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Introduction of ARRN

Co te tsContents
1) Background2) Objective3) Organization
4) Major Activities
5) Membership Benefits
6) Future Activities

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1. Backgroundac g ou d
Problems of Rivers and Waterfront Environment in Asia
Korea

JapanRiver environment was weeded outby process of leading life of people

Cambodia
Malaysia

Philippines

ChinaIntroduction of ARRN

1. Backgroundac g ou d
Problems of Rivers and Waterfront Environment in Asia
By the rapid population increase and development according to economic growth
growth...
 Water quality deterioration
 Reclamation of river Deterioration of habitat
 Disappearance of hydrophile property etc.

Activities and research on river and watershed restoration arebeing carried out throughout the world.
These activities are broad in scope, and include….
•Improvement of water quality and quantity•Improvement of urban landscaping, riverfront amenities•Restoration
esto at o oof tthe
e natural
atu a eenvironment,o e t, ecosyste
ecosystem•Urban and human relationship restoration etc.

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1. Backgroundac g ou dBackground surrounds River Restoration in Asia
River restoration is a new technology compared with flood controland water utilization.
Applicable technologies are required based on accumulated
experiences and knowledge.
Asia Monsoon region has specific characteristics.
Extensive variation of seasonal rainfall or discharge
Growth of rice cultivation on river plains
Various organisms in paddy fields
 Rapid concentration of the population into urban areas

Discussion between countries/regions in similar geologicaland meteorological condition will provide more improvedt h ltechnology
ffor richi h river
ienvironment
it restoration.
t ti

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1. Backgroundac g ou dMeasures to promote River Restoration in Asia
SSummary
off Discussion
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River restoration is of vital importance to socio-economic sustainable developmentin parallel with flood and water use management.
Basin is a basic unit for river environment management.
Establishing suitable methodological technology for river restoration that suit for
Asian monsoon region is necessary.
In Asia monsoon region, human-influence to a cultural landscape is harmonizedwith the ecosystem traditionally.
It is important to develop a database of projects and knowledge of international
experts in river restoration, and this activity should be supported by engineers,scientists, ecologists, managers and public.
It is urgent
rgent to establish a ririverer restoration guidelineg ideline ssuitableitable for the Asian monsoon
region for countries with similar social and natural conditions.

Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)

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1. Backgroundac g ou d
Establishment of ARRN (9 November, 2006)

Dr. H．S．Woo (Korea）, Dr. W．K．Liao（China）, Dr．Takemura （Japan）

3rd International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration (Tokyo)

ARRN Establishment Ceremony and “International Forum on Waterfront
and Watershed Restoration” was held in Tokyo,y , JAPAN. ((Nov. 2006))

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2.Objective
Object e
ARRN is an international non-political network for exchanging knowledge andtechnological information on the restoration of rivers and watersheds in Asia. One of theobjecti es is to proobjectives
provideide various
ario s opport
opportunities
nities and venues
en es for ri
river
er restoration relatedorganizations and individuals to share and exchange knowledge and experiences related
to the restoration of rivers and watersheds through the network, aiming to enrich theparticipants’ppknowledgeg and scientific technology
gy throughg mutual and multilateralcooperation.

(1) ARRN develops a network for exchanging practices, knowledge
technical information and experiences on the restoration of rivers andwatersheds in Asia for engineers, scientists, ecologists, managers andpublic through ARRN website and events.
(2) ARRN enriches the participants’ knowledge and scientific technology
ththroughh establishingt bli hi a reference
fguideline
id li on riveriandd watershedth drestoration suitable for the Asian monsoon region for countries withsimilar social and natural conditions.

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3 O ga at o3.Organization
Organization Structure
KRRN: Korea River Restoration Network
http://www.krrn.net/[Secretariat] Korea River Association (KRA)
http://www riverlove or kr/
http://www.riverlove.or.kr/

CRRN: China River Restoration Networkhttp://www.cnrrc.cn/[[Secretariat]] Institute of Water Resourcesand Hydropower Research (IWHR)
http://www.iwhr.com/english.asp

JRRN: Japanp River Restoration Network
http://www.a-rr.net/jp/[Secretariat] Foundation for Riverfront
Improvement and Restoration (RFC)
http://www.rfc.or.jp/english/

ARRN is organized with cooperation of national networks "River Restoration Network(RRN)“ in each participating countries/regions,(RRN)
countries/regions Non-RRN
Non RRN members and secretariat
secretariat.

