Publications
Our annual reports and other publications.
Annual reports.
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Annual report 2023
Online version. Downloadable annual report signed by the Board of Directors available at the bottom of the page.
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Annual Report 2022
Online version. Downloadable annual report signed by the Board of Directors available at the bottom of the page.
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Annual Report 2021
Signed annual report from the RFN Board of Directors
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Annual Report 2020
Signed annual report from the RFN Board of Directors.
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Annual Report 2019
Signed annual report from the RFN Board of Directors.
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Annual Report 2018
Signed annual report from the RFN Board of Directors.
Reports.
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Deforestation risk from Nordic alternative fuel policy
This report examines the biofuel policies of three Nordic countries, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. It looks at incentives for biofuel usage, environmental safeguards, consumption of biofuels and feedstock towards 2030 and possible links to deforestation. The report concludes with policy recommendations.
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Rainforest payback: How deforestation fails agriculture
This study looks at how deforestation-induced local and regional climate changes affect agricultural production in the Brazilian Amazon
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Forest-risk Extractives: A Global Geospatial Analysis
Provides a comprehensive overview of the environmental risks posed by mining and oil & gas projects on global forest ecosystems. Using a geospatial analysis, the study examines the proximity of extractive assets to forests, highlighting the potential for deforestation and biodiversity loss. A valuable tool for financial institutions to understand their exposure to forest-risk extractive assets and mitigate the environmental impact of their investments in the sector.
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PFAD-based biofuels
The report examines PFAD use in biofuels and concludes that this use will predictably lead to palm oil expansion, a recognised driver of tropical deforestation.
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Short Circuits - Exploring the broken links of mineral supply chain policies in the electric vehicle industry
The report examines the due diligence policies and practices of key players in the electric vehicle (EV) industry on deforestation, biodiversity and Indigenous rights. The report found a disturbing lack of commitments on deforestation in mineral supply chains across EV battery producers and automakers alike and identified ‘broken links’ between automakers' and battery manufacturers' policies.
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Hide on the Highway - Tracing Leather from Brazil to Europe under the EU Deforestation Regulation
The report maps the supply chain of Brazilian leather and its connection to end products in the EU. It reveals potential non-compliance with the EUDR, lack of transparency and difficulties in tracing the origin of the leather imported into the EU.
Project information .
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Assessing "Rights Based REDD+: Indigenous peoples as guardians of the rainforest"
Mid Term review of RFN’s programme supported by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative and Norad, 2018.
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Re-establishing tropical natural forest vegetation
Successful experiences from Upper Xingu in Brazil to supply native seed for re-establishing tropical natural forest vegetation can be scaled up across the world, benefit local livelihoods, conserve biodiversity and store billions of tons of carbon.
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An Amazon without boundaries
Rainforest Foundation Norway has worked together with indigenous people to protect rainforest in the Amazon since 1989. This report describes the work we do under the programme “Rights-based sustainable management of large contiguous territories in the Amazon”. The programme is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Zoning and land use allocation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In this document Rainforest Foundation Norway, together with Congolese partners, presents a practical proposal for a process of consultation and community consent as an integral part of forest zoning and land use planning and allocation in DRC.
