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This presentation was made at The Second meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous Waste aiming to facilitate discussions on the needs for increasing capacity of developing Asian countries for data gathering and indicator development on the 3Rs. The presentation concludes as follows; Along the internationalization of resource use...

There is a risk that economic integration in East Asia and increasing trade of secondary materials driven by demands of materials in industrializing countries can undermine nation-based recycling systems (e.g. Hotta and Elder et.al. 2008). A trade model is used to analyse the impact of further economic integration on trade in secondary materials...

This paper analyses the impact of the future regional economic integration and development on internationalisation of waste and recycling-related issues in East Asia. The analysis focuses upon production and consumption of electronics and electric products and automobiles which are strategically important products in developing Asia in the future...

Burning is the most simple and cheap method for small-scale farmers to manage plant residue. This practice does provide immediate benefits to farmers, but the wider immediate and long-term negative impacts are much larger. The objective of this study is to elaborate an alternative model for environmental and economically sound plant residue...

Remarks: IGES White Paper Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-Uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1565

Remarks: IGES White Paper アジア太平洋の未来戦略：気候政策と持続可能な開発の融合を目指して http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1577