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Environmental charities call on DRC government to halt plans to open up the world’s second largest rainforest to loggers
07 March 2018
Over 50 charities call on the international community urgently to intervene to help protect the vast rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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VIDEO: Helping remote villages gain control of their forest
26 February 2018
This 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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Meet the team taking on this year’s London Marathon for RFUK
26 February 2018
We are thrilled to have our biggest ever team this year with 17 dedicated volunteers running for the rainforest!
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DRC government reinstates illegal logging concessions, breaching its own moratorium
20 February 2018
Two of the concessions overlap with a recently discovered carbon-rich peatland deposit covering 145,000 km².
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International workshops show how community mapping can support sustainable forest management
15 January 2018
RFUK recently brought participants together from three Central African countries to train them on how to use innovative mapping tools in order to support community forestry.
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Failing Forests: The World Bank’s flagship REDD+ programme ten years on
11 December 2017
More than a dozen environmental NGOs have written to the World Bank to call for the suspension of its flagship programme to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation and degradation.
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Aid-funded conservation guards accused of extrajudicial killing
07 December 2017
The Rainforest Foundation UK and three leading Congolese human rights organisations are calling for an investigation into a new case of extrajudicial killing of a man by ‘eco-guards’ in Republic of Congo.
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RFUK calls for zero tolerance to human rights abuses in Africa’s national parks
07 December 2017
Protected areas are having a devastating impact on the rights and livelihoods of forest communities in Africa’s Republic of Congo, a report published today by the Rainforest Foundation UK, reveals.
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Joint Statement on the proposal to lift DRC's logging moratorium
12 November 2017
Statement on the announcement that the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started a process to lift its moratorium on the allocation of new logging concessions.
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How to involve women in forest management: Interview with a community organiser in DRC
02 November 2017
Ruth Badubaye has been working with rainforest communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for several years. Now she's a partner in our new Community Forests project.
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