Venue: Room F (Research Bldg. No.8), Kyoto University

UNCRD organized a special session on 10 March 2014 in Kyoto, Japan at the 3R International Scientific Conference (3RINCS). The session aimed at promoting a partnership with the Regional 3R Forum in Asia the Pacific such as the 5th meeting held in Surabaya, Indonesia, on 25-27 February 2014, enabling the research community for further discussions on policy recommendations and various issues. With issues concerning plastics in coastal and marine environment in mind, participants discussed environmental policies and the present status and perspective of the future network of the environmental research in Asia Pacific region.

Presentation	Name	Affiliation/Title
Coordinators/Facilitator: Mr. CRC Mohanty, UNCRD & Dr. Shinichi Sakai, Kyoto University
Keynote Lecture: Overview and scientific evidence on plastics in coastal & marine environment	Prof. Takada	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Presentation 1: Implementing Hanoi 3R Declaration and Outcome of Surabaya 3R Forum - Needs for Scientific Cooperation	Mr. CRC Mohanty	Environment Programme Coordinator, UNCRD
Presentation 2: Network Developments of Environmental Policy and Research Community	Dr. Akio Takemoto	Director of APN Secretariat, Asia-Pacific Network for Global change Research (APN)
Presentation 3: Experiences and Lessons from 4R Project by JICA	Mr. Masayoshi Ogawa	LEAF: Learning and Ecological Activities Foundation for Children
	Dr. Misuzu Asari	Kyoto University
	Mr. Makoto Tsukiji	JICA
Presentation 4: Environmental Policy of 3Rs and Implementation of 3Rs Pilot Project by Local Authority in Sri Lanka under JICA Technical Corporation Project	Mr. Naofumi Sato	Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan
	Mr. Akira Doi	Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan
	Mr. Ken Kawamoto	Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Japan
	Mangalika Lokuliyanaga	Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage, Sri Lanka

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