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RFUK opposes planned lifting of logging moratorium in the DRC

8 April 2014

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

1 January 2014

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