Central Africa: REMA Issues Tough Warning Over Lake Kivu Buffer Zone Encroachment

Central Africa: REMA Issues Tough Warning Over Lake Kivu Buffer Zone Encroachment

The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has issued a stern warning against the encroachment of Lake Kivu's protected buffer zone, following recent cases of businesses illegally extending into these restricted areas.

Solution or threat? Methane buried beneath Lake Kivu divides local communities

A wooden canoe rocks gently as Claude, waist-deep in water, holds up a wicker basket brimming with wriggling fish. “I'd like to know where the big fish have gone. These waters were once teeming with life. Now they've been depleted, as if the fish themselves were fleeing,” says the fisherman, trading a handful of sambazas (a small fish of the clupeidae family) for a few coins. Sambazas are abundant in Lake Kivu and form a vital food source and ec…

REMA issues tough warning over Lake Kivu buffer zone encroachment

The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has issued a stern warning against the encroachment of Lake Kivu’s protected buffer zone, following recent cases of businesses il...