2012(Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2012)

Asian River Restoration Network

Annual Report

7th ARRN Governing Council Meeting(2012.11.24 Beijing, CHINA)

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.

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China River Restoration
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Network(KRRN)
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How to become ana ARRN member

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Message from the ARRN Chairperson
Prof. Zhiping Liu
Chairperson of ARRN
Vice president, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

Dear

ARRN

members

and

river

restoration

Protection and restoration of river ecosystem is a

supporters, ARRN secretariat has been transferredburgeoning profession with broad developmentfrom JRRN to CRRN since November 24th 2012.

prospects.

Authorized by you, I am going to resume duties ascommunications are more and more active, and anchairperson of ARRN, I would like firstly address myincreasing number of research institutes andsincere appreciation for your trust and support.

companies are devoting effort on relative topics.

is

a

great

challenge.

harness-oriented

With

water

and regulations of ARRN have being gradually“Reference

running
Guideline

smoothly.
forThe

management,

protection

andecosystem,

improvementofresources,

domestic

has been published, and plays key roles in riverofcomprehensive

water

environment,

watercarried out throughout the country. With such

Eco-Compatible Approach in River Basin of Asia”,

restoration

intoand medium-sized river management projects arebycomprehensive

strategy

consideration. Large-scale constructions of small

book,

Restorationinternational

ecosystem, water landscape and water cultural into

revised since its foundation in 2006, and theisandmanagement mode, which takes water security,

collaboration of secretariats and members, rules

operation

domestic

River restoration in China is turning from traditional

I understand that as chairperson of ARRN, heavy
responsibility

The

and

international

background,communication platform of ARRN is highlighted andfacing higher demand. The future is full ofopportunities and challenges, it is a test for ARRN toecological environment, improvement of living

play well the role of communication platform, toquality and cultural inheritance. On the platform offurther enhance the technological cooperation of

ARRN, specialists, scientists and engineers fromregions

different regions share their advanced technologies,

andcountries,

toacceleratethedevelopment of science and technology.

successful experiences, and expert resources onriver restoration, that has greatly promoted riverThat is also a great challenge for myself. I cherish

restoration and the progress of technologies. Many

this job opportunity very much, and will do my bestof these works are frontiers of the world.

to live up to your great trust. I believe that we cando the ARRN job well with collaboration, and createa beautiful world of clean water, green banks, andbeautiful sceneries.

Thank you.

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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

Major 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 StructureMembers

Governing Council

ARRN members are classified as National RRN,

The operating policy of ARRN is decided by

Regional RRN and Non RRN.

"Governing
CouncilNational RRN is a representative of RivertheGoverning

Council.

representative

participatesascommittee

andissummarized

by

the

chairmanInformation Committee

possiblyinInformation

The Information Committee prepares future

Technical

committee

vision and activities of ARRN and shares

memberknowledge by establishing a toolbox.

respectively.

(Regional River Restoration Network)

Technical Committee

Regional RRN is a group organization (River

The Technical Committee provides the technical

Restoration Network), with more than twenty

methods for river restoration including theindividuals or five organizations membershipguideline for Asian countries.

respectively, approved by the Information
Committee.

thethe year.

Council and be entitled to vote for discussion. In
oneby

activity plan and the budget planning, etc. ofIts

representative participates in the Governing
addition,

consists

approved in the Council, and resolves the

Restoration Network in a country which is
by

that

representative of each National RRN. The(National River Restoration Network)

approved

Council"Its

representative

is

able

to

participate in the Governing Council with no

Secretariat

voting right.

The Secretariat is established for the Governing
Council by a rotation of national RRN. The(Non River Restoration Network)

secretariat

Non RRN is an organization or individual

accomplishes

themember approved by the ARRN secretariat.

Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)
Governing Council

Supportcoordination

Chairperson

Members[ National River Restoration Network (National RRN) ]Voting member of Governing Council

Representative of
National RRN

RequestopinionInformation Committee

CRRN

KRRN

JRRN

n1 RRNn2 RRNn3 RRN[ Regional River Restoration Network (Regional RRN) ]Group organization

Representative of National RRN

TRRNTechnical Committee
Representative of National RRN

r1 RRNr2 RRN[ Non River Restoration Network (Non RRN) ]Organization or Individua lSecretariat
Rotation of National RRN

management

conference and various ARRN activities.

