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Message from the Director

APN NewsletterVOLUME 12, ISSUE 4 October 2006

The APN 4th SteeringCommittee (SC) Meeting,which convened in Jakarta,Indonesia, 25-26 August,marked another challengingstep forward.

During the meeting, activities following the 11th

IGM/SPG were reviewed and plans for the 12thIGM/SPG, to be held in Hawaii, were discussed.Prior to the SC meeting, a Sub-RegionalCommittee meeting was held. The meetingconfirmed the need to promote research andcapacity development for global change throughsub-regional activities.

I would like to express my gratitude to the Ministryof Environment, Indonesia and the national FocalPoint (nFP) for Indonesia for hosting themeetings. Furthermore, I extend my appreciationto the participants of the meetings. Without yourcontributions, the meetings would not have beenas fruitful as they were.

In July, the 2006 Annual Regional Call forProposals and the CAPaBLE Call for Proposalswere simultaneously launched. The deadline forsubmissions has passed and we are pleased withthe response that we received from proponentsin the Asia-Pacific region.

Furthermore, with the streamlined process andrecently added Frequently Asked Questions

(FAQs), to the guide for proponents, there werefewer inquiries about the how-to’s of the processthis year. If you have any suggestions on howthe proposals process can be improved further,we are happy to receive feedback.

In the northern hemisphere, summer is over andfall has come. Fall is always a season fordevelopment. The second International YoungScientists Conference and ESSP Open ScienceConference, with the Theme, “GlobalEnvironmental Change: Regional Challenges,”are being held back-to-back in Beijing, 7-12November.

The APN is co-funding these events, to providetravel support for scientists from developingcountries, together with the Earth SystemsScience Partnership (ESSP) and other globalresearch organizations. These events will be agreat opportunity to further promote global andregional collaboration on global change researchand I encourage you to attend.

Also in the fall, the Subsidiary Body for Scientificand Technological Advice (SBSTA) 25, COP12-COP/MOP2 and the Group on EarthObservations (GEO III) will be held. The APNwill surely be represented at these events. Welook forward to sharing our knowledge andexperience on global change research. I hope tosee you there!

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Try the APN Crossword Challenge! All answers can be found throughout thenewsletter, so read the newsletter and then test your knowledge on GlobalChange. The solution will be posted on the APN Website one month followingthe newsletter publication.

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Down1 Recognized as a real kind of environment that could fill the various gaps among developed and developing countries, experts, teachers, and other stakeholders2 A new research program of the ESSP on the coupled human environment system in the Monsoon Asia Region3 In order to acquire quick information on environmental education, an online TV net meeting ____ among Japan, Malaysia and other countries must be set up5 As this increases, more people are being exposed to outdoor pollution, resulting in serious health consequences6 The type of environment where Rapid Assessments focused8 Used to categorized SPM, SO, NO, CO, O3, and benzene that have a range of health effects11 “F” stands for ____ in UNFCCC13 “S” stands for ____ in SPM14 An APN member country where no significant urban- non-urban bias was found16 This is where the 2nd YSC Conference and ESSP Open Conference will be held17 Type of aerosols found to be highly toxic

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Message from the Director

Crossword Challenge

Message from the SteeringCommittee Chair

News from the Secretariat

Recent APN Publications

A Partnership Approach toGlobal Change ActivitiesGlobal Change Research and CapacityBuilding Programs - Bright Futurewith APN-IAI Partnership

APN Out and About

ARCP Funded ProjectsAPN2005-20-NMY-MitraAssessment of the Effects of HighParticulate Pollutants on PulmonaryHealth Status in Selected Mega-citiesof South Asia

APN2005-04-CMY-SnidvongsIntegrated Regional Studies of GlobalChange in Monsson Asia: Phase I -APN/SCOPE/START RapidAssessment Project

ARCP2006-14-NSY-ChenGlobal Water System Hotspots in theAsian Region: Mega-cities and DamsWorkshop - 2nd GWSP-Asia NetworkMeeting

CAPaBLE Funded ProjectAPN2004-CB02-NMY-Taniguchi/BaharuddinGuidelines for the EnvironmentalEducation Focusing on EnvironmentalEthics and Human Dimension ofGlobal Change

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2005/06 Funded ProjectsARCPCAPaBLE Capacity BuildingCAPaBLE Comprehensive Research

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Message from the Steering Committee Chair

The Asia-Pacific Network forGlobal Change Research (APN)*is an international network ofGovernments whose mission isto enable investigation of changein the Earth’s life support systemsas it occurs in the Asia-Pacificregion to:1. Identify, explain and predict

changes in the context of bothnatural and anthropogenic(human-induced) forcing;

2. Assess potential regional andglobal vulnerability of naturaland human systems; and

3. Contribute, from the scienceperspective, to thedevelopment of policyoptions for appropriateresponses to global changethat will also contribute tosustainable development.

*The APN defines Global ChangeResearch as “research regardingglobal change (the set of natural andhuman-induced changes in the Earth’sphysical and biological systems that,when aggregated, are significant at aglobal scale) and its implications forsustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.”

It is pleasing toreport that thedeadline for theAPN’s 2006 Callof Proposalshas passed andthat there hasbeen a very

positive response to both of theAPN’s pillars of activities, theAnnual Regional Call and theCapacity DevelopmentProgramme, CAPaBLE.

In the coming months,APN experts will beworking hard to reviewall the proposals thatwere submitted andeventually makerecommendations forfunding at the 12th

IGM/SPG to be heldin Honolulu, Hawaii,March 2007.

In addition, the SteeringCommittee of the APN just heldan important and useful meetingin Jakarta. The meeting reviewedthe progress of this year’s work-plan and looked at options for arange of work in the future.

In flying into Jakarta,particularly across Borneo, theextent of this year’s series offorest fires was clearly evidentfrom the plane. It was evenmore evident from ground withthe extensive smoke hazecovering Jakarta during ourwhole meeting.

It shows that despite Governmentregulations, there is stil l atremendous need for training atthe local level and the need toprovide meaningful alternativesfor farmers and developers whoare using ‘old technology’ as ameans of land clearing withoutbeing held responsible for thehuge environmental cost born byall their neighbours.

Visibil ity in some parts ofSoutheast Asia was reportedlydown to only 200m causing notonly airports to close, but also aneed for many people in theregion to stay indoors. In a similarvane, the local Jakartanewspaper reported thatfollowing National Daycelebrations, used paper platesand cups, along with otherrubbish, were carefully collected

after the function and neatlytied into rubbish bags; the bagswere then thrown in the localriver.

This was so close to a positiveoutcome and highlights theneed for that extra step intraining and awareness. Thisdemonstrates why the work inthe Asia-Pacific global changeresearch community is so vital.

The APN fosters work that aimsto understand the issues, findacceptable alternatives that donot hinder legitimatedevelopment aspirations, but atthe same time, are sustainableand do not adversely affect thelives and livelihoods ofneighbours. I encourage you allto support and becomeinvolved in this effort..

News from the Secretariat

On behalf of theAPN, I would liketo extend ourcongratulationsto Prof. NobuoMimura, APN

Scientific Planning Group (SPG)member for Japan and APN SPGCo-Chair for being presented withthe Environment Award 2005, bythe Japan Society of CivilEngineers.

