Asian River Restoration Network

Annual Report 2007

Message from the
Chairperson of the ARRN

It has already been one year since Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN) wasestablished. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who havesupported ARRN activities including the members. On behalf of the ARRN, I am
pleased to present this "Annual Report 2007" documenting the achievements andactivities of ARRN during the past year.
ARRN was jointly established by the concerned agencies in Japan, Korea andChina with an aim to exchange knowledge and technical information on riverrestoration as well as to provide opportunities for groups and individuals to shareand exchange their knowledge and experiences in the field, which would enable
the participants to improve their knowledge and techniques through interaction.
In the past year, ARRN has promoted its role of providing and transmitting relevant
information through website and newsletter as well as on the occasions ofinternational forum, workshop and academic conference. In doing so, we havebeen committed to provide up-to-date topics by collecting necessary informationfrom a variety of media and presenting them at the earliest stage possible. We
believe that ARRN can contribute to the progress of river restoration techniques
particularly suitable for Asia by collecting substantial information such as on thenatural form and functions of rivers and the relation between rivers and cities.
We plan to continuously move ARRN activities forward with a view to enhancing
the sharing of information on river restoration techniques. For this, we would greatly
appreciate your continued understanding and support.
Chairperson of ARRN

Dr. Nobuyuki TAMAI
Professor, Kanazawa Gakuin University
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
President of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering Research (IAHR)

Table of Contents
Message from the Chairperson of the ARRN
Table of Contents
1. Outline of Asian River Restoration Network …………………………….1
1) Background of the ARRN Establishment ……………………………………….1
2) ARRN Objective …………………………………………………………………….2
3) Management Structure ……………………………………………………………34) Roles of the Secretariat and General Participants …………………………5
5) ARRN Charter ……………………………………………………………………….7
6) Advantages of joining ARRN …………………………………………………….9
2. 1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting (November 8, 2006) …………10
3. ARRN Establishment Ceremony (November 9, 2006) ……………….13
4. Major Activities ……………………………………..………………………..15
1) Summary of Activities ………………………………………………………………15
2) International Forum …………………………………………………………………16
3) Regional Workshop …………………………………………………………………19
4) Website ……………………………………………………………………………….21
5) Newsletter …………………………………………………………………………….23
6) News mail ……………………………………………………………………………..24
7) Preparing Guideline for River Restoration ………………………………………25
8) Public Relations ……………………………………………………………………..26
9) Advisory Committee / Preparatory Meeting ……………………………………31
10) Others …………………………………………………………………………………34

5. ARRN Members ……………………………………………………………….35

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1. Outline of Asian River Restoration Network
1) Background of the ARRN Establishment
The “River Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region” session on 4th World Water Form
was cosponsored by three countries of China, Japan and Korea. In the session,
panel discussion was held between the representatives of Malaysia and UNESCI-IHE
additionally to that of three countries. At the end of the discussion, following terms
were proposed as the conclusion.
・ It has been realized that river restoration is of vital importance tosocio-economic sustainable development in parallel with flood
management and water use management.
・ It is necessary to recognize that the basin as a basic unit for management,that the river environment is dynamic, and that the environment of thevarious rivers is maintained by dynamic disturbance.
・ It is necessary for the countries in Asian monsoon region to establish thesuitable methodology and technology for river restoration, considering
dense population, frequent and severe flooding, and abundant rice
paddy.
・ In Asian monsoon region human-influence to a cultural landscape isharmonized with the ecosystem traditionally. Those landscapes that havebeen modified by humans over long periods are often also important for
nature as well as culture.
・ It is important to develop a database and Asian network of projects andknowledge of international experts in river restoration. River restoration is amulti-disciplinary and multi-organizational task that should be supported byriver engineers, environmental scientists, ecologists, water managers andthe public.
・ 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.
・(Quote from “Session output” on 4th World Water Forum’s “River Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region”)

As mentioned above, the necessity of cooperating
network, data base of the river restoration and riverrestoration technical guideline suits for an Asianmonsoonregioncircumstances,

was

Asian

proposed.