Governm ent Agency

Research InstituteNGO

Public Corporation

Private Cam pany

Individualetc.

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ARRN Members (as of December 2012)
ARRN is currently consisted of 3-national network,
1-regional network and 5-organization as follows.

National River Restoration Network (National-RRN)

Regional River Restoration Network (Regional-RRN)

CRRN: China River Restoration Network

TRRN: Taichung River Restoration Network

http://www.cnrrc.cn/

http://www.trrn.tw/index.do[Secretariat]

Institute of Water Resources andHydropower Research (IWHR)[Secretariat]

CRRN Secretariat plays the role of ARRN secretariat
from November 2012 to October 2014.

Non River Restoration Network (Non-RRN)(Government)
Department of Water Resource, Thailand
http://www.water.go.th/Federal Flood Commission, Pakistan (FFC)
http://www.ffc.gov.pk/

KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network
http://www.krrn.net/[Secretariat]

Water Resources Planning Institute,
Water Resources Agency (WRAP)

Korea River Association (KRA)(NGO)

JRRN: Japan River Restoration Network
http://www.a-rr.net/jp/-

Australian River Restoration Centre, Australia
http://australianriverrestorationcentre.com.au/-

Global Environment Centre (GEC), Malaysia
http://www.gecnet.info/(Private)
Terracon Ecotech Pvt. Ltd., India
http://www.terraconindia.com/[Secretariat] Japan RiverFront research Center (RFC)

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Oozeki Park (Yamagata, JAPAN)

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ARRN Activities in 2012
Website Development
ARRN continues to update the ARRN website, as

CRRN website

well as renew the websites of each river restoration
network (RRN) aiming to enhance information
sharing on our activity

reports,

news/events

technical

andusefulpublications,
tools

and

resources. In December 2012, TRRN was joined as
JRRN website

ARRN website

our member and website of CRRN, KRRN, JRRN and
TRRN were linked from ARRN website.

TRRN website

International Forum & Events

KRRN website

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

ARRN’s 9 International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration (Nov. 24, 2012, CHINA)In the afternoon of Nov. 24 2012, the 9thMore than 70 researchers and students from IWHR

International Forum on Waterfront and Watershedattended the forum, submitted questions andRestoration was held in IWHR, Beijing CHINA. Theinteracted with the lecturer.

title of this forum is “comprehensive managementof urban water network”, and five reports were
given by scientists, including(1)eco-hydraulics

and eco-sediment (Wang Zhaoyin); (2)Urban rivermanagement

in

Japan

(Masafumi

ITO);

(3)

Comprehensive management system of urban
water

cycle

in

Korea(Jin

Chul

Joo);

(4)Comprehensive management of Yongding River

Lecturers(Zhu Chendong); (5) Hydraulic analysis of artificial
lake in Cheongra city (Suk Hwan JANG).

Scene of the report

URL:

http://www.a-rr.net/report/2012/12/the_9th_international_forum_on.html

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ARRN’s Field Technical Exchange at Yongding River(Nov. 25, 2012, Beijing CHINA)In the morning of Nov. 25, members of ARRN
investigated the green corridor project on Yongding
River under the technical guide of scientists from
Yonging River management Bureau. They leaned
about

the

ecosystem

restoration

and

river

management of Mencheng Lake, Lianshi Lake,
Xiaoyue Lake and Wanping Lake.

Group photo at Yongding River

Investigation on the green corridor project on Yongding River

Yongding River (Beijing, CHINA)

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Formulating a Guideline on River andWatershed Restoration[Revision history of ARRN Guideline]
Mar. 2009: Reference Guideline for Restoration by
an Eco-Compatible Approach in River
Basin of Asia Ver.1, publishedJan. 2011: Case studies as a separate volume of theReference Guideline ver.1,

published
Mar. 2012: Reference Guideline for Restoration by
an Eco-Compatible Approach in River
Basin of Asia Ver.2, publishedUpdated contents in Ver. 2
Enhancement of specific examples that plainly

Guideline Ver. 2

show

ARRN regards the preparation of a guideline forbackground/history,

issuesandmeasures of river restoration

river restoration to be a pillar of its activities. ARRN

Insertion of plentiful photos of cases in Japan,

holds repeated consultations with ARRN experts,

China and Korea, without too much emphasis on

and is working on the preparation and continuous

Japan, for the purpose of helping to understandupdating of the guideline that contributes tothe characteristics of river restoration in Asia

favorable river environment restoration in Asia.

