda, 10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100941 (full citation at the bottom of this post). In the Gishwati–Mukura Landscape of western Rwanda, ongoing […]

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Global Conversation 2025, hosted by the Social-Ecological Systems Institute, taking place on June 5th at 2:00 PM CEST. This year’s discussion will focus on the theme: Regeneration – An Emerging Paradigm for Social-Ecological Systems. The event will feature a diverse panel of international experts who bring insights from research, policy, and […]

In February 2025, a meeting in Kigali was organized by our research group to share diverse insights on social-ecological restoration among a range of different organizations representing both research and practice. The meeting resulted in seven concrete recommendations for improved restoration practice in Rwanda. These recommendations have been shared with policymakers in the position paper […]

Following the Rwanda Restore project kick-off in Kigali in January 2024, and a restoration stakeholder conference held in Kigali from February 19 to 21, 2025, the “living lab for social-ecological restoration in western Rwanda” sub-project of the “A Social-Ecological Systems Approach to Inform Ecosystem Restoration in Rural Africa” DFG Research Unit, Kicked-off the Living Lab […]

Following the workshop and conference in Kigali from February 19 to 21, 2025, Dr. Dula Wakassa Duguma and Susanne Vögele visited three pre-selected living lab sites in one of the two designated cells in Rutsiro district. These sites were presented on February 24 by SP7 team member Dr. Apollinaire William, who leads the planning and […]

Our DFG research unit on social-ecological restoration, in collaboration with the University of Rwanda and its Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB), held a mini-conference on February 21, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. The yearly event brought together stakeholders actively engaged in ecosystem restoration science and practice, providing a platform to share […]