2011(Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2011)

Asian River Restoration Network

Annual Report

Ochiai River (Tokyo, JAPAN)

http://www.a-rr.net/

What’s ARRN?
ARRN is a non-political organization for exchanging knowledge andtechnical information on the restoration of rivers and watersheds
in Asia. The primary objective is to provide various opportunities
for river restoration related organizations and individuals to shareand exchange knowledge and experiences through this network,
aiming to enrich the participants’ knowledge and scientifictechnology through mutual and multilateral cooperation.

Table of Contents
Messag
ge from the ARRN
A
Chairpperson and RepresentatiR
ve of River Restoration
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Network

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About ARRN
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Activitie
es in 2011 (JJanuary 201
11 through December
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Website Developm
mentInternnational Foruum & Eventss
Formuulating a Guideline on River and Wattershed Resttoration
Goverrning Counciil & Committtee
Activityy Reports of River Restorration Netwo
ork in 2011

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China
a River Restooration Netw
work (CRRN)
Korea
a River Restooration Netw
work (KRRN)Japann River Restooration Netw
work (JRRN)ARRN Cha
arter

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How to beecome an AR
RRN membe
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Kurome River (Saitama, JAPANN)

Asian River Restoration Network / Annual Report 2011

Message from the ARRN Chairperson
Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai
Chairperson of ARRN

Professor, Graduate School, Kanazawa Gakuin University
Ex-President of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

It is about time for us to release the Annual Report 2011

observation, but also to have contact with citizens.

to all members. We would like to express our sincere

With regard to publication of a guideline for river

appreciation for the support we have received from many

restoration, we will continue to revise the “Reference

people as well as our members.

Guideline for Restoration by Eco-Compatible Approach in

In 2011, the “8th International Forum on Waterfront andRiver Basin of Asia” so that the revised version will be

Watershed Restoration” was held in Tokyo on November

more helpful for readers in Asia. In March 2012, the11, and the “Field Technical Exchange at Kurome River”

second revised version was completed. We would like to

was held at the Kurome River in Asaka City, Saitama

express our appreciation to all the people concerned who

Prefecture, on November 12. The theme of the forum wasjoin ARRN from Korea, China and Japan.

“Urban River Restoration at the Confluence of DisasterThe 6th ARRN Governing Council Meeting was also held

Mitigation and Environment Preservation”. During thetogether with the 8th International Forum. The increase offorum, those who were engaged in practical activities

membership of ARRN had been an issue since its

concerning rivers and researchers from Australia, Taiwan,

foundation. It had already been decided that both

Korea, China and Japan provided case examples of rivercountries and regions could be admitted as a membership

restoration and their efforts for disaster prevention with aunit, and the related articles of the charter were revised at

focus on rivers in cities and their surrounding areas. At thethis governing council meeting in order to make themopinion-exchange session, active discussions were held

conform to this principle. It means that we will call for

between lecturers and participants on the theme ofparticipation in the organization in the same manner as“disaster mitigation and environment preservation”, andthe Olympic Games.

“how to understand the land features of the whole country

incorporate detailed operational rules in the charter inand regional areas”. In conclusion, it was confirmed that it

view of its fundamental nature, it was decided thatwould be important to maintain the diversity unique tointernal

each river, and to promote sharing and exchange ofestablished as a by-lows. It was also decided that rules fortechnology and information that are needed to achieve it

approval of a membership unit would be included in theamong countries in Asia, Europe, America and Oceania.

by-lows. As another key decision, it was decided to move

The Field Technical Exchange Program was a new attempt,

the ARRN secretariat from Japan to China together withand lecturers who participated in the forum joined an

the 9th ARRN International Forum. The charter stipulates

event where they undertook practical activities forthat member countries should take turns serving as thebalancing flood control and environmental preservation,

secretariat, and it was decided to put it into practice inand actual collaboration between

2012.

citizens andtheBecause it was not appropriate toregulations

for

daily

operation

would

be

government. The event had been ongoing, and was

In the meantime, we think we will enhance theorganized by the Asaka Land Development Office ininternational reputation of our organization by continuing

Saitama Prefecture and the members of the “Kurome

to take many opportunities and make steady efforts. The

River Working Group”, which aims to promote river

year 2012 is the year when the secretariat will be moved.

environment improvement. It seemed very meaningful

I would like to conclude my greetings by requesting yourfor participants from overseas not only to visit it forcontinued cooperation.

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Message from the Representative of River Restoration Network
CRRN: China River Restoration Network

KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network

Dr. Baiyinbaoligao

Dr. Bonghee Lee

Secretary-General of CRRN

Chairperson of KRRNSaman Engineering Ltd.