Prof. Mimura is a Professor atCenter for Water EnvironmentStudies at Ibaraki University. TheJapan Society of Civil Engineer(JSCE) is one of the mostprestigious academic societies inJapan. Each year, the

Prof. Mimura Receives Japan’s CivilEngineering Award

Environment Award is presentedto recognize outstandingachievement in the developmentand/or operation of technologiesand systems to reduceenvironmental loads, conservethe environment and contribute tothe creation of a more affluentenvironment.

This year, the award was givento Prof. Mimura for his series ofresearches and internationalcollaboration on impactassessment and adaptationconcerning global warming andsea level rise.

In the JSCE journal, Prof Mimuraexpressed his gratitude to theresearchers in the Asia-Pacificregion with whom he worked, as

well as to his colleagues andstudents at Ibaraki University andin the academic society. He notedthat he felt the award was not onlypresented to him, but to everyoneinvolved in the work.

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Recent APN Publications

APN General Poster CAPaBLE Poster

ESSP Partnership Poster

Global Environmental Change:Regional Challenges

An Earth System Science PartnershipGlobal Environmental ChangeOpen Science Conference

Beijing International Convention Centre,Beijing, China9-12 November 2006

Major Themes

• Earth System Science Approach: New advances in studies of the physical, biogeochemical, biodiversity, and human dimensions aspects of global environmental change.• Science for Sustainability: Global environmental change research relating to carbon, food, human health, and water; as reflected in the ESSP Joint Projects.• Integrated Regional Studies: The dynamics, impacts and consequences of the interactions between natural and social systems at regional scales, including extreme events, and how they connect with global-scale phenomena.• Global Change in Monsoon Asia: Global environmental change research in monsoon Asia.


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The effects of global environmentalchange are increasingly felt bysocieties, as local and regionalvulnerabilities become apparent. Two regionalorganizations, the Inter-American Institute for GlobalChange Research (IAI) and the Asia-Pacific Networkfor Global Change Research (APN), address theseregional vulnerabilities with their research and capacitybuilding programs on global change phenomena,adaptation and mitigation.

The IAI, an intergovernmental organization with 19member countries in the Americas, has built researchnetworks in the Americas over the past 14 years.Through a stringent peer review process, the IAI’sprograms assure scientific excellence. All its programsare based on international cooperation and the openexchange of scientific information.

The first round of the IAI’s 5-year Collaborative ResearchNetworks (CRN-I) came to a successful conclusion inAugust 2006. CRN-I and its associated smaller projectswere led by over 400 scientists in the Americas andcreated a stronger and more cohesive sciencecommunity in the region. CRN-I projects promoted 177workshops, provided opportunities for 1,947 students& young professionals to participate in conferences,seminars, workshops and training courses, andsupported 619 students and young researchers tocomplete their degrees from 1999 through 2005.

In June 2006, 12 projects began operation in the secondround of the CRN (CRN-II). This new 5-year science

program,involvesover 40institutionsin 18countries.T h eprogramencouragesresearchnetworksfocusingo nemergingissues .Togetherwith itsC R N - I Iscientists,the IAI isp lay ing

an active role in steering science towards greaterinterdisciplinarity. A human dimensions grant programto accompany the CRN-II has just been approved.

A greater dialogue between individual CRNs and withthe member countries has also been initiated in orderto increase the relevance of the science output to themember countries and their societies. The CRNprojects are expected to contribute to the understandingof environmental change issues and their socio-economic impacts, and to strengthen the regionalcapacity to deal with threats from and vulnerabilities toglobal change while supporting sustainabledevelopment.

The IAI and the APN have recently signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) which providesa framework for cooperation and for specificcollaborations that enhance regional-global synergismsto research in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.IAI’s and APN’s combined experience in programdesign and management, and their collaborators’scientific expertise promise major advances ininternational science, the understanding of globalchange and the ability to adapt to and benefit fromchanging global conditions. Together, the IAI and APNrepresent 40 countries, and their science and capacity-building programs will have a major impact on informeddecision-making processes of both regions.

The IAI and APN already play an active role instrengthening engagement of developing countries inclimate change research through the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)and its Subsidiary Body for Scientific and TechnologicalAdvice (SBSTA). At its last meeting, held in Bonn,Germany from 18 to 26 May 2006, the SBSTA notedthe importance of enhancing two-way communicationand cooperation between the Parties to the Conventionand international research programs to meet theresearch needs of the Convention. Having broughtglobal change science to their regions, the APN andIAI are now set to bring their regions’ expertise andconcerns to the globe.

Global Change Research & CapacityBuilding Programs - Bright Futurewith APN-IAI Partnership

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APN Out and About3rd Coastal Zone Asia-Pacific (CZAP) Conference, 27 August-1 September,Batam, Indonesia

About 350 international coastalscientists attended the 3rd CoastalZone Asia-Pacific (CZAP)Conference, in Batam, Indonesiafrom 27 August to 1 September thisyear. The conference was openedby the Indonesian Minister of MarineAffairs and Fisheries. APNsponsored three speakers to attendthe CZAP conference; ProfessorNick Harvey (University of Adelaide,Australia); Associate Professor PohPoh Wong (National University ofSingapore); and Maricel Tapia (APNSecretariat).

A plenary presentation by ProfessorNick Harvey titled ‘Global Changeand Coastal Management’ notedthat the issue of ‘global change’ hadnot been significant in the twoprevious CZAP conferences held in2002 and 2004 in Bangkok andBrisbane respectively. ProfessorHarvey stressed the importance ofglobal change issues for the Asia-Pacific coastal region, the mostimportant of which is global warmingand accelerated sea-level rise.

The potential impacts from this arecompounded by current issues;such as unsustainable use ofcoastal resources; coastal impactsfrom poor catchment management;population increase and

urbanisation pressure; coastal resource anddevelopment pressure on rural coasts.Methods for tackling these issues such asintegrated coastal management have fewexamples of best practice in the Asia-Pacificregion. There is a need to recognize thediversity of coastal management practices inthe region; to develop appropriate nationaland local policies and accompany this byappropriate education.

A key message in Professor Harvey’s plenarywas to showcase the first APN sponsoredbook project ‘Global Change and IntegratedCoastal Management: the Asia-PacificRegion’. Professor Harvey gave an overviewof this book, recently published by Springer,and outlined its contents.

In a separate session on Global Change,Maricel Tapia gave an excellent talk titled ‘TheAsia-Pacific Network for Global ChangeResearch: Focus on Activities in GlobalChange Coastal Zone Management’. In thesame session, Associate Professor Poh Poh

Prof. Harvey., Prof. Wong and Ms. Tapiaon board a small fishing vessel nearPulau Abang Village, Indonesia

16th Asia-Pacific Seminar On Climate Change, 5-8 September, Jakarata, Indonesia

Pulau Abang Village, Indonesia, siteof a COREMAP II comuunity-basedcoral reef management program

Wong gave a talk on ‘Tsunami Impacts andImplications for Coastal Management in theAsia-Pacific Region. Collectively the talksby Prof Harvey, A/Prof Wong and Ms Tapiamanaged to achieve two outcomes. First,they managed to give prominence to theimportance of the issue of global changefor coastal management in the region.Second, the talks raised awareness of APN,its activities and it’s sponsored coastalresearch in the region.

After the main conference Prof Harvey, A/Prof Wong and Ms Tapia all attended a fieldtrip to Pulau Abang to observe firsthand oneof the sites of the COREMAP II communitybased coral reef management program(RPTK). This program has developedalternative income generating activities inthe area such as setting up of fish lures(rumpon) in the fishing zone, and homeindustry (fish-cracker) carried out by thewomen. The field trip finished with a visitto a local reef using a glass-bottomed boat.