River

Under

this

Restoration Network(ARRN) was established in November 2006.
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2) ARRN Objective
Besides the object of flood control and water use, primarily river which use to bebasic necessities of human life had functions such as source for agriculture, fishery,
and transportation of materials, has been formed the core of community for living
and industrial activities. However due to the economic development in basin lately,
population has been concentrated along river bank which in turn damaged thepurification ability of the river. The worsening of pollution, river environment and theloss of culture values have been the talking point lately.
Based on these background settings, predecessor European and American waysof restoring river’s original properties like ecosystem and purification ability are being
approached. Besides that, some movements also seen in Asian countries aiming torecover lost abilities and restore the environment of rivers, and social values of a riveris being improved. So it is time to have an open organization that cultivates better
techniques on environment restoration and preservation works as well as enabling
the exchange of information such as case, method, related publication andresearchers’ knowledge of restoring works especially on Asian rivers and basins
which have similar climate and topography. Therefore, “Asian River Restoration
Network (ARRN)” is to be established as an organization which basically encourage
the participation of many without any conditions so that the contribution andcollection of information can be done consequently more information can begathered as well as the community can be expanded which will contribute to thedevelopment of river restoration techniques that suits Asia’s rivers.
The objective of ARRN is to have an international organization that enables
information on all kind of field about rivers and basins to be exchanged smoothly.
The exchanging of ideas between participants through this organization aboutproblem solving and promotion of manpower trading and technology trading etc
are considered as the important functions of this organization. Therefore, besides
organizing international forum and workshop, ARRN which too enable theexchanging of information through website about restoration of rivers andwatersides in Asia as well as the rest of the world are to be created and managed.
In addition, a restoration guideline which can be applied to Asian rivers and basins
as well as can be used among participants is to be created.
In the future, the dispatch of latest information on case study and environment
restoration will be carried out through the organization of seminar and meeting onrivers and waterfront.

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3) Management structure
The management structure of ARRN is expected as followed.

River Restoration Network (RRN)
ARRN is organized with cooperation of a domestic network in each participating
countries / regions, and so called as the management secretariat on a domestic
network in those countries to be “River Restoration Network (hereafter, RRN) ”
generically. As for a domestic network, a free activity in home countries or in local
region is encouraged.

Governing Council
The operating policy of ARRN is decided by “Governing Council” that consists by
the representative of the Council in each RRN organization. The Council issummarized by the chairman approved in the Council, and resolves the activity
plan and the budget planning, etc. of the year.
The representatives of every RRN organization, circled by blue dot line meaningof a member of the assembly consist the Council.

Secretariat
The Council is administrated by the “management secretariat” resolved to the
management conference. The management secretariat accomplishes the
management conference and various ARRN activities.

General Participants
General participants are individuals or groups, who or which participate in event
such as forums and uses profit of Web site. General participants need to register
participation according to the rule that domestic RRN organization provides andassumes the generic name of the person who declares participation in ARRN.

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Structure of the ARRN

Seoul, KOREA (May 20, 2006)
Eniwa, JAPAN (Sep. 9, 2007)

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4) Roles of the Secretariat and General Participants
Management Secretariat
a. Management Conference exhibition
As a rule, the secretariat holds the governing Council once a year and also
for international forum be held by match.
An international forum, the co-sponsoring event of the RRN organizations, is aplace where information exchanged for the lecture about the policy and thelatest research for river restoration.
b. ARRN Web site management
The secretariat is responded for updates of ARRN Web site.
c. The guideline preparation
Organization for the guideline consideration is still under examined.
d. News letter distribution widely
The secretariat makes newsletter regularly based on collected information,and distributes it to the subscriber with e-mail. Publishing information on the
newsletter is made as follow.
･ Information of event such as seminar, workshop and more, that ARRN
participants hold.
･ Introduction of technological information for river restoration.
･ Additionally, introduction of all information that relates to river basin
restoration.
Cooperation of participant is needed for the dissemination.
e. Be in charge of general participants data base
The management secretariat manages ARRN and the RRN participant's list.

3rd ARRN International Forum (Nov. 9, 2006)

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Kaohsiung, TAIWAN (Jun. 25, 2007)

Beijing, CHINA (Aug. 28, 2007)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Oct. 23, 2007)

General Participantsa. Dissemination and use of Web site
The participant can freely inspect the Web site. Moreover, useful informationfor other participants can be freely sent through the Web site.
b. Participate for international forum and workshop
The participant join for ARRN events such as international forum held by
ARRN and the workshop by each RRN sponsoring.
c. Original holding of workshop
Every participant can hold original workshop by receiving the backup of
ARRN conference or RRN.
d. The specialist's technological advice and investigation team dispatch
All participants cooperate positively when the specialist's technical advice isrequired or the advanced case investigation committee is sent to anotherregion.

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5) ARRN Charter

Asian River Restoration Network

Charter

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

Objectives
ARRN is a network for exchanging knowledge and technological information on therestoration of rivers and watersheds in Asia. One of the objectives is to provide various
opportunities and venues for river restoration related organizations and individuals to shareand exchange knowledge and experiences related to the restoration of rivers andwatersheds through the network, aiming to enrich the participants’ knowledge andscientific technology through mutual and multilateral cooperation.

