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Remarks: Presentation given at the 9th NIRA Policy Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 6 November 2006

Remarks: Presentation fiven at the JICA Mexico 3R Preparatory Study Group on "JICA Project of Development of Waste Management Policy based on 3Rs in Mexico", November 2006, Mexico City, Mexico

Policy makers in many large cities in Asia recently started to consider the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as an option for their urban transport. This research aims to uncover the reason why introductions of BRTs in Asia were accelerated around 2004 from the perspective of lesson-drawing. Specifically, through comparative study of policy process for...

Book Review "World in Transition 2: New Structures for Global Environmental Policy" by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Publisher information: London: Earthscan, 2001. ISBN: 1-85383-852-7, 242 pp., £50.00 (hbk). (Reviewer: Naoko Matsumoto, Research Associate, Long-Term Perspective and Policy Integration Project, IGES)...

Issue paper and the presentation material for the discussion session of the Manila Policy Dialogue on Environment and Transport in the Asian Region (16-17 January, 2004, Manila, Philippines: Session5). Public transport is an essential component of environmental sustainability, because by reducing the use of automobiles it contributes to reducing...

Remarks: Presentation given at UNESCAP 1st Green Growth Policy Consultation Expert Forum, November 8-9, 2005, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Makoto Inoue is involved in the search for the reasons. He has lived with local farming communities on the island of Borneo, where the studied the ways in which the tripical forests are being used and listened to the viewpoints of the local people. He talks about what is required now to prevent the extinction of the tropical forests.