:: 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 maga-zine was the first & only magazine published to focus environmental issues in Nepal. The lan-guage 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 though 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 estab-lished the Environmental Library on 5th June 1998 on the occasion of World Environment Day in the pres-ence 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, the then 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.Youth Awareness Environmental Forum (YAEF/NEPAL) has got the membership of The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and has been affiliated to the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI/NGO, .World Association of Community Radio Broadcaster (AMARC) and South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN).This Forum has conducted several programme as co-partner of Children and Youth/Sport and Environment Unit, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) .This Forum consists of 13- member- Executive Committee, 24 patrons and 20 advisors in addi-tion 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, Dhu-likhel 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 envi-ronment, 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 one an only one in Nepal. The environmental information center situated in Lalitpur district of Godawari re-gion 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 envi-ronment. 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 pro-gramme from its Environmental Information center by maintaining environment & sustainable develop-ment 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.
   

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

Supportive organizations and individuals ::

Indian Embassy, British Embassy, UNICEF Field Office (Jawalakhel), 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 and Asian Development Bank 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, King Mahendra 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, USA, Assumption College, USA, 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 Ger-man, United Nations Information Center(UNIC) Nepal, HNS, DNPWC. SPC CARE Nepal ILO, GTZ, READ Nepal,
Australia Community Foresty project , Ktm Japanese Embassy, Royal Norwegian 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, Mo-rang, 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 only the 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 estab-lishment of this information center, we would kindly request your glorious organization to provide the pub-lication 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 in-formational 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 His Majes-ty’s Government licensed to this forum to run an 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 broadcastingcommunity 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, Bhojpuri ,Magar,Tharu and English to conduct our selected programs.
   
   Staff Of YAEF for ECR FM 104.2Mhz
   
   

   Executive Director	Mrs Hishila Maharjan
   Managing Director	Krishna Bhakta Awal
   Staion Manager	Nabin Maharjan
   Administrate officer	Nawaraj Sanjel
   Station in-charg	Rajendra Maharjan
   Shift in-charg	Sunil Acharya
   Office in-charg	Ms Ratna Maya Awal

   
   Action Committee, Environment Cycle Radio FM
   Astaman kisee Maharjan-Executive Chairman and Chief Editor/Publisher
   
   

   Krishna Bhakta Awal	Member
   Nabin Maharjan	Member
   Nawaraj Sanjel	Member
   Deepak Acharya	Member
   Santosh Pudasaini	Member

   
   
   Coordination Committee Environment Cycle Radio FM Management
   
   

   1.	Coordinater	Dipendra Shrestha,CM Janmorcha Nepal
   2.	Member	Chandra Maharjan,Chairman LPD,Nepali Kangress
   3.	Member	Lalit Hari Dahal,Incharge LPD,Maubadi
   4.	Member	Surendra Mohan Sharma CM,Nepal Kamnunist P,CML
   5.	Member	Thaker Sharma, CM Nepal Kamunist Parti Akrikit
   6.	Member	Keshab Nepal,CM Nepal Kamunist Parti Male
   7.	Representative	District Development Committee, lalitpur
   8.	Representative	Lalitpur Sub-Matropolitan
   9.	Representative	Thaiba VDC
   10.	Representative	Dristrict Education Office Lalitpur
   11.	Representative	Dristrict Health Office , Lalitpur
   12.	Representative	Sport Development Committee , Lalitpur
   13.	Member	Rom Lal Maharjan,DDC Lalitpur member

   
   News Director -Deepak Acharya

:: 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 E.C.R 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 trans-mitting 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 educa-tion, 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 infor-mative 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 ::

Women member of Youth Awareness Environmental Forum (YAEF) and the friend women mem-ber 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 number can be increased up to twenty-one as per needed. This is also informed that this division is the member of Woman International Network of the Association of World Community Radio (AMARC-WIN). 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 ::

1. Mrs Hishila Maharjan        Chairman
2. Mrs Manju Shrestha           Voice Chairman
3. Ms Ratna Maya Awal         Secretary
4. Mrs Ranjana Shrestha     Under Secretary
5. Mrs Bal Kumari Ghale       Treasurer
6. Ms Samjhana Pradhan      Member
7. Mrs Poonam Malakar         Member
8. Mrs.Niti Tiwari                      Member
9. Ms Sumita Rajbahaka       Member
10.Mrs Laxmi Khanal            Member
11.Mrs Sangita Parajuli       Member
12. Ms Sandhya K.C            Member
13. Mrs Meena Sharma      Member
14.Ms Hira Maya Awal       Member
15.Ms Anita Maharjan       Member

The working committee members of YAEF, Advisor member, advisor from ECR FM., institutional members and the institutional friend members will be the Post holding members.


“Increase The Woman Communicator, Increase The Awareness To Balance The Environment And Development.”
To running UN Tree plantation campaign in Nepal
Youth Awareness Environmental Forum YAEF/NEPAL,UN Tree plantation campaign in Nepal is going to be conducted with the aim to eradicate the distorted global environmental problemb which is supposed to bring balance between environment and development.It is enevitable to protect the green forest in Nepal to modify the environmental upheaval of Nepal. It is very high time to sow a seed of green revolution to de-velop and independent society. A committee of 43 members was formed under the chairmanship of former Member of House of Representative Mr. Baburam Nakarmi to bring it in practice on

7th,Asar 2063(2006) after a long interaction programme held in Nepal Kala Parisad. The committee had got a legal stand with an agreement on 27th, Asar 2063(2006) in the hall of Nepal Bar Association from a long interaction programme. The intoduction programme among the officials of campaign was held on 2nd Shrawan 2063(2006) hosted by the Chief guest of Under Chief Mr. Ram Babu Shah of United Nations Information Center Kathmandu, Nepal. In the programme the Chairman of Mr. Babu Ram Nakarmi had handed over Rudrakshya Tree to the Chief guest Mr Shah. UN tree plantation campaign in Nepal had began after it had planted in the compound of UN office in Nepal with the aim to give thecompany to the campaign the plantation programme of Chap, Dhupi,Lausi was held in Telkot,Bhaktapur. In the programme, the honorable Vice-Chairman of National Assembly Mr.Ramprit Paswan had attended as Chief guest of the time. The forum will be always initited to fulfill the dream of UN tree plantation campaign in Nepal by planting in the various parts of Nepal in forth coming days.

Our running programmes ,
1. Environmental Library
2.Environmental Monthly Magazin
3.Community Radio-Environment Cycle Radio F.M.104.2Mhz,Lalitpur
4.Environmental Information Center
5.U N Tree Plantation Campaign in Nepal
6.Environmental Work Campaign
7.Community F.M- Madhapurwa Radio F.M.104Mhz,Dhulikhel
8.Providing Scholarship Programme Who are Very Poor and Diligent

Advisors ::

1. Ms. Shushila Sharma Chief Advisor
2. Ms. Dev Maya Gurung Advisor

The working committee members of YAEF, Advisor member, advisor from ECR FM., institutional members and the institutional friend members will be the Post holding members.

"Increase The Woman Communicator, Increase The Awareness To Balance The Environment And Development."