Listing information sources (websites) on river

In March 2012, ARRN published the “Reference

restoration in Europe and the United States in the

Guideline for Restoration by Eco-Compatible

appendix,

Approach in River Basin of Asia, Ver. 2”, as a

for

the

purposeofhelping

tounderstand the characteristics of river restoration

revised edition of “Reference Guideline Ver. 1”

in Asia by comparing with Europe and the United

released in March 2009. We will continue to update

Statesit to Ver. 3.
URL:

the

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 National RRN, and theGoverning Council meeting is normally held once
annually to coincide with the ARRN’s International
Forum. In addition, ARRN’s two committees are set
up to support the Governing Council.

Former chairperson of ARRN，Prof. Current chairperson of ARRN, Prof.
Liu Zhiping, attends the meeting.
Nobuyuki TAMAI from JRRN

7th ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Nov. 24, 2012,
Beijing, CHINA)In the morning of Nov. 24 2012, the 7th ARRN GCM
was held in the 1020 meeting room of IWHR A block,
Beijing CHINA. Former chairperson and present
counselor

of

ARRN,

Prof.

Nobuyuki

TAMAI,

president of KRRN, Dr. Bong Hee LEE, vicepresident of IWHR, Prof. Liu Zhiping and Prof. Wang

President of CRRN, Prof. Wang Chairperson of KRRN, Dr. Bong Hee
Xaiogang, hosts the meeting.
LEE

Xiaogang participated the meeting. Members fromtheInternational

hydraulicsofCooperation,

IWHR,

and

instituteof
ARRN Information
Meeting in 2012

CRRN/KRRN/JRRN

secretariats attended the meeting.

andTechnical

Committee

Activities in 2012 were reviewed in the

In two ARRN standing committees, committee

meeting. The secretariat was transferred toconsultations among committee members fromCRRN officially, and Prof. Liu Zhiping was

National RRN have been experimentally conducted

elected new chairperson of ARRN. Future

throughplans of ARRN were discussed and determined

Committee

in the meeting.

preparing ARRN bylaws and pre-discussion for the
7th

e-mail.

meetings

Governing

Committee

Two

times
were

Councilsupervised

Discussion in 7th ARRN Governing Council Meeting

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

8

held

Informationin

Meeting.

andguideline ver.2 in 2012.

of

2012

for

Technical

published

ARRN

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Transfer of Secretariat
In the 7th ARRN Governing Council Meeting held on
November 24 (Sat.) 2012, ARRN secretariat was
officially transferred from JRRN to CRRN.
JRRN had been in charge of ARRN secretariat since
its establishment for six years, and CRRN will be asecretariat of ARRN for next two years.

Transfer ceremony of ARRN secretariat

ARRN Governing Council member (as of Dec. 2012)
Chairperson of ARRN:
Prof. Zhiping Liu
Vice president, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
Adviser of ARRN:
Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai
Prof. Emeritus, The University of Tokyo JAPAN / Past President, International Association for Hydro-Environment
Engineering and Research (IAHR)
Secretary General of ARRN:
Dr. Wenxue Chen, Chief Engineer, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
CRRN(China River Restoration Network):(Secretariat organization)
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Chairperson)
Prof. Xiaogang Wang, Vice president, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Secretary General)
Dr. Baiyinbaoligao, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Information Committee)
Dr. Xiaosong Wang, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)(Technical Committee)
Dr. Jinyong Zhao & Dr. Xiangpeng Mu, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)KRRN(Korea River Restoration Network):(Secretariat organization)
Korea River Association (KRA)(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, Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)JRRN(Japan River Restoration Network):(Secretariat organization)
Japan RiverFront research Center (RFC)(Secretary General)
Dr. Junzo Sago, Japan RiverFront research Center (RFC)(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 2012
CRRN: China River Restoration Network

http://www.cnrrc.cn/

In 2012, news of major activities by CRRN andThe

the projects in which the staff of CRRN

out that in recent years

secretariat are involved are as the following:

most levees of urban

proposalpointedriver are covered with

1. Transfer CRRN secretary general

concrete boards which
induced

CRRN

finishestheinstitution

transfer

under

seriousecological environment

supervision of IWHR, and the recruitment scope

problems.

