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今週の環境関連ニュース: 6月21日−27日まとめ インドネシアでは開発に伴う自然環境への影響が懸念される一方、違法的な伐採搬出の禁止を日本・ＥＵと結ぶ方向でかたまったようです。27日にはＵＮAssociationフォーラムで水問題が取り上げられました。水問題は今後最重要視される問題の一つとして大きく扱われる一方、地球温暖化・人口増加・所有権などの問題が深く絡みまだまだ議論が必要な分野の１つです。今年3月に京都で第3回世界水フォーラムも開かれ今後の日本の水分野での活躍が期待されます。 今週もまた私の興味で恐縮ですが天然災害関連のおもしろい記事、ウェブサイトを幾つか見つけたのでホームページの方に天然災害コーナーを作らさせていただきました。天然災害管理分野では日本はどんな活動・援助を行っているんでしょうか？来週までの宿題としてすこし調べてみたいと思います。もしこの分野で詳しい方がいらっしゃいましたら私、もしくはＭＬの方へ情報提供していただけると助かります。 今週のニュース： 6月27日: Averting Natural Disasters: World Bank grants program supports youths' creativity in disaster management 6月27日: Panel Says Governance, Private Sector Key In Water Crisis 6月27日: Coalition Seeks Change In U.S. Energy-Climate Policy 6月26日: Amazon destruction speeds up 6月26日: Putin urged to ratify Kyoto pact 6月25日: African And Asian Desertification Experts Meet 6月24日: World Bank Says Indonesia's Growth Brings Pollution 6月23日: World Bank Approves $5.27M For Kazakh Drylands 6月21日: The World Bank’s Board of Directors yesterday approved US$110 million in support to the Government of Kenya 環境ネット ウェブ更新情報 環境ネット ホームページ |
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June 27,2003
Panel Says Governance, Private Sector Key In Water Crisis Averting Natural Disasters World Bank grants program supports youths' creativity in disaster management. The Consortium is taking a step towards creating a safer future by encouraging young people interested in disaster management from developing countries to think "outside the box" and come up with innovative new ideas as they develop creative risk management projects and activities. The ProVention Consortium is reaching out to these youth through a unique grants program managed by the World Bank’s Disaster Management Facility. World Bank |
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June 27,2003
Panel Says Governance, Private Sector Key In Water Crisis A panel of water experts speaking to a group convened here today for the U.N. Association of the United States of America's National Forum on the United Nations stressed the importance of good governance and the role of the private sector in tackling the global water crisis. UNWire U.N. Association of the United States of America Waterlife Foundation |
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June 27,2003
Amazon destruction speeds up New satellite information from Brazil has revealed a sharp increase in the rate of destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. Independent (UK) BBC Reuters |
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June 26,2003
Putin urged to ratify Kyoto pact Russian President Vladimir Putin is being urged to ratify the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as he opens a high-level energy conference in London. CNN |
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June 26,2003
Indonesian government sign MoU with EU and Japan to combat rampant illegal logging The Indonesian government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the European Union and Japan to combat rampant illegal logging in the country. Under the planned MOU, the European Union and the Japanese government would ban the entry of illegal logs from Indonesia into their respective countries. The European Union and Japan are among the biggest importers of timber and wood products from Indonesia. BORNEO News |
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June 25,2003
African And Asian Desertification Experts Meet Desertification experts from Africa and Asia are meeting through Friday in Cotonou, Benin, to exchange agroforestry and soil conservation techniques. UNCCD Release UNWire |
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June 24,2003
World Bank Says Indonesia's Growth Brings Pollution Rapid economic growth in Indonesia in recent years has brought "significant pollution, for which Indonesians are paying a high price in terms of human health and environmental degradation," the World Bank said today in a report on the country. The Jakarta Post.com UNWire |
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June 23,2003
World Bank Approves $5.27M For Kazakh Drylands The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a US$5.27 million Drylands Management Project for the Republic of Kazakhstan. The project will demonstrate the environmental, social and economic viability of shifting from the current unsustainable cereal-based production in dryland ecosystems to traditional livestock-based management. The World Bank Press Release |
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June 21,2003