China Institute of Water Resourcesand Hydropower Research (IWHR)

I am the director of the Rivers Research Work Team,

Hello all members in ARRN. It has been two years for me

Department of Hydraulics, China Institute of Water

to take charge of KRRN. I have been highly impressed

Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). I havewith ARRN's progressive activities for the river recovery.

accepted the invitation of CRRN to be the secretary

Similar actions are now taken places in Korea as well togeneral from 2012.

restore desolate rivers which have been far from the cares

I am very pleasure to meet you dear friends by the CRRN,

and attentions for a long time.

and we will be together on the road to explore the related

Especially, 16 Great Weirs were built and 570 millions m3fields on river ecosystem protection and restoration. Since

scale Bed Dredging work was completed in Major 4 Riverthe 21st century, many cities in China have implemented

Restoration Project. As a result of such activities, thethe modern comprehensive management, characterizedamount of water in the river is increased so that it reveals

by a natural, hydrophilic, civilization, on urban rivers.

the abundance and the beauty of river itself. If any

These measures have the urban rivers play greater roles

members are interested in visiting the site we, KRRN, areinhappy to guide you.

economic

improvement

development,
and

human

ecologicalenvironment

settlements

KRRN started our own website services. (www.krrn.net)

quality

improvement, as well as cultural heritage.

last year. Although it is still in the beginning and not so

From 2004, Ministry of Water Resources has been carrying

many contents in it, we are expecting to offer various

out the water ecological restoration in 13 cities as pilot inkinds of information about river recovery in the near

China, and many good results have been achieved. Somefuture. KRRN will promise to give all kinds of support for

key

the ARRN's activities.

technologies

arecurrently

comprehensively

summarized and improved. In recent years, China's

Meanwhile, I want to send my big sorrow to huge damage

ecological restoration is changing from past regulationin Japan by The East Japan Great Earthquake andmode of landscape to the comprehensive mode focused

Associated Tsunami. However I was impressed to hear theon water security, water resources, water environment,

new about rapid and active recovery. We are all one family

water ecology, water landscape, and water culture.

and cannot go alone. For the people who love river like us,

I believe that the river restoration work will get better

it is also required to have the modest attitude to nature

results in the next few years, and our works will play aand respect it.

better role in ARRN.

Lastly, I want to finish my words with appreciation andwish your good luck. I hope we meet again in the near
future.
Thank You.

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JRRN: Japan River Restoration Network

Dr. Junzo Sago
Secretary-General of ARRN
Secretary-General of JRRN
Foundation for Riverfront
Improvement and Restoration

ARRN, which consists of three organizations, JRRN

As you know, Japan suffered tremendous damage from

(Japan), CRRN (China) and KRRN (Korea), was founded

the Great East Japan Earthquake last March. We realizedon November 9, 2006 as a network aimed at exchanging

from this catastrophe that it is impossible for humans to

information on river restoration in Asia. It has carried out

control the force of nature. But on the other hand, nature

activities over five years.

provides many blessings and is indispensable for humans.

JRRN was established at the time of inauguration of ARRN,

Therefore, from old times, Japanese people have lived inand has served as the secretariat of ARRN since its

good harmony with nature while repeatedly suffering from

inauguration. JRRN is also engaged in various unique

disasters. An essayist, Torahiko Terada, described this byactivities: delivery of “e-mail news” which provides

the expression, “severe punishment by a strict father andinformation on river restoration both at home and abroad,the tender love of a benevolent mother” (“Tensai to

issue of “newsletters” as a place for opinion exchange,

Nihonjin (Natural Disasters and Japanese People)”,holding of mini-seminars on river environment, support

Kadokawa Sophia Bunko).

for acceptance of inspection groups from overseas,

In recent years, structures, such as levees, revetments

development of guidelines for river restoration, collection

and dams have been constructed in rivers in order toand analysis of case examples, participation in academic

efficiently control rivers in terms of flood control andmeetings, etc.

water usage. On the other hand, the functions of rivers,

As one of the activities conducted during the year, we held

including recreation, landscape and biology, have been

the ARRN Governing Council Meeting and the ARRN

reconsidered in the past two decades. As a result, “riverInternational Forum in Tokyo last November for the first

restoration” has been promoted as an effort to develop

time in four years. In particular, case examples of river

rivers in consideration of such functions.

restoration in each country were provided in the

However, it seems that river improvement efforts haveInternational Forum, and as a result, we found that manytended to focus on disaster prevention by constructing

countries still lacked information on actual conditions and“higher levees and more robust revetments” after the

methods, and recognized the need for further information

Great Disaster. Such a trend may be inevitable, but

exchange.

considering the sustainability of human beings, it is

We published a new book entitled “Restored Rivers inimportant to understand the various functions of nature

Japan and the world” in March last year, and the revisedand continue to promote river management in harmony

version (ver. 2) of “Reference Guideline for Restoration bywith nature despite construction of those structures.