Categories of Activities
In order to attain the objectives stated in the preceding article, activities in the following
categories shall be carried out in relation to the restoration of rivers and watersheds:
・ Activities for technological support
・ Activities for research and development
・ Activities for publication
・ Activities for public relations

Particulars of Activities
ARRN shall carry out the following activities in relation to the restoration of rivers andwatersheds to attain the objectives defined in the Objectives.
・ Activities involving exchanging and sharing information through the newsletter to be
distributed on the web-site through internet and by e-mail.
・ To hold workshops and forums with a view to providing a venue to introduce orcompile information on the latest global waterfront conditions and case studies ofimproved waterfront environments.
・ To draw up or revise guidelines for the restoration of rivers and watersheds.
・ To conduct joint studies to be undertaken by participating countries, support theprovision of information with a view to studies.
・ To dispatch lecturers from one participating country to another and intermediate
communication with experts.
・ To translate and publish books on the restoration of rivers and watershed.
ARRN will expand the scope of activities as required.

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Eligibility for Participation
1. ARRN shall accept the applicant from any administrative institution, privateorganization, researcher, and individual as long as the participant would like toconsider the river restoration issues.
2. All participants shall register themselves with the Secretariat.

Governing Council
1. The Governing Council shall make decisions on operations such as theorganizational framework and action plan, based on this charter.
2. A Chairperson shall be appointed for the Governing Council, whose term of officeshall be 2 years.
3. The chairperson is recommended at the Governing Council, and be decided.
4. In a Governing Council, the following items to be proposed by any ARRN
participant and the Secretariat shall be deliberated:
・ Decisions on the structure of the Governing Council and the Secretariat.
・ Decisions on the execution, revision and cancellation of the Charter・ Decisions of the annual action plan and policies for actions
・ Other matters tabled by participants

Secretariat
1. The Secretariat shall hold the council meeting.
2. The Secretariat shall submit an action plan, other matters for decision to theGoverning Council.
3. A Secretary General shall be appointed for the Secretariat, whose term of officeshall be 2 years.

Funding for Activities
Funding for the activities of the Secretariat shall, in principle, be provided by theparticipants who take charge of the Secretariat. However, cooperation may be solicitedfrom other participants when necessary.

Execution, Cancellation and Revision
These rules shall come into force on November 8, 2006 and may be revised or canceled
as required through deliberations in the Governing Council.

Memorandum:
The Charter was proposed in accordance with the discussions between threeorganizations, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWRH),
Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT) and Foundation for Riverfront
Improvement and Restoration of Japan (RFC).

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6) Advantages of joining ARRN
1. Easy obtaining of domestic and foreign information.
2. Acquisition of holding information on domestic and foreign event such as
seminar and workshops.
3. Easy acquisition of each country material such as standard book, technologicalindicator book, and video image, etc.
4. Acquisition of case study information
Information in each country is able to acquire through the organizations inparticipant countries even if there is no knowledge enough for a local language.
5. Acquisition of domestic and foreign latest, technological information
It can know a local press release of the government concerning the river andthe waterside offered by the participant in each country and outline informationon the latest technology etc. from the information source such as Web sites.
6. Offering cheaper advertisement measure
By using network and Web site, international advertisement is possible in low
cost.
7. A coordinated business with various foreign countries can be assisted.
8. Holding support such as international seminar workshops

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2. 1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Nov. 8, 2006)
On the 8th November 2006, the 1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting was held inTokyo. At the meeting, approval of ARRN charter, selection of the chairperson as
well as a discussion on its logo and website operation were made, where valuable
and substantial input on the future activities of ARRN was received from theparticipants.
Participants:
Dr. Nobuyuki TAMAI(Japan), Dr. Wen Gen LIAO(China), Dr. Hyo Seop
WOO(Korea), Dr. Chang-Wan KIM(Korea), Mr. Jukka JORMOLA(Finland), Mr. Ir.
Weng Keong CHO(Malaysia), Dr. Keigo NAKAMURA(Japan) and ARRN
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1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting
AgendaDate:

Nov. 8th 2006

Time:

15:00 - 17:00 (Japan standard time)

Place: RFC meeting room A, B & C (Chiyoda-ku Tokyo)

Opening (15:00)
15:00

Opening Address

5 min

Proceedings (15:05 ~ 17:30)
15:05

Report on ARRN Organization Structure (by RFC)

20 min15:25

Approval relates for the management

20 min・Approval for ARRN agreement

・Election of the Chairman for Governing Council

・Election for Secretariat and the Secretary General

15:45

Discussion for ARRN annual action plan and policy・

3 years Term Schedule・the logo mark・

ARRN Web site・

Investigate concept and framework of guideline

16:45

Pre-discussion for the “International Forum on Waterfront

and Watershed Restoration”

60 min40 min・Report for the forum time schedule・

Brief report for the each presentation (About 5 min per each )

17:25

Additional confirmation matter

5 min

Closing (17:30)

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1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting
Minutes
1. Approved matters on administration and rules•

A framework for ARRN charter was approved and the details are to befurther discussed by email and telephone.

•

One representative is to be selected from each country and region to form
an RRN. At a governing council meeting, each RRN will possess an equal
voting right.

•

The operation of ARRN secretariat will be determined at a governing
council meeting and the chief of the secretariat will be selected among
the RRN that runs the secretariat.

