The Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal, the umbrella organization of community forest users' groups, on Thursday staged a demonstration in Kathmandu demanding annulment of Forest Regulation 2079.

Saying that the Regulation was against the constitution, federalism, Forest Act 2076, community forest rights and women rights, the federation staged the demonstration at Maitighar in Kathmandu demanding annulment of the Forest Regulation 2079.

Federation Chairman Bharati Pathak said that they were compelled to stage the protest after the government brought the Regulation to put the community forest consumers, who contributed to the forest sector, in difficulty.

The federation has been staging demonstrations in district, province and central level to mount pressure on the government to scrap the Regulation.