The Sixteenth Asia-Pacific Seminaron Climate Change was held inJakarta, Indonesia from 5-8September 2006. The Seminar wasjointly organized by the Ministry ofthe Environment, Japan (MOEJ),

the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), theMinistry of the Environment, Republic ofIndonesia (MOEI) and the OverseasEnvironmental Cooperation Center, Japan(OECC).

Since its commencement in 1991,the Seminar has become wellrecognized as a major regionaleffort to address climate changeand acted as a progressive vehiclefor information exchange andmutual understanding through veryimportant interactions among theparticipants and thus providing auseful framework for internationalcooperation in this field.

The Seminar was attended by governmentofficials from twenty-one (21) countries, andrepresentatives of several UN and otherorganizations. A number of resource personsfrom research institutes, local governments,universities and private companies, alsoattended the Seminar.

The goal of the Seminar was to facilitateexchange of views, experiences and bestpractices on climate change-related effortsin the Asia-Pacific region. For the 16th

Seminar, participants discussed climatechange and development as a generaltheme, seeking region’s possible approachto realizing a climate friendly and climatechange-resilient society.

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Under this general theme, fourspecific topics were discussed,including clean developmentmechanism (CDM), adaptationto climate change, education,training, and public awareness,and co-benefits of climatechange-related efforts. Theoutcome of the Seminarprovides inputs to other fora,including the Better Air QualityAsia 2006 (BAQ2006), to beheld in Yogyakarta in December2006.

The Seminar commenced withan opening statement by H.E.Dr. Rachmat Witoelar, State

Minister of Environment,Republic of Indonesia. Thekeynote address by Mr. ToshiroKojima, Vice Minister for GlobalEnvironmental Affairs, MOEJ,on behalf of the organizers, wasread out by Mr. Osamu Mizuno,Director, Office of InternationalStrategies on Climate Change,MOEJ.

Mr. Taka Hiraishi, SeniorConsultant, Institute for GlobalEnvironmental Strategies(IGES), Japan, chaired theSeminar. Mr. Sum Thy, Head,Office of Climate Change, theMinistry of Environment,Cambodia, Mr. Dadang Hilman,Head, Division for Adaptation toClimate Change, MOEI, Mr.Normand Tremblay, SeniorAdvisor, Environment Canada,and Mr. Marcus Cahill,Assistant Director, GlobalClimate Change NegotiationTeam, AGO chaired substantivesessions of the Seminar.

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The Chairperson of the Seminarprovided an overview on therelevance and interactionsbetween the issue of climatechange and development.Participants generally recognizedthat these two issues are closelyinter-related, and to achievesustainable development in theAsia-Pacific region, there is astrong need to address both ofthem in a holistic and integratedmanner.

The Seminar reaffirmed the issueof climate change anddevelopment has been dealt within layers of global, regional,

national and localgovernance, and thereare differentstakeholders with keyfunctions and relevantexpertise. Also, theSeminar recognizedthat the attention to theissue of integration ofclimate changeconcerns intodevelopment planning

and activities is growing bynational and local governmentsas well as by bilateral andmultilateral developmentassistance agencies, andgradually the number of relevantprogrammes is increasing.

The importance of planning stagewas highlighted by participants,and many participants suggestedthat concerns of climate changeand development should beeffectively integrated at theplanning stage. It was stressedthat the proper alignment of thepolicy formulation as well asimplementation would be vital.

In order to achieve sustainabledevelopment with climate changeconcerns integrated, elaborationof basic development scenariosmay involve the process ofensuring the development anddeployment of soundtechnologies, and of establishingeffective and efficient institutions

and management, which maytrigger the reform of socialsystems and introduction ofholistic actions. Someparticipants pointed out effortsshould be intensified both onmitigation of and adaptation toclimate change in this regard.

The Seminar acknowledged thatthe involvement of nationaldevelopment planningdepartments, together withdepartments in charge ofenvironmental protection inconsideration of climate-relatedactions (both mitigation andadaptation) is important foreffective mainstreaming ofclimate change concerns intonational development.

At the same time, manyparticipants noted that integrationof long-term climate implicationsinto national developmentplanning is a pre-requisite for asound long-term developmentplanning. In this regard, theSeminar also noted theusefulness to have a clear visionof a society to be developed as agoal, which would help moreholistic and integrateddevelopment efforts.

In some countries, climatechange concerns are alreadybeing integrated into nationaldevelopment goals, throughnational development plans, ordomestic legal and policyinstruments, yet, manyparticipants emphasized thatthere would be more needs to doso. Thus, many participantsindicated collaboration ofauthorities as well as experts ofclimate change and developmentplanning domains should besubstantively expanded.

It was noted that localgovernance has some strengthsof effective integration of climatechange concerns intodevelopment activities, especiallywhen they take into account ofother tangible local co-benefitssuch as improved air and water

quality, mitigated trafficcongestions, and increasedemployment. Replication ofsuccessful efforts at localgovernment level would beuseful, where appropriate, inthe Asia-Pacific region.

The need for harmonizationof different criteria, standardand procedures in existinginstitutions of developmentassistance vis-à-vis climatechange, was addressed andas a practical approach, asuggestion was made tointegrate climate changeaspects into policy toolssuch as project designmatrix (PDM), and a climateimpact integrationassessment - a similarprocedure as EIA.

The Seminar reiterated thatinternational cooperation isone of the important driversto encourage activities toaddress climate changeissues. Currently, severalactivities are in place with acertain track record ofsuccess. Participantsexpressed that suchactivities should be furtherstrengthened throughincreasing the level ofparticipation by and theownership of countries andstakeholders.

Among others, the Seminarhighlighted the importanceof regional cooperation inthe field of science, as theuncertainty of climatechange has been a majorobstacle for effective policydevelopment and decision-making in many countries. Inthis regard, efforts made bythe Asia-Pacific Network forGlobal Change Research(APN) is highly valued, andmany participants expressedtheir hope that its activitieswould enhance scientificknowledge and translate itinto relevant policies.

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ARCP Funded ProjectsAssessment of the Effects of High Particulate Pollutants on PulmonaryHealth Status in Selected Mega-cities of South Asia(APN2005-20-NMY-Mitra)

The process of urbanizationprovides unique opportunities toimprove the lifestyles of humanbeings. However, often,particularly in the developingworld, the quality of urban life isnegatively impacted by exposureto high urban pollution levels. Asurbanization increases, more andmore people are being exposedto outdoor pollution, resulting inserious health consequences,particularly related to pulmonaryhealth.

In developing countries, the useof old and new technologies,especially in the transport and

industrial sector, which areconsidered to be the sectors mostresponsible for pollution in urbanareas, masks the efficacy ofpolicy interventions implementedto improve the air quality. Theincreasing consumption pattern,proportionate with the changingsocio-economic status, due todevelopment, further deterioratesthe air quality especially indeveloping countries, whereresources for correctingmeasures are often scarcelyavailable.

The World Health Organization(WHO 2002) estimated thaturban air pollution is responsiblefor approximately 800,000 deathsannually and 4.6 million lost life-years worldwide. Most

importantly, it was expected thatalmost two-thirds of theestimated numbers account forlives lost in Asia. These estimateshave serious worries for the Asianregion because of the nature ofair pollutants, conditions andmagnitude of exposure, thehealth status and health carefacilities differ in Asia comparedto America and Europe.

