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Update on the CAR Crisis

15 April 2014

The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK) has taken concrete measures to protect the staff of la Maison de l’Enfant et de la Femme Pygmées (MEFP) – our main NGO partner in the Central African Republic, following several months of internal instability and crisis in the country. RFUK has recently supported the evacuation of key MEFP staff … Read more

RFUK opposes planned lifting of logging moratorium in the DRC

8 April 2014

The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has joined forces with other international campaigning NGOs to oppose the imminent lifting of a moratorium on the allocation of new industrial logging concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A joint statement released by RFUK, Greenpeace International, Global Witness and other organisations issued yesterday, (Monday 7th April), claims … Read more

NY TIMES ARTICLE: A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa

1 January 2014

BY JACK LOSH, NEW YORK TIMES, 29 JANUARY 2020 MOLOUKOU, Central African Republic – Beneath the forest canopy, Lucien Maka steps out of a clearing and into his element. He darts over the shaded undergrowth and finds a cluster of mushrooms, deftly wrapping them in a bundle of leaves. His friend hacks apart a thick … Read more