Natural Resources Management: Issues and Lessons from Rwanda

This paper describes how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Rwanda is working with the Government of Rwanda and other donors to identify and resolve key issues re-lated to the management of the country’s renewable natural resources--its forests, soils, and water. The purpose of the study
is to illustrate how small countries and Agency for International
Development (A.I.D.) Missions with limited resources can incor-
porate natural resources management into development activities
in general and in Sub-Saharan Africa in particular. More specif-
ically, USAID/Rwanda’s experience provides insights into the re-
quirements of integrating natural resource management objectives
into A.I.D.’s agricultural and rural development programs.