TheThe 7th
7th AIMAIM International
International WorkshopWorkshop
1515--17
17 MarchMarch 2002
2002,, Ohyama
Ohyama Memorial
Memorial HallNationalNational Institute
Institute forfor Environmental
Environmental Studies,Studies, Tsukuba,Tsukuba, JapanJapan

Design of Environmental Innovation
Strategies (1st Draft)
AIM Project Team

Objectives
to incorporate innovations into thefundamental policies for Asia Pacific countries
covering the fields of economy/industry,science/technology, national land utilization,social infrastructure improvement, andinternational cooperation among other areas

Scope(1) While giving some considerations to the global scale issues,
the strategies will focus on the individual countries of, and thewhole of the Asia-Pacific region instead of the issues to beaddressed by local governments, private companies, and homes.
(2) For the time being, the strategies will focus on global
environmental issues including global warming. Subsequently,
they will also cover the domestic environmental issues thatshould be considered connected with global scale issues, anddomestic environmental issues in developing countries.
(3) The strategies can be positioned as fundamental issues for theAsia-Pacific region aimed at the 21st century. These strategies
have never been focused upon as environmental measures todate.

A: Activation of New Environmental
Markets= Introduction of new vitality throughmarkets and changes to economic systems

B: Research and Development of New
Environmental Technologies= Fund and brain investment in the newtechnology paradigm

C: Introduction of National Land
Conservation Strategies= More efficient national landconservation and globalization of national
land policies

D:DevelopmentofNew
Environmental Infrastructures= Development of new infrastructures for shift
to environment-friendly social systems

E:Establishment
ofanew
international cooperation system= Establishment of an Asia-Pacificenvironmental community andenhancement of international cooperation
in innovation

A1: Development of Environmental Industries
A2: Shift to Sustainable Consumption
A3: Creation of Environmental Financial Markets
A4: Greening of Markets
B1: Assistance for the Development and Popularizationof Zero emissions technologies
B2: Assistance for the Development and Popularizationof Resource/Energy Saving Technologies
B3: Assistance for the Development and Popularizationof Environment-friendly Information Technologies
B4: Assistance for the Development and Popularizationof Environment-friendly BiotechnologyB5: Assistance for the Development and Popularizationof Environment-preserving Nanotechnology
C1: Comprehensive Control of Ecosystems
C2: New Investments in Agriculture, Forestry, andFisheries
C3: Development of New Combined Transportation
Systems
C4: Compact cities and decentralization
D1: Development of Cross-enterprise Infrastructures
D2: Development of Cross-area Infrastructures
D3: Development of Cross-country Infrastructures
E1: Crystallization of Asia-Pacific Environmental
Community Concept
E2: Implementation of International Joint Promotion
Project for Environmental Innovation Strategies
E3: Promotion of International Joint Research on
Environmental Innovation Strategies

Diagram 1: Organization of Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation Strategies

Economic Growth Rate 1988-1998, [annual %]

0.15
China

0.10

LaoMaldives

India

Vietnam

0.05

Pakistan

SriLanka
Papua New Guinea
Philippines

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Nepal
Cambodia
Bangladesh

0.00

ThailandIndonesia

MyanmarBhutanKorea,Rep
Australia
NewZealand
BuruneiMongolia

Developed Countries
ASEAN
People's Republic of China
South Asia and Others
Central Asia and Mongolia
Alliance of Small Island States-0.05
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan

JapanUzbekistan
Kyrgyz Republic-0.100.01

TaiwanSamoa
Micronesia

SingaporeMalaysia

Turkmenistan

0.1
GDP per Capita 1998

1106, [10 US Dollar/Constant 1995]

Diagram 2: Draft Proposal for Grouping Asia-Pacific Countries

Strategies forDeveloping Concrete
Target Countries

Strategies for

Designing Standardized
Each Group

Strategies forDeveloping Concrete Strategies for EachCountry

Support of Strategic Database

Developing ConcreteJapan

Analyzing Effects Using Models

Designing Framework for Strategies

Designing Standardized Strategies for theAsia-Pacific Region

Diagram 3: Steps for Making the Strategies Concrete

Main Points of Discussion
z Applicability of the framework to China,India, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and othercountries in the Asia-Pacific region.
z Additional categories to be included in theframeworkz Priority of categories for each countryz Feasibility to design detailed strategies foreach countriesz Linkage between strategies and modeling