The urban population of SouthAsia is growing at a very fast rate,more than ever in the mega-citiesof this region where more than20% per year (observed during1950-2000 period for Delhi,

Kolkata, Karachi andDhaka) growth rate hasbeen noted. The ambientair quality in nearly all ofthese mega-cities issubstandard, due mainlyto the presence of high-suspended particulatematter.

The averageconcentration of suspendedparticulate matter (SPM) hasbeen reported to be in the rangeof 148-259 µg/m3 for Delhi, 260-380 µg/m3 for Kolkata, 233-318µg/m3 for Karachi, 663 µg/m3 forDhaka and about 250 µg/m3 forKathmandu. These values aremuch higher than the normalprescribed values (as per Indianstandards, >210 µg/m3 SPMconcentration is the critical levelfor residential areas). Thedeterioration of ambient airquality in South Asian countriesis attributed to human induceddevelopmental activities. Theseactivities are energy intensiveand result in the emission of anumber of trace gas species andparticulate matter.

The World HealthO r g a n i z a t i o nestimated thathumans, exposed toambient air containingmore than 100 µg/m3

concentrations ofSPM, can developsevere cardiovascular andrespiratory problems, lung cancerand even mortality, due to acuterespiratory infections in children.

The emissions of particulatematter directly affect humanhealth by affecting the respiratorysystem. It is well established thatexposure to pollutants like SPM,SO, NO

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can have a range of healtheffects, particularly if seriouspollution episodes occur (WHO,1994). Both physical, (such asparticle size) and chemicalcompositions (such as thepresence of sulfate,nitrate, organic acids,metals, black carbon,lead etc.) of aerosolsare responsible forimpacting humanhealth.

The total suspendedparticulate matter(SPM) can travel deepinto the human respiratorysystem depending upon theparticle sizes. Different kinds ofaerosols have different effects,for example sulfate aerosols havebeen found to be highly toxic.These SPM particles also carrywith them toxic substances (suchas toxic metals) which find theirway into human respiratoryorgans. Generally, it is believedthat particles less than 10µm(PM

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2.5µ in diameter, can travel toalveolic areas of the lungs.

It is estimated that when exposedto 10 µg/m3 increase in PM

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there is a 3% chance increase inrespiratory disease and of 0.5%chance increase in mortality.These values require furtherinvestigation for developingcountries for the reason that theestimation is based on studiescarried out in the developedworld.

In view of the significantimportance of assessment of theeffects of particulate pollutantson pulmonary health status inSouth Asia, an APN-sponsoredresearch project of two-yearduration has been launched inthe South Asia in 2005 targetingthe selected areas in mega-citiesof South Asia namely Colombo,Delhi, Dhaka, Kathmandu,Kolkata and Lahore.

One of the unique features of thisproject is that for the first time,each of the five country teams(Bangladesh, India, Nepal,Pakistan and Sri Lanka)participating in this projectconsists of aerosols scientistsand medical professionals. Theother unique feature of thisongoing activity is that eachcountry team uses commonprotocol for aerosolsmeasurements and common

health survey protocol withstandardized sample sizes oftarget population.

The project teams convened theirfirst meeting, in Colombo, in July2005. The objective of themeeting was to identify andfinalize common protocols for theidentification of target population;health survey; monitoring ofrespiratory health status; andmonitoring of aerosols.

Furthermore, aerosol scientistsand medical experts consideredthe logistics available in targetmega-cities of South Asia. Eachcountry team has since beenmeasuring aerosolconcentrations, as well asmonitoring the respiratory healthstatus of the target population(using peak flow meter/spirometer)in six of theSouth Asianmega-citiesusing thec o m m o nprotocols. Ina d d i t i o n ,s e a s o n a lhealth statussurveys arebeing carriedout in then a t i v e

1. WHO, 1994. Acute effectsof smog episodes, WHOregional publication,Copenhagen, Europeanseries No. 43.

2. World Health Organization(WHO), 2002. The WorldHealth Report 2002:Reducing Risks,Promoting Healthy Life.Geneva, Switzerland.

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Integrated Regional Studies of Global Change in Monsoon Asia:Phase I: APN/SCOPE/START Rapid Assessment Project of GlobalChange in Monsoon Asia (APN2005-04-CMY-Snidvongs)

Some environmental changes areattributable to natural causes.Others are, directly or indirectly,human-induced. We need toknow which changes we mustadapt to and what causes of

change can be reversed. In par-ticular, we need to know aboutpossible thresholds and irrevers-ible changes that may threatensustainability of economic devel-opment.

To outline the problem and our relatedknowledge, in 2003, START, in col-laboration with SCOPE, proposed toconduct Rapid Assessments of Envi-ronmental Change in South Asia,


languages of the region.

Presently, the voluminous data, sofar collected, is being digitized foranalysis and results. The projectenvisages organizing a ‘Science-Policy Workshop’ in the first half of2007, in New Delhi, to disseminatethe results of this activity amongpolicy-makers and the generalmasses.

References:

Participants of the workshop on the Assessmentof the Effects of High Particulate Pollutants onPulmonary Health Status in Selected Mega-citiesof South Asia

ARCP Funded Projects

The APN2005-20-NMYProject envisagesorganizing a ‘Science-Policy Workshop’ in thefirst half of 2007, in NewDelhi, to disseminatethe results of this activityamong policy-makersand the generalmasses.

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Southeast Asia, and in TemperateEast Asia. The APN co-funded thisproject. About 60 scientists from theregion were engaged in workshopsand contributed many chapters forthe Rapid Assessments. START iscurrently preparing the manuscriptsfor publication.

The Monsoon Asia Integrated Re-gional Study (MAIRS, www.mairs-essp.org) is a new research programof the Earth System Science Part-nership (ESSP: www.essp.org) onthe coupled human and environ-ment system in the monsoon Asiaregion. MAIRS builds on START’sRapid Assessments, the results ofprojects belonging to the ESSP fam-ily, as well as on other Earth Sys-tem research.

This very brief overview of resultsfrom the project confirms that rapidassessment with regional expertscan be an efficient way to integratescientists, expand capacity for re-search and to initiate a new re-search programme.

The human environment. Sincethe 1970s, Asia has experiencedrapid economic growth through in-dustrialization — urban populationshave grown rapidly and societieshave developed progressively. Over30% of its population now lives incities. Rapid urbanization has beenjuxtaposed by high rates of eco-nomic growth, as well as severe en-vironmental problems.

Urbanization however, also gener-ates substantial opportunities toimprove resource-use efficiency inbuildings, transport networks andindustries. Urbanization, therefore,provides as much an opportunity forthe future, as much as it is a threat.

The biophysical environment.The focus in Rapid Assessmentshas been on the biophysical envi-ronment and particularly its clima-tology.

Temperature. The overall trend intemperature in South Asia,Southeast Asia and TemperateEast Asia is only slightly differentfrom the global average of a riseof 0.5°C over the last 100 years— slightly more in TemperateEast Asia and slightly less inSouth Asia. In India, no signifi-cant urban – non-urban bias wasfound. Also common to all regionsis that minimum temperaturesrise more than maximum ones,reducing diurnal fluctuations.

Precipitation. Monsoon rainfall istrendless when considered overa long period of time and acrossa very large area. The inter-an-nual variability is random anddominates rainfall fluctuations onall space scales. However, no-table trends exist on somesmaller spatial scales.

