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People, parks and social justice: How community maps can help make conservation better
28 November 2018
In a new policy brief, we explore why community mapping data should be used at the outset of all planned conservation projects, and integrated into all decisions related to protected area management.
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ForestLink app helps catch illegal miners red-handed in Peru
26 November 2018
Over the last two months, dozens of suspected illegal gold miners causing terrible environmental damage in the Peruvian Amazon were caught with the help of the ForestLink smartphone app developed by RFUK.
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Cameroon communities speak out about impacts of large rubber plantation
23 November 2018
Representatives of 21 villages affected by industrial rubber project Sudcam have denounced the impacts of the rubber plantations on their rights and livelihoods.
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Community maps can help prevent an existential threat to the world’s second largest rainforest
12 November 2018
One of the main reasons that so much of DRC’s forests remain officially unallocated – up to 75 million hectares – is the country’s national moratorium on new industrial logging concessions.
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How community mapping can inform better policy decisions in the Congo Basin
01 October 2018
RFUK has just launched a new series of thematic briefs showing how community mapping can address human rights and environmental issues across the Congo Basin. Our first instalment focused on REDD+ carbon projects.
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Historic first as communities in Democratic Republic of Congo gain legal rights over their local forests
20 September 2018
In an important milestone for the rights of forest peoples, five communities in DRC's western Equateur Province saw their community forest applications approved this month by the provincial government.
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Real-time technology helps stop illegal mining operation in the Peruvian Amazon
28 June 2018
An indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon helped to catch illegal gold miners red-handed this month using a smartphone app developed by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK), leading to the dramatic destruction of illegal mining equipment.
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A beacon of hope for Congo’s rainforests: DRC government adopts national strategy on community forests
07 June 2018
In a landmark decision, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Environment Ministry has adopted the country’s first National Strategy on community forestry, marking the launch of a five-year experimental phase to ‘test’ community forestry.
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RFUK launches land use planning project in Maniema province, Democratic Republic of Congo
01 June 2018
This week, the Rainforest Foundation UK launched a new participatory mapping and land use planning project in Maniema province, DRC with a launch ceremony in the provincial capital, Kindu.
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From the forest: New rights to forests give communities hope for the future
31 May 2018
Claire Parfondry coordinates the Rainforest Foundation UK’s Community Forests project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She recently travelled to six local communities participating in the project in western DRC.
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