Country:

Nepal

Region:

Asia

Date:

2019

Implementor:

FECOFUN The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal

Funding Amount:

$45,510

Details:

As a result of SRM funding, RRI Partners and Collaborators helped enact the national Forestry law to ensure the protection of Indigenous and community rights in the 2019 Forest Act. They also engaged with provincial and local governments to ensure that pro-community forestry laws are enacted at the provincial and local levels, with two local governments passing forest laws supporting community forest rights.

The federal government has allocated approximately $1 million to community forest enterprise with a central role for FECOFUN for budget 2020-2021. Using the SRM support, FECOFUN has effectively fought efforts to increase taxes on community forestry through widespread mobilization of community forestry user groups.