Seventh Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific

2016/11/02 to 2016/11/04

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Dates: 2-4 November 2016

Place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Theme: Advancing 3R and Resource Efficiency for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Organizers
Australian Government Office of Green Industries SA on behalf of the Government of South Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)

The 7th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, 2-4 November 2016, Adelaide, SA, Australia, was co-organized by the Australian Government, the Office of Green Industries South Australia on behalf of the Government of South Australia, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan (MOEJ), and the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), under the overall theme of "Advancing 3R and Resource Efficiency for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" and under the Chairmanship of Ian Hunter, Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation of the Government of South Australia.

The Forum was attended by more than 340 participants, comprising high-level government representatives (both national and local), international experts and resource persons, representatives from various United Nations and international organizations, scientific and research organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private and business sectors, and other stakeholders from forty-one countries including Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China (hereinafter, China), Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea (hereinafter, Korea), Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Niue, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, the Philippines, Qatar, the Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.