In 1987, when Pasanno Bhikku was the abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat (International Forest Monastery) in Ubon Ratchathani. There was a survey of a location for setting up “Wat Phu Chom Kom” (another branch of Wat Pah Nanachat) in Na Pho Klang sub-district, Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani. The forest area was full of the diversity of Dong Natham Forest, which is a part of Pha Taem National Park.
The Dong Na Tham Forest was a pure forest, covered with the diversity of flora and fauna, but unfortunately, the forest was destroyed and had taken the advantages by different groups of selfish people.With the care and love for the forest and the expectation to conserve this forest as ‘natural heritage and the benefits for people in the community and outsiders, Passano Bhikku and his followers from different walks of life had founded ‘Nature Care Group’ in 1992. The idea was to work on the projects to conserve the Dong Na Tham forest and seek for the ways to develop the roles and life potentials of people in a target area.
Four years later, since the group had been accepted from the community, government/private sections and media, the group changed its name to ‘Nature Care Foundation’ in 1996 – the foundation is a private development organization that works for natural resource and environmental conservation.
OUR EXPECTATION
To build up community organization networks and to seek out for ways to conserve the Dong Na Tham Forest and proceed conservation activity in the target area in order to find a solution to a forest invasion and to link cooperation from government and private section for a sustainable development of community and society – to make the use of the forest with sustainability.
OUR GOALS
1. Increasing village community organization and management capabilities to develope and protect the natural resources and the environment
2. Reducing natural recource destruction and promoting conservation activities
3. Co-operating with governmental and non-governmental organization in the field of education
on sustainable development
OUR OBJECTIVES
1. To educate and cultivate awareness for conservation of nature and environment for community
2. To support activities of communities participation basically in natural resource management in local level
3. To support government and non-government organization in order to achieve sustain development
4. To implement the initiating projects for public benefit or cooperate with others
organizations involving the same purpose
OUR PROJECT AREA
20 districts and 5 sub-districts in Ubon Ratchathani province
HOW NATURE CARE WORK
1. Campaign the importance of nature conservation to people in the community under the slogan “if the forests are safe, we are safe”
2. Support and promote natural resource and environmental conservation activities in the community
3. Coordinate the cooperation from governmental and private sections and other related organization
4. Collect the data from the community and study the community to support local curriculum and activity in the community
WHAT NARE CARE DO
Nature Care Foundation works on 3 different projects for both government and private sections and local community organization in Ubon Ratchathani
1. TRAINING COURSE
2. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
3. COMMUNITY RESEARCH
OUR AWARD & SUCCESS
1995 – Selected from Vianini Lavory Vianini Foundation (Thailand) as an organization that works for an environmental conservation
1996 – Selected from the Royal Forest Department as youth development organization that help the department for natural resource conservation
1997 – Dong Na Tham Forest Network Organization had recieved the 'Green Globe' prize as the
natural resource conservation organization.
And Nature Care Foundation had recieved many other prizes and honours from many organizations.
CONTACT US
Nature Care Foundation
8 Soi 3 Jangsanit Road,
Amphoe Muang, Ubon Ratchathani
34000 THAILAND
Tel: (+66) 0 4531 7783
Fax: (+66) 0 4528 1145
Email: naturecareubon@gmail.com (in English)
ncubon@linuxmail.org (in Thai)
Website: http://www.naturecareubon.org (in Thai)
Webblog: http://www.naturecareubon.blogspot.com (in English)
