In Nepal, RRI partners the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) helped organize and lead a rally of 35,000 Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) to create public pressure on the government of Nepal to establish community rights over natural resources and withdraw a ministerial declaration of new conservation areas and expansion of national parks. As a result of pressure from civil society, the Prime Minister of Nepal canceled the inauguration of the Guarishanker national park.