In the statement, Mr. Miyazawa said that the Government of Japan would broadly expand and strengthen its environmental aid and that the volume of such assistance over the five years beginning in FY1992 would be around 900 billion yen to 1 trillion yen. The Government of Japan has made public that the total value of environmental aid given over four years from FY1992 was approximately 980 billion yen. Grant aid and loan aid have been calculated on an exchange of notes basis.
Multilateral assistance is based on contributions, etc., made to international organizations.
Natural environment conservation. Furthermore, Japan makes contributions to the environment-related funds in such international development banks as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Furthermore, the Government of Japan has placed emphasis on improving the ability of developing nations to put into practice effective measures which deal with the issues of the environment. This includes measures such as the fostering of human resources through support for the establishment and management of centers for environmental research and training in Thailand, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, Mexico and Chile. The following measures are in place to pay attention to environmental consideration to the implementation of aid.