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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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Norwegian and French governments threaten world’s second largest tropical rainforest
13 July 2017
A joint statement by The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK), Greenpeace, Global Witness, Réseau Ressources Naturelles (RRN) and Groupe de Travail de Climat REDD Rénové (GTCRR)
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Government of Norway gives green light to continuing massive illegalities in Congo’s rainforests
05 July 2017
The government of Norway is today accused by RFUK of encouraging impunity for serious wrong-doing, by failing to insist that illegal logging concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo are immediately terminated.
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Norwegian government priming a ‘carbon bomb’ in Congo's rainforests?
21 June 2017
Norwegian government’s support for expansion of logging in Congo’s rainforests could prime ‘carbon bomb’
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RFUK-led coalition launches Community Forests project
30 May 2017
This week in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an international coalition of NGOs led by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) officially launched an innovative new Community Forests project.
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Young fundraiser walks 1000 miles for the rainforest
24 May 2017
Young fundraiser Abigail greets the Gruffalo on her 1,000-mile walk for the rainforest
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VIDEO: Who protects the rainforest?
22 May 2017
As part of our Rainforest Parks & People vlog series, we asked local communities a simple question: “What does the forest mean to you?”
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New Norway-backed logging plan for DRC’s rainforest would spell environmental catastrophe
15 May 2017
The future of the world’s second largest contiguous rainforest hangs in the balance as the Congolese authorities and international donors consider a proposal to triple the area given out to commercial loggers.
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Asháninka cocoa growers sign landmark agreement
08 May 2017
Kemito Ene, the cooperative representing hundreds of Asháninka cocoa producers in Peru, has just signed an agreement to export 90 tonnes of certified organic cocoa for the international market.
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Community forests: from theory to practice
08 May 2017
What does a 'community forest' look like in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)?
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