Table of Contents

Feature

• 3R - Efforts towards Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

Current topics

• Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures Amended
• Japan's Revision of Fluorocarbons Legislation
• Act on Promotion of Recycling of Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment came into force
• Sanriku Fukko (reconstruction) National Park Newly Established
• Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
• A Workshop of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Held
• Green Fund Launched to Accelerate Low-Carbon Investments
• The 15th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting among Japan, China and Korea (TEMM15) Held in Kitakyushu on 5-6 May.
• Participation in the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Organization of the WEPA Technical Workshop

Activity Report

• JICA Technical Cooperation Project in China Promotion of Recycling for Municipal Solid Waste in China
• Research, Policy Advocacy, Information Dissemination and Human Resource Development towards a Fair and Sustainable Society

National Parks of Japan

• Conservation and Management Measures for the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (Mt. Fuji Area)

Voice of MOE's Staff in foreign country

• DC Greening Embassies Forum

Schedule

• Diplomatic Conference for the Minamata Convention on Mercury
• The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol(COP19/CMP9)