Eco-Compatible Approach in River Basin of Asia” prepared

JRRN will continue to make efforts to contribute to

jointly by Japan, China and Korea in March this year. At

provision and exchange of valuable information on riverpresent, the membership of JRRN consists of about 540

restoration in cooperation with organizations participating

individuals and about 40 organizations, showing steadyin ARRN, and together with all of you. Your continued

growth.

support will be greatly appreciated.

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About ARRN
Background of ARRN Establishment

To establish a river/watershed restoration
guideline that can be utilized in the AsianIn the “River Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region”

monsoon area with similar social and natural

session cosponsored by three countries of China,

environment, and improve knowledge andKorea, and Japan that was held in the 4th Worldskills of network participants.

Water Forum in Mexico City in March 2006, thenecessity of cooperation among Asian countries

Activities

was emphasized, and it was recommended that a
network and a database should be established to

ARRN carries out following activities to achieve theexchange

information

above-mentioned objectives.

restoration,

and

that

on
a

river/watershed

technical

guideline

Activities

specifically suitable for the Asian monsoon regionforinformation

should be developed. As a response to thisexchanging

on

river

and

sharing

restoration

throughwebsite, newsletters and email news

recommendation, the “3rd International Forum on

To hold workshops and forums with a view to

Waterfront and Watershed Restoration“ was held inprovide a platform to introduce or compileTokyo

information on the latest situation and casein

Restoration

November

2006,

and

Network(ARRN)““AsianwasRiverstudies of river restoration in Asia

formally

To draw up or revise guidelines for theestablished by concerned organizations of China,

restoration of rivers and watersheds

Korea and Japan.

To conduct joint studies to be undertaken byparticipating

countries

tosupporttheprovision of information for study purposes
To exchange lecturers from participating
countriesTo

translateandpublishbooks

onrestoration of rivers and watershedObjectives
ARRN aims to contribute to the creation of richAsian water environment for the following two
purposes as a non political organization.
To establish a mechanism to exchange andshare case studies, information, technologies,
and experiences related to river/waterfront
restoration in the world and in the Asian
countries,

withengineers,

researchers,

ecologists, government officials and citizens

Outline of ARRN network activities

through events and websites.

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Organizational Structure

ARRN Members (as of December 2011)
ARRN is currently consisted of 3 national networks

River Restoration Network (RRN)

and 2 organizations as follows.

ARRN is organized with cooperation of local
networks in each participating countries /regions, and so called as the management

River Restoration Network (RRN)

secretariat on a network in those countries /regions to be "River Restoration Network

CRRN: China River Restoration Network(hereafter, RRN) " generically. As for each local

http://www.cnrrc.cn/

network, a free activity in countries or in regionis encouraged.

[Secretariat][Organization members] 10 group

Governing Council[Personal members] 80 people

The operating policy of ARRN is decided by"Governing

Institute of Water Resources andHydropower Research (IWHR)

Council"consisting

of

the

representative of the Council in each national

KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network

RRN organization. The Council is summarized

http://www.krrn.net/

by the chairperson approved in the Council, andresolves the activity plan and the budget[Secretariat]

planning, etc. of the year.

Korea River Association (KRA)[Organization members] 1 group
Secretariat

JRRN: Japan River Restoration Network

The Council is administrated by the secretariat.
The

secretariat

accomplishes

the

http://www.a-rr.net/jp/

annualgoverning council meeting and various ARRN
activities.

[Secretariat][Organization members] 40 groups

General Participants[Personal members] 540 people

General participants are individuals or groups,
who or which participate in event such as

JRRN Secretariat plays the role of ARRN secretariat from
November 2006 to October 2012.

forums and uses profit of Web site. Generalparticipants
according

need
to

the

Foundation
forRiverfront
Improvement and Restoration

toregister

rule

that

participation
local

RRN

organization provides and assumes the generic

Individual Organizations (Non-RRN member)name of the person who declares participationin ARRN.