2. Selection of secretariat and secretary-general as well as the chairperson of
governing council•

ARRN secretariat will be set in Japan (JRRN) within the Foundation forRiverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC) for the coming two years.
The secretary-general will be Mr. Sago who is the director of Technical
Coordination & Cooperation Division, RFC.

•

For the ARRN chairperson, the secretariat recommended Professor
Nobuyuki Tamai, which was approved.

3. Future Activities Plan•

The plan for ARRN activities is to be drawn with the target set at the 5thWorld Water Forum (Turkey).

•

A logo for ARRN and the basic procedures for its website operation wereapproved and it was also agreed that English will be the common
language when ARRN transmits information.

•

In establishing a guideline in the future, not only nature restoration but also
landscape and urban renaissance will be taken into consideration.

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3. ARRN Establishment Ceremony (Nov. 9, 2006)
On the 9th November 2006, ARRN Establishment Ceremony was held in Tokyo
simultaneously with "The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed
Restoration." These events gathered the officials concerned with river restoration
project from 5 countries including Japan, China and Korea that are the ARRN
member states, Malaysia as a neighbouring country, and Finland as arepresentative state from ECRR in Europe. At the Ceremony, it was confirmed andsigned that the Japan, China and Korea would be the 3 initial member states of
ARRN and conduct activities with a view to actively promoting informationexchange in Asia. Following this, various international networking activities related towater and rivers were introduced.

Presentation on ARRN outline

Signing Ceremony

Signing Ceremony

Presentation on ECRR outline

Presentation on IfNET

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■ARRN Establishment Ceremony (Program)
Date/Time：
Venue：
Organizer：
Co-Organizer：

November 9th 2006, Thursday 10:30 – 12:00
The Grand Arc Hanzomon FUJI HIGASHI（4F）
Asian River Restoration Network（ARRN）
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC)

10:50～11:05

Explanation of the purposes and development of the ARRN
Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration(ARRN
Secretariat)

11:05～11:15

Signing ceremony
Dr. Wen Gen Liao China Institute of Water Resources andHydropower Research（China River Restoration Network）
Dr. Hyo Seop Woo Korea Institute of Construction Technology（Korea River Restoration Network）
Dr. Koutarou Takemura Foundation for Riverfront Improvement andRestoration（Japan River Restoration Network）

11:15～12:00

Introduction of international networks related to water
Current activities of Europe’s information exchange networks and riverpolicies
Mr. Jukka Jormola, Finnish Environment InstituteRiver Restoration in INWEPF(IInternational Network for Water and Ecosystem in Paddy Fields)
Dr. Atsushi Suzuki, Rural Development Bureau, The Ministry ofAgriculture. Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
Outline of the Global Flood Alert System
Dr. Kazuo Kera, 2nd Research Department, Infrastructure
Development Institute
Outline of the activities of NARBO (Network of Asian River Basin
Organizations)
Mr. Hiroyuki Sindo, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations
Outline of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum
Ms. Taeko Yokota, Japan Water Forum

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4. Major Activities
1) Summary of Activities
Year
2006

2007

Date
Nov.8
Nov.9
Dec.18Dec.
Jan.28
Feb.6
Apr.24
May 8
May 17
Jun.1
Jun.26

Jun.27
Jul.24
Aug.1
Aug.23
Aug. 27
Aug.27-30
Sep.3
Sep.4
Sep.20
Sep.25
Sep.26
Oct.7
Oct.11
Oct.23
Nov.1
Nov.6
Nov.8
Nov.14
Nov.15
Nov.30
Dec.1

Activity
1st ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Tokyo, Japan)
The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration (Tokyo,
Japan)JRRN News mail (email) start
JRRN Newsletter 1st issue
JRRN Newsletter 2nd issue
1st Advisory committee meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities (Tokyo, Japan)
Technical tour assistance for Korea extreme-flood research mission
Meeting between ARRN secretariat and K-Water (Tokyo, Japan)
Presentation on ARRN activities (Pyeongchang , Korea)
Korea Water Resources Association 2007 Annual Conference
JRRN Newsletter 3rd issue
Presentation on ARRN activities (Feng-Chia Univ. Taiwan)
2007 Mini-forum on International experience sharing on the applications ofriver restoration techniques
Presentation on ARRN activities (Taipei, Taiwan)
The 4th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region
2nd Advisory committee meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities (Tokyo)
JRRN website renewal
Coordination meeting between ARRN secretariat and KICT for 2nd ARRN
governing council meeting (Tokyo, Japan)
Coordination meeting between ARRN secretariat and IWHR for 2nd ARRN
governing council meeting (Beijing, China)
PR activity of ARRN in China (Beijing Institute of Water, Wuhan Municipal
Water Authority, Shanghai Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project Head Office)Distribution start of PR pamphlet of JRRNJRRN Newsletter 4th issue
Meeting between ARRN secretariat and K-Water (Tokyo, Japan)
PR activity of ARRN in Malaysia, Department of Irrigation and Drainage(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
APWS Theme-C Preparatory Meeting(Bangkok, Thailand)
JRRN Newsletter 5th issue
JRRN Regional workshop on urban river restoration, Love River, Kaohsiung
Taiwan (Tokyo, Japan)
Presentation on ARRN activities (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
The 3rd Southeast Asia Water Forum, Regional workshop
JRRN Newsletter 6th issue
Technical tour assistance for Joongbu University students
JRRN News mail 50th issue release
Presentation on ARRN activities (New Delhi, India)
WFEO-General Assembly and World Congress
PR activity of ARRN in Thailand, Department of Water Resources, Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment (Bangkok, Thailand)
The 4th International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration (Tokyo,
Japan)
2nd ARRN Governing Council Meeting (Tokyo, Japan)

