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Real-time forest monitoring: First joint verification takes place in DRC
24 January 2017
It has been a busy time for our real-time forest monitoring (RTM) project in the DRC. Our local partners GASHE have been hard at work to scale up our RTM system, ForestLink, while providing on-the-ground support to communities.
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Reflecting on 2016
19 January 2017
We are pleased to present our Annual Review, which gives an overview of our programmes, achievements, and how your donations were spent during 2015 – 2016.
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Staff Profile: Rob Sangster-Poole
19 December 2016
Over the coming year we will be interviewing a range of people that make help RFUK’s projects happen. From in-country partner staff, community members and beyond...
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From the forest: Real-time monitoring in Cameroon
17 November 2016
The Rainforest Foundation UK’s Élodie Barralon was recently in Cameroon, overseeing the latest phase of our real-time forest monitoring (RTM) project in the country.
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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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