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The Situation of the Forest Peoples of the Central African Republic

1 January 2009

This study is the product of several field missions to meet indigenous forest peoples in different areas of south-western CAR, including Bagandou, Bimbo, Mongoumba, Mbata and Bilolo in the prefectures of Lobaye, Ombella Mpoko and Sangha-Mbaéré.

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.

The rights of the Pygmy People in the Republic of Congo: International Legal Context

1 January 2006

This report sets forth the broad contours of the international human rights regime as it concerns indigenous peoples, and thus the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville’s responsibilities under international law, in the context of the current initiative to develop legislative protection for the Congolese Baka “Pygmy” peoples.