International
RFUK Annual Report 2010/11
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2010/11 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Is REDD-readiness Taking Us in the Right Direction? Case Studies from the Accra Caucus
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change is a network of around 100 southern and northern civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations from 38 countries. Despite the diversity of experience, there seems to be one common aspect: the REDD+ readiness process is focused much more strongly on attracting carbon income than on protecting the … Read more
McREDD: How McKinsey ‘Cost-curves’ are Distorting REDD
The carbon mitigation cost-curve, as used by McKinsey & Company, has become influential in national and international REDD policy making, but it is misleading for decision-makers. This briefing outlines why this approach is flawed as a policy-making tool.
Realising Rights, Protecting Forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation
This report is intended primarily for opinion-formers and decision-makers with a role in making and influencing national policy and legislation on REDD. The case studies show that respecting the rights and realities of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities is the only way to ensure that the forests remain standing.
RFUK Annual Report 2008/09
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2008/2009 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
RFUK Annual Report 2006/07
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2006/2007 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Divided Forests: Towards fairer zoning of forest lands
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
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
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
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.