Congo Basin
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 Annual Report 2014/15
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2014/2015 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Real-time Community-based Forest Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities
This briefing presents the main findings from a study and consultation covering nine countries, conducted for The Rainforest Foundation UK in April 2015. It follows the successful technical testing in Cameroon of RFUK’s ForestLink technology.
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
Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: A Briefing
In 2014, RFUK undertook research on protected areas and their effects on local communities, using both desk-based studies and field-based data collection. For a more in-depth update to this briefing, read our 2016 study on protected areas.
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.
Rethinking Community-based Forest Management in the Congo Basin
This 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.
RFUK Annual Report 2012/13
This special 25th anniversary edition summarises our projects and campaigns in 2012/2013 and offers highlights of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work around the world.