Country:

Nepal

Region:

Asia

Date:

2021 - 2022

Implementor:

FECOFUN (Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal)

Funding Amount:

$69,765

Details:

After Nepal’s federal government announced its intention to demarcate nearly 110,000 hectares of community forest lands as strict protected areas, RRI’s collaborator FECOFUN, the Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal, sprung into action. With SRM funding, FECOFUN and its allies mobilized to counter this demarcation, drive, engage civil society, and generate resources and advocacy forums to build critical mass against the proposal. FECOFUN’s mobilization benefits from the increasing global attention to conservation-related human rights abuses in Nepal, highlighted in the review of the WWF by an Independent Panel of Experts and a recent publication from Amnesty International.  Since the approval of the SRM in early November, a sustained media campaign is underway and is steadily building momentum.