The Director General of RCMRD, Dr. Hussein Farah met the Rwanda Minister for Natural Resources, Hon. Vincent Biruta in Kigali, Rwanda on 4th August, 2016. The discussions centered on cooperation between Rwanda and RCMRD in a number of areas, particularly, land cover mapping, forest monitoring, GPS reference stations and

spatial data infrastructure. The two also discussed the preparations for the RCMRD Council of Ministers Meeting to be held in November, 2016 in Kigali. Also present was Dr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, the Director General of Rwanda Natural Resources Authority.