[Green Carbon Co., Ltd.] Green Carbon Co., Ltd. is a member of SATREPS, of which JIRCAS is the representative organization. Participating as a cooperating organization and starting a project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields in Cambodia
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Press release: April 2, 2024
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Green Carbon Co., Ltd. is a member of SATREPS, of which JIRCAS is the representative organization.
Participating as a cooperating organization and starting a project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields in Cambodia *Aiming to establish a rice field water management system, develop greenhouse gas emission reduction technology, and implement it in society in five years*
Green Carbon Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Jun Ohkita, hereinafter referred to as Green Carbon) has announced that
JIRCAS (International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, hereinafter referred to as JIRCAS) serves as the principal research institution*¹SATREPS (Science and Technology
Research Partnership for Sustainable Development
We are pleased to announce that we have started a project that aims to develop and socially implement technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by establishing a rice field water management system in Cambodia, as a partner organization of SATREPS.
Source: (March 26, 2024) Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) ◆SATREPS project overview
〇Project name
Development and social implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction technology by establishing a wide-area rice field water management system in rice fields west of Tonle Sap Lake
〇Partner
Cambodian side:
[Implementing institutions] Royal University of Agriculture, University of Technology of Cambodia
Japanese side:
[Principal Research Institution] International Research Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
[Joint research institutions] National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of
Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kyushu University
[Cooperating organizations] International Agricultural and Forestry Collaboration Association, Kubota Corporation, Green Carbon Co., Ltd., Earth Shift Global Asia LLC
〇Quote release
https://www.jircas.go.jp/ja/reports/2024/r20240402
(Source: National Research and Development Agency International Research Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries JIRCAS HP)
◆Background of participation as a cooperating organization
Green
Carbon is working on creating carbon credits derived from nature, mainly in Southeast Asia, and is developing a wide range of projects including rice fields, cow burp reduction, forest conservation, afforestation, and biochar projects. In particular, we have
implemented large-scale projects to reduce methane gas and create carbon credits through intermittent irrigation (AWD) in rice fields in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, and we have the know-how to expand them in Southeast Asia. Based on the above background, as JIRCAS moves forward with the SATREPS project development in Cambodia, Green
We received an interest in utilizing Carbon’s know-how in creating naturally derived carbon credits, and decided to participate as a cooperating organization.
◆Green Carbon Co., Ltd.
Representative: Representative Director Jun Ohkita
Location: 6th floor, Spline Aoyama Tokyu Building, 3-1-3
Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established: December 2019
Business details: Carbon credit creation and sales business, agriculture-related business, environment-related business, other related businesses and ESG consulting business
URL: https://green-carbon.co.jp/
◆Green Carbon business introduction
Green
Carbon’s vision is to “save the earth with the power of life,” and we are developing a business that provides comprehensive support for carbon credit creation, registration, and sales. In addition, we are also developing agriculture-related businesses, research and development businesses, and ESG consulting businesses. Among these, our main project, a project to create carbon credits by reducing methane gas from rice fields, has acquired Japan’s first and largest J-Credit certification for rice fields (approximately 6,220 tons), with approximately 50,000 hectares in 2024. We plan to expand. In addition, we provide “Agreen,” a service that completes credit registration, application, and sales on one platform, simplifying the procedures and document creation required when registering a credit application, and reducing the man-hours of credit creators. We are reducing.
*¹SATREPS
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable
The abbreviation for “Development” promotes international joint research aimed at resolving global issues as part of “science and technology diplomacy,” which aims to link science, technology and diplomacy for mutual development.
https://www.jst.go.jp/global/
*²AWD: Alternate wetting and drying
) is a method of repeating watering and natural drying every few days, using the water level in the rice field as a guide. In the case of intermittent irrigation (AWD), compared to continuous irrigation, water usage can be reduced and it also contributes to the conservation of water resources.
*³: Obtained Japan’s first and largest rice field credit certification Based on information released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on January 26, 2024
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/kanbo/b_kankyo/240126.html
Related release: Obtained Japan’s first and largest rice field credit certification J-Credit, which is based on the extension of the drying period of rice fields, is on sale from today
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000046.000117956.html
*Participation in the rice farming consortium includes rice field farmers with a total area of over 15,000 hectares and over 230 companies and agricultural corporations. (As of the end of March 2024) *About details about this release*
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000057.000117956.html
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