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2) International ForumThe 3rd International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration(November 9, 2006, Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 9th November 2006, "The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration" was held in Tokyo on the same occasion as ARRN
Establishment Ceremony.
In the general discussion of the forum, the cases of river restoration in eachparticipatory country were introduced and the topics such as the particular needsof each country concerning river restoration, the ideal way of informationexchange and interaction, the content of information to be shared as well as thesharing method, and common guideline were discussed.

Handout of 3rd International Forum

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3rd International Forum Program

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General Discussion

Opening Address(Dr. Takemura)

General Discussion

Reception

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3) Regional Workshop
Regional Workshop on Urban River Restoration, Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan(October 11, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 11th October 2007, " Regional Workshop on Urban River Restoration, Love
River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan " was held in Tokyo under the joint sponsorship of Nihon
University and JRRN(Japan River Restoration Network).
Presentations:1) The Revitalization of Love River Kaohsiung ,Taiwan
Mr. Chi-tze Chen, Former Director General of Public Works Bureau,
Kaohsiung City Government2) Urban Cultural Renovation Led by River - the Kaohsiung experience
Mr. Hong-Mo Wu, Director General of Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung
City Government

Handout of Regional Workshop

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In the regional workshop, Mr. Chi-Tze Chen, who had been working on the
improvement of water environment in Kaohsiung City for more than 30 years, gavea speech on the revitalization of Love River and closely explained its background as
well as the concrete content of the project. Then, Mr. Hong-Mo Wu, director generalof Public Works Bureau in Kaohsiung City, presented topics on the history ofKaohsiung city's development centred on the Love River and its close relation withthe citizens.
With this workshop as a start, ARRN and JRRN would like to keep close contact
with the concerned parties in Kaohsiung City and continuously exchange rich andvaluable information with them in order to accumulate lively information on riverrestoration.

Opening Address(Dr. Takemura)

Mr. Chi-tze Chen

Mr. Chi-Tze Chen and Mr. Hong-Mo Wu

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4) Website
ARRN Website
Website is the one of the most important tool for sharing and exchanging
information on river restoration among ARRN members.

ARRN Website ( http://www.a-rr.net/ )The trial version of the ARRN Website is examining operated in presence, and thecomposition is as showing in the following charts. It is current first priority to makecomplete the website of each RRN in both local language and English.

Composition of ARRN Website

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JRRN Website
JRRN aims to establish a mechanism that enables people concerned with river
and waterfront restoration to provide and exchange information of their common
interests. As a way of achieving this, we work on the enhancement of our website
content. The website is designed to promote information circulation and links
between people concerning the restoration of river and water environment and it istargeted at civic groups, administrators, private practitioners, researchers and so on.
It covers an extensive range of information such as domestic and international riverrestoration cases, local activities, technical issues, news, books, journals andrecreation.

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5) Newsletter
JRRN Newsletter
JRRN newsletter written in Japanese is delivered at the pace once a month to the
JRRN members. Newsletter is also another important and useful tool to share JRRN
activities among members. All back issues are available through JRRN website.
Please refer to the following address.
About all back issues: http://www.a-rr.net/jp/info/letter/newsletter/

JRRN newsletter (1st Issue)

JRRN newsletter (6th Issue)

ARRN Newsletter
ARRN English newsletters will be delivered after the second year. Destination
address will be made by participants who registered the mail address from the Web
site in ARRN or RRN, and newsletters will be delivered to the address.
The participant including each RRN positively does the giving information of thenewsletter, which the management secretariat makes it.
The language used of the newsletter is assumed to be English as well as the Web
site. Please wait to publication of the first issue for a while.