Itisincludessuggested

that

the

the

CRRN

secretariat,

technology

committee and information committee. The CRRN

government introduced

staff mainly comprises experts who are from thepolicies to instruct the reconstruction of levees withdepartments of hydraulics, water environment of

ecological materials and eco-friendly techniques.

IWHR.

4. Holding the 6th China Urban Rivers &Lakes Integrated Management Senior
Seminar

2. Participation in Workshop on
Monitoring and Assessment Method forRiver and Lake Health

From October 29-30, 2012, the CRRN hosted the
CRRN participated in Workshop on Monitoring and6th

Assessment Method for River and Lake Health on

Management

13 January, 2012. The workshop held by GWP

International Conference Center. The seminar was(China) aims to discuss the techniques on thea parallel session of ‘Water Expo China, 2012’

health assessment of river and lake.

organized

3. Proposal submission in the 11th NPC
and CPPCC

Society (CHES) with the support of Ministry of

of

the

National

SeniorChinese&Lakes

SeminarHydraulicIntegrated
atBeijingEngineering

The theme of the seminar is ‘River ecologicalprotection

reconstruction of hard-revetment of urban river’ insessionby

RiversChina.

‘Awaken the sleeping levee – proposal on ecologicalannualUrban

Water Resources (MWR) of the People's Republic ofDelegates from CRRN had submitted a proposal on

the

China

and

water

economy‘.

About

300

delegates participated the seminar. Experts from

People's

MWR and Beijing Water Authorities delivered key

Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Politicalnote speeches about mitigation of flood disaster inConsultative Conference (CPPCC) in March 2012 inurban areas and problems encountered in pilot

Beijing.

citiesofwater

eco-system

protection

andrestoration respectively. Secretary General of CRRN
presented a report on theories and methods on

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6. Supplying internship program to
JRRN student

integrated planning of urban rivers. The seminaralso set exhibition area for research institutes andenterprises to exhibit products and technologies

From September 23 to 28, a master degree

related to river & lake eco-management.

candidate from Nagoya University had visited CRRN.
On the one week tour, he was arranged to visit thehydraulic laboratory of IWHR, investigate urbanrivers of Beijing and participate in academic report.

7. Establishing guidelines for water
ecosystem protection and restoration
Sponsoredby

BureauofComprehensive

Development Ministry of Water Resources, CRRN
has undertaken the task of establishing design
guidelines for water ecosystem protection andrestoration from March, 2012 to December 2012.
The guidelines being compiled are based on someworks including summing up of relevant laws andregulations,domestic

andoverseas

technical

manuals, practical experiences from pilot projects
in China organized by MWR, and successful caseson regulation of small and mid-sized rivers in China.

8.
Modificationoftechnologicalstandard system of Ministry of Water
Resources

5. CRRN investigation of Yongding
River

CRRN is involved in the program of modification of

In September 1, 2012, twelve team members fromtechnological standard system of Ministry of Water

CRRN investigated sub-district section of Yongding

Resources, which embarks on the renewal ofRiver which was hit hard by a 61-year rainstorm

current

flood in July 21. Investigation revealed that

contemporary needs in hydraulic engineering.

man-made factors were largely to blame for the

standard

systemtosatisfy

the9. Handover of ARRN secretariat

scale of the destruction. Poor warning systems,
industrial waste aggravated the disaster. Concerns

During the preparatory stage of ARRN secretariat

have especially risen over flood diversion zone.

handover, some key affairs were discussed by twosides in terms of revision of ARRN Charter,
succeeding ARRN chairperson, bylaw relating to the
ARRN membership incl. organization structure,
bylaw relating to the ARRN secretariat duties incl.
transfer rule. Agenda on the 7th GCM and 9th ARRN
International Forum were also discussed.

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KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network

2012.5.14-15
Eco-friendly
Management Workshop

River

http://www.krrn.net/

2012.10.30-31

Domestic River Trail

KRRN’s Regional Symposium

Domestic

The Korea River Association hosted the '2012

GyeongnamChangnyeong and Daegu region from

Symposium on Environmentally Friendly River

10.31 to 31under the auspices of KRRN. The event

Management' with supporting the K-Water andattended by 25 members, with the theme of the

KICT from May 14 to 15 at the Science and'RiverTechnology Center in Seoul.