The World Bank’s Board of Directors yesterday approved US$110 million in support to the Government of Kenya The World Bank’s Board of Directors yesterday approved US$110 million in support to the Government of Kenya through two operations. The first mentioned will provide textbooks and capacity building for primary education. The second mentioned will enhance food security and promote sustainable livelihoods through community driven development, and natural resource and drought management in the arid districts of Kenya. Of the total amount, US$ 50 million is in grant form. The World Bank Press Release |
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今週の環境関連ニュース: 6月16日−20日まとめ 今週は気候変動関連のニュースが多くあります。 モロッコでは16日より4日間持続的発展のための会議が開かれ世界、特に先進国の過剰生産・消費を的に議論が交されました。 チリでは途上国で初となる試行型グリーン・カーボンファンドが始まりました。カーボンファンドは1997年の京都会議で地球温暖化対策として始まったもので国や企業が温室効果ガスを一定の規定内に押さえる変わりに開発援助金をもらうというメカニズムを持ち今後より一層の普及期待されます。 気候変動問題ではアメリカの動向が今後の鍵を握りますが6月20日のニューヨーク・タイムズではUS Environment Protection Agency (EPA)の出す気候変動についてのリポートにかなり強引な検閲を行ったといった記事がでています。 その他気候変動とは関係ありませんが地理情報システム(GIS)関連の記事がでています。個人的な興味で恐縮ですがＧＩＳは私の専門でしてウェブサイトの方にも幾つかリンクを作らさせて頂きました。 今週のニュース： 6月20日: Bush Accused Of Censoring Climate Information 6月19日: Coalition Seeks Change In U.S. Energy-Climate Policy 6月18日: Annan Calls For Action On Desertification 6月18日: Chile Enters Greenhouse Emissions Market 6月17日: Poor mountain people - how do they live - A look through GIS lenses 6月17日: Study Finds Climate Change Threatens Plant Diversity 6月16日: Sustainable Development Meeting Opens In Morocco 環境ネット ウェブ更新情報 環境ネット ホームページ |
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June 20,2003
Bush Accused Of Censoring Climate Information U.S. President George W. Bush's administration issued demands for revisions that led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove from an upcoming report a detailed analysis of the risks posed by global warming, the New York Times reported yesterday. The administration reportedly demanded the agency emphasize what Bush calls uncertainties surrounding climate change science, leading the agency to scrap the section in question entirely. New York Times UNWire |
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June 19, 2003
Coalition Seeks Change In U.S. Energy-Climate Policy The Energy Future Coalition, an alliance involving U.S. industry and environmentalists and funded by the United Nations Foundation and the Turner Foundation, issued a report yesterday calling for major changes in U.S. energy and climate policy. Associated Press Washington Post UNWire Energy Future Coalition United Nations Foundation |
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June 18, 2003
Annan Calls For Action On Desertification U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday called for action by nations on desertification as a way to eradicate poverty and shore up food supplies. U.N. release World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
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June 18, 2003
Chile Enters Greenhouse Emissions Market With the building of a new hydropower project, Chile has become the first developing country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and therefore qualify to sell emissions credits to developed countries under a mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. World Bank Media Centre Prototype Carbon Fund |
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June 17, 2003
Poor mountain people - how do they live - A look through GIS lenses Over 700 million people in the world live in mountains - at least 300 meters above sea level and with local elevations over 300 meter. Until recently, little was known about such communities and their plight. Using a wide range of data sources and maps, the GIS Unit of FAO has produced a concrete and detailed picture of Mountain people・in different regions and countries, living at different elevations. EDC News Towards a GIS-based analysis of mountain environments and populations |
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June 17, 2003
Study Finds Climate Change Threatens Plant Diversity A research project at Stanford University has found that doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reduces plant diversity by up to 20 percent. The three-year study of grasslands and wildflowers found that when the sole environmental factor was a 100 percent increase in carbon dioxide, wildflower species declined by 20 percent and overall plant diversity fell by 8 percent. Stanford University release UNWIRE |
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June 16, 2003
Sustainable Development Meeting Opens In Morocco A four-day conference on sustainable development begins today in Marrakech, Morocco, with 100 experts from 70 countries gathering to draw up a 10-year plan for promoting sustainable consumption and production.. UNWIRE |
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今週の環境関連ニュース
