Collective Campaign for Ensuring Rights of Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples in Chure Area - Rights + Resources - Supporting Forest Tenure, Policy, and Market Reforms

Country:

Nepal

Date:

2014

Implementor:

FECOFUN The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal

Funding Amount:

99,640

Details:

Following the government declaration of the Chure mountain range as a conservation zone in June 2014, community forest user groups (CFUGs) mobilized against what has been dubbed as yet another attack on people’s rights over natural resources. FECOFUN’s well-mobilized campaign in Chure resulted in the government removing some restrictions on utilizing the forest products of community forests. The government also formed a dialogue committee to involve the Chure movement, including FECOFUN as a leader of the committee. RRI’s timely support to FECOFUN helped ensure local communities’ and Indigenous People’s rights in Chure Area by advocating for the rejection of the Chure Environmental Conservation Area and further enshrining community property rights in Nepal’s new constitution. Due to the mass mobilization that was undertaken through this effort, the government has committed to reviewing the declaration on Chure. More on this project will be available later in 2015.