Ecological History Cultural Tours' was done. The

Main focuses of this symposium is to “Rivermembers visited Upo wetland specified by Ramsar,

management

restorationcompanies havingnew technologies in area of riverproject“ participating about 500 people fromrestoration, and Youngsan palace historic spots inofficials from local governments, professionals andthe history of the place to refocus.

relateddiscussed

afterbusinesses.
the

4

major

river

Particularly,

government's

policy

river

trail

ConstructionwascarriedTechnology

members

participants
on

river

management and its future plan followed by theexperts' presentation on plans for improvement ofenvironmental efficiency in river management andfuture plans for river management of Natural River.
It is expected that this joint symposium gives
opportunities to bring efficient investment by eachgovernment and to strengthen relationships for
conducting maintenance and purification works,
sharing information on environmentally friendly
river management policies.

Photos of “2012 Symposium on Environmentally Friendly River Management”

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JRRN: Japan River Restoration Network

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

Website, Newsletter, News-mail
JRRN renewed its website in April 2012 to enhance
information

sharinginJapan.

JRRN

websiteprovides information on topics related to riverrestoration in Japan and in other countries,
examples of restoration projects, events, books,
useful resources etc. in both Japanese and English.
In addition, JRRN published “JRRN Newsletter”
once per month, and distributed “JRRN News-mail”
once a week. (Total 12 newsletters, 51 news mail in2012).

JRRN’s Symposium on River Environment
JRRN held the “How to see and examine riverenvironment

by

local

citizens:learning

from

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

PRAGMO” on 1st December 2012 in Tokyo for JRRN
members and non members to share and exchange
theirknowledge

andexperiences

on

river

restoration.

JRRN’s Symposium in 2012

“How to see and examine river environment by local citizens: learning from PRAGMO”
1 December 2012 (Saturday):Tokyo - JAPAN

Program-

Opening: 13:30-13:40-

Lecture:Opening address (Dr. Junzo Sago, JRRN Secretary General)

13:40-15:10

Concept and application of the River Restoration Centre’s Practical Guidance to Monitoring
PRAGMO(Dr. Jenny Mant, the River Restoration Centre, UK)
River Restoration at Arakawa River, Japan(Dr. Sayuri Megumi, Arakawa River Basin Network, Japan)-

Panel Discussion: 15:25-17:00
Chair: Prof. Naoki Shirakawa(Tsukuba Univ. / ARRN technical committee)
Panelist: Dr. Jenny Mant, Dr. Sayuri Megumi,
Mr. Shouzou Yamamich, Mr. Masato Fjii-

Closing: 17:00 Closing

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JRRN’s Technical Exchange
JRRN

held

technical

exchange

with4) Participation and presentation in 1st Malaysia
National River Forum (Sep. 2012 Putrajaya)

foreignorganizations. In 2012, JRRN supported seventechnical exchange/training programs
1) Kaohsiung County mission, Taiwan (Mar., 2011)5) Participation and presentation in 15th Int.
Riversymposium (Oct. 2012 Melbourne)

2) Future Resources Institute, Korea (Mar. 2012)6) Supporting JICA grass roots technical training
program for Philippine (Nov. 2012 Tokyo)

3) Participation in 1st Philippine International River
Summit (May. 2012 Iloilo City)
7) Department of Irrigation & Drainage (DID),
Malaysia (Dec., 2012: Tokyo)

URL: http://jp.a-rr.net/jp/activity/public/

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JRRN’s Publication
JRRN compiled the results of various activities as
onlinepublication,

andpromoted

efforts

todisseminate them through the JRRN Website sothat they will be widely utilized.
Cherry Blossom and Waterscape Photo
Collection 2012

Lecture Report on 8th International Forum
Publication of a reportthatsummarizes
lecturesandquestion-and-answer
sessions held at the
ARRN’s 8th International
Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration

Publication of the “Cherry
Blossom and Waterscape
Photo
Collection”,
acompilation of photos ofwaterscapes with cherry
blossoms which were taken
and sent by JRRN members
in 2012(Japanese/English)(Japanese only)

Report on "Participation in 1st Philippine
International River Summit" & "Participationin Malaysia National River Forum"

