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RFUK launches new interactive website on the human impacts of protected areas
The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has just launched Rainforest Parks and People – an interactive website aimed at increasing the transparency and accountability of conservation projects across Africa’s Congo Basin rainforests, and showing how such projects have impacted on local people. Drawing on publicly available information as well as RFUK’s own field research, Rainforest Parks and People features 34 … Read more
New film series explores why conservation needs people
by Maud Salber, RFUK Policy Advisor Today the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is releasing the first of a new short film series about why, if we want to protect the world’s rainforests, local people need to be at the centre of nature conservation efforts. As part of a global scramble to mitigate climate change, countries around the … Read more
Well done to our 2017 runners!
It took dedication, passion and months of training, but last month our London Marathon team came out to run for the rainforest, raising a staggering £14,300 as they each ran over 26 miles in support of RFUK. One of our runners, Trudie Young, who started running a year ago, decided to support our work because the … Read more
International workshop on community-based real-time forest monitoring takes place in Cameroon
RTM Lesson sharing & refresher training workshop – Yaoundé, Cameroon, 30/01-3/02/2017 Since launching our community-based real-time monitoring (RTM) project in 2015, the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has helped train dozens of community observers in rainforest communities across Cameroon, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Community observers are now sending increasing numbers of real-time … Read more
DRC: National roundtable sets the stage for a new era of community forestry
A third national Roundtable on Community Forestry took place this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing together 90 stakeholders from across government, Congolese civil society and the international community. In February 2016, the DRC government passed game-changing community forest legislation in what is arguably the most significant legal development related to Central … Read more
In a new political reality, Britain needs to stay engaged with the world’s forests
Photo | Amazon Rainforest (Credit: Charlie Hamilton James) By Simon Counsell, RFUK’s Executive Director Britain’s leaders have much to wrestle with in the coming months and years in what they hope will be the formation of a newly ‘independent’ and self-determining nation. If this signals a period of focus on domestic priorities, and more pressure … Read more
Meet Our Wonderful London Marathon Runners!
Those who have done it say it’s the best day of their lives. Doing it requires steely will, determination, and strength. Thousands come out to line the streets in support and runners take in most of London’s famed landmarks. We are, of course, talking about the Virgin Money London Marathon. Meet our wonderful runners for … Read more
Real-time forest monitoring: First joint verification takes place in DRC
Photo: The stakeholder training workshop gave everyone the chance to see first-hand how the ForestLink technology works. Credit: GASHE The last two months have been a busy time for our real-time forest monitoring (RTM) project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Our local partners GASHE have been hard at work to scale up our … Read more
Reflecting on 2016
We are pleased to present our Annual Review, which gives an overview of our programmes, achievements, and how your donations were spent during 2015 – 2016. For almost three decades, The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK), has been at the forefront of efforts to support indigenous and local communities to protect millions of hectares of rainforest. Our work … Read more
Staff Profile: Rob Sangster-Poole
Over the coming year we will be interviewing a range of people that make help RFUK’s projects happen. From in-country partner staff, community members and beyond, people are central to our work and we hope you find our series of profiles over the course of 2017 insightful. First up is Robert Sangster-Poole, Communications Coordinator at RFUK, … Read more