In Nepal, Federation of community forestry users of Nepal (FECOFUN) provided new directions for community forestry by building consensus and solidarity among forest user groups in a moment of historic political change. In a series of events with Nepali community forest users and partners from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), HELVETAS, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) exchanged knowledge and experiences with leaders in the Department of Forests and advocated for including more secure community rights to natural resources in the new draft constitution for Nepal.