Republic of Congo

Real-time Community-based Forest Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities

1 June 2015

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.

Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: A Briefing

1 November 2014

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)

1 November 2014

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

1 November 2014

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.

Climate Change Adaptation by Indigenous People in the Republic of Congo

1 November 2013

As part of a regional study on indigenous peoples and climate change adaptation in Africa, the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) coordinated desk and field research for the Republic of Congo, in collaboration with Congolese NGO Forum pour la Gouvernance et les Droits de l’Homme (FGDH) and local indigenous peoples’ organisations. The study recommends ways forward … Read more

Seeds of Destruction: Expansion of Industrial Oil Palm in the Congo Basin

1 January 2013

The cultivation of palm oil at an industrial-scale has wreaked havoc with the rainforests and forest peoples of South-East Asia and is now threatening rainforests in the Congo Basin. This report, the result of original research commissioned by The Rainforest Foundation UK, lifts the lid on the new expansion of oil palm developments in the … Read more

Community Forest Tenure Mapping in Central Africa: Republic of Congo case study

1 December 2009

The maps in the study show the extent of ‘indigenous’ knowledge available to the government and forest managers to be used to inform government policy and management plans. This knowledge needs to be documented and its intellectual property protected. Community mapping in most of the cases presented in the study has been a collective exercise … Read more

The rights of the indigenous people in the Republic of Congo: An analysis of the national context plus recommendations

1 June 2006

This report presents an executive summary plus recommendations from civil society with regard to the “Law on the promotion and protection of Congo’s Pygmies”.

The rights of the Pygmy People in the Republic of Congo: International Legal Context

1 January 2006

This report sets forth the broad contours of the international human rights regime as it concerns indigenous peoples, and thus the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville’s responsibilities under international law, in the context of the current initiative to develop legislative protection for the Congolese Baka “Pygmy” peoples.

Les droits des peuples autochtones en République du Congo: Analyse du contexte national et recommandations (RAPPORT SOMMAIRE)

1 January 2006

Ce rapport sommaire était élaboré comme contribution de la société civile à l’élaboration de la « Loi portant promotion et protection des Pygmées au Congo » en la République du Congo