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| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder | The Norwegian Forum for the Environment and Development (ForUM) Friends of the Earth Norway The Development Fund The Future in Our Hands |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Human rights, Environmentalism |
| Location | |
Area served | South America, Central Africa, Southeast Asia |
| Method | Lobbying, research, field work |
Key people | Øyvind Eggen (Secretary General) |
| Website | Rainforest.no |
Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to protect the world's rainforests and to secure the legal rights of their inhabitants. It is one of the largest rainforest organizations in the world, and collaborates with around 70 local and national environmental, indigenous and human rights organizations in 7 rainforest countries in the Amazon region, Central Africa and Southeast Asia.[1] The organization works to support people in securing their rights and increase people's level of commitment to rainforest protection; to prevent policy and business interests from contributing to the destruction of the rainforest; and to consolidate policy and practice that serve to protect it.[2] RFN engages in advocacy work in key international processes concerning rainforest issues.
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.
- ^ "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.