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The research activity of the Climate Change Project in the first phase of IGES research was carried out focusing on the policy proposals responding to the process of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Emphasis was put on the system design of the Kyoto Mechanisms such as emissions trading or the clean development...

During its first phase of research the IGES Forest Conservation Project attempted to identify principles and measures for sustainable forest management (SFM) based on experiences in the Asia-Pacific region. Extensive studies were carried out within a framework of four interrelated sub-teams by in-house research staff, visiting researchers and many...

Phase 1 of the IGES Project on Urban Environmental Management was conducted during the three-year period from April 1998 to March 2001. Extensive studies were carried out in-house in addition to contributions made by numerous outside collaborators. Studies were conducted by various methods including literature surveys, statistical data collection...

The IGES Kitakyushu Office conducted studies on advanced policies in urban environmental management and carried out the following activities targeting intercity cooperation that use the experiences of local governments. ・ Study on Methods for Improving Urban Environmental Infrastructure ・ Case Studies on Urban Environmental Management (Kitakyushu...

This report summarizes the activities and findings of the Environmental Education Project for the past three years. Divided into four parts, the report describes twin objectives of the Project as formulating a comprehensive strategy of environmental education in the region and developing a mechanism to implement it. Its major activities include (1)...

The main purpose of the Environmental Governance Project of IGES was to address and analyse major issues of environmental governance and to make concrete policy recommendations relevant to the Asian region. Several national and sub-regional environmental governance systems were to be selected and examined in a cross-sectoral and comparative manner...

This report summarizes the activities and findings of the New Development Patterns Project (NDP) during the first phase of IGES research. The aim of the NDP Project is to explore new patterns of development in order to arrive at societies with sound material cycles, focusing particularly on Asia and the Pacific. This project was carried out in line...

The workshop was held on 17 January 2001, preceded by intensive discussions between IGES staff and local Japanese collaborators on the preceding day. The workshop was divided into three sessions. First, the morning session was to discuss the results of the first phase of research with invited participants from overseas and Japan. Second, in the...

IGES 環境ガバナンスプロジェクトの主要な目的は、アジア地域の環境ガバナンスに関連する主要な問題を検討分析して、アジア地域について具体的な政策を提言することであった。複数の国と小地域の環境ガバナンスシステムを選び出し、横断的な方法で比較検討を行うこととされた。 したがって環境ガバナンスに関する研究プロジェクトの主要な構成要素の一つは、アジア諸国の国別環境ガバナンスのケーススタディーである。もう一つの構成要素が、アジアの現在ある、または生成しつつある国際的な（特に、小地域レベルの）環境協力のプログラムやメカニズムの比較分析である。 IGES の活動の準備のなかで、1998 年6 月のIGES 理事会及び評議員会によって承認された研究計画によって定められた目的、目標...

ＩＧＥＳ森林保全プロジェクトは、第1 期においてアジア太平洋地域における経験に基づく持続可能な森林管理に関する原則および措置の明確化をねらいとした。広範な研究活動が、相互に関連する４つのサブテーマに焦点を当てた枠組みの中で、常勤職員、客員研究員およびIGES 外部の研究協力者の相互の協力のもとで実施された。森林保全プロジェクトが開催した４回の国際ワークショップ並びに3 回の政策対話の結果を含む多様な研究活動から、多くの有意義な成果を得る事ができた。森林破壊の構造分析に関するサブテーマは、「不十分な地元の住民並びに共同体の権利基盤」並びに「不完全な市場メカニズムにおける市場の影響力」および「産業的側面に力点をおいた開発パラダイム」と「経済的・政治的不安定性」を主な根本原因として再確認できた...