Securing and deepening community forest rights in Nepal through local governments and coordinated local actions

Ongoing

From: 01/01/2023

To: 31/12/2027

Partners: Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN)

Associates: Centre for Indigenous Peoples Research and Development (CIPRED)
Green Foundation Nepal (GFN)

Stakeholders: Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) and Indigenous Peoples. National, provincial and local governments and civil society.

Partners are providing information that 27 local governments can use to enact Local Forest Acts (LFAs) that recognise community and customary forest rights. They are also working with another 50 governments that passed LFAs during a previous project phase to revise and strengthen them. Some 937 Community Forest Users Groups (CFUGs) are mapping 102,000 hectares of forestlands to gain recognition of their rights. Another 2,817 CFUGs with 292,364 hectares of forestlands will benefit from the LFAs and other activities. Partners are also incubating 20 community forest enterprises oriented towards women and youth and creating a Community Forest Data Portal. 

 

To read a brief overview of Nepal, click here. 

For a timeline of land and forest rights in Nepal, click here. 

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