:: Publication ::

This forum is publishing a monthly environmental magazine "Youth Awareness Environmental forum" since its establishment in 1994 A.D. The magazine deals only on environment. The magazine was the first & only one magazine published to focus environmental issues in Nepal. The language of the publication is Nepali though selected issues as celebration of specials days as World Environment Day, World Wetland Day, World Heritage Day & other specific day's activities are covered in English language also.

The magazine is distributed free of cost to the rural people thought the forum has fixed special price for the organizations & institution to support the publication. With the help of publication, we raise voice against anti-environmental activities as smoke pollution caused by the adulteration of fuel, deforestation, stone mines & so on. We are also raising voice against brick industries to regulate in the valley looking after the pollution of the valley as the shape of the valley is like a tub & the smoke & the dust freeze on the air of the valley. This publication is one of the popular reading materials with environmental issues in the valley

Environmental Library ::

Youth Awareness Environmental Forum (YAEF/NEPAL) has been running the Environmental Library as a centre for awareness about environment, health and education at the local level. The Forum has established the Environmental Library on 5th June 1998 on the occasion of World Environment Day in the presence of Mr. Madhav Poudel, Former Chairperson, District Development Committee, Lalitpur , Mr. Buddhi Raj Bajracharya, Former Mayor, Lalitpur Sub-Metropolity; Mr. Shubarna Lal Shrestha, the then Chief District Officer, Lalitpur; Mr. Nayan Singh Dhami, Chief Education Officer, Lalitpur , Dr. Ambika Pd. Adhikari, IUCN Residential Representative for Nepal and Mr. Beni Bdr. Karki, Honorable Chairman of the National Assembly.
This library has been appeared as a model library . It is addressed as the only environmental library in the bulletin, published by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Moreover, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has awarded a letter of appreciation to this forum for its contribution to raise awareness on environmental sector.

The forum is a member of the World Conservation Union IUCN and member of The World Association of Community Radio, broadcasters AMARC, affiliated with United Nation Economic and Social Council( ECOSOC), USA and South Asia Youth Environmental Network (SAYEN). This forum several programs as co-partner with the United National Environment Program (UNEP)..This Forum consists of 13- member- Executive Committee, 24 patrons and 20 advisors in addition to 6 non- Nepali patrons . This Forum offers membership to those giving notable contribution to environmental conservation with NRs 5001.00 for ordinary membership, NRs10001.00 for patron and NRs. 15001.00 for institutional membership. In case of foreigner, one should pay US$100 for ordinary membership and US$1001 for patron. Membership is to be renewed every year. Any schools or organizations are to pay NRs. 1001 for the membership of the library. In case the books are to be taken away, the readers are to pay as much as the cost of the books. The books have to be produced in the library within one week from the day of reception. Needless to say, the Environmental Library is a common library for all.

The environmental library, situated at Godawari region of Lalitpur district, is the only information center about environment in Nepal. But, it has not been able to provide necessary facilities to the visitors. The YAEF, therefore, has been planning to establish another facilitated information center at ward No. 2, Dhulikhel Municipality, Kavre.


Objectives of the environment library ::

1. Provide information about national art, culture and environment, and encourage for their conservation.
   
2. Inform the school students of the rural areas about the need for environmental education in the present context.
   
3. Publish informative magazines, bulletins, posters and pamphlets regularly on subjects like environment, health and education.
   
4. Organize programs on various occasions relating to ecology and environment.
   
5. Conduct school level programmes on environment related topics.
   
6. Encourage the local inhabitants for the conservation of local resources .
   
7. Now we are developing Environment Information Center This Information Center is only one in Nepal. The environmental information center situated in Lalitpur district of Godawari region had been unable in providing the necessary facilities to the people. So this forum is going to establish another facilitate information center in Dhulikhel Municipality Ward No.2, Kavre

The community Environmental information center is raising awareness about degrading condition of environment. Getting the feeling of vital importance of the establishment of environment relating information center, the Forum has been standing in its boundary of community concept. It has been running its programme from its Environmental Information center by maintaining environment & sustainable development for fresh and determined human committee Development.

Presently there are altogether about 9,000 books on various subjects in stock. For a smooth and effective operation of the library, one librarian, one office assistant, one security guard and one peon have been appointed as employees. The library remains open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. every day.


Supportive organizations and individuals ::

Indian Embassy, British Embassy, UNICEF Field Office (Jawalkhel), Dr. Ram Bikram Sijapati, Dr. Badri Dev Pandey, Lawyer Narayan Belbasi , Rupendra Kumar Ghimire (Kathmandu), Mukund Sharma (Godawari) , St.Xavier's School (Godawari), Surya Kumar Khati (Bandegaun)
Recently The British Embassy has donated Mita DC.6500 Photocopy Machine. The Asia Foundation , Asian Development Bank and Room To Read Nepal have provided some important books.



