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.
Find out moreRFUK 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.
Find out moreIn 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.
Find out moreAn 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.
Find out moreIn 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.
Find out moreThis 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.
Find out moreClaire 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.
Find out moreA new experiment in the Central African Republic (CAR) is about to have a big impact on the land rights of forest communities.
Find out moreOver 50 charities call on the international community urgently to intervene to help protect the vast rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Find out moreThis video offers a look at the first phase of our Community Forests project in western DRC, documenting the important work of our local Congolese partners on the ground.
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