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DRC government reinstates illegal logging concessions, breaching its own moratorium
20 February 2018
Two of the concessions overlap with a recently discovered carbon-rich peatland deposit covering 145,000 km².
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International workshops show how community mapping can support sustainable forest management
15 January 2018
RFUK recently brought participants together from three Central African countries to train them on how to use innovative mapping tools in order to support community forestry.
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Failing Forests: The World Bank’s flagship REDD+ programme ten years on
11 December 2017
More than a dozen environmental NGOs have written to the World Bank to call for the suspension of its flagship programme to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation and degradation.
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Aid-funded conservation guards accused of extrajudicial killing
07 December 2017
The Rainforest Foundation UK and three leading Congolese human rights organisations are calling for an investigation into a new case of extrajudicial killing of a man by ‘eco-guards’ in Republic of Congo.
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RFUK calls for zero tolerance to human rights abuses in Africa’s national parks
07 December 2017
Protected areas are having a devastating impact on the rights and livelihoods of forest communities in Africa’s Republic of Congo, a report published today by the Rainforest Foundation UK, reveals.
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Joint Statement on the proposal to lift DRC's logging moratorium
12 November 2017
Statement on the announcement that the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started a process to lift its moratorium on the allocation of new logging concessions.
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How to involve women in forest management: Interview with a community organiser in DRC
02 November 2017
Ruth Badubaye has been working with rainforest communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for several years. Now she's a partner in our new Community Forests project.
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First provincial Roundtable on community forestry takes place in DRC
10 October 2017
Around 90 participants travelled to Mbandaka in north western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in September to take part in the first ever provincial Roundtable on Community Forestry.
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Community based monitoring in Cameroon helps bring illegal loggers to justice
31 August 2017
Real time alerts from rainforest monitors are now helping law enforcement take action against illegal logging
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VIDEO: Extractive industries inside protected areas: A double blow for forest communities
08 August 2017
Research by the Rainforest Foundation UK into conservation areas in Central Africa’s tropical forests has shown that extractive industries are very often tolerated, if not incentivised, inside and around protected areas.
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