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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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Quels droits fonciers pour les populations des zones forestières en République centrafricaine ? ENG
01 January 2014
Comment s’assurer que le processus de réforme foncière en cours en République centrafricaine (RCA) garantisse une protection effective des droits des communautés forestières sur les terres ? Cette question centrale est envisagée notamment au travers de l’impératif de protection de l’environnement et des écosystèmes dont dépendent ces communautés pour leur subsistance et la préservation de leur mode de vie traditionnel. L’étude y répond atour de deux pôles. L’analyse critique de la législation foncière centrafricaine (I) et des recommandations (II).
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Peru: RFUK's programme in the Andean Amazon
01 January 2014
RFUK has worked in Peru since 1998, supporting the indigenous peoples of the central Amazon forest region and the Vilcabamba mountain range to defend their lands and their right to lead a life in accordance with their culture and wishes. These mountain and forest regions are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world.
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