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Community Forests in DRC: Towards Equitable and Sustainable Forest Management
Building on RFUK’s 2014 briefing on DRC’s decree 14/018 fixing the modalities for the attribution of local ‘community forest concessions’, this document considers some of the key features, challenges and opportunities emerging from this legislation.
PRESS RELEASE: Tens of millions of hectares of Africa’s rainforests could benefit from local community control
A new landmark regulation that could allow millions of forest-dependent people to protect and manage their local rainforest, and potentially help lift them out of poverty, has been adopted by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Until now, forest communities in DRC have had no legal right to claim forest lands they … Read more
Real-time monitoring technology being tested in four countries
The Rainforest Foundation UK is currently collaborating with local partners in three African countries – Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana – as well as in the Peruvian Amazon to implement innovative real-time monitoring (RTM) projects in cooperation with local rainforest communities. By engaging communities in the fight to tackle illegal logging, these projects … Read more
From the Forest
Aldo Soto is the Rainforest Foundation UK’s Programme Coordinator for Peru. He is currently in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon, where we are working with indigenous communities to protect their rainforest. “I am here to train communities in the use of ForestLink, which enables forest people in the remotest areas of … Read more
More than 60 organisations call for a halt to drilling in Africa’s oldest national park
RFUK has joined over 60 organisations calling on UNESCO and the governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to reach an agreement to prevent any oil exploration, extraction or related activities in Virunga in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC). Last year, British oil company, SOCO International, carried out seismic testing on Lake … Read more
MPAMA Sector, DRC: An Atlas of Traditional Community Life
This community ‘atlas’ provides information on the realities and traditional livelihoods of the communities of Mpama sector, in the territory of Lukolela, Equateur province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
RFUK partner awarded ‘French Republic’s Human Rights Prize’
Congolese Human Rights Observatory (Observatoire Congolais des Droits de l’Homme), OCDH, one of RFUK’s local partners based in the Republic of Congo, has been awarded the 2015 French Republic’s Human Rights Prize. The organisation’s executive director, Trésor Nzila Kendet, who accepted the award at a ceremony held today (Friday) in Paris, said it was well-deserved and … Read more
Sting and celebrity friends lend a hand in charity Christmas auction
RFUKs ’12 Days of Christmas’ eBay auction will run from 12th – 23rd November and features celebrity-crafted Christmas cards, limited-edition artworks and luxury experiences – all proceeds going directly to projects which help to protect the future of the rainforests and the rights of indigenous and forest people. The online auction features limited-edition pieces from … Read more
ForestLink – putting the power to save forests in local peoples’ hands
An audience at The Royal Institution (RI) in London on Wednesday heard how millions of ‘community forest monitors’ could be mobilised by a new system devised by RFUK that enables them to report illegal logging in real-time. The meeting heard from Georges-Thierry Handja, RFUK’s mapping coordinator,that the system had already been successfully tested in Cameroon and would … Read more
EVENT: Community Based Real-Time Monitoring: A New Breakthrough in Forest Governance?
The Rainforest Foundation UK is hosting an event at the Royal Institution in London on Wednesday 24th June to discuss a new innovative technological system that enables remote forest communities to report illegal activities in real-time. The panel discussion, chaired by RFUK’s executive director, Simon Counsell, will also explore the opportunities, implications and challenges for … Read more