International
Logging in Congo’s Rainforests: A ‘Carbon Bomb’ About to be Primed by the Government of Norway?
In 2017, the government of Norway, through its ‘Central African Forests Initiative’ (CAFI), was considering providing financial support to a programme being developed by the French Development Agency (AFD) to greatly expand large-scale commercial logging in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This briefing outlines the potential impacts this proposal would have … Read more
RFUK Annual Report 2015/16
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2015/2016 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Tropical Forest Community Mapping Initiative: A Concept Note
Harnessing participatory mapping technologies and making data accessible is a powerful tool for scaling up land rights and helping bridge the gap between remote forest communities and forest policy development. This briefing explores the feasibility of establishing a pan-tropical online interactive mapping database.
RFUK Annual Report 2014/15
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2014/2015 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Real-time Community-based Forest Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities
This briefing presents the main findings from a study and consultation covering nine countries, conducted for The Rainforest Foundation UK in April 2015. It follows the successful technical testing in Cameroon of RFUK’s ForestLink technology.
The MappingForRights Methodology
MappingForRights is a new approach to participatory (or ‘community’) mapping. It has been developed by RFUK on the back of 15 years’ experience of supporting indigenous and traditional communities of the Congo Basin rainforest in their efforts to fulfil their rights to land and livelihood. The approach explained in this reference guide is the result … Read more
RFUK Annual Report 2012/13
This special 25th anniversary edition summarises our projects and campaigns in 2012/2013 and offers highlights of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work around the world.
RFUK Annual Report 2011/12
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2011/2012 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Rainforest Roulette? Why Creating a Forest Carbon Offset Market is a Risky Bet for REDD
This briefing argues that the creation of an international forest carbon market to finance REDD would be a sub-prime option for the climate, tropical forests and forest peoples.
The story of REDD: a real solution to deforestation?
REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change debate. The basic concept is simple: governments, companies or forest owners in the South should be rewarded for keeping their forests instead of cutting them down. The devil, as always, is in the details. ‘The … Read more