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6) News mail
JRRN News mail
JRRN news mail written in Japanese is delivered at the pace once or twice a week
to the JRRN members. Main contents are news topics regarding river environment
issue in Japan, information by JRRN members, and message from JRRN secretariat.
News mail is a useful tool to acquire latest movement on river environmental isseand share JRRN activities among members. All back issues are also available
through JRRN website. Please refer to the following address.
About all back issues: http://www.a-rr.net/jp/info/letter/newsmail/Subject: [Jrrn-mbr] 【JRRN ニュースメール】第 50 号
河川・流域に関する最新記事（2007 年 11 月 6 日～8 日）
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■事務局からのお知らせ■●第 4 回水辺・流域再生に関わる国際フォーラム開催のお知らせ（2007.11.30）
Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)主催「第 4 回水辺・流域再生に関わる
国際フォーラム 街づくりと河川の保全・再生」が 2007 年 11 月 30 日に全国都市会館（東京）にて開催されます。プログラムの詳細や参加申込方法は以下をご覧下さい。皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。
詳しくはこちらから→http://www.a-rr.net/jp/info/letter/information/309.html●「JRRN Newsletter No.6（2007 年 11 月）」が発行されました。
JRRN Newsletter の第六号では、先月開催しました JRRN 共催イベント「川からの都
市再生 台湾・高雄市 愛河」の結果報告や、マレーシアの河川事情に関する寄稿記事などが紹介されています。
詳しくはこちらから→http://www.a-rr.net/jp/info/letter/newsletter/323.html●「水辺のミュージアム」が発行
JRRN の事務局を務める財団法人リバーフロント整備センターより、「水辺」にかかわる
資料館 博物館を紹介した冊子「水辺のミ ージアム」が発行されました

JRRN News mail (50th issue

8 November 2007)

ARRN News mail
ARRN news mail has not been delivered yet, however, it will be also delivered to the
ARRN members after the second year. ARRN secretariat is now examining contents
and dispatch frequency.

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7) Preparing Guideline for River Restoration
The necessity for attempting the improvement of the natural restoration
technology by a common guideline to Asian region was proposed in the “River
Restoration in Asian Monsoon Region “of the 4th World Water Forum. Therefore, it isthought that the guideline's making it with ARRN, network organization aims to
improve river and basin environment in an Asian region, can make and it spread
efficiently a practicable technological guideline. For the reason, it is preferable to
make the guideline as part of the ARRN major activity.
It is preferable that “River Restoration Guideline” considers the entire basin for
the rivers and the restoration of basins in an Asian region. Therefore, ARRN proposes
to make the guideline based on following concept (content and users).

■Contents:
It is preferable to enhance the content include case introductions basedon the guideline made by “Natural restoration session” of the 3rd World
Water Forum (March, 2002). The guideline is made in English, and translated
if necessary afterwards.

■Users:
Person involved in river and basin restoration in Asian nations■System of making:It is thought that it is efficient that holding the associated session on three
countries and checking the content at the technical conference etc. at
the end after Japan, China, and Korea sequentially edit it respectively.
During the first year, we collected about 70 existing guidelines concerning riverrestoration as a preparatory step for establishing our own guideline. ARRN
secretariat is currently preparing a system that allows access to these existing
guidelines on the website and plan to hold discussions on the actual guideline
establishment from the second year onward.

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Asian River Restoration Network / Annual Report 20078) Public Relations
With a view to disseminating ARRN activities widely across Asia and to increase its
members, we conduct PR activities through river-related international conferences,academic meetings and interchange of ideas with concerned bodies.

Meeting between ARRN secretariat and K-Water(May 8, 2007/ Sep. 20, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 8th May 2007, engineers from the Korean Water Resources Corporation
visited us in Japan to hold a meeting on river restoration at the Foundation forRiverfront Improvement and Restoration where ARRN secretariat is currently located.
We presented Japan's cases of river restoration and explained the outline of ARRN
activities led mainly by Japan, China and Korea. It was a meaningful opportunity forboth of us to exchange opinions and information.

Korea Water Resources Association 2007 Annual Conference(May 17, 2007, Pyeongchang KOREA)
On the 17th May 2007, the "Korea Water
Resources

Association

2007

AnnualConference" was held in Pyeongchang,
Korea. At this conference, which attracted
many researchers specialised in the field ofwater resources not only from Korea but also
Japan,
Annual Conference

China

and

New

Zealand,we

introduced ARRN as an international network
concerning river restoration.
We also had an inspection of riverrestoration sites in and near Seoul andobserved civil activities in the areas of theCheongyechen running through the centreof Seoul as well as the Yangajecheon, where
the first river restoration project in Korea was
implemented.

Educational Program for Students

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2007 Mini-forum on International Experience Sharing on the Applications of River
Restoration Techniques (June 26, 2007, Feng-Chia Univ. Taichung TAIWAN)
On the 26th June 2007, the "Mini-forum on
International

Experience

SharingontheApplications of River Restoration Techniques"(hosted by the Disaster Prevention ResearchCentre, Feng Chia University) was held at
Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan,
where engineers from Taiwan, Korea andJapan reported the recent status of river

Speakers

restoration in their countries. On this occasion,
ARRN secretariat presented a speech titled"Establishing an International Network on River
Restoration" and conducted PR activities.

