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14 November 2007, Indonesia
UNU Symposium on POPs: Global Transport, Best Environmental Practice, and Risk Perception
Sponsored by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research and Shimadzu Co.

The UNU Project, Environmental Monitoring and Governance in the Asian Coastal Hydrosphere, hosts a UNU symposium annually to disseminate the project achievements as well as the latest international

Proceeding - Entire scanned proceeding is available from here (2.6MB)
Table of contents of the symposium proceeding (145KB)
Country reports (883KB)
Prof. Roland Scholz - ETZ Zurich (861KB)
Mr. Ilham Malik - Indonesian Ministry of Environment (111KB)
Dr. Yasuyuki Shibata - Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies (97KB)
Dr. Mick Meyer - CISRO, Australia (395KB)
Dr. Sri Noegrohati - Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (62KB)

Program
Date: November 14, 2007
Title: Symposium title: POPs: Global Transport, Best Environmental Practice, and Risk Perception
Venue : Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta
Co-Chairs: Dr. Fukuya Iino and Dr. Sri Nugrahati

8:00 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:10 Opening address from Mr. Arief Yuwono, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Indonesia

9:10 - 9:20 Welcom address from the Environmental Management Center, Dra. Halimah Syafrul, Msi, - Ministry of Environment (MoE)

9:20 - 9:30 Opening address Dr. Masatoshi Morita, UNU Programme Advisor, Presentation Slides (87KB)

9:30 - 10:30 Invited Speech 1
Low risks and high public concern!? The cases of persistant organic pollutants (POPs), heavy metals, and nanotech particles
Prof. Roland Scholz, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Presentation Slides (5.2MB), Proceeding abstract ()

10:30 - 10:45 Coffe Break

10:45 - 11:15 Indonesia Government National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention, Deputy IV, Indonesian Ministry of Environment, Presentation Slides (79KB),

11:15 - 11:.45 UNU Project report 1- Indonesia
Dra. Halimah Syafrul
Director of the Environmental Management Center, SARPEDAL, Indonesia, Presentation Slides (1.7MB)

11:45 - 12:15 New POPs
Dr. Yasuyuki Shibata
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, Presentation Slides (1.2MB)

12:15-12:45 Panel Discussion moderated by Dr Sri Nuegrohati

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 Invited Speech 2
Measurement of dioxin emissions from bushfires in Australia
Dr. Mick Meyer, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, Presentation Slides (6.0MB)

15:00 - 15:30 UNU Project report 2- Republic of Korea
Dr. Sang Hee Hong
Marine Environment Risk Assessment Research Division
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), Republic of Korea, Presentation Slides (3.8MB)

15:30 - 16:00 UNU Project report 3- India
Prof. Babu Rajendran
School of Environmental Sciences
Bharathidasan University, India, Presentation Slides

16:00 - 16:30 Organochlorine dynamics in Indonesian Tropical Climate: a study in Segara Anakan Estuarine Ecosystem
Dr. Sri Noegrohati
the Gadjah Mada University- Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Presentation Slides (704KB)

16:30 - 17:00 Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Mustafa Ali Mohd

17:00 - 17:15 Closing remarks

17:15 Coffee Break

17:30 Close

 

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