Federation of Community Forestry Users (FECOFUN)
Organization name
Federation of Community Forestry Users (FECOFUN)
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Organization type
Network
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Current focus/area
Climate Change Forests Biodiversity Democracy Governance Women empowerment Inclusion Livelihood improvement Community empowerment Policy Gender equality Natural resource management Advocacy
Description/notes
The Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) is a formal network of Forest User Groups (FUGs) from all over Nepal. FECOFUN emerged from the idea that forest users from all parts of the country should be linked in order to strengthen the role of Users in policy making processes. It is a national federation of forest users across Nepal dedicated to promoting and protecting users rights.
FECOFUN aims to promote and protect the rights of community forest users through capacity strengthening, economic empowerment, sustainable resource management, technical support, advocacy and lobbying, policy development, and national and international networking and to uphold the values of inclusive democracy, gender balance, and social justice. (website)
Compendium source
A Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA)
Signatory of the People's’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival
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