Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006

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Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006

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This booklet, Abridged and Illustrated for Easy Understanding--Annual Report on the Environment in Japan, is a summary of the Quality of the Environment in Japan 2006 (White Paper), an annual report on the environment issued by the Government, published on May 30, 2006.

The content of this booklet was edited to reach out to a wider readership with a more readable publication. This booklet offers an overview of several subjects including “Population Decline and the Environment” and “Fifty Years of Minamata Disease, Origin of Japan’s Environmental Problems” (in Part One) as well as a digest of environmental conservation policies and measures implemented by the Government in FY 2005 (in Part Two).

The Quality of the Environment in Japan 2006 was printed by Gyosei Corporation. The Ministry of the Environment also intends to publish the Annual Report on the Environment for Children this fall, which is edited for easy understanding by primary and middle school students.

These publications are also available on the Ministry of the Environment websites:

Quality of the Environment in Japan (http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo/);

Annual Report on the Environment for Children (http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo/kodomo.html) (these two documents are available only in Japanese); and back issues of Quality of the Environment in Japan and Abridged and Illustrated for Easy Understanding-Annual Report on the Environment in Japan are available on the Ministry of the Environment website (http://www.env.go.jp/en/w-paper/index.html).

Besides the topics covered in this booklet, Quality of the Environment in Jalpan 2006 also introduces the following websites for your reference:

Toward the Realization of a Virtuous Circle for Environment and Economy in Japan (http://www.env.go.jp/policy/env_econo/index.html) (in large part, Japanese only)
Ecominister (My family’s Minister of the Environment)
(http://www.env.go.jp/policy/wagaya/index.html) (in Japanese only)
EcoFamily Website (http://www.eco-family.jp/) (in Japanese only)
Global Environment Information Centre (http://www.geic.or.jp/geic/)

Visit Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006 Download Page

Overview1: Population Decline and the Environment
Overview2: Fifty Years of Minamata Disease,Origin of Japan's Environmental Problems

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PDF format, 3.8MB, 47Pages.

The drawing on the front cover is the work of Misato Kato, who at the time was a freshman at the Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Enoshima High School. The drawing won the Minister of the Environment Award (General Category; high school and above) in the 2006 White Paper on the Environment Cover Page Illustration Contest sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and the Japan Environment Association.

Ms. Kato commented, “The poster represents a landscape where we live in harmony with the riches of the air, vegetation and water as well as animals”

Contents:
Annual Report on the Environment in FY 2005

Part One: Overview
Overview 1. Population Decline and the Environment
Introduction
Chapter 1. Environment in the Declining Population Era
Section 1. Demographic Trends and the Environment
Section 2. Uneven Regional Population Distribution and the Environment
Chapter 2. Creating a Sustainable Society Compatible with a Dwindling Population
Section 1. Opportunities for Creating a Sustainable Society
Section 2. Initiatives Started for Creating a Sustainable Society
Conclusion
Overview 2. Fifty Years of Minamata Disease, Origin of Japan’s Environmental Problems
Section 1. What is Minamata Disease?
Section 2. Emergence and Expansion of Minamata Disease
Section 3. Remedies for the Harm Caused by Minamata Disease
Section 4. Projects for Addressing Environmental Pollution
Section 5. Toward Revitalizing Local Communities and Transferring Valuable Lessons