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4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es
Outline of ARRN Activities

1) Website2) Newsletter and News-mail3) International Forum and Regional Workshop
4) Preparing Guideline for River Restoration

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4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es
1) ARRN Website and RRN website

CRRN website(http://www.cnrrc.cn/)

ARRN website(http://www.a-rr.net/)

KRRN website(under construction)

JRRN website(http://www.a-rr.net/jp/en/ )Introduction of ARRN

4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es2) Newsletter / Newsmail etc.
ARRN aims
itto sharehiinformation
fti ththroughh ththe newsletterl tt andd news mailil withithmembers.

ARRN Newsletter

ARRN Annual Report

JRRN Newsletter

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4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es3) International Forum and Regional Workshop

The 3rd International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration (Nov.2006, Tokyo)

JRRN Workshop on Environmental flow (May.2009, Tokyo)

The 5th International Forum on Waterfront andWatershed Restoration (Nov.2008, Beijing)

ARRN / IAHR Joint Seminar on Ecohydraulics andEnvironmental Hydraulics (Sep.2008, Tokyo)

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4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es4) Preparing Guideline for River Restoration
About 70 existing guidelines concerning river restoration has been collected as apreparatory step for establishing our own guideline, and ARRN continues to collectprevious guidelines.
ARRN is currently preparing a system that allows access to these existing guidelines
on the website.
1st ARRN technical committee, consists representative of each RRN, was held in Sep.
2008 in Beijing to discuss preparing for a guideline of river restoration.
restoration
ARRN published “Reference Guideline for Restoration by Eco-Compatible Approachin River Basin ver.1” in March 2009 and distributed it in the 5th WWF. ARRN continues
to update the guideline for the 6th WWF.
WWFGuideline Database

ARRN Guideline ver.1 (March 2009)Introduction of ARRN

4. Major
ajo Activities
ct t es5) Technical Training

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5. Membership5
e be s p Benefits
e e tsJoining the ARRN is Free!
To become member of ARRN, please contact to secre@a-rr.net
by email.
email
Membership BenefitsEasy obtaining of domestic and foreign information on river restoration
through website, email, and direct contact to ARRN secretariat or other
ARRN members as following;
Latest news,news topics
topics, projects
projects, experiences
experiences, lessons
lessons, case studies
International and domestic events such as seminar and workshops
Standard books, technical guidelines, video images, etc.
Holding opportunity to introduce member’s organization and their activities
to other ARRN members
A coordinated business with various foreign countries or organizations
Holding management support such as international seminar, workshops andestablishment of regional river restoration network by ARRN secretariat
Member Registration URL: http://www.a-rr.net/membership/registration.html

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6. Future6
utu e Activities
ct t es
ARRN and the each-RRN aim to provide required knowledge and techniquesof river restoration as well as the opportunities to exchange
g relevant
information for all concerned people, by which to contribute to the creationand conservation of waterfront environment.
(1)Establish the platform for information sharing in order to achieve more efficient informationexchange among the ARRN members. (Improvement of the ARRN website)(2)Compile the advanced cases of river restoration in Asia for the increased information
volume and technical strength in order to contribute to the further improvement of the ARRN
members’ technical level. (Compilation of River Restoration projects and toolbox)(3)Develop a reference guideline for river restoration in Asia, while continuously collecting theavailable existing guidelines relevant to river restoration. (Development of a guideline)(4)Provide opportunities such as international forum, workshop and seminar, in which
members can interact directly with each other and exchange information. (Activeorganization of events)

Thank y
you for yyour kind attention.
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Asian River Restoration Networksecretariat

Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (RFC)
7th Floor, 1-17-24 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 104-0033
TEL: +81-3-6228-3860+81 3 6228 3860 FAX: +81-3-3523-0640+81 3 3523 0640
E-mail: secre@a-rr.net Website: http://www.a-rr.net/
Japan River Restoration Network (JRRN) has a role of ARRN Secretariat currently.
JRRN Secretariat
St i t isi operatedt d byb FoundationFd tif RiverfrontforRi
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It anddRestoration and CTI Engineering Co., Ltd. as joint study on development ofinternational information network of river environment.
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