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CHAPTER I
ASEP 2014 - China
Water – Human
August 4th – August 11th, 2014
W This year, 16 students each from the host
ater is the lifeblood of all that call our
Earth home. From the lowly university Tsing Hua University (China),
microorganisms that are the backbone of Waseda University (Japan), Korea
countless life-sustaining biogeological University (South Korea), Vietnam National
processes to the crops that feed billions, to University (Vietnam), and Universiti Malaya
the wildlife that formed out great (Malaysia) gathered in China for the annual
ecosystems, and to us humans, who are congress. ASEP 2014 was an eight-day
most often not the culprit of the event conducted from August 4th, 2014, to
destruction of the same water resources August 11th, 2014. The program saw the
that give us life. 2014 was a year that was participants exploring various
characterized by significant water crisis environmentally significant locations of
events and subsequent developments north-eastern China as the backdrop for
targeted at addressing water challenges. the dialogue on environmental
For that reason as well as to commemorate conservation in China and internationally.
the start of the United Nations Decade on
Biodiversity, the 2014 continuation of the ASEP 2014 began on the morning of
Asian Students Environment Platform August 4th as the participants from each
(ASEP) adopted the theme of Water – country arrived and settled down in Beijing
Human to highlight the need for water and after their travels. Then, in the afternoon,
human relationship to be put out as the each university's participants and all
forefront of all of humanity’s focus on accompanying personnel were invited for a
achieving long-lasting sustainability. campus tour of the host Tsinghua
University.
ASEP 2014 had provided a platform for
72 aspiring and motivated graduate and
undergraduate students from five
renowned Asia regional universities to
participate in discussions and proposals on
global environmental issues beyond
national borders while expanding their
understanding of the natural environment
and values of each participating country.
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