Presentation on ARRN Activities

The 4th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region(June 27, 2007, Taipei TAIWAN)
In late July 2007, ARRN presented a speech
on its efforts on the international network
concerning river restoration in a technicalsession called "Ecology, Environment andEngineering" at the "4th Civil Engineering
Conference in the Asian Region" held in
Introduction of ARRN Activities

Taipei, Taiwan.

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Beijing Institute of Water, Wuhan Municipal Water Authority, and Shanghai
Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project Head Office(August 27 -30, 2007, Beijing, Wuhan, and Shanghai, CHINA)
With an aim to learn the recent trend in riverrestoration projects in China as well as toconduct ARRN'S PR activities, we visited"Beijing Institute of Water" responsible for riverrestoration

projects

inBeijing,"WuhanMunicipal Water Authority" in Wuhan, which
also developed along the Yangtze River, and"ShanghaiSuzhouCreek

Rehabilitation

Project Head Office" responsible for riverrestoration projects for the Suzhou River in

Wuhan Municipal Water Authority

Shanghai. At each of these organizations, we
successfully gained their understanding for
ARRN activities.

Shanghai Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation
Project Head Office

Beijing Institute of Water

PR activity of ARRN in Malaysia, Department of Irrigation and Drainage(September 25, 2007, Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA)

On the 25th September 2007, we held a meeting with Dr. Keizrul Abdullah, thedirector of the Department of Irrigation and Drainage in Malaysia. We explained
ARRN activities and its future plan to the director, then discussed with him about thepotential roles of Malaysia when participating in ARRN.

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APWS Theme-C Preparatory Meeting (Sep. 26, 2007, Bangkok THAILAND)
On the 26th September 2007, Theme-C Preparation Meeting for the Asia-PacificWater Summit (to be held in December 2007 in Oita, Japan) was held in Bangkok,
Thailand. The ARRN secretariat members participated in this meeting as experts anddiscussedanddeliberated

on

river

restoration,urban

renaissanceandenvironmental flow.

The 3rd Southeast Asia Water Forum, Regional Workshop(October 23, 2007, Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA)
From the 22nd to the 27th October 2007,
the 3rd Southeast Asia Water Forum was heldin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a regional
workshoponthemonitoring

of

river

environment at this forum, we introduced
ARRN activities. Throughout the forum, we
reaffirmed

thenecessityofinformation

sharing in Asia (on best practice, case of
Introduction of ARRN Activities

failure, technique, science, human resourceetc.), while the participants expressed their
expectations for ARRN.

WFEO-General Assembly and World Congress(November 14, 2007, New Delhi INDIA)
From the 11th to the 16th November 2007, the World Federation of Engineering
Organisations(WFEO)

GeneralAssembly

and

World

Congress

on

Urban

Infrastructure in Developing Countries was held in New Delhi, India. In a TechnicalSession on Quality of Urban Life at this congress, we introduced ARRN activities.

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PR activity of ARRN in Thailand, Department of Water Resources, Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment(November 15, 2007, Bangkok THAILAND)
On the 15th November 2007, ARRN secretariat had a meeting on ARRN activities
and its international forum with Mr. Surapol Pattanee, the director of the Bureau of
Water Resources Policy and Planning, Department of Water Resources, Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment in Thailand. We introduced ARRN efforts to thedirector and discussed with him about the update status of river environment
restoration in Thailand.

PR pamphlet of JRRNJRRN distributes pamphlets about its activities at river-related events in Japan as apart of its domestic PR activities.

PR pamphlet of JRRN

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9) Advisory Committee / Preparatory Meeting
With an aim to facilitate the activities of ARRN and RRNs, we organized a meetingof advisory committee consisting of some experts in Japan. In addition, we held apreparatory meeting prior to the 2nd ARRN Governing Council Meeting and theforthcoming ARRN International Forum with KICT and IWHR, which are the contact
points of ARRN in Korea and China, respectively.

1st Advisory Committee Meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities(February 6, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)
With a view to learn experts' views on the
future operation policy of ARRN and JRRN,
we held the 1st advisory committee meetingfor ARRN/JRRN Activities titled "Information
Networking on Waterfront Environment" andgainedvaluable

opinions

from

the

representatives of various bodies including
administrative agencies, research institutions,
universities,

civicgroupsandprivatecompanies.

1st Advisory Committee Meeting

Participants:
Dr. Keigo Nakamura (River Restoration Team at the Public Works ResearchInstitute), Mr. Tetsumi NAKAMURA (Japan Civil Engineering Consultants
Association), Mitsuyuki IKEDA(Asahikawa Basin Network) and ARRN secretariat

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2nd Advisory Committee Meeting for ARRN/JRRN Activities(July 24, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)

In this 2nd advisory committee meeting,
we reviewed the international activities oftheFoundation

forRiverfront

Improvement as ARRN secretariat up todate and also gained diverse opinions on
the expected future efforts concerninginternational

networking

on

river

environment from the representatives of
2nd Advisory Committee Meeting

administrative

agencies,

research

institutions, universities, civic groups andprivate companies.