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Department of Water Resource, Thailand
http://www.water.go.th/Federal Flood Commission, Pakistan (FFC)
http://www.ffc.gov.pk/

Asian River Restoration Network / Annual Report 2011

Activities in 2011
Website Development
ARRN continues to update the ARRN website, as
well as renew the websites of each river restoration
CRRN website(2010 open)

network (RRN) aiming to enhance information
sharing on our activity

reports,

news/events

technical

andusefulpublications,
tools

and
ARRN website(2010open)

resources. In October 2011, KRRN website was
opened and website of CRRN, KRRN and JRRN werelinked from ARRN website.

JRRN website(2007 open)

International Forum & Events

KRRN website(2011 open)

ARRN’s 8th International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration (Nov. 11, 2011, JAPAN)
ARRN

held

the

8th

International

Forum

URL: http://www.a-rr.net/

on

Waterfront and Watershed Restoration titled “Urban
River Restoration at the confluence of Disaster
Mitigation and Environment Preservation” in Tokyo
JAPAN on November 11 in 2011, and valuablefindings

andopinions

throughpioneeringexperience in river restoration were exchanged
with participants and lecturers.
Lecture record of 5 presentations and discussion
are summarized in the following Lecture Report.
Opening Speech

Lecturers and ARRN members

8th forum’s Lecture Report

URL:

http://www.a-rr.net/publication/2012/01/lecture_report_on_arrns_8th_in.html

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ARRN’s 8th International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration“Urban River Restoration at the confluence of Disaster Mitigation and Environment Preservation”
11 November 2011 (Friday):Tokyo - JAPAN

Program-

Opening: 13:00-13:05-

Report: 13:05-13:15 Introduction of-

Lecture:13:15-14:30

Opening address“ARRN RR guideline ver.2”

25 min. each

The response to the 2011 Brisbane River Floods & a national picture of river and wetland
assessment, management and restoration in Australia(Mr. Alastair Mcharg, National Water Commission, AUSTRALIA)
Current river restoration in Taiwan on some urban cases(Prof. Shaohua Marko Hsu, Feng Chia Univ., TAIWAN)
Development of technology for waterfront creation and case study of continuous block system(Prof. Suk Hwan Jang, Daejin University, KOREA)-

Lecture & Discussion: 14:40-16:15

25min. each & 45min discussion

Feng River Restoration - from Land to Water(Prof. Aizhong Ding, Beijing Normal University, CHINA)
River basin flood control and restoration as innovations from Hii River(Prof. Yukihiro Shimatani, Kyushu Univ., JAPAN)
Discussion by all lecturers (Chair: Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai)-

Closing: 16:15 Closing

Supporters

URL:

http://www.a-rr.net/report/international_forum/

ARRN’s Field Technical Exchange at Kurome River(Nov. 12, 2011, Saitama, JAPAN)
Foreign lecturers attended the ARRN International
Forum, and relevant personnel of ARRN visited the
Kurome River in Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture.
They participated in an exchange event held by the
Asaka

Land

Prefecture

Development
which

is

OfficeresponsibleinSaitamaforriver

management, and the “Kurome River Working
Group”

which

promotesriver

Opening Speechenvironment

improvement in the Kurome River. Through thisevent, participants were able to observe actual
river development balancing flood control andenvironmental preservation, and to learn about
specific efforts for collaboration between citizens
and administration. They also had a lively exchangeof views mainly on topics like river restoration
technology and consensus building.
Exchange with local group7

Asian River Restoration Network / Annual Report 2011
Formulating a Guideline on River andWatershed Restoration
ARRN regards the preparation of a guideline forriver restoration to be a pillar of its activities. ARRN
holds repeated consultations with experts in Japan,
China and Korea, and is working on the preparation
andcontinuous

Guideline

for

updating

ofthe“Reference

Restoration

by

Eco-Compatible

Approach in River Basin of Asia” as a guidebook
that contributes to favorable river environment
restoration in Asia.
Ver. 1, Separate Volume

In January 2011, ARRN published the “Reference
Guideline Ver. 1, Separate Volume”, which compiled

Guideline Ver. 2

Updated contents in Ver. 2case examples in various foreign countries, as areference for the “Reference Guideline Ver. 1”

Enhancement of specific examples that plainly

released in March 2009. With the aim of enhancing

show

the contents of Ver. 1, it continued to havemeasures of river restoration

consultations

theInsertion of plentiful photos of cases in Japan,

supervision of the ARRN Technical Committee in

China and Korea, without too much emphasis onorder to update it to Ver. 2 through collaboration

Japan, for the purpose of helping to understandamong networks in Japan, China and Korea.

the characteristics of river restoration in Asia

andperform

editing

under

the

background/history,

issuesandThanks to the cooperation of the many people

Listing information sources (websites) on riverconcerned,

restoration in Europe and the United States in thethe“Reference

Guidelinefor

Restoration by Eco-Compatible Approach in River

appendix,

Basin of Asia, Ver. 2” was completed in March 2012.

