Following the recent order by Prime Minister Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, some mining activities have been temporarily stopped in order to find an experienced and qualified company that will carry out these activities at the same time protecting the environment.
The temporally order will be applicable in four districts of Nyabihu, Rubavu, Rutsiro and Ngororero.
Natural resources Minister Stanislas Kamanzi made the decision 19th September 2012, in a community work held in Muhanda sector of Ngororero District.
The community work was held in order to reconstruct Giciye River through one of its sources called Nyagikero which was damaged because of illegal wolfram mining which caused disasters in the region.
Minister of Natural Resources Stanislas KAMANZI told residents of Ngororero that in most cases the disasters are caused by bad environment management, adding that the decision marks “the beginning of activities aiming to protect the environment and Natural resources in General.
Citizens participated in different activities including tree planting, stopping disorder in mining and controlling soil erosion.
Hon. Kamanzi told the community that when soil erosion is not protected as recommended, farms which are not well protected, damaging of forests especially Gishwati Forest as well as not planting trees where necessary are the main causes of disasters to the population nearby.
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