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YONSED — Youth Network for Social & Environmental DevelopmentYONSED

Our Projects · Environment

Environmental advocacy, climate action, and natural resource management.

Environmental work is YONSED's founding purpose: advancing conservation and climate action from individual communities up to national policy dialogue, grounded in our main areas of specialization — environmental advocacy, climate change adaptation, natural resource management, solid waste management, and ecotourism.

Environment

Why it matters

Nepal's communities depend directly on forests, water sources, and a stable climate. Advocating for their protection — and building the policy dialogue to back it — is central to YONSED's mission of eco-friendly national development.

Who we work with

Municipal governments, rural communities, and youth volunteers across the districts where YONSED's projects operate.

Our Approach

What YONSED does

  • Policy-level dialogue and environmental advocacy campaigns
  • Awareness campaigns on climate change and natural resource issues
  • Action research, including field data collection such as GPS-based water-source mapping
  • Ecotourism planning and biodiversity conservation
  • Youth-led conservation campaigns such as Smriti Brichhya

Related Work

Projects in this area

EnvironmentCommunity Development

Aawahaan

A municipal campaign for social change — bringing local government, business and community together around cleanliness, greenery and the role each stakeholder plays in developing their own town.

Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang · Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang · Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, Kailali · Tilottama Municipality, Rupandehi · Saina Maina Municipality, Rupandehi · Gaidakot Municipality, Nawalparasi · Bardghat Municipality, Nawalparasi · Sunawol Municipality, Nawalparasi · Pratappur Rural Municipality, Nawalparasi · Bheemdatt Municipality, Kanchanpur · Pyuthan Municipality, Pyuthan · Mallarani Rural Municipality, Pyuthan

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Environment2007–2018

ENVIRON VISION I, II & III

A three-phase national environmental advocacy project run over more than a decade with UNDP/GEF support.

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EnvironmentCommunity Development

Smriti Batika

The fenced and landscaped memorial gardens created through Smriti Brichhya — public land turned into maintained green space and handed back to the communities that own it.

Mahendra High School, Tulsipur, Dang · Shree Barahakshetra School, Ghorahi, Dang · Kageshwori Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu · Triyuga Municipality, Udayapur · Chaudandigadhi Municipality, Udayapur · Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitrawan, Chitwan · Golbazaar Municipality, Siraha

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EnvironmentCommunity DevelopmentEducation2009–Present

Smriti Brichhya

A youth-led urban forestry campaign in which a tree is planted in memory of a loved one or to mark an occasion in life — binding personal sentiment to the survival of the plant.

14 municipalities across Nepal

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Community DevelopmentEnvironmentOngoing

Community-Based Waste Management Project

An ongoing solid waste management program run in direct partnership with five municipalities across Dhanusha and Saptari.

Kshireshwornath Municipality, Dhanusha · Dhanushadham Municipality, Dhanusha · Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanusha · Sabela Municipality, Saptari · Kanchanrup Municipality, Saptari

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Environment2008–2011

Ecotourism Potential Study — Dang & Pyuthan

A planning study identifying tourism and ecotourism potential sites across Dang and Pyuthan districts.

Dang · Pyuthan

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Environment2011

Water Spring Database & Climate Change Study, Rasuwa

GPS-mapped database of water spring status paired with a case study on community-observed climate change impacts.

Rasuwa

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