Rwanda environmental threats and opportunities assessment (EOTA) 2008 update

It describes the status and actions necessary to conserve biodiversity and tropical forests in Rwanda. At the request of USAID"s Africa Bureau, it both integrates and builds upon substantial pieces of the 2003 ETOA document where the facts and situations have remained constant. The purpose of this approach is to provide the reader with a comprehensive set of information in one document rather than two. This update provides USAID/Rwanda with facts and assessments about biodiversity and tropical forestry conservation as it enters its next planning period. It provides the information necessary for USAID to comply with Sections 118 and 119 of the U.S. Government Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) of 1961, as amended (see Annex B), to guide and inform USAID/Rwanda as it develops its Annual and Operational Plans and its Country Assistance Strategy. Annex C contains the Environmental Analysis that addresses the FAA"s tropical forests and biodiversity directives. (Author abstract)