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The World Resources Forum (WRF) is a non-profit organisation for sharing knowledge about the economic, political, social and environmental implications of global resource use. WRF promotes resource productivity among researchers, policymakers, business, NGOs and the public. The WRF Conference is a series of conferences on global resources issues, formerly known as R-conferences (Recycling, Reducing, Re-using), organised since 1993. The WRF provides information about natural resources, trends and limitations in use and production, and serves as a platform on which to discuss their economic and political implications. The WRF is directed at academics, politicians, research-oriented practitioners, entrepreneurs, consultants and other professionals in the areas of sustainable development. ==About== The WRF brings the issues of global resource consumption and resource productivity higher on the agenda of policymakers and business leaders. Aspects covered by the WRF include the scarcity and security of supply as well as the price risks of key resources. The issues of pollution and energy use over the life-cycle of certain resources but also their social impact – in particular in developing countries – are topics examined by the WRF as well. The WRF is set up as an association, with a General Assembly and Board. The WRF Secretariat, based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is responsible for the coordination and organisation of the following activities: * Flagship activity is the organisation of the annual WRF Conference, which usually takes place in the fall and brings together science, research, policymakers and industry. The programme usually includes a series of high-level keynotes, parallel sessions and targeted workshops as well as special side events. Apart from the regular media reports are regularly being written by Student Reporters.〔http://www.studentreporter.org/〕 In 2011 the Conference was held in Davos, Switzerland, and had over 400 participants from more than 40 countries. In 2012 it was held in Beijing from October 21–23, 2012, and attracted over 700 participants from 50 countries. WRF 2013 was held in Davos, Switzerland, from 7–9 October 2013, attracting over 400 participants from 53 countries. WRF 2014 was held in Arequipa, Peru, 19–22 October 2014, and attracted over 1,000 participants from 40 countries. WRF Asia-Pacific 2015 was held in Sydney, Australia, June 1–3, 2015, and attracted some 300 participants. WRF 2015 was held in Davos, Switzerland, October 11–14, 2015, with over 600 participants coming from 108 countries. * Awareness raising about global resource issues is achieved through the conferences and by the dissemination of their results. These are voiced in other fora such as the Rio+20 Earth Summit and publications. The Association also uses social media to engage the larger public. * As an inter-link between research, industry and policymaking, the WRF emphasises the facilitation of networking in order to optimise the transfer of knowledge between the different stakeholders. For that purpose, special events are organised and connections to key leaders can be established through the WRF Secretariat. * The WRF capacity building activities include, for instance, supporting the participation of scientists from developing countries and of young people (for example the youth programme of the 2011 WRF Conference) and Kids and yWRF program of WRF 2013 () Founding members are the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)〔http://www.bafu.admin.ch,〕 the Swiss interdisciplinary research institution and service provider for materials science and technology (Empa)〔http://www.empa.ch,〕 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Resource Panel,〔http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/〕 Hewlett-Packard (HP),〔http://www.hp.com,〕 and the city of St. Gallen.〔St. Gallen〕 Other members include the German Federal Environment Agency, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (A+).,〔http://www.akademien-schweiz.ch/en/index/Portrait.html〕 the Rhomberg Group, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), the Mercator Foundation Switzerland, the Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).〔http://www.wrforum.org/us/networks/〕 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「World Resources Forum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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