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Protected areas in the Congo Basin: failing both people and biodiversity?
22 April 2016
Based on a sample of 34 protected areas across Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, including four detailed case studies, this study reveals that biodiversity in the region continues to decline, that there is little evidence that the ‘guns and guards’ approach to protected areas is being effective, and that due to aggressive enforcement, conflicts and human rights abuses are widespread and the livelihoods of many local people have been severely compromised.
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Community Forests in DRC: Towards Equitable and Sustainable Forest Management
01 March 2016
Building on RFUK’s 2014 briefing on DRC’s decree 14/018 fixing the modalities for the attribution of local ‘community forest concessions’, this document considers some of the key features, challenges and opportunities emerging from this legislation.
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Tropical Forest Community Mapping Initiative: A concept note
31 January 2016
Harnessing participatory mapping technologies and making data accessible is a powerful tool for scaling up land rights and helping bridge the gap between remote forest communities and forest policy development. This briefing explores the feasibility of establishing a pan-tropical online interactive mapping database.
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Mpama sector, DRC: An atlas of traditional community life
01 January 2016
*French only* This community 'atlas' provides information on the realities and traditional livelihoods of the communities of Mpama sector, in the territory of Lukolela, Equateur province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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RFUK Annual Report 2014/15
31 December 2015
This summary of our projects and campaigns in 2014/2015 offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK's work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
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Real-time community-based forest monitoring: Challenges and opportunities
01 June 2015
This briefing presents the main findings from a study and consultation covering nine countries, conducted for The Rainforest Foundation UK in April 2015. It follows the successful technical testing in Cameroon of RFUK’s ForestLink technology.
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