International
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
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.
RFUK Annual Report 2011/12
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2011/2012 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Rainforest Roulette? Why Creating a Forest Carbon Offset Market is a Risky Bet for REDD
This briefing argues that the creation of an international forest carbon market to finance REDD would be a sub-prime option for the climate, tropical forests and forest peoples.
The story of REDD: a real solution to deforestation?
REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change debate. The basic concept is simple: governments, companies or forest owners in the South should be rewarded for keeping their forests instead of cutting them down. The devil, as always, is in the details. ‘The … Read more
RFUK Annual Report 2010/11
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2010/11 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
Is REDD-readiness Taking Us in the Right Direction? Case Studies from the Accra Caucus
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change is a network of around 100 southern and northern civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations from 38 countries. Despite the diversity of experience, there seems to be one common aspect: the REDD+ readiness process is focused much more strongly on attracting carbon income than on protecting the … Read more
McREDD: How McKinsey ‘Cost-curves’ are Distorting REDD
The carbon mitigation cost-curve, as used by McKinsey & Company, has become influential in national and international REDD policy making, but it is misleading for decision-makers. This briefing outlines why this approach is flawed as a policy-making tool.
Realising Rights, Protecting Forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation
This report is intended primarily for opinion-formers and decision-makers with a role in making and influencing national policy and legislation on REDD. The case studies show that respecting the rights and realities of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities is the only way to ensure that the forests remain standing.