Aiming with the objective of sharing experiences and expanding knowledge on community forestry practices in Nepal and India /Odisha state, 10 members of Odisha Jungle Manch (OJM) including participants form Regional Centre for development cooperation (RCDC) and Basundhara were taken to the eastern region of Nepal i.e. Jhapa Morang and Sunsari districts to have direct observation of FECOFUN district chapter activities and status of community forestry users group (CFUGs) in different district. Five CFUGs were visited, Thoplebiran and Jamunbari of Jhapa district, Graminsudhar and Janasewa of Morang district and Hariyali of Sunsari district.

The program trip was managed by GACF secretariat based in Kathmandu with support from FECOFUN central and district chapter, Nepal. Interaction/ meeting with the FECOFUN centre, government bodies and GACF was held in Kathmandu. The study tour created an environment to learn the opportunities and challenges of community forest and to the practices of economic empowerment, sustainable resource management, networking, capacity strengthening, gender balance and social justice .It also helped to exchange the ideas and build the capacity. Moreover, it helped to tie up and strengthen the relation of both the countries and within Nepal also.