| 一株树苗志愿者行动 Welcome to YEN (Yunnan EcoNetwork) Sapling Volunteers!
YEN Sapling Volunteers Concept Chinese people have volunteered for tree planting each year. Most of them plant trees on the occasion of 12 March National Tree Planting Day. Others choose to do so at different times to meet the best season and for special projects such as sandstorm protection in the north of China, conserving fragile biodiversity in the southwest of China, and so on. YEN began its sapling volunteer initiatives in the summer of 2002 to support sapling volunteer activities addressing environmental protection and sustainable livelihoods in rural areas in Yunnan Province, China. YEN is an independent non-profit NGO. One core ideology of the sapling volunteer program is the linkage between the sapling's life and that of the human beings who plant it. Once it is planted, we hope the volunteer will commit to following the sapling's growth for at least fifty years. One-on-One Through the service provided by YEN Sapling Volunteers, the visiting volunteer commits to donating a sapling to the local community, then jointly taking part in the tree-planting process with a local volunteer. The local volunteer will then take care of the jointly planted trees from the close of the activity onward. YEN Website YEN Sapling Volunteers is online! The YEN website ( www.yunnaneconetwork.net.cn ) makes it possible for interested people all over the world to learn more about the work of YEN Sapling Volunteers, t he growth of the trees, and changes in the lives of the local people. At the same time, people from all over the world can match their interests with the sapling planting activities in rural Yunnan Province. Please Contact YEN Sapling Volunteers for help in… • Identifying local areas which would benefit from your donated saplings • Starting sapling volunteer activities for your company, school group, family, etc. YEN Sapling VolunteersRoom1-1-602, Tianxiang Apartment, North Kunming Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China Phone / Fax: +86 871 5743890 Email: everpine@public.km.yn.cn / cysyen@sina.com Website: http://www.yunnaneconetwork.net.cn YEN Sapling Volunteers is a program of Yunnan EcoNetwork, Yunnan, P. R. China How to Join the Sapling Volunteer Activities… Please contact YEN at +86 871 5737890 or send email via everpine@public.km.yn.cn to request a “One-on-One Form” .
YEN will then issue the Sapling Form and other details to the applicant volunteers once the One-on-One Form has been completed and received at YEN Sapling Volunteers. Donation of Sapling by Applicant VolunteerNon-profit groups, families, & school groups: 100 Yuan (Approx. US $12) per sapling For-profit groups & enterprises: 200 Yuan (Approx. US $25) per sapling
Sample Allocation and Application of the Donation (non-profit)
Activity Site Introduction Lashihai Lake is located in Lashihai Wetland to the west of Lijiang City in northern Yunnan. With an elevation of 2,500 meters above sea level, the wetland represents an ideal habitat for some about 57 species of aquatic birds every winter. In 1998 the Yunnan Provincial Government designated the area a provincial nature reserve. Since then, the birds have gradually increased, and their numbers according to local record in 2001 were about 100,000. The lake is also one of the drinking water resources of people living in Lijiang city. In recent years, faced with a booming local economy, especially tourism, the Lashihai area is facing more and more pressure than ever before. The wetland is shrinking, and the lake waters from which local villagers make their living have gradually retreated due to an increase in tourist facilities. YEN Sapling Volunteers aims to conserve the wetland and the lake by assisting volunteers far and near in planting trees that can safeguard valuable natural resources and help provide a sustainable source of livelihood for local people.
A sapling seems invisible It symbolizes a start And an endless hope By turning a tree into a forest A forest converges a sea of green lives on the planet ------ -Student proposal for sapling volunteer, July 2002 Sample Schedule Tree Planting Schedule for School Group 1 at Wetland Site 1, Lashihai Lake, Lijiang, China
Implementer: YEN Sapling Volunteers Local organizer: to be identified Date of the activity: time, date, month (week), 2005 Time Activities15:00 Take bus from downtown to xxx (activity site) at Lashihai Lake (The local guide will pick you up at the xxx at time) 15:45 Arrival at the site at Lashihai Lake (The local organizer will meet you at the site) 16:00 Open of the tree planting activity (both representatives from applicant volunteer team and locals will deliver a brief speech at the site ) 16:45 Close of the tree planting activity (measuring the height and crown diameter of trees, completing One-on-One Forms, hanging Tree Cards on trees, taking pictures with locals) 17:00 Prepare to leave the site for downtown 17:45 Arrival at downtown Other ServicesAt the request of applicant volunteers, YEN Sapling Volunteers will help to arrange other activities in the village nearby for • Home-stay (incl. family visit, evening performance, local food, etc.) • Exchanging gifts with local volunteers (before the opening of tree planting activity) • Basketball match with local volunteers (after the tree planting is over) • School visits
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