

Ninth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific
4 Mar 2019 - 6 Mar 2019
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Theme: 3R as a Way for Moving towards Sufficiency Economy - Implications for SDGs
Venue
Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand
Co-Organizers
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Thailand
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan (MoEJ)
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) of Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) / UN DESA
The Ninth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, 4-6 March, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, was co-organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Thailand the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan (MoEJ), and the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) of Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) / UN DESA under the overall theme of "3R as a way for moving towards sufficiency economy - Implications for SDGs".
Final Bangkok 3R Declaration -Issued without formal editing
Final Chair's Summary -Issued without formal editing
Related websites
Official web page of 3R Forum, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Official web page of Ninth 3R Forum, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Thailand
Media and Other Coverage
NNT- National News Bureau of Thailand
Bangkok Post
The Phuket News
BSS News
Business Recorder
SACEP
Water Online
Previous Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific
Eight Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific (April 2018, India)
Seventh Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific (November 2016, Australia)
Sixth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific (August 2015, Maldives)
Fifth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific (February 2014, Indonesia)
Fourth Regional 3R Forum in Asia (March 2013, Viet Nam)
Third Regional 3R Forum in Asia (October 2011, Singapore)
Second Regional 3R Forum in Asia (October 2010, Malaysia)
Inaugural Regional 3R Forum in Asia (November 2009, Japan)
UNCRD's activities on 3R/Waste Management
More on 3R Initiative
Photos of Ninth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, 4-6 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
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Background papers
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 (Background paper 1) : Realising the potential of 3R and resource efficiency through Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) ~ Implication for SDGs
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 (Background paper 2) : Circular economy towards sufficiency economy ~ Case of P.R. China
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 2 (Background paper 1) : Reducing plastic wastes through circular economy ~ Implications towards SDG 12 & SDG 14
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 (Background paper 2): Transboundary movement of recyclable resources: Current management system and practices in Asia-Pacific
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9th Regional 3R Forum-Plenary Session 4 (Background paper 1): Greening SMEs as the basis for moving towards circular economy and sufficiency economy
Concept Note
Country/City Report
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Bangladesh)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Bhutan)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Cambodia)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Federated States of Micronesia)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (India)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Indonesia)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Japan)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Kiribati)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Lao PDR)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Mongolia)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Myanmar)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Nepal)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Pakistan)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Palau)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Republic of Korea)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Singapore)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Sri Lanka)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Thailand)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (The Philippines)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Timor-Leste)
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report (Tuvalu)
Documents
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Booklet
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Report Guidelines
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Exhibition Manual
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Farewell Reception Card
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Forum Flyer
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9th Regional 3R Forum - General Information
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Guidelines for PPP Roundtable Dialogue
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Indore 3R Declaration
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Parallel event- The 9th Asia and the Pacific 3R Citizen Forum
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Provisional Agenda
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9th Regional 3R Forum - QR code Provisional List of Participants
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Registration form for Welcome Reception, Farewell Reception and Technical Field visit
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Technical Field Visit
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Welcome Reception-Card
Outcome Document
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Bangkok 3R Declaration-Issued-without-formal-editing
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Chair's Summary-Issued-without-formal-editing
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Final List of Participants
Presentations and Speeches
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Bangladesh
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : India
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Indonesia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Kiribati
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Samoa
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Sri Lanka
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : Thailand
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-1 (Presentation) : the Philippines
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Federated States of Micronesia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Japan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Malaysia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Mongolia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Myanmar
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Palau
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Tuvalu
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-2 (Presentation) : Vietnam
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-3 (Presentation) : Afghanistan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-3 (Presentation) : Cambodia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-3 (Presentation) : Lao PDR.
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-3 (Presentation) : Republic of Korea
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-3 (Presentation) : Tonga
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Bhutan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Maldives
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Marshall Islands
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Nepal
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Pakistan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Russian Federation
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Singapore
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Country Breakout Group-4 (Presentation) : Timor-Leste
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Keynote Address (1) (Presentation) : Natural Resources and Environmental Management through Sufficiency Economy Philosophy ~ What can we contribute towards SDGs?
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Keynote Address (2) (Presentation) : Renewable Energy in the context of Circular Economy ~ Implication towards Sufficiency Economy & SDGs
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Keynote Address (3) (Presentation) : Challenges and Good Practices for the 3R and Circular Economy in ASEAN and East Asia Region
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Keynote Address (4) (Presentation) : The Road to the Development of Circular Economy - Jieshou Model
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Parallel-Event- Second Phase of State of the 3Rs-Governmental Consultation on the “DRAFT State of Plastics Waste in Asia and the-Pacific - Issues, Challenges and Circular Economic Opportunities”
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 (Presentation 1) : Realising the potential of 3R and resource efficiency through Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) ~ Implication for SDGs
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 (Presentation 2) : Circular economy towards sufficiency economy ~ Case of P.R.China
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 (Presentation 3) : 3R policy and plans for SEP - Experiences and best practices of Thailand
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 1 : Panel Discussion Questions
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 2 (Presentation 1 ) : Reducing plastic wastes through circular economy - Implications towards SDG 12 and SDG 14
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 2 (Presentation 2) : Circular economy - The role of the plastic industry
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 2 (Presentation 3) : Plastics economy ~ Case of South Australia
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 2 : Panel Discussion Questions
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 (Presentation 1) : Need for sound material flow analysis towards sufficiency economy
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 (Presentation 2) : Transboundary movement of recyclable resources: Current management system and practices in Asia-Pacific
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 (Presentation 3) : Reuse and recycling of e-waste towards resource security and sufficiency economy
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 (Presentation 4) : Lessons from Global Materials Resources Outlook to 2060 - What do they imply in the context of Circular Economy, Sufficiency Economy and SDGs?
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 3 : Panel Discussion Questions
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 4 (Presentation 1) : Greening SMEs as the basis for moving towards circular economy and sufficiency economy
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 4 (Presentation 2) : Bio-energy technology towards circular economy ~ Case of Japan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 4 : Panel Discussion Questions
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 (A)- Leadership Dialogue 1 (Presentation 2) : Transitioning to Circular Economy through Industry 4.0
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 (A)- Leadership Dialogue 1 (Presentation 4) : Implementation of circular economy in Japan
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 (B)- Leadership Dialogue 2 (Presentation 1) : Promotion of Circular Economy - Japan's case of Sound Material Cycle Society
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 (B)- Leadership Dialogue 2 (Presentation 2) : Resource recirculation society towards circular economy ~ Case of Republic of Korea
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 (B)-Leadership Dialogue 2 (Presentation 3) : Resource efficiency towards circular economy - Case of Thailand
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Plenary Session 6 : Panel Discussion Questions
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Reporting back of Country Breakout Group-4
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Reporting back of Pre-event- 5th 3RINCs 2019
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9th Regional 3R Forum - Reporting back of Pre-event- 8th IconSWM 2018
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