{{Rwanda is set to gain from a deal that will see over 8,500 hectares trees harvested for Timber.}}<\/p>\n
The New Forests Company (NFC) signed a 49-year deal with Rwanda that will lead to the lucrative harvest of thousands of hectares of pine, cypress, eucalyptus and acacia trees planted around Nyungwe Forest.<\/p>\n
Most of the trees to be harvested are those planted in the buffer zone around the Nyungwe National Forest.<\/p>\n
In a Press statement, NFC noted \u201cWe want to add value to the timber locally in a series of processing plants over the next few years directed at wood products for the construction, energy and infrastructure industries both for the local and the East African market.\u201d<\/p>\n
The South African Firm has also pledged construct two energy and infrastructure industries. <\/p>\n
NFC seeks to empower Rwanda\u2019s entrepreneurial rural farmers through the provision of capacity building and critical capital investment interventions to unlock economic development potential.<\/p>\n
According to the NFC website;<\/p>\n
The New Forests Company is a UK-based sustainable and socially responsible forestry company with established, rapidly growing plantations and the prospect of a diversified product base for local and regional export markets which will deliver both attractive returns to investors and significant social and environmental benefits.<\/p>\n
NFC has operations in Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and other countries on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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