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The Mapping For Rights Methodology
01 January 2015
MappingForRights is a new approach to participatory (or ‘community’) mapping. It has been developed by RFUK on the back of 15 years’ experience of supporting indigenous and traditional communities of the Congo Basin rainforest in their efforts to fulfil their rights to land and livelihood. The approach explained in this reference guide is the result of collaboration with indigenous peoples, nongovernment organisations, (NGOs), community organisations, government agencies and specialised academic institutions.
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Rethinking community-based forest management in the Congo Basin
01 November 2014
This study considers the constraints and opportunities for community-based forest management in the region with a careful examination of indigenous and customary systems of forest resource management and rights.
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Rethinking community-based forest management in the Congo Basin (Executive summary)
01 November 2014
This summary of our in-depth study considers the constraints and opportunities for community-based forest management in the region with a careful examination of indigenous and customary systems of forest resource management and rights.
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Protected areas in the Congo Basin: A briefing
01 November 2014
In 2014, RFUK undertook research on protected areas and their effects on local communities, using both desk-based studies and field-based data collection. For a more in-depth update to this briefing, read our 2016 study on protected areas.
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Mapping and Forest Governance in the Congo Basin
01 September 2014
This leaflet provides information about RFUK’s Mapping and Forest Governance (MFG) Programme, designed to contribute to poverty reduction, sustainable management and improved governance of tropical rainforests in the Congo Basin.
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New Community Forest decree in the Democratic Republic of Congo
01 September 2014
On August 2nd 2014, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passed into law decree 14/1018 fixing the modalities for attributing local ‘community forest concessions’, enacting Article 22 of 2002 Forest Code. This briefing considers some of the potential opportunities and risks for the DRC’s forests arising from this new legislation, as well as the likely implications for wider governance reforms.
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