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Participatory mapping: bridging the gap between communities & decision-makers in Nguti
At a four-day workshop in Nguti sub-division, Cameroon, representatives from over 50 local communities presented the results of their participation in MappingForRights, RFUK’s community mapping and monitoring initiative. Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented in Cameroon with local organisations Ajemalibu Self Help (AJESH) and Forêts et Développment Rural (FODER), MappingForRights supports remote … Read more
RFUK’s ground-breaking mapping project wins prestigious UN award
MappingForRights, RFUK’s community mapping and monitoring initiative, has won a prestigious United Nations climate change award, it was announced today (Thursday 29th September). The project, led by us and our local partners in Africa’s Congo Basin and the Peruvian Amazon regions, has been awarded a UNFCCC Momentum for Change Award for helping people and the planet by … Read more
Conservation Watch: Who Pays the Price for Protected Areas?
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La cartographie communautaire fournit une base solide pour la gestion du territoire et le développement
Les communautés ont fini de cartographier le territoire de Lukoléla dans l’ouest de la RDC ; c’est la première fois que les droits fonciers coutumiers et l’utilisation des ressources ont été consignés sur l’entièreté d’une division administrative de cette envergure. Un total de 73 communautés avec une population de près de 120 000 habitants ont … Read more
Maï Ndombe est-elle prête pour la REDD ?
Tandis que le Comité des Participants du Fonds de partenariat pour le carbone forestier (FCPF) de la Banque mondiale approuve le projet Maï Ndombe, programme phare de la REDD en RDC, de nouvelles données sur les droits coutumiers dans la province jettent un doute quant à savoir qui bénéficiera du projet. Le programme de « … Read more
Banunu Bobangi Sector, DRC: An Atlas of Traditional Community Life
This community ‘atlas’ provides information on the realities and traditional livelihoods of the communities of Banunu-Bobangi sector, in the territory of Lukolela, Equateur province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing Both People and Biodiversity?
Protected areas in Africa’s great equatorial rainforests are falling well below expectations both in terms of conserving wildlife and respecting local peoples’ rights. Watch this short film about forest communities affected by the Tumba Lediima Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Protected Areas in the Congo Basin: Failing Both People and Biodiversity?
Based on a sample of 34 protected areas across Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, including four detailed case studies, this study reveals that biodiversity in the region continues to decline, that there is little evidence that the ‘guns and guards’ approach to protected areas … Read more
RFUK et ses partenaires appellent à une conservation durable, par les communautés et pour les communautés
Malgré les centaines de millions de dollars en aide internationale investis, les aires protégées des forêts tropicales du bassin du Congo ne parviennent pas à protéger efficacement la biodiversité, et ont des impacts négatifs sérieux sur les communautés locales et populations autochtones. Telles sont les révélations du rapport de la Rainforest Foundation UK « Aires … Read more
RFUK launches Real-Time Forest Monitoring in Cameroon
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