Publications & Insight

DRC receives millions for forests despite governance concerns

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) have signed a letter of intent (LOI) awarding DRC US$200 million to preserve its forests and promote sustainable development.DRC is the first...

10/06/2016

NGO Statements

Is DRC planning to lift moratorium and open world’s second largest rainforest to industrial logging?

A group of national and international NGOs, including Fern, have issued a statementwarning that plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to lift a moratorium on new logging concessions threatens to cause environmental...

02/03/2016

New DRC Ministerial Order puts people and forests at risk

A new Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministerial Order threatens to have a detrimental effect on local communities.

The order, Arrêté No. 050 of 25 September 2015, creates a new category of ‘artisanal’ logging concessions,...

15/10/2015

Forest governance, Films

Introducing FLEGT

14/09/2015

Reports

Community representation and participation in the VPA process

This report looks at the extent of community participation in VPA processes by considering case studies of communities from nine VPA countries.

02/05/2014

Forest governance, Films

The story of FLEGT

14/04/2014