Report on JRRN’s Seminar
Release of report thatsummarizes lectures andquestion-and-answer
sessions held at the 9th
Mini-Seminar on River
Environment
throughthe JRRN website

Publication of summary reports on international
conference in Asia.
(Japanese only)(Japanese only)

Reference Guideline for Restoration by
Eco-Compatible Approach in River Basinof Asia ver.2

Japanese edition of PRAGMO
Publication of “Japaneseeditionof
PRAGMO:
Practical
River
Restoration
Appraisal
Guidance for Monitoring
Options” supported by
the River Restoration
CentreUK(RRC),
translatedby
JRRN
members voluntary andsupervisedbyProf.
Naoki Shirakawa, ARRN
technical
committee
member.

Publication of "Reference
Guideline for Restoration
by
Eco-Compatible
Approach in River Basinof Asia ver.2"(Japanese/English )URL: http://jp.a-rr.net/jp/activity/publication/

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TRRN: Taichung River Restoration Network

http://www.trrn.tw/index.do

About TRRN
Starting in 2008, the Water Resources Planning
Institute initiated the “Taichung River Restoration
Network website (TRRN)” project and is committed
to collecting river restoration cases for this site andmanaging this platform. The site not only serves topromote river restoration awareness and related
knowledge, but also offers the opportunity to
exchange related ideas with and expose Taiwan to
the international community.
This project is scheduled to complete in five years,
and for this year, the key objectives include: 1)
promoting the site by enriching website contents
and attracting different user groups with the mobile
app developed for them to search for riverrestoration related details ; 2) encouraging relevant
river

restoration

effortsbyinviting

privateorganizations as pushers and enhancing awarenessof the public, using courses as an incentive; 3)
recruiting

passionate

environmentalists

withaspirations for river restoration as civilian reporters
to voice the efforts.

TRRN Activities in 2012
Main Issue Forum of River Community
Date: May. 30, 2012
Location:
Environmental Education Center, Taipei Water Park
Objectives:
To promote river restoration awareness andattract attention of different user groups

Photos of Main Issue Forum of River Community

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TRRN’s Contribution in 2012
Restoration Microfilm and APP (Nov. 2012)

To consolidate all river restoration information in
Taiwan and construct complete river restoration
knowledge system, the Water Resources Planning
Institute, Water Resources Agency, MOEA, R.O.C.
established the Taichung River Restoration Network(TRRN),

astheplatformforexchangeofinformation and experiences. However, as resultsfrom relevant river restoration efforts by thegovernment and private sectors are rarely know to
the public, TRRN hopes to promote them withheart-warming microfilms so that audiences cangain a deeper understanding about the riverrestoration efforts.
The first waves of the microfilms are centered on
the Erren River restoration story and the before andafter comparison will be featured. To watch this film
whenever possible, the Water Resources Planning
Institute has developed the first free APP in R.O.C.,“Restore Rivers Let’s Go”, to feature updates about
river restoration efforts. This educational andentertaining

mobile

APP

not

only

can

play

microfilms, but is also further integrated with the

Watch “Erren River Concerto” microfilm:

LBS positioning feature for users to search for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6znqogKYM&list=HL135296178
2&feature=mh_lolz

waterfront activities, water quality and aquatic
attractions of the nearby rivers and environmental
education facilities.

Download “Restore Rivers Let’s Go
APP (Android)”:17

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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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ARRN Bylaws
BYLAWS RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT PROCEDURE
OF THE ASIAN RIVER RESTORATION NETWORKA. Objectives
This bylaw intends to complement Article 5 and Article 6 of ARRN Charter.
B. Organization Structure
1. Organization of ARRN shall be as shown in the schematic below.

Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)
Governing Council

Supportcoordination

Chairperson
Representative of
National RRN

Members[ National River Restoration Network (National RRN) ]Voting member of Governing Council

RequestopinionInformation Committee

CRRN

KRRN

JRRN

n1 RRNn2 RRNn3 RRN[ Regional River Restoration Network (Regional RRN) ]Group organization

Representative of National RRN

r1 RRNr2 RRNr3 RRN

Technical Committee
Representative of National RRN[ Non River Restoration Network (Non RRN) ]Organization or Individual

Secretariat
Rotation of National RRN

Governm ent Agency

Research InstituteNGO

Public Corporation

Private Cam pany

Individual

etc.

