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Amazonian Chiefs appear at London Press Conference to highlight accelerating threats to their rights and the rainforest Renowned Amazonian tribal Chief Raoni Meturktire and his nephew Chief Megaron Txucarramãe appeared at a press conference hosted by the Rainforest Foundation UK, RFUK, on Monday at the Frontline Club, London with Bianca Jagger being a keynote speaker. … Read more
Press Release – England Challenged to Game by Brazilian Rainforest Tribe
ENGLAND CHALLENGED TO GAME BY BRAZILIAN RAINFOREST TRIBE England’s world cup team have been challenged to a football game by one of Brazil’s largest and fiercest native Amazonian people, the Kayapó. In a letter today to England Manager, Roy Hodgson, Chief Raoni Metuktire and Chief Megaron Txucarramae, have invited the squad to their rainforest territory … Read more
School Fundraiser Success
SCHOOL RAISES ALMOST £400 FOR RFUK ON THEIR ‘RAINFOREST DAY’ Excited and enthralled by their topic, Year 5 at Aughton Christ Church School in Lancashire, arrived to a rainforest themed classroom with ‘Explorer Swift’ (A.K.A their teacher – Mr Swift) greeting them as they entered. Throughout the morning, the children took part in rainforest games … Read more
Press Release – Indigenous partner of RFUK in the Peruvian Amazon awarded prestigious international environmental prize
PHOTO: GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE INDIGENOUS PARTNER OF THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON AWARDED PRESIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE An indigenous leader and long-term partner of The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK), in the Peruvian Amazon is to receive the Goldman Environmental Prize – a prestigious accolade awarded to six grassroots environmentalists each year – at … Read more
Newsletter – Asháninka cocoa growers report record production levels for 2013
Asháninka cocoa growers report record production levels for 2013 The Asháninka cocoa and coffee association Kemito Ene (cocoa of the Ene River) which represents 200 Asháninka farmers achieved a production of 18 tonnes of cocoa during 2013 – seven tonnes more than the previous year. The creation of Kemito Ene forms part of an ongoing … Read more
Delegates trained on mapping methodologies and GIS tools at Cameroon Conference
Delegates trained on mapping methodologies and GIS tools at Cameroon Conference Representatives from civil society organisations, the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife (Cameroon) and the Ministry of Water and Forests (Gabon and Central African Republic) have learnt how participatory mapping methodologies and related GIS (Geographical Information Software) developed by RFUK can support national policy processes … Read more
Newsletter – Putting Communities on the Map quicker!
Mapping for Rights 2.0 – Putting Communities on the Map quicker! Mapping data can now be transferred directly from the field through the use of specialised software and GPS-enabled tablets – marking phase two of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s (RFUK’s) MappingForRights initiative. MappingForRights is the first ever fully interactive online map of community lands, and … Read more
Workshop was an “expression of our vision of participatory management of natural resources in Gabon” – Brainforest
Workshop was an “expression of our vision of participatory management of natural resources” in Gabon – Brainforest Indigenous and forest peoples from the Gabonese rainforest joined civil society organisations, the new Gabonese Ministry of Forests and the Environment and Protection of Natural Resources at a national workshop in Libreville, to discuss the value and challenges … Read more
Update on the CAR Crisis
The Rainforest Foundation UK, (RFUK) has taken concrete measures to protect the staff of la Maison de l’Enfant et de la Femme Pygmées (MEFP) – our main NGO partner in the Central African Republic, following several months of internal instability and crisis in the country. RFUK has recently supported the evacuation of key MEFP staff … Read more
RFUK opposes planned lifting of logging moratorium in the DRC
The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) has joined forces with other international campaigning NGOs to oppose the imminent lifting of a moratorium on the allocation of new industrial logging concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A joint statement released by RFUK, Greenpeace International, Global Witness and other organisations issued yesterday, (Monday 7th April), claims … Read more