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. Since its inception in July 1995 FECOFUN has grown into a social movement organization with about 8.5 million people represented all of whom are forest users. Its goal is to develop means of livelihoods and to generate opportunities to reduce poverty through sustainable forest management and utilization of resources, abiding by the approach of consensus in decision making and emphasizing the participation of all sections of community and ethnic groups.

The FECOFUN is implementing a project focused on the Community forest Users (CFUGs) groups of Bajhang and Dolakh, for sustainable NTFPs production holding FSC certification. The goals of the project are: * To promote sustainable resource management,* To increase income and employment for Nepals remote rural area NTFPs producers,* To implement sustainable forest management and forest certification model for Nepals Community forests that takes into accounts its NTFPs and CFs resources and encourage good governance of community forests
* To promote Community Based Forest Enterprises (CBFE) to ensure sustainable use of NTFPs, alleviate poverty in rural area,* To consolidate forest users groups supplies to make attractive to buyers, gain better market position for Nepals NTFPs products in international markets,* To lobbying for an enabling policy environment for free and fair trade practice.

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