Organizations supporting us with all their Publications ::
IUCN, ICIMOD, SCOPE (France), UNEP (Nairobi-Kenya), Green Peace International, WWF Nepal Programme, Ministry of Population and Environment, Social Welfare Council, National Trust for Nature Conservation, Forum of Nepal Environment Journalists; Nepal Agricultural Research Council.


National & International Organizations Supporting with their Home Bulletins ::

UNDP, DPI / NGO Section UN, USA, WWF International , IUCN HQ Switzerland, BAHA International One Country, USA, The Freedom Forum, USA, International Center for Journalists, USA, The George Washington University, USA, ICGEF Bio-Diversity News Letter Italy, Nucler Age Foundation USA, World Resource Institute, UAS, Assumption College, UAS, Return Foundation, UK, Monash University, Australia, Stanford University, USA, UNESCO HQ, France, World Bank, USA, European Co-Operation Office, Returns Link New's Letter, UK, United State Institute of Peace washington DC USA, Biology Dpartment University of York, UK, Stockholm Environment Institute Sweden, Nature Interpretation as a Took in Promoting Sustainable Development, Denmark, Hawaii University Honolulu, Hawaii, University College UK, National University of Australia, World Watch Institute USA, Bird life International UK, Uk Environment New London Terrapins , Singapore, I4D india, American University washington DC, International woman's media foundation USA, Deutschland German, WIDER finland, National University of singapore, Cardiff University UK, Ministry of The Environment Japan, Asian institute of Technology Thailalnd, Environment Support Group India, Chikika Development Authority India, Tunza Thailand, Colorado State Universite USA, Population Reference Bureau USA, and United Nations University Tokyo, Japan, OISCA International Japan Center for women's Studies, Japan, Tokyo women's Christain University Japan, University of British Columbia Campus Canada, London, School of Economics UK, APFEJ Srilanka, The Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Germern, United Nations Information Center(UNIC) Nepal, HNS, DNPWC. SPC CARE Nepal ILO, GTZ, READ Nepal, Australia Community Foresty kl/of]hgf , Japanese Embassy, Royal Nerwegian Embassy, Embassy of Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Agriculture , Ministry of Forestry, Minstry of Culture tourism and Civil Aviation, CWIN, Save The children Norway. District Development Committee Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Morang, Saptari, Kaski, Ramechhap and Bhaktapur.

We would like to bring it into notice that the Environment Library has presently been run tenting a four- roomed flat at the luring spot of Godawari Area, Lalitpur. Its need and importance is growing day by day because of the collection of books on varying subjects. Students' attraction towards the environmental library from different institutes of neighboring districts is increasing dramatically.

The library has been running with difficultly. The importance of the library and information center is felt from every sector. Moreover, it is the only library about environment in the country. The flow of the readers, its importance at present and in the future and opportunity to improve it into one of the most importance libraries in the world has encouraged us to develop it as a well equipped, facilitated and updated environment information center.

We, on behalf of the readers, therefore, would like to request you for your visit to the library. Your presence will inspire us to do more. We would also like to request you for your kind support to the library with the aforesaid equipments. We are hopeful; your kind co-operation and constructive support will definitely help in developing this library into a research centre and environmental information center. For the establishment of this information center, we would kindly request your glorious organization to provide the publication about the environmental activities held under your organization to inform the Nepalese people.

Members of Environmental Library Management Committee:

Ex- Officio Members of the Environmental Library :

Advisor Members

:: Broadcasting ::

The forum broadcasted its first radio program in 1998 July as Environment Cycle Radio F.M. 100 MHz every Monday from 5:00 P.M. to 6:00P.M. The radio FM produced and broadcasted educational and informational programs on the subjects of environment, health and education."Community Radio for Rural Voice" Environment Cycle Radio FM 104.2 MHz. Witnessing the success of the broadcast on F.M. 100 MHz. This forum decided to have its own transmission station with its own frequency. For that Nepal Government licensed to this forum to run a F.M. and permitted to transmit on 104.2MHz.with the name of the radio since its last broadcasting, Environment Cycle Radio F.M. 104.2 MHz. The station has started its testing transmission on February 4,2004 and the successive regular program transmission on April 13,2004 onwards. ECR F.M. is producing and broadcasting its regular programs on the same issues as before. ECR F.M. is the member of the world associates of community radio broadcasters AMARC. Now we are broadcasting our regular programs 5:00am to 11:00pm, 18 hours daily. Further more F.M. is broadcasting community development news time to time. We are broadcasting information and directive programs on environment, health and education as well as preach, religious program, health program, community voice, today's context, non governmental voice, agricultural program, valley voice, our culture our heritage, community forest, commercial information, today's transport, commerce and industry, conflict management, women voice, depressed cycle, child program as well as other entertaining programs.The radio F.M. is running under the direction of YAEF executive body and the people contributing and giving in this F.M. their volunteer service. At present our radio F.M. is funding by DDC Lalitpur, Sub-metropolitan and The World Conservation Union (IUCN).

