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Eighth Regional 3R Forum

April 17 , 2018 2413 days 964 0
  • The Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
  • The theme of this edition of forum was “Achieving Clean Water, Clean Land and Clean Air through 3R and Resource Efficiency– A 21st Century Vision for Asia-Pacific Communities”.
  • It was co-organized by Ministry of Housing and Affairs, Japan’s Environment Ministry, and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD).
  • Government of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Municipal Corporation and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wereOrganizing State Partner, City Partner and Industry Partner of the event.
  • The Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific was launched in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan with objective of integrating 3Rs– reduce, reuse and recycle in policy, planning and development.

United Nations Centre for Regional Development

  • UNCRD was founded in 1971 as instrument to help achieve the strategy for Second United Nations Development Decade.
  • It was created by agreement between Government of Japan and UN. Its operations are supported by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA).

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