ARRN organization structure
2. ARRN members are classified as National RRN, Regional RRN and Non RRN, those are possible toparticipate in activities specified in Article 4 of the ARRN Charter.
- National RRN is a representative of River Restoration Network in a country which is approved by theGoverning Council. Its representative shall participate in the Governing Council and be entitled tovote for discussion based on Article 7 of the ARRN charter. In addition, one representative possibly
participates as member in Information committee and Technical committee respectively.
- Regional RRN is a group organization, with more than twenty individuals or five organizations
membership respectively, approved by the Information Committee. Its representative is able toparticipate in the Governing Council with no voting right.
- Non RRN is an organization or individual member approved by the ARRN secretariat.

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C. Applying for Membership
1. Groups and individuals to join the ARRN perform the following steps in the procedure as Regional RRN
or Non RRN. The membership application procedure shall be advertised on the ARRN website.
(1) The application of Regional RRN shall be submitted to ARRN secretariat.
(2) The application of Non RRN shall be submitted to the National RRN or Regional RRN existing in the
country or region of the applicant. Where there is no National RRN or Regional RRN, the application
shall be submitted to the ARRN secretariat directly.
2. Application for Regional RRN membership shall be declared the followings.
(1) Profile of Organization- Name of Organization- Website of Organization (URL)- Name of Representative and Position- Field and Outline of Activity- Total number of members (organizations and individual respectively)(2) Contact Information- Name of Contact Person and Position- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email(3) Other matters as reference
3. Any groups or individuals applied for Non-RRN membership shall be declared the followings.
(1) Organization
1) Profile of Organization- Name of Organization- Name of Representative and Position- Field and Outline of Activity2) Contact Information- Name of Contact Person and Position- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email
3) Other matters as reference(2) Individual- Name and Title- Organization (if any)
- Field of activity- Address- Telephone, Fax and Email- Other matters as reference
D. Judging and Approval on Membership
1. Receiving the application for Regional RRN, ARRN secretariat shall promptly report to the Information
Committee. Judging shall be conducted in the Information Committee within one month after receiving
membership applications of the Regional RRN to determine whether Regional RRN or Non RRN. ARRN
secretariat shall respond to the applicant the results.
2. After receiving the application for Non RRN, ARRN secretariat will respond promptly to the applicant theresults.
3. Transition from the Regional RRN to National RRN will be determined by the discussion in the Governing
Council, if Regional RRN gave application to the Governing Council through the Secretariat.

Memorandum:
This bylaw is prepared by the ARRN Information Committee.
- Enacted by the ARRN Governing Council Meeting (email), 13 September, 201221

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BYLAWS RELATING TO THE SECRETARIAT
OF THE ASIAN RIVER RESTORATION NETWORKA. Objectives
This Bylaw declares the implementation and transfer of the Asian River Restoration Network secretariat.
B.

Term of OfficeTerm of office of the secretariat is two years. Two year period shall commence on the day of the ARRN
Governing Council meeting.
C.

Election of Succeeding Secretariat

The election and appointment of the succeeding secretariat shall be governed by the ARRN Governing
Council meeting one year before the secretariat is changed in terms of keeping organizational continuity.
D. Allotment of Secretariat Member
1.

Secretary General・ Generalization of the secretariat
・ Call of the Governing Council meeting・ Submission of an action plan and other matters for decision to the Governing Council
・ Public relations with the other organizations
2. Secretariat
・ Assistance of the secretary general・ Implementation of division of duties of the secretariat establishing separately
E.

Division of Duties of the Secretariat

The division of duties of the secretariat is as follows. Other national RRN secretariats can share somesecretariat duties for smooth management when necessary based on discussion between eachsecretariat.
1.

Management

・ Charge of ARRN membership list
・ Charge of ARRN charter, bylaws, action plans, Successive Governing Council member list
・ Charge of minutes of ARRN Governing Council meeting and other official meeting・ Information sharing with all national RRN secretariats regarding the following public relations
activities.
2.

Meeting and Event Preparations

・ Preparation for the Governing Council
・ Preparation for the ARRN forum
・ Assistance for the Information Committee
・ Assistance for the Technical Committee
・ Preparation for other events sponsored3.

