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Workshop was an “expression of our vision of participatory management of natural resources in Gabon” – Brainforest
Workshop was an “expression of our vision of participatory management of natural resources” in Gabon – Brainforest Indigenous and forest peoples from the Gabonese rainforest joined civil society organisations, the new Gabonese Ministry of Forests and the Environment and Protection of Natural Resources at a national workshop in Libreville, to discuss the value and challenges … Read more
Update on the CAR Crisis
The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK) has taken concrete measures to protect the staff of la Maison de l’Enfant et de la Femme Pygmées (MEFP) – our main NGO partner in the Central African Republic, following several months of internal instability and crisis in the country. RFUK has recently supported the evacuation of key MEFP staff … Read more
RFUK opposes planned lifting of logging moratorium in the DRC
The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has joined forces with other international campaigning NGOs to oppose the imminent lifting of a moratorium on the allocation of new industrial logging concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A joint statement released by RFUK, Greenpeace International, Global Witness and other organisations issued yesterday, (Monday 7th April), claims … Read more
NY TIMES ARTICLE: A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa
BY JACK LOSH, NEW YORK TIMES, 29 JANUARY 2020 MOLOUKOU, Central African Republic – Beneath the forest canopy, Lucien Maka steps out of a clearing and into his element. He darts over the shaded undergrowth and finds a cluster of mushrooms, deftly wrapping them in a bundle of leaves. His friend hacks apart a thick … Read more
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