Peru
Carbon Offsetting and REDD+ Deconstructed
Paying poorer countries to protect their forests seems like a good idea for both the climate and sustainable development. However, the reality of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) is often far more complex and difficult to navigate. This briefing unpacks some of the key issues with market-based REDD+, the alternatives that can unlock … Read more
A Make Or Break Moment: Fossil Fuel Expansion In The Amazon And Congo Basins Is An Existential Threat To Climate And Communities
Financial system decisions now pivotal to ending fossil fuel expansion in the world’s largest tropical rainforests Recent reports spotlight plans for fossil fuel expansion in some of the world’s most important ecosystems, and follow financial flows from major banks Banks, financial institutions, and their regulatory bodies have a key role to play in reducing threats … Read more
Putting land-use planning into action: community monitoring with the Ashaninka
To put their land-use planning work into action, RFUK has supported the training of Asháninka community forest custodians on the use of a real time monitoring system called CIPTA (AIDESEP’s Centre for Information and Territorial Planning) – a tool which has been developed for the defence of the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples of … Read more
Land use planning with the Ashaninka in the Peruvian Amazon
Part of our work with the Asháninka communities in the Ene River basin has focused on improving control over their ancestral territories through the development of participatory land use plans. These plans support their rights to access and use their forests by zoning their territory, defining different area uses (e.g. urban expansion, fisheries, tourism, … Read more
Celebrating the Ashaninka: a look into our sustainable livelihoods project
Last month marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022, globally recognising the contributions, achievements and vast knowledge of the indigenous populations of the world. To celebrate, we wanted to share what some of the communities we work with have been doing to secure sustainable livelihoods and protect their globally vital rainforest homes. … Read more
New alerts map shows vital role of forest communities in tackling illegal logging
RFUK and its local partners in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Peru have launched a webmap that includes thousands of illegal alerts sent by local community monitors using the ForestLink system. While satellite forest monitoring has transformed our ability to detect forest loss, ForestLink … Read more
RFUK Annual Report 2020/21
This summary of our projects and campaigns offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work over the past year with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
KEMITO ENE
Founded in 2010 and winner of the UN Equator Prize, Kemito Ene is a unique indigenous cooperative representing hundreds of Asháninka cocoa producers in Peru. They support Asháninka families to produce sustainable, organic cocoa and to sell it to international markets to enhance their livelihoods while preserving their ancestral forests. This, according to the Asháninka … Read more
FENAMAD
Led by a Goldman Prize winner, FENAMAD (Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes) is a regional indigenous organisation that represents 36 communities of the Madre de Dios region of Peru, one of the most biodiverse but threatened parts of the Amazon. FENAMAD was created by indigenous communities to channel their proposals to … Read more
CARE
CARE is the self-led indigenous organisation of the Asháninka people in the Ene river valley, central Peruvian Amazon. Representing 17 communities and 33 annexes in the Ene River, the main aim of CARE is to support the Ashaninka communities to achieve a “good life.” Under CARE’s leadership, they have emerged from the darkness of civil … Read more