今週はボンで the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)の年総会が開かれ気候変動とＭＤＧについての議論が交されました。ＭＤＧは気候変動を計算に入れてなく、気候変動の度合いによってはＭＤＧにも影響が出るものと思われます。バングラデッシュでは気温の上昇と共に海面上昇や洪水増加などの影響が出る恐れがあり、ＭＤＧ達成のためには気候変動も取り入れた政策・計画が必要になってくるのではないでしょうか。 気候変動関係では今月１７日が"The World Day of Combat Desertification" となっています。 詳しくは UNCCD その他今週のニュース： June 13, 2003:Countries Sign Convention To Conserve Lake Tanganyika June 12, 2003:Environment Ministers Sign Desertification Accord June 11, 2003:Asian Development Bank Issues Air Quality Guidelines June 10, 2003:U.N. Official Prods Russia On Signing Kyoto Protocol June 9, 2003:CLIMATE CHANGE,UNFCC |
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June 13, 2003
Countries Sign Convention To Conserve Lake Tanganyika Ministers from Tanzania, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia yesterday signed a convention on conservation and sustainable development of Lake Tanganyika. The convention is the result of five years of technical studies and expert evaluation, and charges member countries with controlling pollution, overfishing and other human activities in their territories that threaten the lake. UNWIRE |
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June 12, 2003
Environment Ministers Sign Desertification Accord Environment ministers from 30 Asian and Pacific countries yesterday signed an accord on implementing the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification and called for a global effort to fight the problem. UNCCD |
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June 11, 2003
ASIA:Asian Development Bank Issues Air Quality Guidelines Officials with the Asian Development Bank issued guidelines yesterday for improving air quality in Asia, where pollutants from vehicles and other sources cause nearly 500,000 premature deaths each year and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. UNWIRE |
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June 11, 2003
CLIMATE CHANGE:U.N. Official Prods Russia On Signing Kyoto Protocol U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Joke Waller-Hunter said yesterday during a climate conference in Bonn that Russia should end speculation about when it will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on limiting greenhouse gas emissions and declare when it will do so. UNFCC |
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June 9, 2003
CLIMATE CHANGE New Report Examines Effects On The Poor The World Bank and nine other institutions released a report yesterday at the annual meetings of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn warning that climate change could jeopardize the Millennium Development Goals of halving global poverty by 2015 UNFCC Millennium Development Goals |
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June 6, 2003
中国 中国政府高官は中国北部が５０年間最悪の黄河の水量低下によりこの夏大規模な水不足に陥るとの見方を示しました。 New York Times |
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June 6, 2003
砂漠化 先週土曜アジア各国の閣僚、専門家達がアブダビ（UAE）に集まり砂漠化問題についての会議を開きました。 UNCCD |
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June 5, 2003
東ティモール：WFP・FAO 東チィモールでは150、000人以上が収穫量減少と降水量不足による食糧不足に見回れる恐れがあるとFAOとWFPが共同声明を出しました。 UN Release |
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June 4, 2003
ナミビア：WFP ＷＦＰによる１２７トンの食料援助品がナミビアのCapriviに到着しました。ナミビアは今年大規模な洪水により12000人以上が食糧不足などの影響を受けています。 Relief Web |
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June 3, 2003
G-8 Ｇ８先進国は人道的援助・保健・環境などの分野での援助を強める新しい援助政策の導入について協議を行いました。 UN Wire |
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June 3, 2003
CLIMATE CHANGE: Report Predicts Increased Developed Country Emissions Greenhouse gas emissions by the highly industrialized countries and the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe are likely to rise 10 percent by 2010, according to a report to be presented at the two-week U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting starting tomorrow in Bonn. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
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June 2, 2003
MESOAMERICA Initiative To Be Signed In Washington Today Environmental officials from the eight Plan Puebla Panama countries will sign a memorandum of understanding at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington today to implement the Mesoamerican Sustainable Development Initiative. Inter-American Development Bank Press Release |
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June 2, 2003
中国：山峡ダム 中国・Yangtze Riverにある世界最大規模の山峡ダム（Three Gorge Dam）の入水が始まりました。山峡ダムは上海を中心とした沿岸地域に多大な経済的恩恵を与える一方、住民移住・森林破壊などの問題を抱え、環境保護ＮＧＯなどから反対の声・運動が上がっています。 Guadian Unlimited |
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June 2, 2003
ERITREA: FAO Gives Aid To Drought-Affected Farmers The Food and Agriculture Organization will provide 30,000 families in Eritrea with seeds to alleviate effects of a drought that has hit all regions of the country, including the typically fertile areas of Debub and Gash Barka. UN Wire |
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