Extreme events. A significant de-crease in the frequency of cy-clonic disturbances was found inSouth Asia. During the last de-cades, the frequency of severecyclonic storms has almostdoubled in Temperate East Asiaand the frequency of heavy rain-fall events increased in YangtzeRiver Basin.

Air quality. Almost all the urbancenters in South Asia have poorair quality and the concentrationsof suspended particulate matter(SPM) exceed official standards.Transport and industrial sectorsare the major contributors. InTemperate East Asia, air qualitydid not reach the national stan-dard for Grade II in 70% of thecities. SPM was the main pollut-ant and in some cities SO2 pol-lution was severe. Widespreadacid rain is observed in Temper-ate East Asia.

Biodiversity. There is significantloss of biodiversity due to anthro-pogenic pressures: fishing, defor-

estation, mining, sedimentation,invasion by alien species, hunt-ing and poaching andoverexploitation of natural re-sources. Development of infra-structure often causes the frag-mentation of biotopes. Edge ef-fects and the ability of differentspecies to move betweenpatches of biotopes are under-studied.

Land cover changes. Large-scale cover change may have asignificant impact on local andregional climate. There is someevidence that forest cover de-cline is slowing down and iseven being reversed in somecountries.

Almost 40% of China’s territoryis threatened by soil erosion, ap-proximately half caused by wa-ter and the rest by wind. Urban-ization is another aspect of landcover change. It has been esti-mated that the fraction of theglobal population living in citiesin developing countries will in-crease from today’s 37% to over54% by 2030, leading to 358 cit-ies worldwide (153 in Asia) witha population of over a millionpeople and 27 mega-cities witha population of over ten million(15 in Asia).

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Results from theprojects confirms thatrapid assessment withregional experts can bean efficient way tointegrate scientists,expand capacity forresearch and to initiate anew researchprogramme.

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Participants of the 2nd GWSP-AsiaNetwork Meeting

A workshop on Global WaterSystem Hotspots in the AsianRegion: Mega Cities and Damsconvened 8-10 June, inGuangzhou, China. It wasorganized by the School ofGeography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) and theInternational Project Office (IPO) ofthe Global Water System Project(GWSP), and held jointly with theinternational conference“Hydrological Sciences forManaging Water Resources in theAsian Developing World”. Theworkshop was a follow-up to thefirst GWSP-Asia meeting, held inKyoto in 2005. Its objective was tocompile and summarize existingknowledge related to cumulativeimpacts of dams and that of megacities, in Asia, on the global watersystem.

Approximately 30 participantsattended the workshop from 12countries; China, Germany, India,Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan,Philippine, Sri Lanka, Thailand,USA and Viet Nam. The workshopwas sponsored by the APN, theChinese National Committee forGWSP (CNC-GWSP), GWSP,Land-Ocean Integration in theCoastal Zone (LOICZ), MonsoonAsia Integrated Regional Study(MAIRS), Research Institute forHumanity and Nature (RIHN), and

SYSU.

During themeeting therewas specificfocus on: watersupply securityin Asian megacities; virtualwater traderelated to mega

Global Water SystemHotspots in the AsianRegion: Mega Citiesand Dams Workshop -2nd

GWSP-Asia NetworkMeeting (ARCP2006-14-NSY-Chen)

cities in Asia, potential benefits andcumulative impacts of dams andwater transfer projects in Asia;database and network on megacities, dams and relevant land use/cover change in Asia; strategy andnational policies of watergovernance in Asia; comparison ofmega cities and dams:development stage and waterproblems, future scenarios formega city and dam developmentin Asia; and change of physical,chemical and biological processesrelated to Asian mega cities anddams, and their implications for theglobal water system.

Prof. C. Vorosmarty, Co-chair ofGWSP and Prof. CM Liu of theChinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), represented the GWSP-Asia network and gave keynotespeeches at the jointly heldworkshop and conference, at whichapproximately 300 participantswere present. Included among theparticipants were top officers of theMinistry of Water Resources,China, local Governor, officers ofthe National Natural ScienceFoundation, China, as well asexperts and stakeholders relatedto water resources andmanagement.

Around 50 participants attendedthe opening session of theworkshop, which was open to allthose attending the conference.The workshop providedparticipants with the opportunity tonot only observe the presentationsand listen to discussions, but alsofor the chance to network amongresearchers, with variedbackgrounds and from differentorganizations.

During the workshop, there wasextensive discussion on the follow-up of GWSP-Asia network.Accordingly, three groups wereinitiated regarding the followingthemes: (i) magnitudes andmechanisms of change; (i i)linkages to the broader system(e.g. the climate system, panevaporation, virtual water); (iii) and

adaptability and mitigation(Theme 3). Representatives fromMAIRS and LOICZ introduced thepotential study field forcooperation with the GWSP-AsiaNetwork. The programme, as wellas all presentations related to theissues of mega cities and damsare available on the GWSPwebsite in PDF format: http://w w w . g w s p . o r g /gwspasia_workshop2.html

The proceedings of the completeabstracts and/or full papers will bepublished in Issues in GlobalWater System Research, andselected papers are to berecommended for publication inChinese Journals (in English). Adatabase framework for theimpacts of mega cities and dams,provided by the GWSP-IPO, wasdiscussed by all participantsregarding the ability to adapt it tomeet the needs of Asian countries.The initial version of the geo-referenced dam and reservoirdatabase for hydrological analysiswas prepared and presented bythe University of Yamanashi,Japan.

As an integral part of the GWSPnetwork, GWSP-Asia has alreadycommenced its activities. It hasbeen able to incorporate andexpand on the work of the GWSPand contribute to the GWSPWater Atlas, indicator work, andglobal dam efforts. Other topicssuggested included: water quality,Millennium Development Goals(MDGS), biodiversity, futureworkshops, training courses andstudent exchange, promotingexchange of science and data,and joint approaches to donorsand etc.

During discussions, it wasconsidered that further researchon the impacts of mega cities anddams on the global water system,in Asia, should be considered asthe next step, throughstrengthened collaboration amongthe members of GWSP-Asia andthe other related organizations.

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CAPaBLE Funded ProjectGuidelines for the Environmental Education Focusing onEnvironmental Ethics and Human Dimension of Global Change(APN2005-CB02-NMY-Taniguchi/Baharuddin)

Satellite Symposium I: CommonMaterials for EnvironmentalEducation in the Asia-PacificRegion, coordinated by ProfessorAzizan Baharuddin of MalayaUniversity, Malaysia, andSatellite Symposium II:Demonstration of EnvironmentalEducation Using On-line TV NetMeeting System Between Japanand Thailand, coordinated byProfessor Fumiaki Taniguchi ofKonan University, Japan, wereheld on 19-20 August 2006 at thePhranakhon Grand View Hoteland Phranakhon RajabhatUniversity, Bangkok.

These symposia, which wereorganized jointly by the JapanAcademy for Health BehavioralScience, the InternationalAssociation of Earth-Environment and Global-Citizen,and Phranakhon RajabhatUniversity, were attended by over150 people from Canada, Japan,Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand.

The Symposia aimed to use theexperience and knowledge, ofparticipating countries, on globalchange research to formulateguidelines for environmentaleducation and sustainabledevelopment. They also hoped tofill existing gaps among teachers

and other stakeholders involved,such as global change experts,decision-makers, etc., bydeveloping methods/modules forenvironmental education, to beused as base for countries inAsia.