Public Relations

・ Procedure to membership subscribe/unsubscribe
・ Correspondence to non-member/general public
・ Announcement and reporting to stakeholder about sponsorship event
・ Website operation
・ Newsletter publication
・ Annual report publication
・ Cooperation with other organizations

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4. General Affairs
・ Arrangement and charge of reports/documents on secretariat work
・ Arrangement and charge of ARRN publications
・ Arrangement and charge of report on revenue and expenditure
F.

Transfer of the Secretariat

After the succeeding secretariat is elected, smooth and prompt transfer from the existing secretariat tothe next secretariat shall be accomplished within one year as follows:
1. With the transfer of the secretariat, new division of duties will be determined by consultation
between the succeeding secretariat and other national RRN secretariats.
2. Transfer of necessary documents and electric files for secretariat work described in the article E“Division of Duties of the Secretariat”.
3. Report on the transfer of the new secretariat
・ Report to the Governing Council
・ Report to the ARRN member
・ Report to the associated organizations
G.

Funding for Secretariat

Funding for the activities of the secretariat shall be provided by the National RRN which takes charge ofthe secretariat in accordance with the Article 11 of the ARRN Charter. However, responsibility for expense
is decided by all RRN’s discussion if necessary.

Memorandum:
This bylaw is prepared by the ARRN Information Committee.
- Enacted by the ARRN Governing Council Meeting (email), 13 September, 201223

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How to become an ARRN member
Joining the ARRN is Free!
To become member of ARRN, please read the(3) Members positively join for ARRN events such as

following instruction, and send a membershipinternational forum and the workshop by each RRN

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

sponsoring. Also, every member can hold original
workshop by receiving the backup of ARRN or RRN.

Membership Category(4) Members cooperate positively when the specialist's

There are three membership categories. Please refer totechnical advice is required or the advanced casepage-3 in this report in detail.

investigation committee is sent to another region.

(1) National River Restoration Network (National RRN)

(5) Members share the information sent by ARRN with

(2) Regional River Restoration Network (Regional RRN)

related persons in your organization.

(3) Non River Restoration Network (Non RRN)

Applying for Membership

Membership Benefits

Groups and individuals to join the ARRN perform the(1) Easy obtaining of domestic and foreign information

following steps in the procedure as Regional RRN or Non

on river restoration through website, email, andRRN,

direct contact to ARRN secretariat or other ARRN

tosubmitaapplicable

the ARRN secretariat.
(2) The application of Non RRN shall be submitted to theInternational and domestic events such as

National RRN or Regional RRN existing in the country

seminar and workshops-

requested(1) The application of Regional RRN shall be submitted toLatest news, topics, projects, experiences,lessons, case studies-

aremembership application form by email.

members as following;-andor region of the applicant. Where there is no National

Standard books, technical guidelines, video

RRN or Regional RRN, the application shall be

images, etc.

submitted to the ARRN secretariat.

(2) Holding opportunity to introduce member’s

Judging and Approvalorganization and their activities to other ARRN

(1) Receiving the application for Regional RRN, ARRN

members(3) A coordinated business with various foreign countries
or organizations(4) Holding management support such as internationalsecretariat

promptly

reports

toCommittee.

Judging

will

conducted

Information

Committee

bewithintheone

Information
in

the

month

after

receiving membership applications of the Regionalseminar, workshops and establishment of regional

RRN to determine whether Regional RRN or Non RRN.

river restoration network by ARRN secretariat

ARRN secretariat responds to the applicant the results.

Possible Tasks(2) After receiving the application for Non RRN, ARRN

(1) Members will participate in ARRN with commitment tosecretariat responds promptly to the applicant theuse their own resources and to work effectively in

results.

partnership with other members that are(3) Transition from the Regional RRN to National RRN will

collaborating in the network. Members will support

be determined by the discussion in the Governing

the objectives of ARRN described in the charter.

Council, if Regional RRN gave application to the( http://www.a-rr.net/charter.html )Governing Council through the Secretariat.

(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

available below.

through the Web site for other members.

Membership

Application

Form

is

http://www.a-rr.net/membership/registration.html

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Asian River Restoration Network secretariat
China River Restoration Network (CRRN)

Department of Hydraulics,
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
A1 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100038, CHINA
TEL: +86-10-68781050
FAX: +86-10-68538685 E-mail: secre@a-rr.net
Website: http://www.a-rr.net/

May, 2013