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RFUK receives UN ‘Momentum for Change’ award in Marrakech
17 November 2016
Staff from RFUK and partner FODER received the award on behalf of the MappingForRights project.
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From the forest
27 October 2016
Peter Foster, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Coordinator at RFUK, reports on a recent trip to Ghana where he introduced RFUK’s new ForestLink programme.
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UN report highlights impact of conservation efforts on world’s indigenous peoples
10 October 2016
RFUK’s Research and Policy Coordinator, Joe Eisen, recently sat down with the UN Special Rapporteur at the 2016 World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i to discuss the UN report.
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Participatory mapping: bridging the gap between communities & decision-makers in Nguti
03 October 2016
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.
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RFUK's ground-breaking mapping project wins prestigious UN award
29 September 2016
MappingForRights, RFUK’s community mapping and monitoring initiative, has won a prestigious United Nations climate change award, it was announced today (Thursday 29th September).
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ForestLink training wraps up in Abong-Mbang: Another rainforest community ready to protect their environment
16 September 2016
“I think that the community observers are more than ready to start reporting illegal activities happening right now in their forests – activities that are threatening their way of life and the biodiversity of Cameroon’s rainforest.”
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ForestLink training continues: testing the technology in Abong-Mbang
14 September 2016
In Cameroon, we're training community observers to use our real-time monitoring system.
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Fighting illegal logging in Cameroon: Training the first ForestLink monitors
12 September 2016
“Forest people in this region are already witness to illegal logging and the first ForestLink community observers will soon be trained and equipped to report what they see and help save the forests."
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Conservation Watch: Who Pays the Price for Protected Areas?
08 September 2016
This week, a new website that exposes the dark side of conservation was launched by environmental writer and researcher, Chris Lang.
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Community-based monitors ready to monitor illegal logging activities and rights violations
31 August 2016
Over 60 community representatives have recently been selected in Ghana, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to act as independent monitors in the fight against illegal logging
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