During the symposia, there wereseveral presentations given byexperts in their field. ProfessorManoj L. Shrestha of KonanUniversity, Nepal, presented onthe Common Materials forEnvironmental Education andGuidelines: Public Awareness,Management and Biodiversity.Professor Nancy J. Turner ofUniversity of Victoria, Canada,gave a talk on EnvironmentalEducation Materials: SomeExamples from British Columbia,Canada.

Dr. Jariya Boonjawat, AssociateProfessor of ChulalongkornUniversity, presented onEnvironmental EducationMaterials Focusing on the GlobalChange Research and then Dr.Songpol Sukkijbumroong,Professor of PhranakhonRajabhat University, presented aCase Study of EnvironmentalEducation Materials from theCapacity Building Aspects at theEnvironmental Education Center.

The symposia resulted in therecognition of the realenvironment, particularly theindigenous environment, asmeans to fill the various gapsamong developed countries anddeveloping countries, and alsoamong experts, teachers andother stakeholders.

It was stressed that it isnecessary to establish afundamental framework thatfocuses on environmental ethicsconsisted by soft moralframeworks in the environmentalcontext beyond the scientificdualism.

The need to establish flexibleguidelines of environmentaleducation applicable tostakeholders that will cut acrossall Asian countries was alsoemphasized. Lastly, it wasrealized that in order to acquire

quick information one n v i r o n m e n t a leducation, an on-lineTV net meeting systemamong Japan,Malaysia and othercountries concernedwith the project mustbe set up.

Presentors during the Satellite Symposium I:Common Materials For Environmental

Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Participants of the Satellite Symposium II: Demonstration ofEnvironmental Education Using On-line TV Net System

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APN National Focal Points (FP) and Scientific Planning Group Members (SPG)

Michael STODDART (FP)Chief ScientistAustralian Antarctic Division

David WALLAND (SPG)Senior ClimatologistNational Operations BranchBureau of Meteorology

Quazi Liaquat ALI (FP)Senior Assistant SecretaryMinistry of Environment and Forests

Giashuddin MIAH (SPG)Professor, Department of Agroforestry andEnvironment Bangabandhu SeikhMijibur Rahman University

Sem SUNDARA (FP)DirectorInternational Cooperation DepartmentMinistry of Environment

Veasna KUM (SPG)LecturerRoyal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)Department of Environmental Science

Xuedu LU (FP)Director, Department of Rural and SocialDevelopmentMinistry of Science and Technology

Dong WENJIE (SPG)National Climate CenterChina Meteorological Administration

Cama TUILOMA (FP)Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of LocalGovernment, Housing Squatter Settlementand Environment

Epeli NASOME (SPG)Director of EnvironmentDepartment of Environment

Subodh SHARMA (FP)DirectorMinistry of Environment and ForestsGovernement of India

AUSTRALIA

BANGLADESH

CAMBODIA

CHINA

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INDIA

Tsogtbaatar JAMSRAN (SPG)DirectorInstitute of GeoecologyMongolian Academy of Sciences

Madan Lai SHRESTHA (SPG)Director GeneralDepartment of Hydrology and Meteorology

Andrew MATTHEWS (FP) (SPG)DirectorAM-NZ Services

Shahzad IQBAL (FP)Deputy SecretaryNational Conservation Strategy (NCS) UnitMinistry of Environment

Amir MUHAMMED (SPG)RectorNational University of Computer andEmerging Sciences

Samuel PEÑAFIEL (FP)Regional Executive DirectorDepartment of Environment and NaturalResources

Agustin Ausin PIÑOL (SPG)Director III, OIC-DirectorDepartment of Environment and NaturalResourcesEcosystems Research & DevelopmentBureau (ERDB)

Byoung-og CHO (FP)DirectorGlobal Environment OfficeMinistry of Environment

Kwagwoo CHO (SPG)Senior ScientistKorea Environment Institute

Alexander STERIN (SPG)Deputy DirectorRussian Research Institute forHydrometeorological Information --World Data Center

NEPAL

NEW ZEALAND

PAKISTAN

PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

J.R.W. DISSYANAKE (FP)SecretaryMinistry of Environment and NaturalResources

G.H.P. DHARMARATNA (SPG)Director General of MeteorologyDepartment of Meteorology

Petipong Pungbun Na Ayudhya (FP)Permanent SecretaryMinistry of Natural Resources andEnvironment

Jariya BOONJAWAT (SPG)Associate ProfessorSoutheast Asia START Regional CentreChulalongkorn University

Louis BROWN (FP)Chair, Working Group on InternationalResearch and CooperationU.S. Climate Change Science ProgramDirectorate for GeosciencesNational Science Foundation

Luis M. TUPAS (SPG)National Program Leader for GlobalChange and ClimateU.S. Department of AgricultureCooperative State Research, Educationand Extension Service

Xuan Bao Tam NGUYEN (FP)Deputy Director GeneralICD Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment

Nga MAI NGOC (SPG)Senior OfficerViet Nam Environmental ProtectionAgency

Roland FUCHSDirectorInternational START Secretariat

SRI LANKA

THAILAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VIET NAM

GLOBAL CHANGE SYSTEM FORANALYSIS, RESEARCH ANDTRAINING (START)

A. P. MITRA (SPG)Honorary Scientist of EminenceNational Physical Laboratory

Liana BRATASIDA (FP)Assistant Minister for Global EnvironmentAffairs & International CooperationMinistry of Environment

Erna Sri ADININGSIH (SPG)Senior ResearcherNational Institute of Aeronautics and Space(LAPAN)

Naoya TSUKAMOTO (FP)Director, Office of Research and InformationGlobal Environment BureauMinistry of the Environment

Nobuo MIMURA (SPG)ProfessorIbaraki University

Phonechaleun NONTHAXAY (FP)Deputy Director GeneralScience, Technology and EnvironmentAgency

Soulideth SOUVANNALATH (SPG)Deputy DirectorEnvironment Study CenterEnvironment Research InstituteScience, Technology and EnvironmentAgency

Yap Kok SENG (FP)Director-GeneralMalaysian Meteorological Service

Subramaniam MOTEN (SPG)Director, Research DivisionMalaysian Meteorological Service

Bayarbat DASHZEVEG (FP)Secretary for National Committee toControl DesertificationMinistry of Nature and Environment

INDONESIA

JAPAN

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC

MALAYSIA

MONGOLIA

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Projects Funded by APN in 2006/2007From the Annual Call for RegionalProposals Process

ARCP2006-06NMY: SedimentDynamics and Down-Stream Linkages inTropical Streams as Affected by ProjectedLand-cover/land-use and Climatic Change--Thailand PhaseProject Leader: Dr. Alan D. ZieglerEmail:[email protected]

ARCP2006-07NMY: The InternationalIntegrated Data Access and Transfer inAsia (IIDATA) ProjectProject Leader: Dr. Toshio KoikeEmail: [email protected]

ARCP2006-08NMY: Integrated SupportSystem for Managing EnvironmentalChange and Human Impact on TropicalCoastal Ecosystems in East Asia and thePacificProject Leader: Prof. Kazuo NadaokaEmail: [email protected]

ARCP2006-09NMY: IntegratedVulnerability Assessment of Coastal Areasin the Southeast Asia and East AsianRegionProject Leader: Dr. Laura T. DavidEmail: [email protected];[email protected]

