News

Suspension of Atama’s deforestation activities in Congo: Important but insufficient

Civil society hails the decision taken by the Republic of Congo to suspend the illegal deforestation activities of Atama Plantation in the forested region of Sangha (Northern Congo) where Atama planned to deforest nearly 180,000...

08/06/2017

Hailing some positive changes in the Republic of Congo

Despite continued illegal logging and conversion of forests, a recent decision by Republic of Congo (RoC) Minister of Mines offers a glimpse of hope that positive change is possible for forests in that country.

In December 2016,...

08/02/2017

Republic of Congo and CAR sign Joint CAFI Declaration

The Central African Republic (CAR) and the Republic of Congo are the first Congo Basin countries to sign the joint Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) declaration.

Launched in September 2015, CAFI aims to reduce...

15/02/2016

Films

Robinson Djeukam Njinga Memorial

On 19 August 2015 our dear friend and colleague, Robinson Djeukam Njinga, an environmental and social justice lawyer and activist in Cameroon, passed away suddenly in a hospital in Yaoundé. With his passing, Fern and many others...

07/10/2015

Films

Introducing FLEGT

14/09/2015

Films

A chance for change in the Congolese forests

The tropical rainforests covering vast tracts of the Republic of Congo (RoC) are being chopped down at a startling rate. As they vanish, the people living in them fall deeper into poverty and global climate...

23/09/2014

Films

The story of FLEGT

14/04/2014