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Testing Productive Native Forestry as a Post-Mining Land Use
Mine rehabilitation commonly focuses on establishing native vegetation. While this can meet environmental objectives, it may not always create a clear incentive for active, long-term land management after mining ends.
Commercial forestry offered potential as an asset of continuing value, but it was not the regulator’s preferred rehabilitation outcome from a biodiversity perspective.
Verterra worked to develop a science-based trial to demonstrate how native forestry could support both biodiversity and commercial timber production long-term.
Building sustainable forestry systems: supporting Rwanda’s economic and environmental future
As demand for timber and forest products increased across Rwanda, the Government of Rwanda sought to support from Verterra to establish a public-private partnership model capable of delivering long-term, sustainable forest management outcomes across the Gishwati Pine and Eucalyptus plantations.