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The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is an intergovernmental network that promotes policy-oriented research and capacity-building activities related to global change in the region.〔APN. “APN E-Lib | Proceedings of the 5th SPG Meeting (2000 Islamabad Pakistan).” Accessed August 12, 2013. http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1825#.UgiTRqwlGVg.〕 APN receives financial contribution from the governments of the United States, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand, with in-kind contribution from all it 22 member countries. The APN Secretariat is based in Kobe, Japan, hosted by the Hyogo Prefectural Government.〔APN. “APN Overview.” Accessed August 12, 2013. http://www.apn-gcr.org/apn-overview/.〕 == History == The history of APN dates back to the 1990 White House Conference on Science and Economics Research Related to Global Change, 17–18 April 1990, at which then US President George Bush invited countries of the world to join the United States in creating regional networks for North-South scientific cooperation at the intergovernmental level to deal with global environmental change research.〔Bush, George. “George Bush: Remarks at the Opening Session of the White House Conference on Science and Economics Research Related to Global Change,” April 17, 1990. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=18366.〕 Later in 1992, President Bush and then Prime Minister of Japan Kiichi Miyazawa signed the 1992 US-Japan Global Partnership Agreement, which, among other things, reaffirmed and strengthened Japan-US commitment to global change research.〔USDS and MFA. “1992 Tokyo Declaration on the Japan-U.S. Global Partnership and Its Action Plan,” January 9, 1992. http://www.mac.doc.gov/japan-korea/market-opening/ta920109.htm.〕 Discussions along these lines ultimately resulted in the establishment of three global change research networks: ENRICH for Europe and Africa, APN for Asia and the Pacific, and IAI for the Americas.〔Fellous, J.-L. and M. Hœpffner. “Global Change Research Networks: The Example of MEDIAS.” Advances in Space Research 17 no. 8 (January 1996): 11–16. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00654-W.〕 APN was formally launched in 1996 at its first intergovernmental meeting held at Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 1997, a competitive process was in place, open to funding applications for scientific research projects relating to global environmental change. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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