Community Forests and Land Rights
CADD
Within just a few years since its creation, CADD has become a leading organisation pushing for forest peoples’ land rights in the Central African Republic. Working hand in hand with local communities, even throughout the pandemic, our joint goal is to secure their traditional lands through the designation of community forests. News Sorry there are … Read more
Apem
APEM (Actions pour la Promotion et Protection des Peuples et Espèces Menacés) are courageous advocates of human rights and better forest governance, and pioneers in denouncing gender-based violence by conservation agents. In just a few years since their founding, they have become leaders among Congolese NGOs. With them, we aim to put human rights at … Read more
Gabon’s Massaha community sacred forest being logged despite government assurances for it to become a community protected area
Massaha community’s sacred forest being logged despite government assurances for it to become Gabon’s first-ever community protected area. Logging has resumed in northeastern Gabon in the local community of Massaha’s ancestral forest of unique bio-cultural diversity, despite a commitment by the Forest Ministry to suspend all timber operations in the area and to support the … Read more
Massaha update: TBNI Logging company told to cease operations, paving the way for a new community reserve
In a positive development, Gabon’s Forest Minister has ordered an immediate end to the logging of Massaha’s ancestral forest, by the company Transport Bois Négoce International (TBNI), paving the way for the community to create its own protected area. Following a two-year struggle by the community, as well as international pressure from RFUK and others, … Read more
Perspectives on Gender and Equality from our Community Forests Project
The ‘Community Forest’ model in DRC offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities there to legally secure, manage and protect their traditional forests. But to assure the delivery of equitable and sustainable outcomes, there is a need to ensure they are developed by the communities themselves, with actively inclusive processes to ensure the information obtained on … Read more
Massaha’s fight to protect their ancestral forests in Gabon
RFUK, Forest Peoples Programme and Greenpeace Africa have today written to the Gabonese Minister of Water, Forests, Oceans, Environment, Climate Change and Land-use Planning, Lee White, to call for an immediate halt to illegal logging in the village of Massaha’s ancestral forests, and to support its claim to establish a community-managed protected area. The community’s … Read more
Geo First
Pioneers of participatory land use planning in the province of Maniema, GeoFirst are empowering communities to manage their forests effectively, ensuring that their resources will be available for future generations. Our joint short-term goal is to secure these lands as Community Forests. News Two landmark community forests awarded in the buffer zone of the Lomami … Read more
PREPPYG
Grassroots organisation PREPPYG works closely with forest and indigenous communities in North Kivu, promoting their rights and providing training on agricultural activities and community enterprise to enhance their wellbeing. With Réseau CREF and RFUK, they are also spearheading community forestry in their region. News Perspectives on Gender and Equality from our Community Forests Project Community … Read more
