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Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) has been a leading organization in the sector of social mobilization and community development. It implements various programmes so as to raise the quality of life through wise-use of available local resources and application of alternate and renewable technologies.
Mission
- ECCA will be a Model Professional Volunteer Organization (PVO) dedicated towards natural resources management
- ECCA will organize programmes so as to secure children's sound ecological future
- ECCA will support the development of conservation related entrepreneurship
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 Citation of Felicitation
Professor Masahiko Ohsawa is a familiar name for the students of ecology, specifically those who are interested in the study of vegetation gradients of the mountains and their ecosystems. He first visited Nepal in 1971, as a member of the Himalayan Expedition organized by Chiba University, which pioneered ecological research in Nepal Himalaya. It was debut for the young researcher Masahiko, who had just enrolled for his PhD in The University of Tokyo, then he never looked back. His deep interest, or perhaps the inspiration he got from the Himalaya, he got involved in the mountain environment rest of his career, which is still continued and active at the age of running 68 years.
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- UNEP South Asian Youth Environment Network (SAYEN) – Country focal point
- Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) – Country coordinator and Member secretary of the National Steering Committee
- IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Switzerland – NGO member since 1991
- Nepal National Committee of IUCN – General Secretary
- NGO Federation – Founding member
- Nepal Permaculture Group (NPG) – Founding Member
- Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Network – Member
- Consortium of organizations working for the child club – Member
Light-For-All
In Nepal, 2.4 million households are to this day compelled to use kerosene based Tuki for household... more
Plant-A-Tree
Global warming has threatened the future of the Earth. No doubt, the increasing human activities...more
Support-A-Child
Although the development in the education sector is significant, the situation where Nepal stands...more
Safe-Drinking-Water
Water distribution systems in Nepal are mostly focused on the urban centers. more
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An Experience of Essay Competition in Letang
 On the morning of June 8, 2013, five of the Nourish ECCA volunteers went to an essay competition sponsored by ECCA. Nearly seventy-five students in class 9 and 10 spent their day off, their Saturday, writing an essay for two hours. more... |
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National On-The-Spot Essay Competition – Environment Day Celebration 2013
 Water is one of the basic human necessities, without which life of human is not possible. Every citizen should have access to water sufficient to meet basic needs, including drinking, cooking and sanitation. more...
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Wise-use House Network
 ECCA
constructed its office building - named as 'Wise-use House' -
in Jwagol, Kopundol and its office was shifted there on March
14, 2004. It is envisaged to house several link-minded NGOs in
this building and adjacent buildings...
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SRBD Network
 ECCA
has been backstopping Socially Responsible Business Development
Network (SRBDN) a multi-stakeholder forum since 1 st January
2008. SRBDN has been successfully continuing since its establishment
in the year 2004.
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Kathmandu Participatory
River Monitoring [KAPRIMO]
 From
February 2006 ECCA has launched Kathmandu Participatory River
Monitoring (KAPRIMO) – A Model for South Asia project in partnership
with Adelphi Research gGmbH (Germany) and International Institute
of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Netherlands.
This European Union supported 2-year project..
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Nature Club
Nature club is one of the backbones in ECCA history. ECCA initiated
concept of nature club in 1992 from Janakpur under the WWF-US
programme. Since then, many organi- zations are following the
concept of nature clubs by giving different names.
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Participatory Mai River
Monitoring [PMRR]
 The
Kathmandu Participatory River Monitoring (KAPRIMO) system was
conceptualized by ECCA as a model for South Asia. River monitoring
system is necessary in all the rivers of the world as day by day
it is getting polluted due to human encroachment. As a first replication
of the KAPRIMO project, a Development Fund Norway as Environmental
Movements in the South (EMIS) has funded a project Participatory
Mai River Reclamation (PMRR) implemented by Namsaling Community
Development Centre (NCDC, Ilam) in coordination with ECCA.
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