We’re delighted to announce the upgraded version of MappingForRights - the geo-spatial platform that aims to put forest communities in the Congo Basin on the map.
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Find out moreIn September 2018, the community of Ilinga received its official community forest title. The community, whose traditional name means “Unity”, is one of eight in Equateur province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), supported by...
Find out moreA new report published today by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) on the Green Climate Fund finds that one of the world’s largest climate adaptation and mitigation funds for developing countries may actually do more harm...
Find out moreIn a historic development, three communities in the Central African Republic (CAR) were recently given the legal right to protect almost 15,000 hectares of their local rainforest, in the country’s very first community forests. [1].
Find out moreThe first official ‘Community Forest’ has been allocated in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the Congo Basin, giving local people the rights to manage and protect their forest.
Find out moreIn a new policy brief, we explore why community mapping data should be used at the outset of all planned conservation projects, and integrated into all decisions related to protected area management.
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