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Acknowledgments
The Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL) started in the
year 2008 as a fi ve-year project when it received “Strategic Funds for the Promotion
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology, Japan.” APIEL would never have been realized without this governmental fi nancial support, and we would like to express our gratitude for being given
this opportunity. APIEL thanks the two presidents of The University of Tokyo,
Hiroshi Komiyama and Junichi Hamada, who served as leaders of this project.
Our thanks and appreciation also go to the Coca-Cola Educational &
Environmental Foundation and to the Daiwa Securities Group Inc., who supported
APIEL by providing generous fi nancial aid. They enabled us to develop our activities on a larger scale, especially for strengthening the networks among the young
professionals who participated in our education programs implemented inside and
outside Japan.
APIEL enjoyed the great privilege of working with a huge number of people and
organizations who supported us in various aspects of the establishment and implementation of our education program. Words are not adequate in offering our gratitude; nevertheless, APIEL would like to sincerely thank all those who were involved
in our education programs, including those whose names are not mentioned in this
acknowledgment.
APIEL would like to thank Springer Japan, Tokyo, for giving us this wonderful
opportunity to publish our achievement in this book. We also express our appreciation to Ms. Izumi Ikeda, APIEL, for her great coordinating and editorial work.
Acknowledgments
The Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL) started in the
year 2008 as a fi ve-year project when it received “Strategic Funds for the Promotion
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology, Japan.” APIEL would never have been realized without this governmental fi nancial support, and we would like to express our gratitude for being given
this opportunity. APIEL thanks the two presidents of The University of Tokyo,
Hiroshi Komiyama and Junichi Hamada, who served as leaders of this project.
Our thanks and appreciation also go to the Coca-Cola Educational &
Environmental Foundation and to the Daiwa Securities Group Inc., who supported
APIEL by providing generous fi nancial aid. They enabled us to develop our activities on a larger scale, especially for strengthening the networks among the young
professionals who participated in our education programs implemented inside and
outside Japan.
APIEL enjoyed the great privilege of working with a huge number of people and
organizations who supported us in various aspects of the establishment and implementation of our education program. Words are not adequate in offering our gratitude; nevertheless, APIEL would like to sincerely thank all those who were involved
in our education programs, including those whose names are not mentioned in this
acknowledgment.
APIEL would like to thank Springer Japan, Tokyo, for giving us this wonderful
opportunity to publish our achievement in this book. We also express our appreciation to Ms. Izumi Ikeda, APIEL, for her great coordinating and editorial work.