understand the characteristics of river restoration

We will try to disseminate it at home and abroadin Asia by comparing with Europe and the United

through the JRRN website, etc., and at the same

Statesforthepurposeofhelping

totime we will continue to update it to Ver. 3.
URL:

http://www.a-rr.net/publication/reference_guideline/

About ARRN’s River Restoration Guideline(1) BackgroundThe necessity of cooperating network, data base of the river restoration and river restoration technical guideline
suits for an Asian monsoon region was proposed in the "River Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region" session on 4thWorld Water Form.

“It is urgent to establish a river restoration guideline suitable for the Asianmonsoon region as a reference for countries with similar social and natural
conditions.”
Based on the above proposal, ARRN regards preparing/updating/distributing river restoration guideline as one ofmain activities.
(2) Objective
To establish the suitable methodology and technology for river restoration in Asian monsoon region(3) Users/Customers
General public making efforts for river restoration activity (not specialist)(4) Language
ARRN publishes the guideline in English, and ARRN member promotes and uses the guideline after translating it into
own language.
(5) Task force
ARRN technical committee initiates the update operations while getting cooperation of ARRN and each RRN
secretariat.

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Governing Council & Committee
ARRN Charter provides that policies for actions shallbe decided by the Governing Council consisting ofrepresentatives from each RRN, and the Governing
Council meeting is normally held once annually tocoincide with the ARRN’s International Forum. In
addition, ARRN’s two committees are set up to
support the Governing Council.

6th ARRN Governing Council Meeting

6th ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Nov. 11, 2011,
Tokyo, JAPAN)

ARRN Information
Meeting in 2011

At the beginning of the meeting, ARRN and each

In two ARRN standing committees, committee

RRN activities in China, Korea and Japan for the

consultations among committee members in Japan,

past one year were reported, and information &

China

and

Korea

have

technical committee reported their activities. In the

conducted

throughe-maildiscussion and decision, ARRN’s ideal organization

Information Committee held two meetings in Jul.

structure

and Oct. 2011, and the Technical Committee held

for thefurther

expansion including

charter revision was discussed and “ARRN action

andTechnical

been

Committee

experimentally

since

2011.

two meetings in Aug. and Oct. 2011.

plan 2012” was approved.

URL: http://www.a-rr.net/report/governing_council_meeting/

ARRN Governing Council member (as of Dec. 2011)
Chairperson of ARRN:
Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai, Kanazawa Gakuin Univ. JAPAN, Ex-President of IAHR
Secretary General of ARRN:
Dr. Junzo Sago, Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration JAPANCRRN(China River Restoration Network):(Secretary General)
Prof. Dongya Sun, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Information Committee)
Prof. Wengen Liao & Dr. Chong Li, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Technical Committee)
Prof. Hao Wang & Prof. Kewang Tang, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)KRRN(Korea River Restoration Network):(Chairperson)
Dr. Bonghee Lee, Saman Engineering Ltd.
(Secretary General)
Prof. Suk Hwan Jang, Daejin Univ.
(Information Committee)
Prof. Jeong-Seok Yang, Kookmin Univ. & Dr. Jin Chul Joo, Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)(Technical Committee)
Prof. Hyun-Han Kwon, Chonbuk National Univ. & Dr. Moonhyeong Park, KICTJRRN(Japan River Restoration Network):(Secretary General)
Dr. Junzo Sago, Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration(Information Committee)
Dr. Kazumasa Ito, CTI Engineering Co,LTD.
(Technical Committee)
Prof. Naoki Shirakawa, Tsukuba Univ.

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Activity Reports of River Restoration Network in 2011
CRRN: China River Restoration Network

CRRN Website

Participation in technical programs/trainings on river restoration in China

The website of CRRN has been uploaded, which
includestwelvesections,

namely,(1)CRRN participated in the train of Riverecosystem protection and restoration held by
Beijing Hydraulic engineering society during theperiod of July 12-13. The contents of the training
include “water ecosystem protection andrestoration”, “Planning of river restoration”,“Yongdinghe River restoration”, etc.”

industry

dynamics, meeting information, project progress,
projects, product, publications and papers, experts,
BBS, related links, about CRRN, members, contactus.

