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International workshop on community-based real-time forest monitoring takes place in Cameroon
RTM Lesson sharing & refresher training workshop – Yaoundé, Cameroon, 30/01-3/02/2017 Since launching our community-based real-time monitoring (RTM) project in 2015, the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has helped train dozens of community observers in rainforest communities across Cameroon, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Community observers are now sending increasing numbers of real-time … Read more
Community Forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This brochure provides information about a three-year project implemented by the Rainforest Foundation UK and its partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project will implement an experimental approach to community-based natural resource management in order to secure forest-dwellers’ rights to land and natural resources and to ensure that forests in DRC are … Read more
DRC: National roundtable sets the stage for a new era of community forestry
A third national Roundtable on Community Forestry took place this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing together 90 stakeholders from across government, Congolese civil society and the international community. In February 2016, the DRC government passed game-changing community forest legislation in what is arguably the most significant legal development related to Central … Read more
FORESTLINK: The Future of Rainforest Protection
This short film documents the early stages of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s real-time forest monitoring project in Central Africa and the Peruvian Amazon. RFUK works in the world’s two largest rainforests: the Congo Basin and the Amazon. Spread over billions of acres, these forests are under threat from illegal activities like logging and mining. These … Read more
In a new political reality, Britain needs to stay engaged with the world’s forests
Photo | Amazon Rainforest (Credit: Charlie Hamilton James) By Simon Counsell, RFUK’s Executive Director Britain’s leaders have much to wrestle with in the coming months and years in what they hope will be the formation of a newly ‘independent’ and self-determining nation. If this signals a period of focus on domestic priorities, and more pressure … Read more
Meet Our Wonderful London Marathon Runners!
Those who have done it say it’s the best day of their lives. Doing it requires steely will, determination, and strength. Thousands come out to line the streets in support and runners take in most of London’s famed landmarks. We are, of course, talking about the Virgin Money London Marathon. Meet our wonderful runners for … Read more
Community-based Real-time Monitoring in the Congo Basin and Amazon rainforests
In 2015, Rainforest Foundation UK, in collaboration with Forêts et Développement Rural (FODER), successfully developed and tested a ground-breaking new system, ForestLink, a tool to enable communities anywhere in the world to capture and transmit accurately geo-referenced reports of forest illegalities to authorities and other stakeholders in real-time – even in areas where there is … Read more
Real-time forest monitoring: First joint verification takes place in DRC
Photo: The stakeholder training workshop gave everyone the chance to see first-hand how the ForestLink technology works. Credit: GASHE The last two months have been a busy time for our real-time forest monitoring (RTM) project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Our local partners GASHE have been hard at work to scale up our … Read more
Reflecting on 2016
We are pleased to present our Annual Review, which gives an overview of our programmes, achievements, and how your donations were spent during 2015 – 2016. For almost three decades, The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK), has been at the forefront of efforts to support indigenous and local communities to protect millions of hectares of rainforest. Our work … Read more
Staff Profile: Rob Sangster-Poole
Over the coming year we will be interviewing a range of people that make help RFUK’s projects happen. From in-country partner staff, community members and beyond, people are central to our work and we hope you find our series of profiles over the course of 2017 insightful. First up is Robert Sangster-Poole, Communications Coordinator at RFUK, … Read more
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