ForestLink
CIVIC RESPONSE GHANA
Founded in 2003 in Accra, Ghana by a group of activists, Civic Response is a leading advocacy organisation working to entrench community resource rights in natural resource and environmental (NRE) governance policy. Leaders in the space of independent forest monitoring, Civic Response have supported communities all over the country to denounce illegal logging and claim … Read more
FENAMAD
Led by a Goldman Prize winner, FENAMAD (Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes) is a regional indigenous organisation that represents 36 communities of the Madre de Dios region of Peru, one of the most biodiverse but threatened parts of the Amazon. FENAMAD was created by indigenous communities to channel their proposals to … Read more
GASHE
GASHE (Groupe d’action pour sauver l’homme et son environnement) is a leading Congolese NGO based in Equateur Province, DRC. The charity aims to protect the environment and its resources whilst encouraging human development of those who live there, such as forest and indigenous communities. Since the beginning of our partnership in 2012, we have gone … Read more
FODER
Long-time partners and co-creators of ForestLink – our community real time monitoring system – FODER (Forêts et Développement Rural) is based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and is at the head of civil society efforts in the country to promote legality in the forest sector. FODER’s mission is to create an enabling environment for sustainable development, and … Read more
Exciting news as RFUK’s real-time forest monitoring technology is rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire
After a training last week with Ivory Coast partners Initiatives pour le Développement communautaire et la conservation de la Forêt (IDEF), RFUK’s bespoke community based real-time monitoring application Forestlink is now active in 7 countries across central and West Africa. The app – which allows forest-dependent communities to send alerts on illegalities and human rights … Read more
Celebrating women in leadership: experiences of women in the fight to protect the world’s rainforests
RFUK has long understood that women have a central role to play in protecting and managing the world’s rainforests. They are the main providers of food, water and medicine to their families, who depend greatly on rainforests for their livelihoods. They hold vast traditional knowledge of their forests and their biodiversity. This understanding informs our … Read more
Final Evaluation: Embedding Community Real Time Monitoring (RTM) to Sustain Livelihoods and Forests in West and Central Africa
An external evaluation of the ‘Embedding community Real Time Monitoring (RTM) to sustain livelihoods and forests in West and Central Africa’ project took place between October 2020 and January 2021. This project, funded by the UK government, seeks to improve forest governance in Cameroon, Ghana, DRC and Republic of Congo by strengthening of forest communities’ … Read more
Experts look to the next frontier of community-led forest monitoring in Africa
At a time when illegal logging runs rampant, the climate is rapidly changing and environment and human rights defenders face increasing threats and attacks, empowering forest communities to speak up to protect their lands and rights is more urgent than ever. This was the central conclusion of the virtual workshop ‘The role of ForestLink and community-based … Read more
Civic Response’s Radio Campaign Raises Awareness of ForestLink and Community-led Forest Protection in Ghana
Guest blog by Jemima Opare-Henaku, Communication, Civic Response RFUK’s Ghanaian partner Civic Response has just completed a two-month radio sensitization campaign across the country on community based Real Time Monitoring (RTM) and raising forest fringe communities’ awareness about the role they can play in forest management and monitoring. Although some progress has been made on … Read more