(2)CRRN participated in the World Bank
training--EAP
Environment
andSocialSafeguards Workshop for Staff and Consultants
during the period of October 17-21. The
contents of this training include: Review anEnvironmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Social
Sustainability and Safeguards in Practice,Community
monitoring
and
the
use
participatory
approaches
duringproject
implementation, etc.

http://www.cnrrc.cn/
River Restoration Guideline Development(3)CRRN participated in the training of Agenda for
Ecology and Biology Monitoring during theperiod of Dec 7-11. The contents of this training
includes: Comparison between EU and Chinese
approach on River health assessment, EU
Experience - Context for Monitoring, European
WFD example, etc.

CRRN makes contribution to the separate volume of
ARRN

river

Guideline

forrestoration

guideline:

Restoration

by“Reference

Eco-Compatible

Approach in River Basin ver.2” which includes some
general contents about river restoration in China
and case studies of river restoration in China.

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KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network

KRRN’s Website Development

Transportation and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) and the
Nation Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

In an effort to facilitate sharing information andfrom March 28 to April 1 at Jeju Convention Center

networking we had been buildingan official website

in Jeju Island.

for KRRN in 2011. In building our website, we had
several meetings where we reviewed various

A. Main focuses of this symposium is to “bringing

websites and concept designs to make a content

togetherrich website. We feel it really highlights our

localcommunities

to

river

management“ participating many people fromachievements in ARRN community. The websitewas

officials from local governments, professionals

opened in October 2011.

and related businesses
http://www.krrn.net/

B.

Particularly,

participants

discussedthegovernment's policy on river management andits

futureplanfollowedbytheexperts'presentation on plans for improvement ofenvironmental efficiency in river management
and future plans for river management of
Natural River.
C. It is expected that this joint symposium gives
opportunities to bring efficient investment by
eachgovernment

and

to

strengthen

relationships for conducting maintenance andPreparation for ARRN forum and GCM

purification

environmentally

At the end of August, KRRN had a meeting todiscuss

some

importantmatterssuchworks,

sharing

friendly

information

river

management

policies.

asparticipants, presenters and financial support for
the November’s meeting in Japan.

KRRN’s Regional Symposium
The Korea River Association co-hosted the '7th
Symposium on Environmentally Friendly RiverManagement'

with

the

Ministry

of

Land,

7th Symposium on Environmentally Friendly
River Management in Jeju Island

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JRRN: Japan River Restoration Network

Website, Newsletter, News-mail
JRRN website provides information on topics
related to river restoration in Japan and in othercountries, examples of restoration projects, events,
books, useful resources etc. in both Japanese andEnglish.

In

addition,

JRRN

published“JRRN

Newsletter” once per month, and distributed “JRRN
News-mail” twice a week. (Total 12 newsletter, 99
news mail in 2011).

JRRN’s Seminar on River Environment
JRRN held the “JRRN Mini-Seminar on River
Environment”

twice

in

2011

to

provideopportunities for JRRN members and non members
to share and exchange their knowledge and
URL: http://www.a-rr.net/jp/

experiences on river restoration.

The 8th Seminar: “Development of fishways in Korea and Japan” (Aug 31, 2011)- Lecturer 1: Prof. Jin Hong Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea)- Lecturer 2: Mr. Goshi Ogawa (Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration, Japan)

First, Prof. Kim gave a lecture on a national survey of the actual
conditions of fishways, which has now been conducted in Korea,
and efforts to build a database. Next, Researcher Ogawa
explained about the history of fishway development in Japan, thetypes of fishways, the state of installation in the country, andcase examples of their improvement, showing various photos.
During the question and answer session after lectures, a lively
opinion exchange was held among 8 members of a fishwayobservation team from Korea, including Prof. Kim, Instructor
Ogawa, and JRRN members.
The 9th Seminar: “Characteristics of river environment and river restoration in China” (Dec 22, 2011)- Lecturer:

Prof. Jianhua Li (Tongji University, China)First, an overview of economic growth and environmental issues
across China was provided, and then an explanation of the actual
condition of water environment pollution and impact on theecosystem were given. In addition, a detailed explanation of thefollowing was given: efforts to improve the deteriorated water
environment in China, specific case examples of riverrestoration, and the direction for nature restoration by riverprojects based on the 12th five-year plan.

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JRRN’s Technical Exchange
JRRN

held

technical

exchangewithforeignorganizations as an open discussion program for
JRRN member. In 2011, JRRN supported threetechnical exchange programs
1) Hubei Provincial Water Resources Bureau, China(Jan. 11-13, 2011)
2) World Bank’s Technical Training Program on riverrestoration (May. 30, 2011)
3) River Associated mission, Taiwan (Aug. 26, 2011)

1) Delegation from China

JRRN’s Publication

2) WB’s Training

JRRN compiled the results of various activities as aonlinepublication,

andpromoted

efforts

todisseminate them through the JRRN Website sothat they will be widely utilized at home andabroad.

