Northeast Asia Economic Forumin Toyama, 2007

Session 1: Environment
Partnership toward Sustainability
Chair: Motoyuki Suzuki
Chairman of the Board, NPEC

Session 1: Environment• Professor Ryo Fujikura, Hosei Univ.
– Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development
as Common Agenda in the Northeast Asia

• Deputy Mayor Tsutomu Kasahara, Toyama– Lowering Environmental Load via Compact City Design• Professor Qian Yi, Tsinghua Univ., China– Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development inChina• Dr. Heung-Jin Choi, Ministry of Env., Korea– Building Partnership for Environmental Protection inNortheast Asia• Comments•– Mr. Hiroshi Sono, Hokuriku Electricpower Co.
– Ambassador Ganbold Baanjav, Mongol
Discussion, Preparation of Conclusion

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Session 1: Environment• Professor Ryo Fujikura, Hosei Univ.
– Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development
as Common Agenda in the Northeast Asia

• Deputy Mayor Tsutomu Kasahara, Toyama– Lowering Environmental Load via Compact City Design• Professor Qian Yi, Tsinghua Univ., China– Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development inChina• Dr. Heung-Jin Choi, Ministry of Env., Korea– Building Partnership for Environmental Protection in
Northeast Asia

• Comments•– Mr. Hiroshi Sono, Hokuriku Electricpower Co.
– Ambassador Ganbold Baanjav, Mongol
Discussion, Preparation of Conclusion

Conclusion (draft)-1• Recent economic development in Asia
– Rapid growths in anthropogenic activities– Compressed pattern development with various
loads to environment/ecosystem• Common agenda– Conservation of global environment and resolving
regional environmental problems should beconsidered as a common agenda among
Northeast countries.
– Achievement of sustainable societies throughlow-carbon, material-cycle-oriented society inharmony with natural ecosystem

Conclusion (draft)-2• Importance of cooperation among member countries in
the area of:– Solving current problem such as:•• Desertification/land
Desertification/land degradation,
degradation, dust
dust stormstorm•• Integrated
Integrated management
management ofof populated
populated cities
cities•• Sustainable
Sustainable production
production andand consumption
consumption•• Trans-bordermaterialtransport
Trans-border material transport•• Conservation/improvement
Conservation/improvement ofof regional
regional ecosystemecosystem toto sustain
sustainecosystem
ecosystem services,services,– Human and Institutional Development in the area of:•• Environmental
Environmental information
information gathering
gathering andand sharing，
sharing，•• Empowerment
Empowerment ofof environmental
environmental governance,
governance, Capacity
Capacity
development
development andand training
training•• Strengthening
Strengthening existing
existing international
international cooperationcooperation mechanisms
mechanisms•• Establishment
Establishment ofof financial
financial mechanisms
mechanisms toto solving
solving common
common agenda
agenda– Technological development and exchange through a framework
co-shared by industry, academia and government.

• Responsibility of the current generation for the future
generations:– Preventive measures to avoid unnecessary future expenditures

Final Remarks• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teachhim how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
(Laozi)• If we learn how to fish, we may ･･････

OVERFISH!
• For a sustainable use of fish resources,
understanding and management is needed for thewhole ecosystem.
• Appropriate fishing methods vary from place toplace. In most cases, traditional knowledge andwisdom should be venerated and highly exploited.

suzuki@hq.unu.edu