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| founded_date    = {{Start date|1996|03}}
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| location        = Kobe, Japan
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| area_served     = Asia-Pacific region
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| focus           = Global change research, capacity development
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| num_members     = 22 countries
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The '''Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research ''' (APN) is an intergovernmental network that promotes policy-oriented research and capacity-building activities related to [[global change]] in the region.<ref>APN. “APN E-Lib | Proceedings of the 5th SPG Meeting (2000 Islamabad Pakistan).” Accessed August 12, 2013. http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1825#.UgiTRqwlGVg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814125107/https://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1825#.UgiTRqwlGVg |date=2020-08-14 }}.</ref> APN receives financial contribution from the governments of the United States, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand, with in-kind contribution from all it 22 member countries. The APN Secretariat is based in [[Kobe]], Japan, hosted by the [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyogo Prefectural Government]].<ref>APN. “APN Overview.” Accessed August 12, 2013. http://www.apn-gcr.org/apn-overview/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915121815/http://www.apn-gcr.org/apn-overview/ |date=2018-09-15 }}.</ref>
== History ==
The history of APN dates back to the 1990 White House Conference on Science and Economics Research Related to Global Change, 17–18 April 1990, at which then US President [[George Bush Sr.|George Bush]] invited countries of the world to join the United States in creating regional networks for North-South scientific cooperation at the intergovernmental level to deal with global environmental change research.<ref>Bush, George. “George Bush: Remarks at the Opening Session of the White House Conference on Science and Economics Research Related to Global Change,” April 17, 1990. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=18366.</ref> Later in 1992, President Bush and then Prime Minister of Japan [[Kiichi Miyazawa]] signed the 1992 US-Japan Global Partnership Agreement, which, among other things, reaffirmed and strengthened Japan-US commitment to global change research.<ref>USDS and MFA. “1992 Tokyo Declaration on the Japan-U.S. Global Partnership and Its Action Plan,” January 9, 1992. http://www.mac.doc.gov/japan-korea/market-opening/ta920109.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215053721/http://www.mac.doc.gov/japan-korea/market-opening/ta920109.htm |date=2013-02-15 }}.</ref>
Discussions along these lines ultimately resulted in the establishment of three global change research networks: ENRICH for Europe and Africa, APN for Asia and the Pacific, and [[Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research|IAI]] for the Americas.<ref>Fellous, J.-L. and M. Hœpffner. “Global Change Research Networks: The Example of MEDIAS.” Advances in Space Research 17 no. 8 (January 1996): 11–16. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00654-W.</ref>
APN was formally launched in 1996 at its first intergovernmental meeting held at [[Chiang Mai]], Thailand. In 1997, a competitive process was in place, open to funding applications for scientific research projects relating to global environmental change.
== Membership ==
Starting from 12 countries in 1996, APN membership has grown to 22 as of April 2013. In addition to the 22 full members, institutions and individuals from a number of “approved countries” are eligible for APN funding.
=== APN member countries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Country !! APN Subregion
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| Australia || Oceania and Pacific
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| Bangladesh || South Asia
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| Bhutan|| South Asia
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| Cambodia|| South East Asia
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| China|| Temperate East Asia
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| Fiji|| Oceania and Pacific
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| India|| South Asia
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| Indonesia|| South East Asia
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| Japan|| Temperate East Asia
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| Lao People’s Democratic Republic || South East Asia
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| Malaysia|| South East Asia
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| Mongolia|| Temperate East Asia
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| Nepal|| South Asia
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| New Zealand || Oceania and Pacific
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| Pakistan || South Asia
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| Philippines || South East Asia
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| Republic of Korea || Temperate East Asia
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| Russian Federation || Temperate East Asia
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| Sri Lanka || South Asia
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| Thailand || South East Asia
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| United States of America || Oceania and Pacific
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| Viet Nam || South East Asia
|}
=== APN approved countries ===
* Maldives
* Myanmar
* Singapore
* [[Pacific Islands|Pacific Island Countries]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.apn-gcr.org Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research]
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