Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF) to support RSPN

The  Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF), Japan, will be supporting a project for RSPN starting this year. The project entitle “Enhancement of Black-necked Crane Visitor Information Center in Phobjikha ”, is aimed at improving the role of visitor information centre of Phobjikha in imparting environmental knowledge and awareness and strengthening local participation in environmental conservation in Phobjikha.

The  overall objective is to contribute to conservation of Black-necked Crane and Phobjikha Valley as a result of positive change in behavior and attitude of local community and visitors by enhancing the educational/training programs/facilities in the Black-necked Crane Visitor Centre. The specific objectives are:

The fund support for the project for first year (June 2012- may 2013) has been committed and  for the next two additional years, KNCF will support RSPN based on the project performance. The project will be jointly carried by RSPN and Japan Environmental Education Forum (JEEF : http://www.jeef.or.jp).