Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)

The Asian River Restoration Network was established in Nov. 2006 to support the exchange of information relating to environmental restoration of rivers and watersheds. JRRN has a role of ARRN secretariat currently.

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Contact us (Secretariat)


Lofty Chuoh Bldg., 7th Flr.

17-24, Shinkawa 1cho-me, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0033, JAPAN

Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration
Tel: +81-3-6228-3860
Fax: +81-3-3523-0640
E-mail:info@a-rr.net

INFORMATION from ARRN

< INFORMATION from ARRN Category: ARRN PR Activity >

4th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (27 June 2007)

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Introduction of ARRN Activities

In late July 2007, ARRN presented a speech on its efforts on the international network concerning river restoration in a technical session called "Ecology, Environment and Engineering" at the "4th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region" held in Taipei, Taiwan.

River Restoration mini-forum at Feng-Chia Univ. Taichung, TAIWAN (26 June 2007)

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On the 26th June 2007, the "Mini-forum on International Experience Sharing on the Applications of River Restoration Techniques" (hosted by the Disaster Prevention Research Centre, Feng Chia University) was held at Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan, where engineers from Taiwan, Korea (Dr. Woo, KICT) and Japan reported the recent status of river restoration in their countries. On this occasion, ARRN secretariat presented a speech titled "Establishing an International Network on River Restoration" and conducted PR activities.

Korea Water Resources Association 2007 Annual Conference (17 May 2007)

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Annual Conference

On the 17th May 2007, the "Korea Water Resources Association 2007 Annual Conference" was held in Pyeongchang, Korea. At this conference, which attracted many researchers specialised in the field of water resources not only from Korea but also Japan, China and New Zealand, ARRN secretariat introduced ARRN as an international network concerning river restoration.
We also had an inspection of river restoration sites in and near Seoul and observed civil activities in the areas of the Cheongyechen running through the centre of Seoul as well as the Yangajecheon, where the first river restoration project in Korea was implemented.

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