ARCP2006-10NMY: Linking ClimateChange Adaptation to SustainableDevelopment in Southeast Asia: ASynthesis of ActivitiesProject Leader: Dr. Rodel D. LascoEmail: [email protected]

ARCP2006-11NMY: Developing anIntegrated Framework for Science PolicyInteractions towards EnhancedManagement of Coastal Systems in SouthAsiaProject Leader: Dr. Nalin WikramanayakeEmail:[email protected],[email protected]

ARCP2006-12NMY: Climate and CropDisease Risk Management: AnInternational Initiative in the Asia-PacificRegionProject Leader: Dr. Abdul Kalam SamsulHuda Email: [email protected]

ARCP2006-13NMY: Investigation on theImpacts of Urban-Rural Air Pollution on AirQuality and Climate in Southeast AsiaProject Leader: Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim OanhEmail: [email protected]

ARCP2006-14NSY: Global Water SystemHotspots in the Asian Region: Mega Citiesand Dams -- 2nd GWSP-Asia NetworkingMeetingProject Leader: Dr. Jianyao ChenEmail: [email protected];[email protected]

Muti-Year Projects that will continue forone more year

Project Leader: Mr. Yoshikazu OhtaniEmail: [email protected]

APN2005-07NMY: Standardization andSystematization of Carbon-budgetObservation in Asian terrestrialEcosystems Based on AsiaFluxFrameworkProject Leader: Mr. Yoshikazu OhtaniEmail: [email protected]

APN2005-18NMY: The HumanDimensions of Urban Ecosystems:Applying the Human Ecosystems Model((HEM) to Urban EnvironmentalManagement in ASEANProject Leader: Dr. Peter MarcotullioEmail: [email protected]

APN2005-20NMY: Assessment of theEffects of High Particulate Pollutants onPulmonary Health Status in SelectedMega-cities of South AsiaProject Leader: Dr. A.P. MitraEmail: [email protected]

APN2005-21NMY: Agricultural Land UsePolicy in East and South Asia -- RapidlyChanging Landscapes and its Impacts onRegional Food Security and its FutureScenarioProject Leader: Dr. Krishnan SundaraEmail: [email protected],[email protected]

APN2005-22NMY: Asian Ozone Pollutionin Eurasian PerspectiveProject Leader: M. E. Babar, University ofVeterinary and Animal Science, PakistanProject Leader: Dr. Hajime AkimotoEmail: [email protected]

Projects funded by the APN in 2006/2007from the CAPaBLE Proposals Process

CBA2006-01NSY: Capacity Building andMeeting Research Needs on the Ecologyof Global Change in Island Landscapes ofthe Republic of PalauProject Leader: Dr. Harley I. MannerEmail: [email protected]

CBA2006-02NSY: ESSP 2nd YoungScientist’s Global Change Conference andOpen Science Conference. Beijing, China7-12 November, 2006Project Leaders:Prof. Roland Fuchs Email: [email protected]. Qin Dahe Email: [email protected]

CBA2006-03NSY: Integrated ParticipatoryAnalysis of Sustainability in the GreaterMekong Sub-region (GMS)Project Leader: Dr. Ramon C. SevillaEmail: [email protected];[email protected]

CBA2006-04NMY: Removing Barriers toCapacity building Least developedCountries: Transferring Tools andMethodologies for Managing Vulnerabilityand Adaptation to Climate ChangeProject Leader: Mr. Bhujangarao DharmajiEmail: [email protected]

CAPaBLE Capacity Bulding Projects

CBA2006-05NMY: Final paper to bedeterminedProject Leaders:Mr. Taito Nakalevu Email:[email protected]; [email protected]. Gill AalsbersbergEmail: [email protected]

CBA2006-06NSY: Green house Gas(GHG) and Aerosol Emissions underDifferent Vegetation Land Use in theMekong River Basin Sub-regionProject Leader: Dr. SirintornthepTowprayoonEmail: [email protected]

CBA2006-07NSY: Institutional Dimensionsfor Global Environmental Change: Water,Trade and EnvironmentProject Leader: Dr. Louis LebelEmail: [email protected];[email protected]

CBA2006-08NSY: International Workshopon Coping with Agrometeorological Risksand Uncertainties: Challenges andOpportunities, 16-18 October 2006,New Delhi, IndiaProject Leader: Dr. M.J. SalingerEmail: [email protected]

CBA2006-09NSY: Scoping Workshop onSouth Asia MAIRS Rapid AssessmentProject’s (SA/RAP) Results for DesigningFuture Research Agenda and CapacityBuilding RequirementsProject Leader: Dr. Sibaji RajaEmail: [email protected];[email protected]

CBA2006-10NSY: Institutional Dimentionsof Global Environmental Change (IDGEC)Synthesis Conference, Institutions forSustainable Development in the Face ofGlobal Environmental Change:Questioning - Explaining - Demystifying(QED)Project Leader: Dr. Agus P. SariEmail: [email protected]

CRP2006-01NMY: Improving PolicyResponses to Interactions between GlobalEnvironmental Change and Food Securityacross the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP)Project Leader: Mr. AjayaDixitEmail: [email protected]

CRP2006-02NMY: Integrated ModelDevelopment for Water and Food SecurityAssessments and Analysis of the Potentialof Mitigation Options and SustainableDevelopment Opportunities in TemperateNortheast AsiaProject Leader: Prof. Xiaodong YanEmail: [email protected]

CRP2006-03NMY: Climate Change inSoutheast asia and Assessment onImpacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation onRice Production and Water ResourcesProject Leader: Dr. Attachai JintrawetEmail: [email protected]

CAPaBLE ComprehensiveResearch Projects

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CAPaBLE Funded Projects

APN2005-07NMY: Standardization andSystematization of Carbon-budgetObservation in Asian terrestrial EcosystemsBased on AsiaFlux Framework


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Calendar of Worldwide Global Change Events

2006

Events in bold are APN or APN co-sponsored events

APRIL

24-26 APR. MAIRS Science Framework Workshop,Kunming, China

19-21 APR. PICES Symposium on Climate Variabilityand Ecosystems Impacts in the North Pacific,Honolulu, Hawaii

MAY

1-12 MAY. UNCSD United Nations Commission onSustainable Development: 14th CSDI PartnershipFair, UN Headquarters, New York

9-12 MAY. EMECS 7. Caen, FranceTheme: Sustainable Co-development of EnclosedCoastal Seas: Our Shared ResponsibilityContact: http://www.emecs.or.jp/emecs7/1stC/EME7_1c.htm

10 MAY. Asia-Pacific Session. Caen, FranceTheme: Quality Status of the Asia-Pacific CoastContact:http://www.emecs.or.jp/emecs7/1stC/EME7_1c.htmEmail: [email protected]

15-26 MAY. IOC/Global Sea Level ObservingSystem (GLOSS) Training Course

Contact: [email protected]

18-26 MAY. UNFCCC/SBSTA24, Bonn, GermanyContact: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/sb24/enbots/

JUNE

11-16 JUNE. The Twelfth Pacific Congress onMarine Science & Technology PACON 2006: MarineScience and Technology in Asia, Yangon, MyanmarContact: http://www.hawaii.edu/pacon/

14 JUNE. Joint LOICZ – Institute for CoastalResearch Conference: Linkages between theGerman Coastal Research and LOICZ, Geesthacht,Germany

