Rainforest Foundation Norway
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Key people | Øyvind Eggen (Secretary General) |
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Website | Rainforest.no |
Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to protect the world's
Rainforest Foundation Norway was founded in 1989, and is today one of Europe's leading organizations within the field of rainforest protection.[3] It forms part of the Rainforest Foundation network, with independent sister organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom: the Rainforest Foundation US and the Rainforest Foundation UK.
RFN is a foundation, and its operations are funded by public authorities, as well as private donors, international funds and sponsors.
History
Rainforest Foundation Norway was founded in 1989, following the formation of the
Approach to rainforest protection
Rainforest Foundation Norway espouses a
Programs
With its goal of preserving the rainforest, Rainforest Foundation Norway advocates for the rights of its indigenous inhabitants, by providing project-related grants, capacity-building expertise and direct technical assistance to its local partners on the ground, including indigenous communities and grassroots organizations. In addition to working with these groups directly through program activities in local communities, RFN support them indirectly through policy, advocacy, and information activities aimed at securing rights, establishing indigenous territories and protecting the rainforest.[5]
See also
- The Rainforest Foundation Fund
- The Rainforest Foundation US
- Environmental problems caused by deforestation
- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
- Self-determination
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Sustainable development
- Indigenous land rights
- Indigenous peoples of the tropical rainforest
- Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
- Environmental Movement
References
- ^ "About Rainforest Foundation Norway". Rainforest Foundation Norway. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Annual Report for 2012". Rainforest Foundation Norway. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "The Norwegian Committee for Fundraising in Norway". Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- ^ Ricardo/ISA, Photo: Beto. "About Rainforest Foundation Norway". Regnskogfondet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ a b c d "Organizational Performance Review of Rainforest Foundation Norway". The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "Saving the rainforest: Why human rights is the key". Just Conservation. Retrieved 2017-05-03.