Participants:
Dr. Nobuyuki TAMAI (Kanazawa Gakuin University), Dr. Katsuhide YOSHIKAWA(Nihon University), Dr. Naoki SHIRAKAWA (Tsukuba University), Dr. Akiko SEINO(Tokyo University), Dr. Keigo Nakamura (River Restoration Team at the Public
Works Research Institute), Mr. Tetsumi NAKAMURA (Japan Civil Engineering
Consultants Association), Mitsuyuki IKEDA(Asahikawa Basin Network), Dr.
Koutaro TAKEMURA (RFC) and ARRN secretariat

Coordination Meeting between ARRN Secretariat and KICT for 2nd ARRN
governing council meeting (August 23, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 23rd August 2007, we held a coordination meeting on the ARRN operation
between the RFC (Foundation for Riverfront Improvement), which is the current
ARRN secretariat, and the KICT (Korean Institute of Construction Technology), thecontact point of ARRN in Korea. We discussed about the forthcoming ARRN
International Forum as well as the ARRN Governing Council Meeting among Japan,
China and Korea, while exchanging Information on organizations and groups
concerned with the enlargement of river restoration network in Korea.

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Coordination Meeting between ARRN Secretariat and IWHR for 2nd ARRN
governing council meeting (August 27, 2007, Beijing CHINA)On the 27th August 2007, we held acoordination meeting on the ARRN
operation

between(Foundation

the

for

RFC

Riverfront

Improvement), which is the current
ARRN secretariat, and the "China
InstituteofHydropower
contact

Water

Resources

Research",

point

in

the

China.

A

and
ARRN
large

number of representatives from the
China Institute of Water Resources andMeeting between ARRN and IWHR

Hydropower Research concerned withwater

environment

research

participated in the meeting, and we
exchanged opinions on the expected
networking in the future.

Meeting between ARRN and IWHR

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Asian River Restoration Network / Annual Report 200710)Others
As a part of ARRN activities, we support river-related technical tour for the visitorsfrom overseas. In the future, we plan to actively develop river-related physicalsupport in addition to the information provision.

Technical Tour Assistance for Korea Extreme-flood Research Mission(April 24, 2007,

Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 24th April 2007, the Korea
Extreme-flood

Research

Mission(consisting of university and research
institutestaff)

visitedJapan.

ARRN

secretariat coordinated and assisted
their technical tour with the cooperationof the River Department, Bureau ofConstruction,

Tokyo

Metropolitan

Government. The mission visited the river
Sumida River (Tokyo)

restoration sites under the jurisdiction of
the Bureau including the Sumida Riverand the Old Naka River, and we held adiscussion on river restoration.

Technical tour assistance for Joongbu University students(November 6, 2007, Tokyo JAPAN)
On the 6th November 2007, a student
group

in

the

Department

of

Civil

Engineering at Joongbu University in Korea
visited Japan and we assisted a technical
tour

by

guidingthemthroughtheriver-related facilities in and around Tokyo.
In addition, we introduced the outline of
ARRN activities to them.
Underground Discharge Channel

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5. ARRN Members
1) ARRN Members
Currently, the following organizations are official member of ARRN, and they have arole of secretariat in each River Restoration Network (RRN):CRRN (China River Restoration Network):z China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWRH)
http://www.iwhr.com/english.asp

KRRN (Korea River Restoration Network):z Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)
http://www.kict.re.kr/eng/index.asp

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

z Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration of Japan (RFC)
http://www.rfc.or.jp/english/top.htm

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2) JRRN Members

250

New members of the month
Exsisting members

Number

200

150

100

50

0
'06/11 '06/12

'07/1

'07/2

'07/3

'07/4

'07/5

'07/6

'07/7

'07/8

'07/9

'07/10 '07/11

Year/Month

Enrollment change of the member (as of November 15, 2007)

Government
Nonprofit Foundation
ScholarPrivate Company
NPO
Others

5.5%
6.4%

10.1%
11.9%
8.7%

57.3%

Constitution of the JRRN member (as of November 15, 2007)

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Asian River Restoration Network Secretariat
Technical Coordination & Cooperation Division
Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC)
Ichbancho FS Bldg. 3rd Floor, 8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN,
102-0082
TEL: +81-3-3265-7121 FAX: +81-3-3265-7456
E-mail: info@a-rr.net
Website: http://www.a-rr.net/

Japan River Restoration Network (JRRN) has a role of ARRN Secretariat
for first 2-year. JRRN Secretariat is managed by Foundation for Riverfront
Improvement and Restoration of JAPAN (RFC).
http://www.a-rr.net/jp/

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