3) Delegation from Taiwan

Cherry Blossom and Waterscape Photo Collection

Report on Roundtable Meeting 2010
Publication of a report on
the open roundtable
meeting entitled “How todevelop Technology andGuidelineforRiver
Restoration
through
Networks”, which washeld in Seoul, Korea in
September 2010

Publication of the “Cherry Blossom
and Waterscape Photo Collection”, acompilation of photos of waterscapeswith cherry blossoms which weretaken and sent by JRRN members in
2011(Japanese/English Version)

Report on JRRN’s Seminar(Japanese version only)

Restored Rivers in Japan and the world
Publication of “Restored
Rivers in Japan and theworld”
which
gives
examplesofriver
restoration at home andabroad, and release of
its electronic version on
the JRRN website on
June
5
as
“WorldEnvironment Day”
(Japanese version only)

Release of reports thatsummarizes lectures andquestion-and-answer
sessions held at the 7th
and 8th Mini-Seminar on
River
Environment
throughthe
JRRN
website(Japanese version only)

Lecture Report on 8th International Forum
Publication of a report thatsummarizes lectures andquestion-and-answer
sessions held at the ARRN’s
8th International Forum on
Waterfront and Watershed
Restoration(Japanese/English Version)

URL: http://www.a-rr.net/jp/info/letter/publication/

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ARRN Charter
CHARTER OF THE ASIAN RIVER RESTORATION NETWORK

Article 1

Name

This international information exchange network shall be called “Asian River Restoration Network”(hereinafter referred to as ARRN).
Article 2

Objectives

ARRN is a non-political organization for exchanging knowledge and technical information on therestoration of rivers and watersheds in Asia. The primary objective is to provide various opportunities forriver restoration related organizations and individuals to share and exchange knowledge and experiences
through this network, aiming to enrich the participants’ knowledge and scientific technology throughmutual and multilateral cooperation.
Article 3 Categories of Activities
In order to attain the objectives stated above, activities in the following categories shall be carried out inrelation to the restoration of rivers and watersheds:
・ Activities for technical support
・ Activities for research and development
・ Activities for publication
・ Activities for public relations
Article 4

Particulars of Activities

ARRN shall carry out the following activities in relation to the restoration of rivers and watersheds toattain the objectives defined in the Objectives.
・ Activities involving exchanging and sharing information through newsletters to be distributed on
the web-site and by e-mail.
・ To hold workshops and forums with a view to provide a platform to introduce or compile informationon the latest global waterfront situation and case studies of improved waterfront environment.
・ To draw up or revise guidelines for the restoration of rivers and watersheds.
・ To conduct joint studies to be undertaken by participating countries to support the provision of
information for study purposes.
・ To exchange lecturers from participating countries.
・ To translate and publish books on the restoration of rivers and watershed.
ARRN will expand the scope of activities as required.
Article 5

Eligibility for Participation and Registration Procedure

1. ARRN shall accept applicant from administrative institution, private organization, researcher andindividual to be a member of this network as long as they will follow the objectives of this network.
2. All participants shall register themselves with the Secretariat following the approach below.
3. In a country/region where “River Restoration Network” (hereinafter referred to as RRN) secretariat
has already been established, applicants to ARRN should be registered through the RRN
secretariat. In any country/region where there is no RRN, applicants to ARRN should be registeredthrough the ARRN secretariat directly.
Article 6

Organization

ARRN is operated by the Governing Council. In this council, Information Committee and TechnicalCommittee may be established to perform routine duties.

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Article 7

Governing Council

1. The Governing Council make decisions on the management of ARRN such as the organizationalframework and action plans.
2. The Governing Council is composed of the representative of each national RRN.
3. A Chairperson shall be appointed for the Governing Council, who is a qualified expert in the field ofriver restoration and his/her term of office is 2 years.
4. The chairperson will be nominated by each national RRN and be elected at the Governing Council
meeting.
5. In the Governing Council, the following items can be proposed by any ARRN participant and theSecretariat shall be deliberated:
・ Decisions on the structure of the Governing Council and the Secretariat.
・ Decisions on the execution, revision and cancellation of this Charter・ Decisions of the annual action plan and its implementation.
・ Other matters put on the agenda by participants
Article 8 Information Committee
1.

The ARRN Information Committee aims at preparing future vision and activities of ARRN andsharing knowledge by establishing a toolbox.

2.

Information Committee member shall be appointed by the representative of national RRN andhis/her term of office is 2 years.

