DR Congo
Protected Areas and Indigenous Rights: A submission to the UN Special Rapporteur
In response to a call for comments to inform the Special Rapporteur’s report to the UN General Assembly at its 77th session, RFUK has put together a brief highlighting how, despite much lip service to the contrary, conventional conservation and climate change programmes continue to wreak havoc on indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities.
Perspectives on Gender and Equality from our Community Forests Project
The ‘Community Forest’ model in DRC offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities there to legally secure, manage and protect their traditional forests. But to assure the delivery of equitable and sustainable outcomes, there is a need to ensure they are developed by the communities themselves, with actively inclusive processes to ensure the information obtained on … Read more
DRC national logging moratorium must be extended indefinitely following damning audit of the industry logging
Rainforest Foundation UK and Greenpeace Africa have today called on the DRC government and its international partners to extend the national logging moratorium indefinitely, following a damning official report that lays bare the lawlessness and impunity in the country’s timber industry. After several delays, the DRC Environment Ministry last week finally published an audit by General Inspectorate … Read more
Geo First
Pioneers of participatory land use planning in the province of Maniema, GeoFirst are empowering communities to manage their forests effectively, ensuring that their resources will be available for future generations. Our joint short-term goal is to secure these lands as Community Forests. News Two landmark community forests awarded in the buffer zone of the Lomami … Read more
PREPPYG
Grassroots organisation PREPPYG works closely with forest and indigenous communities in North Kivu, promoting their rights and providing training on agricultural activities and community enterprise to enhance their wellbeing. With Réseau CREF and RFUK, they are also spearheading community forestry in their region. News Perspectives on Gender and Equality from our Community Forests Project Community … Read more
RÉSEAU CREF
A strong NGO network in North Kivu, Réseau CREF has supported communities to manage their lands long before there were laws to protect these efforts, and often against powerful interests such as mining and conservation. They advocate for a society where the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of local communities and indigenous peoples is … Read more
GASHE
GASHE (Groupe d’action pour sauver l’homme et son environnement) is a leading Congolese NGO based in Equateur Province, DRC. The charity aims to protect the environment and its resources whilst encouraging human development of those who live there, such as forest and indigenous communities. Since the beginning of our partnership in 2012, we have gone … Read more
CAGDFT
Founded in 2011 and located in Kinshasa, DRC, CAGDFT (Centre D’Appui à la Gestion Durable des Fôrets Tropicales) have played a central role building the legal framework for Community Forests in DRC – one of the most progressive in Central Africa. RFUK has worked with CAGDFT in this field since 2014, bringing together government, donors, … Read more
CADEM
CADEM (Centre d’accompagnement de la population pour le développement de Maï Ndombe) are located in Nioki, Bandundu Province in DRC. CADEM’s goal is to promote grassroots sustainable initiatives to enable the Mai Ndombe population to better their living conditions and to defend their common interests. We have worked with CADEM since 2003. News Sorry there … Read more
100,000 citizens and scientists unite against a lifting of the DRC logging moratorium
On the eve of the crucial climate summit in Glasgow, more than 100,000 Congolese and international citizens have signed a petition organised by Rainforest Rescue, Greenpeace Africa and the Rainforest Foundation UK calling on the DRC government and its international partners to maintain the national moratorium on new logging concessions. RFUK and our local and … Read more