Congo Basin

Resource rights and timber concessions: Integrating local peoples’ land-use practices in forest management in the Congo Basin

1 February 2007

This paper presents an overview of land-use practices in the Congo Basin, as described in the literature, and then considers these in relation to forest management planning

Concessions to poverty: The environmental, social and economic impacts of industrial logging concessions in Africa’s rainforests

1 February 2007

This study is focused on the situation in DRC, but draws lessons from other cases across West and Central Africa. Evidence for the economic benefits of industrial tropical logging is very scant. Rather, the evidence suggests that the industrial timber concession model is inherently anti-poor.

Divided Forests: Towards fairer zoning of forest lands

1 January 2006

This report provides a review of macro-level forest zoning as a tool for forest management and land-use planning, in order to identify some of the lessons that have been, or should be learnt. The experiences of Australia, Brazil, Cameroon and Indonesia are considered. The successes and failures of each of these case studies are identified, … Read more

RFUK Annual Report 2004/05

31 December 2005

This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2004/2005 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.

Broken Promises: How World Bank Group policies fail to protect forests and forest peoples’ rights

1 January 2005

This is a collaborative report published with RFUK and seven other organisations. As the articles in this special issue show, the World Bank has broken several key promises and, sadly, the concerns the authors had about the World Bank’s new Forests Policy turn out to have been all too well founded.

RFUK Annual Report 2003

31 December 2003

This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2003 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.

Forest management transparency, governance and the law: Case studies from the Congo Basin

1 October 2003

This study is aimed at presenting some of the concerns of representatives of the civil society of Central Africa about the forestry law and its implementation in the region. It contains various topics ranging from land laws to governance through the production of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), violent conflicts and deforestation, with examples drawn from … Read more

RFUK Annual Report 2001

31 December 2001

This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2001 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.