21-23 JUNE. First International Symposium forClimate Change Response, Seoul, Republic ofKorea

24-25 JUNE. Eco Asia, 14th Environment Congressfor Asia and the Pacific, Saitama, Japan

27-29 JUNE. LOICZ II Inaugural Open ScienceMeeting: Coasts and Coastal People-Scenarios ofChange and Responses, Egmond aan Zee,Netherlands

28-29 JUNE. ARCP Project on the Application ofthe Human Ecosystems Model to UrbanEnvironmental Management in ASEAN: 1st

Capacity Building Workshop at AIT, Thailand

JULY

24-27 JULY. AGO/ANU Third InternationalConference on Climate Impact Assessments,Hilton Cairns, Australia

AUGUST

14-19 AUG. International Field Meeting on Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since theMiddle Pleistocene climatic transition. Exmouth andNingaloo Reef, Western AustraliaContact: A/Prof. Lindsay CollinsE-mail: [email protected]: www.inqua.curtin.edu.au

17 AUG – 1 SEPT. 17th InternationalSedimentological Congress (ISC). Fukuoka, JapanContact: http://www.isc2006.com

24 AUG. Workshop on the Trial Liaison Model toSEA, Jakarta, Indonesia

25-26 AUG. 4th Asia-Pacific Network for GlobalChange Research (APN) Steering CommitteeMeeting, Jakarta, Indonesia

29 AUG – 2 SEPT. Coastal Zone Asia PacificConference, Batam, Indonesia

SEPTEMBER

4-8 SEPT. Carbon Management at Urban andRegional levels: Connecting Development Decisionsto Global Issues, Mexico City, MexicoContact: www.gcp-urcm.org

9-10 SEPT. AIMES-Young Scientists Networkmeeting. Focus: urbanization interactions withbiogeochemistry and climate, Mexico City, MexicoContact: http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/tss/staff/mahowald/ysn

26-28 SEPT. International Task Team Workshopfor the IIwaDATA Project, associated with theInternational Workshop for Earth Observationson Water Management Services,Bangkok, ThailandContact: Isao Koike E-mail: [email protected]

28-30 SEPT. IGBP/SCOR Workshop on OceanAcidification – Modern Observations and PastExperiences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,Palisades, New YorkContact: http://www.igbp-scor.pages.unibe.ch/firstworkshop.html

OCTOBER

3-6 OCT. Workshop on Sustained Indian OceanBiogeochemical and Ecological Research (SIBER).Goa, India. Contact: http://www.ian.umces.edu/siber

5-7 OCT. Workshop on the Application of Scenarioswith References to the effect of Climate ChangeFisheries and Coastal Zone Management – Long-Term Scenario Building, Esbjerg, DenmarkContact - E-mail: [email protected]: www.sam.sdu.dk/fame

10-12 OCT. Synthesis Meeting for ARCP Project:Linking Climate Change Adaptation toSustainable Development in Southeast AsiaLaguna, Philippines. Contact: Rodel LascoEmail: [email protected], [email protected]

13-22 OCT. PICES 15th Annual meeting, Yokohama,Japan. Contact: http://pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES15/background.aspx

13-27 OCT. Fifth International HumanDimensions of Global Environmental Change:Water, Trade, and the EnvironmentChiang Mai, ThailandContact: http://www.ihd.org

16-18 OCT. 3rd APHW Conference on Wise WaterResource Management Towards SustainableGrowth and Poverty Reduction, Bangkok, Thailand

24-27 OCT. Rapid Climate Change InternationalScience Conference, Birmingham, UKContact: www.rapid.nerc.ac.uk/rapid2006

23-25 OCT. Data Workshop for Project "AsianOzone Pollution in Eurasian Perspective"Contact: [email protected]

25-27 OCT. International Workshop on Copingwith Agrometerological Risks andUncertainties: Challenges and Opportunities,New Delhi, India

30 OCT - 03 NOV. IGFA Meeting, Montreal, CanadaContact: [email protected]

31 OCT – 3 NOV. Argo Data Management Meeting,Tianjin, China. Contact: http://www.cadc.org.cn/argo-eng/meeting/ADMT-2006.htm

NOVEMBER

6-8 NOV. Planning Workshop for ARCP Project:Climate and Crop Disease Risk Management:An International Initiative in the Asia-PacificRegion, Hyberdad, India

6-17 NOV. UNFCCC SBSTA 25 and COP/MOP2,Nairobi, Kenya

7-8 NOV. 2nd International Young Scientists’Global Change Conference, Beijing, ChinaContact: Martin Rice [email protected],Web: http://www.essp.org/ESSP2006; www.start.org


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13-17 NOV. Remote Sensing of the Marine Environment (AE13)-part of SPIE’s5th International Symposium on Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, Goa, India.Contact: http://spie.org/conferences/calls/06/ae/

14-16 NOV. SPICE/LOICZ/SEACORM Southeast Asia Coastal Governance andManagement Forum:Science Meets Policy for Coastal Management andCapacity Building, Bali, IndonesiaContact: http://www.zmt-bremen.de/SPICE/sls

14-25 NOV. Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Regional Carbonand Water Issues, Chung-Li & Kaohsiung, TaiwanContact: www.sarcs.org

17-18 NOV. Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global EnvironmentalChange: Resources Policies-Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity,Berlin, GermanyContact: http://web.fu-berlin.de/ffu/akumwelt/bc2006

27 NOV – 1 DEC. International Conference – The Humboldt Current System:Climate, ocean dynamics, ecosystem processes and fisheries, Lima, Peru.Contact: [email protected],Web: http://irdal.ird.fr/hcs-conference.imarpe.fao.ird.php3

29-30 NOV. Group on Earth Observations: GEO III, Geneva, Switzerland

29 NOV. – 1 DEC. APN Project Workshop: Standardization andSystematization of Carbon-budget Observation in Asian TerrestrialEcosystems based on AsiaFlux Framework

Contact: Yoshikazu Ohtani, Email: [email protected]

6-9 DEC. IDGEC Synthesis Conference: Institutions for SustainableDevelopment, Bali, Indonesia

11-15 DEC. AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, USAContact - Web: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/

18-22 DEC. Sub-Regional Workshop on removing barriers to LDC:Transferring tools and methodologies for managing vulnerability andadaptation to climate changeContact: Bhunjanggarao Dharmaji, Email: [email protected]

21-26 JAN. Arctic Frontiers Science Conference on Food web dynamics andbiogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean, Tromso, Norway.Contact: www.arctic-frontiers.com

23-27 JAN. International Dialogue on Science and Practice in SustainableDevelopment: Linking knowledge with action, Chiangmai, ThailandContact: www.sustdialogue.org

21-23 MAR. APN 12th Inter-Governmental Meeting and Scientific PlanningGroup Meeting, Honolulu, USAContact: [email protected]

27-28 MAR. Synthesis Workshop on Asian Ozone Pollution from EurasianPerspective, FRCGCYokohama, Japan

28 MAR. - 5 APR. Synthesis Workshop for APN Project: Capacity Buildingand Meeting Research Needs on the Ecology of Global Change in IslandLandscapes of the Republic of PalauContact: Harley Manner, E-mail: [email protected]

18-20 APR. GW18 – Earth Summit for Global Warming Mitigation, Miami, USAContact: [email protected]

24-26 MAY Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global EnvironmentalChange, Amsterdan, The NetherlandsTheme: Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for SustainabilityContact: www.2007amsterdamconference.org

2007

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