Rose Mukankomeje Explained

Rose Mukankomeje
Occupation:	Politician, biologist, environmental activist

Rose Mukankomeje is a Rwandan politician, biologist, and environmentalist, whose work addresses conservation of Rwandan forests.

Career

Mukankomeje served as a member of the Rwandan parliament from 1995 to 2001.^[1]

Mukankomeje served as Director General of the Rwandan Environment Management Authority (REMA).^[2] Her work led to a 2011 Future Policy Award for Rwanda’s National Forest Policy, which cited Rwanda's "major reversal in the trend of declining forest cover."^[3]

In 2013, Mukankomeje received a Forest Hero Award from the United Nations Forum on Forests. The award cited her development of Umuganda, a monthly community-based tree-planting project, her promotion of sustainable agriculture, and her work on a national plastic bag ban.

In 2019, Mukankomeje was appointed Director General of High Education Council (HEC) in Rwanda.^[4]

Personal life

Mukankomeje was studying abroad during the Rwandan genocide, in which her parents and siblings were killed. When she returned to Rwanda, she became a foster parent to 24 children who had lost their families.

Mukankomeje earned a PhD in biology in 1992.

Selected publications

• Mukankomeje, R., F. Laviolette, and J-P. Descy. Régime alimentaire de Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, du lac Muhazi (Rwanda). Annales de Limnologie-International Journal of Limnology 30.4 (1994).
• Mukankomeje, R., Plisnier, PD., Descy, JP. et al. Lake Muzahi, Rwanda: limnological features and phytoplankton production. Hydrobiologia 257, 107–120 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005951
• Mukankomeje, R., Micha, J. C., Descy, J. P., & Frank, V. Potential production of an introduced species (Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, 1871) based on ecosystem Lake Muhazi (Rwanda) modelling. Mededelingen der Zittingen-Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen (1996).

Notes and References

1. Web site: United Nations Forum on Forests » Africa . 2022-03-09 . www.un.org . en-US.
2. Web site: United Nations Forum on Forests » UNFF » One woman's heroic efforts to restore more than just Rwanda's forests . 2022-03-09 . www.un.org . en-US.
3. Web site: 2011-09-21 . Forest policies in Rwanda, United States and Gambia win UN-backed awards . 2022-03-10 . UN News . en.
4. Web site: 2019-11-14 . Senate Powers to Confirm Officials Creates Heated Debate in Plenary . 2022-03-09 . KT PRESS . en-US.