Japan Environment Quarterly (JEQ)

Volume 1 / March 2013

Table of Contents

• Message from Minister of the Environment, Japan
• Agreement on the "Minamata Convention on Mercury"
• Establishment of the National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan 2012-2020 to Realize an Enriching Society in Harmony with Nature
• Public release of carbon dioxide flux estimates based on observational data by the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite "IBUKI" (GOSAT)
• The 1st Annual Meeting of the Low Carbon Asia Research Network (LoCARNet)
• Enhancing the Activities of the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia
• Introduction of Tax for Climate Change Mitigation
• Website of Japan's Waste Management and Recycling Technologies and Businesses