Objectives ::

1. To aware the listeners about environment, health and education.
   
2. To facilitate urban life lively and able.
   
3. To promote the local and communal news.
   
4. To pay much emphasis and highlight culture and heritage of the valley with the help of broadcasting information.
   
5. To introduce the places of valley which are valued for tourism and to promote tourism trade.
   
6. To broadcast community development news.
   
7. To broadcast the interaction programs the are dealt to discourage the attitude that not to take the matters seriously and
   
8. To conserve the languages those are shading behind. Languages Currently we are using Nepali, Nepal Bhasha(Newari), Tamang, Maithali, Tharu and English to conduct our selected programs.
   

Coordination Committee Environment Cycle Radio F.M.

:: Women Division ::

Introduction ::

Community Radio for rural voice "Environment Cycle Radio F.M. 104.2 MHz" is an independent non-commercial community radio. The main objective of this radio F.M. is to broadcast programs on environment, health and education. E.C.R. is the member of the world associates of community radio broadcasters AMARC. The station has started its testing transmission of February 4, 2004 and the successive regular program transmission on April 13, 2004 onwards. Further more, the FM has been transmitting social and developmental news on hour basis through the medium of national language Nepali along with the other two ethnic languages- Tamang and Newari languages. The E.C.R. FM. 104.2 MHz received the membership of the AMARC ¬WIN on March 8, 2005. And it has resulted into the establishment of this Women division, the same year. This woman division's major objectives are creating and promoting awareness of women for the environment conservation, education, health promotion, gender equality, economic development from people to people, sharing such experiences and selling it door to door in hills, mountains and remote areas focusing the women of such places and to raise their condition with qualification using all community media and conducting various programs live scholarship programs and adult education. For the fulfillment of its objectives, it has been conducting several development and educational programs like running adult education for women, scholarship programs, providing the educational materials to poor and deserted girls, holding meetings and seminars on various subjects for the establishment of independent human society through woman's participation in the broad scale. It has been conducting programs on various subjects dealing with women empowerment through rising their economical conditions and gender equity. This division is also launching programs related to women and children, 3 hours and 1 hour per day respectively. The total time utilized by Women division is 4 hours on daily basis through E.C.R. FM. 104.2 MHz for the women to literate and to expose their field of journalism too. Altogether, ECR F.M. broadcast from 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM i.e. 18 hours daily.

Major Objectives ::

1. To create the awareness to the women from the rural area of the country.
2. To aware Nepalese people about the degradation of environment and woman activities through women's participation from each and every corner of the country.
3. To create awareness for the preservation of the natural resources and heritage by transmitting informative programs.
4. To flow the information on global women activities through print and electronic media.
5. To eradicate women exploitation by suggesting to the concerned organization and cooperating with various organizations.
6. To encourage and enhance women's participation in the tourism industry
7. To improve the economic status of the poor and marginalized women by conducting productive programs creating employment opportunities as far as possible.
8. To run mass programs as required to run adult education, health and environment education, to award scholarships to the poor female students.
9. To conduct the rally and the informative road dramas for awareness generation about health and education in the people.
10. To disseminate the information to each and every part of the country by publishing informative bulletin.

Major Agenda ::

1. To emphasize adult woman education & providing scholarships to women
2. To conduct various programs like spot journalist visiting program, meetings and seminars for the equal participation of the both genders.
3. To provide income generating trainings like sewing, weaving, computer training, animal husbandry, poultry farming, fruit farming, beauty parlour, handicrafts etc.
4. To launch the door-to-door sanitation based programs like distributing buckets to collect the waste and to produce organic manures.
5. To conduct mass programs like forestation, greenery maintenance and preservation of natural resources for the environmental conservation through awareness generation.
6. To conduct the mission against girl's trafficking and to flow the proper information about HIV/AIDS and other diseases through electronic communication media.

Structure of the division ::

Woman member of Youth Awareness Environmental Forum (YAEF) and the friend women member of Environment Cycle Radio FM. 104.2 MHz could be the member of this women division. Presently the number of working committee is eleven. The forum is also member of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcaster (AMARC). The forum has established a Women Division which is also member of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcaster (AMARC)'s Women International Networks (WIN) and International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).To be the member of this division, one must be the member of YAEF. The central office of this division is situated at Canada and 4 thousand women communicators are the members from 110 countries. Advisor committee as well as district level branch committees can be formed as needed.

Working Committee Members :: (Borad Meeting has Selected, Augest 9, 2009)

Action Committee

Advisors