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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
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.
- Provide information about national art, culture and environment,
and encourage for their conservation.
- Inform the school students of the rural areas about the
need for environmental education in the present context.
- Publish informative magazines, bulletins, posters and
pamphlets regularly on subjects like environment, health
and education.
- Organize programs on various occasions relating to ecology
and environment.
- Conduct school level programmes on environment related
topics.
- Encourage the local inhabitants for the conservation
of local resources .
- 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.
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.
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.
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:
Chairperson
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Asta Man Kisee Maharjan [Chairperson, Youth
Awareness Environmental Forum] |
| Vice Chairperson |
Mrs Hishila Maharjan [Executive Director,ECRFM] |
| Treasurer |
Mrs. Bal Kumri Ghale [Founder In-charge, Environmental
Library] |
| Secretary |
Nabin Maharjan [ Acting Station Manager ECRFM] |
| Joint Secretary |
Deepak Acharya [Programme Director ECRFM] |
Member
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Govinda Maharjan [Former VDC Chairperson, Thaiba, VDC] |
| Member |
Laxman Dhoj Karki [ Social Worker} |
| Member |
Janak Lal Maharjan [ Social Workers] |
| Member |
Lal Bd. Rai Khetang [Founder Member of Environmental
Library] |
| Member |
Krishna Hari Maharjan(ECRFM) |
| Member |
Ms Ratan Maya Awal |
Ex- Officio Members of the Environmental Library
:
1
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Chief District Officer, Lalitpur |
| 2 |
Chairperson, Lalitpur Sports Development Committee |
3
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Chairperson, Lalitpur District Development Committee
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| 4 |
Mayor, Lalitpur Sub-Metropolity |
| 5 |
District Education Officer, Lalitpur |
Advisor Members
1
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Bhola Shrestha |
Nepal Library Association |
| 2 |
Nirmala Shrestha
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Central Library; Information science department |
3
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Juju Bhari Dangol |
Kathmandu Valley Public Library Society |
| 4 |
Bhanu Pathak
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP) |
| 5 |
Sarad Babu Shrestha |
Rural Education (Read Nepal) |
| 6 |
Rajib Dhar Josi |
Room to Read |
| 7 |
Dashrath Thapa |
Nepal Rastriya Pustakalaya |
| 8 |
Raju Shakya |
British Concil |
| 9 |
Prakash Thapa |
American Library |
| 10 |
Anjuraj Banshi |
Department of population, TU |
| 11 |
Rudra Aryal |
Kathmandu University. |
 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 tr ansmission
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).
- To aware the listeners about environment, health and
education.
- To facilitate urban life lively and able.
- To promote the local and communal news.
- To pay much emphasis and highlight culture and heritage
of the valley with the help of broadcasting information.
- To introduce the places of valley which are valued for
tourism and to promote tourism trade.
- To broadcast community development news.
- To broadcast the interaction programs the are dealt to
discourage the attitude that not to take the matters seriously
and
- 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.
Working Committee, Environment Cycle Radio FM
| Astaman kisee Maharjan |
Executive Chairman and Chief Editor/Publisher |
Binay Basnet
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Member |
| Nabin Maharjan |
Member |
| Rajendra Maharjan |
Member |
| Deepak Acharya |
Member |
| Krishna Hari Maharjan |
Member |
| Ms Ratna Maya Awal |
Member |
Coordination Committee Environment Cycle Radio F.M.
1
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Coordinater |
Dipendra Shrestha,CM Janmorcha Nepal |
| 2 |
Member |
Chandra Maharjan,Chairman LPD,Nepali Kangress |
3
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Member |
Lalit Hari Dahal,Incharge LPD,Maubadi |
| 4 |
Member |
Surendra Mohan Sharma CM,Nepal Kamnunist P,CML |
| 5 |
Member |
Bhupendra Nemwang, 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
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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.
- To create the awareness to the women from the rural area
of the country.
- To aware Nepalese people about the degradation of environment
and woman activities through women's participation from
each and every corner of the country.
- To create awareness for the preservation of the natural
resources and heritage by transmitting informative programs.
- To flow the information on global women activities through
print and electronic media.
- To eradicate women exploitation by suggesting to the
concerned organization and cooperating with various organizations.
- To encourage and enhance women's participation in the
tourism industry
- To improve the economic status of the poor and marginalized
women by conducting productive programs creating employment
opportunities as far as possible.
- To run mass programs as required to run adult education,
health and environment education, to award scholarships
to the poor female students.
- To conduct the rally and the informative road dramas
for awareness generation about health and education in the
people.
- To disseminate the information to each and every part
of the country by publishing informative bulletin.
- To emphasize adult woman education & providing scholarships
to women
- To conduct various programs like spot journalist visiting
program, meetings and seminars for the equal participation
of the both genders.
- To provide income generating trainings like sewing, weaving,
computer training, animal husbandry, poultry farming, fruit
farming, beauty parlour, handicrafts etc.
- To launch the door-to-door sanitation based programs
like distributing buckets to collect the waste and to produce
organic manures.
- To conduct mass programs like forestation, greenery maintenance
and preservation of natural resources for the environmental
conservation through awareness generation.
- To conduct the mission against girl's trafficking and
to flow the proper information about HIV/AIDS and other
diseases through electronic communication media.
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)
1.
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Ratna Maya Awal |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Mrs Laxmi Khanal |
Vice- Chairman |
| 3. |
Ms Amrita Paudel |
Secretary |
| 4. |
Mrs Ranjana Shrestha |
Under Secretary |
| 5. |
Mrs Bal Kumari Ghale |
Treasurer |
| 6. |
Mrs Punam Malakar |
Member |
| 7. |
Mrs. Amrita Paudel |
Member |
| 8. |
Ms. Sumita Rajbahaka |
Member |
| 9. |
Mrs. Sandhya K.C |
Member |
| 10. |
Ms Akriti Paudel |
Member |
| 11. |
Ms. Hira Maya Awal |
Member |
| 12. |
Ms. Anita Maharjan |
Member |
Action Committee
1.
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Mrs. Meena Sharma |
| 2. |
Mrs. Bharti Sharma |
| 3. |
Mrs. Geeta Kharel |
Advisors
1.
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Mrs. Shushila Sharm |
Chief Advisor, Ex- Parliament Member |
| 2. |
Mrs. Rupa Joshi Communicatio |
Officer Unicef |
| 3. |
Mrs Barbara Adem |
Social Worker |
| 4. |
Mrs Shilu Ghimire |
Social Worker |
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