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Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing Both People and Biodiversity?
Protected areas in Africa’s great equatorial rainforests are falling well below expectations both in terms of conserving wildlife and respecting local peoples’ rights. Watch this short film about forest communities affected by the Tumba Lediima Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing Both People and Biodiversity?
Based on a sample of 34 protected areas across Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, including four detailed case studies, this study reveals that biodiversity in the region continues to decline, that there is little evidence that the ‘guns and guards’ approach to protected areas … Read more
RFUK et ses partenaires appellent à une conservation durable, par les communautés et pour les communautés
Malgré les centaines de millions de dollars en aide internationale investis, les aires protégées des forêts tropicales du bassin du Congo ne parviennent pas à protéger efficacement la biodiversité, et ont des impacts négatifs sérieux sur les communautés locales et populations autochtones. Telles sont les révélations du rapport de la Rainforest Foundation UK « Aires … Read more
RFUK launches Real-Time Forest Monitoring in Cameroon
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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.
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.
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
Press release: A radical change of approach is needed in protected areas – Congo Basin, experts at the World Parks Congress say
Speaking at an event at the World Parks Congress this afternoon, African and international experts said that protected areas in the Congo Basin are falling below expectations both in terms of conserving biodiversity and helping local people [1]. The event, organised by Rainforest Foundation UK, highlighted that in spite of the hundreds of millions of … Read more
Rethinking Community-based Forest Management in the Congo Basin (Executive Summary)
This summary of our in-depth study considers the constraints and opportunities for community-based forest management in the region with a careful examination of indigenous and customary systems of forest resource management and rights.
Mapping and Forest Governance in the Congo Basin
This leaflet provides information about RFUK’s Mapping and Forest Governance (MFG) Programme, designed to contribute to poverty reduction, sustainable management and improved governance of tropical rainforests in the Congo Basin.