Article 91.

Technical Committee

The ARRN Technical Committee aims at providing the technical methods for river restoration
including the guideline for Asian countries.

2.

Technical Committee member shall be appointed by the representative of national RRN and his/herterm of office is 2 years.

Article 10

Secretariat

1. A Secretariat shall be established for the Governing Council. A Secretary General shall be appointed
for the Secretariat by the chairperson.
2. The secretariat shall be appointed for the Governing Council by a rotation of national RRN.
Consecutive re-nomination is possible and shall be agreed by the Governing Council Meeting. The
term of office of the Secretariat is 2 years.
3. The Secretariat shall hold the Governing Council meeting.
4. The Secretariat shall submit an action plan and other matters for decision to the Governing Council.
Article 11

Funding for Activities

Funding for the activities of the Secretariat shall, in principle, be provided by the participants themselves
who take charge of the Secretariat. However, cooperation may be solicited from other participants whennecessary.
Article 12

Execution, Cancellation and RevisionThis Charter shall come into force after it is signed by the representative of each national RRN and may
be revised or canceled as required through deliberations in the Governing Council.

Memorandum:
The Charter was primarily proposed in accordance with the discussions between three organizations, China Institute of
Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT) and Foundation
for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration of Japan (RFC) in November 2006.
The Charter was amended by the fourth Governing Council on September 30, 2009, the fifth Governing Council on
September 15, 2010, and the sixth Governing Council on November 11, 2011.

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How to become an ARRN member
Joining the ARRN is Free!
To become member of ARRN, please read thesponsoring. Also, every member can hold original

following instruction, and send a membershipworkshop by receiving the backup of ARRN or RRN.

application form to secre@a-rr.net by email.

(4) Members cooperate positively when the specialist's
technical advice is required or the advanced case

Membership Benefits

investigation committee is sent to another region.

(1) Easy obtaining of domestic and foreign information(5) Members share the information sent by ARRN withon river restoration through website, email, andrelated persons in your organization.

direct contact to ARRN secretariat or other ARRN
members as following;-

Procedure for joining ARRN

Latest news, topics, projects, experiences,(1) An organization which wants to join ARRN is requested

lessons, case studies-

to submit a membership application form by email.

International and domestic events such as(2) The membership application form submitted by theseminar and workshops-

organization is judged by the Secretary General andStandard books, technical guidelines, video

the Chairperson of ARRN.

images, etc.

(3)(2) Holding opportunity to introduce member’sorganization and their activities to other ARRN

After

the

Chairpersonofmembership

application

form,

the

organization

memberasabecomes

members

the

ARRN

ARRN

approves

the

Non-RRN

organization.

(3) A coordinated business with various foreign countries(4) ARRN secretariat will send email soon to the contact

or organizations

person named in the application form.

(4) Holding management support such as international(5) When plural groups gathered in a certain country or

seminar, workshops and establishment of regional

regions,river restoration network by ARRN secretariat

the

ARRN

secretariat

supports

theestablishment of each RRN. The establishment of new
RRN will be judged by ARRN governing council

Possible Tasks

meeting.

(1) Members will participate in ARRN with commitment to
use their own resources and to work effectively inNote)partnership with other members that areMembership enrollment procedure of ARRN is going to becollaborating in the network. Members will support

reviewed. For further information, please contact tothe objectives of ARRN described in the charter.

secre@a-rr.net( http://www.a-rr.net/charter.html )by email.

(2) Members can freely inspect the Web site, andmoreover, useful information on river restoration in

ARRN

your organization and your region can be freely sent

Membership

Application

Form

for

organization(WORD:601kB) is available here.

through the Web site for other members.

http://www.a-rr.net/membership/registration.html(3) Members positively join for ARRN events such as
international forum and the workshop by each RRN

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Asian River Restoration Network secretariat
Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC)
Shinkawa Chuoh Bldg., 7th Flr. 17-24, Shinkawa 1cho-me, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,
JAPAN, 104-0033
TEL: +81-3-6228-3862 FAX: +81-3-3523-0640 E-mail: secre@a-rr.net
Website: http://www.a-rr.net/
Secretariat member: Junzo Sago (Secretary-General), Tatsushi Kimura,
Masafumi Ito, Katsuhiro Goto, Akira Wada

Japan River Restoration Network (JRRN) has a role of ARRN secretariat from Nov.
2006 to Oct. 2012. Secretariat of ARRN and JRRN is operated by Foundation forRiverfront Improvement and Restoration and CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.
as joint study on development of Asian River Restoration network.
http://www.a-rr.net/jp/en/

March, 2012