Nongovernmental organizations have issued a report on their efforts to press their cases to the leaders of the Group of Eight nations when they held their summit last July at Hokkaido's Lake Toya resort.

The report, subtitled "We can change the world," shows how the Hokkaido People's Forum on G8 was formed and what it appealed for before and during the G8 summit.

It also carries remarks by four panelists at an NGO symposium on environmental and regional independence.