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Mapping For Rights: Putting Rainforest Communities on the Map
01 October 2018
Since its launch in 2011, MappingForRights has supported more than a thousand communities to map and share highly detailed geographical information about their lands and resources so that decisions on forests do not neglect those who depend on them most. In this introductory briefing, we address the root causes land-based conflict in Central African forests, how MappingForRights aims to help tackle these and why such initiatives are essential to sustainable and equitable forest management.
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A National Strategy for Community Forestry in Democratic Republic of Congo
31 March 2018
This briefing note outlines the key elements of the new National Strategy on Community Forestry in DRC, and gives a concise overview of the Roundtable process that has led to the creation of this landmark document, as well as recommendations on next steps.
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RFUK Annual Report 2016/17
31 December 2017
This summary of our projects and campaigns offers a highlight of the Rainforest Foundation UK's work with indigenous and forest communities around the world.
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The Human Cost of Conservation in Republic of Congo
07 December 2017
This report is based on investigations in Republic of Congo by our local civil society partners, mainly within six forest communities living in or on the periphery of Conkouati-Douli National Park (CDNP) and Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (NNNP). The aim of our investigations was to understand the impact of the protected areas on those communities and the evolution of the relationships between them.
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A critical analysis of the safeguards framework of the Mai Ndombe PIREDD project
01 August 2017
The safeguard plans as they currently stand are seriously flawed, inadequate to ensure proper protection against harm, and need substantial re-working, clarification and improvement.
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Logging in Congo’s rainforests: A ‘Carbon Bomb’ about to be primed by the government of Norway?
21 June 2017
In 2017, the government of Norway, through its ‘Central African Forests Initiative’ (CAFI), was considering providing financial support to a programme being developed by the French Development Agency (AFD) to greatly expand large-scale commercial logging in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This briefing outlines the potential impacts this proposal would have on the climate.
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