Symposium & Study Meeting

2003 International Environmental Symposium in the Northeast Asia Region ● Purpose The purpose of the symposium is to promote comprehensive cooperation among local governments in the Northeast Asia Region with regard to information exchange on environmental protection measures and environmental cooperation, with the participation of environmental officials of the region. ● Outline of the symposium �@ Date: November 4 to 6,2003 �A Venue: Khabarovsk city, Russia �B Sponsors: Promotion Conference for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Northeast Asia Region and Khabarovsk Territorial Government �C Participants: about 100 environmental officials of central/local governments Russia: Russian Federal Government and 6 local governments including Khabarovsk Terittory China: Heilongjiang Province Korea: Chungcheongnam-do Province and Gangwon Province Mongolia: Tuv Province ● Schedule & Agenda of the symposium �@ Observation [November 4] Khabarovsk sewage treatment plant �A Symosium [November５] �@ Opening speeches ・ Zrajevsky S. A., Vice-chairman of the Government on Industry, Transport and Telecommunication, Khabarovsk Territory ・ Kenji Fukunaga, Chairman of Promotion Conference for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Northeast Asia Region �A Keynote speeches ・ Pocherevin G. E., Minister of Natural Resources of Khabarovsk Territory ・ Shogo Murakami, leader of Watershed Environment Management Project, National Institute for Environmental Studies �B Case reports (Japan, Korea, Mongolia, China, Russia ) �C Comprehensive discussion �B Exchange Meeting of environmental techniques on survey and analysis of water quality [November6] �@ Case reports on the Amur Khabarovsk Territory, Jewish Autonomous Region and Chita Region �A Question & answer session �B Adoption of appeal 2003 Meeting of the Research and Study Commission on Application of Bio-assay for Marine Environmental Monitoring ● Purpose of Meeting The 2003 meeting of the Research and Study Commission was held with the aim of collating information and exchanging opinions on application examples and the recent trend of research and development on bio-assay for marine environmental monitoring. ● Venue and Date of the meeting Date: November 25, 2003 Venue: Tokyo, Japan ● Contents of the meeting �@ Reports �@ Professor Tanabe introduced "The workshop on Monitoring Methods Suitable for Developing Countries on Persistent Organic Pollutants" which would be held at Tsukuba city in December. �A Associate Professor Oshima explained newly-developed protein combining organic tin and agents decomposing organic tin. �B Professor emeritus Kobayashi pointed out the possibility of zinc causing irregular generation of sea urchins. �C Professor Maruyama reported on the possibility of sewage treatment water affecting nori and other seaweeds. �D Professor Nakamura introduced the findings of the biological survey using mussels on environmental pollution in Toyama Bay. �E Professor Koyama made a report of the research on the effect of estrogen (environmental hormone) on brackish water cyprinodonts. �F Professor Kusui introduced his research on monitoring using mussels as biomarkers �A Proposal It was proposed that the activity should be shifted from information exchange to research after the discussion on future course of Bioassay. 〔Members of the commission〕 Dr. Takashi Kusui, Professor of Department of Environmental Technology, Toyama Prefectural University Dr. Yuji Oshiama, Associate Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University Dr. Naomasa Kobayashi, Professor Emeritus of Doshisha University Dr. Jiro Koyama, Professor of Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University Dr. Shinsuke Tanabe, Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Center for the marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University Dr. Shogo Nakamura, Associate Professor of Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toyama Univercity Dr. Toshio Murakami, ProfessorDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Miyazaki University

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