FECOFUN, prominently known as Nepal’s largest civil society organization, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in the premise of its national secretariat Purano Baneshor, Kathmandu Nepal

FECOFUN is a national federation of forest users which advocates for community forestry user group rights, locally, nationally, and regionally.  FECOFUN’s membership stands at about 5 million people.  This comprises rural-based farmers – men, women, old, and young – from almost all of Nepal’s 75 districts.  Since its establishment in 1995, FECOFUN has been instrumental in representing concerns of community forestry user groups in deliberations about policy formulations and forest futures.  FECOFUN is an autonomous, non-partisan, socially inclusive, non-profit organization.