[NACS-J] Symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nature Conservation Charter will be held on September 11th
*NACS-J*
Press release: July 12, 2024
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Symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nature
Conservation Charter will be held on September 11th.
* ⚫︎The Nature Conservation Charter was established in 1974 as a guideline for people to protect nature. *
* ⚫︎On Wednesday, September 11th, the Nature Conservation Charter 50th Anniversary Symposium was co-sponsored by the Nature Conservation Association of Japan, the Natural Parks Foundation, the Keidanren Nature Conservation Council, and the Ministry of the Environment. “Social Change through Nature Positive” will be held. *
* ⚫︎A keynote speech by Kyoto University Professor Emeritus Juichi Yamagiwa and a panel discussion with a total of 9 people, “From the Nature Conservation Charter to Nature Positive” are scheduled. * The Nature Conservation Society of Japan, a public interest
incorporated foundation, will hold a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nature Conservation Charter on Wednesday, September 11th.
“Social Change through Nature Positive” will be held (co-sponsored by the Natural Park Foundation, Keidanren Nature Conservation Council, and Ministry of the Environment).
The Nature Conservation Charter was established on June 5, 1974 as a guideline for citizens regarding nature conservation. During the period of high economic growth in the 1960s, natural destruction was becoming a problem across the country as coastal reclamation, forest road development, and deforestation progressed, and against this backdrop, nature conservation organizations and other private sectors gathered and held repeated discussions to promote conservation of nature. The Charter was established at a ceremony to declare the establishment of the Nature Conservation Charter, which was attended by Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess (at the time).
The symposium will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its enactment, and based on the significance of the Nature Conservation Charter and its subsequent developments, we will look at future social changes to realize a nature-positive approach that prevents and restores biodiversity. .
◆Event overview
* Time: * Wednesday, September 11, 2024 (Reiwa 6) 13:00-16:00 * Place: * Seiryo Kaikan Hall
(2-16-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014) TEL.03-3581-5650 * Co-sponsored by: * Japan Nature Conservation Association, Natural Parks Foundation, Keidanren Nature Conservation Council, Ministry of the Environment
* cooperation:*
Kyukamura Association, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Natural Environment Technology Association, Natural Environment Research Center, Biodiversity Local Government Network, World Wildlife Fund Japan (WWF Japan), Japan Environmental Education Forum, Japan International Wetland
Conservation Union, Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing
Association, Ecosystem Association of Japan, Birds of Japan
Conservation League, Japan National Trust Association, Wild Bird Society of Japan, Real Conservation, Daisen Summit Protection Association, Daisen Natural Park Instructors Association
* Participation fee: * Free (advance application required to attend venue)
◆Time schedule for the day
* *The day’s events will also be streamed online. *
*Opening speech* 13:00~ Greetings from the organizer
* Introduction * 13:10 ~ “* The Heart of the Nature Conservation Charter *” Akira Kameyama (Former President of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
*Keynote Speech* 13:25~ “* Expectations for Nature Positive*” Juichi Yamagiwa (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Director, Institute for Global Environmental Studies)
*Break* 14:15~
*Panel display*
*Cussion* 14:30~
“*From the Nature Conservation Charter to Nature Positive*”
Moderator: Tsunehide Chino (Associate Professor, Shinshu University) Commentator: Minoru Ishii (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Prefecture University) Panelists:
Yasushi Ito (Mayor of Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture)
Akihiro Ueda (Director of the Natural Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment)
Kairu Kobayashi (representative of the youth organization “Hikuma to Kuroshio”) Rie Sakamu (Secretary General, Keidanren Nature Conservation Council) Tomoko Shimura (Secretary General, Nature Conservation Society of Japan) Shogoro Fujiki (Representative Director of Biome Co., Ltd.)
*Closing remarks* 15:50~ Natural Park Foundation
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◆Application for participation
If you would like to participate, please apply using the form below. Participation application form
*Reference materials*
▼* What is the “Nature Conservation Charter”? *
https://www.nacsj.or.jp/2024/05/40488/
▼* What is “nature positive”? *
https://www.env.go.jp/guide/info/ecojin/eye/20240214.html
A stone monument of the Nature Conservation Charter in Daisen-Oki National Park. This area is said to be the birthplace of the Nature Conservation Charter, as a proposal to establish a Nature Conservation Charter was adopted at the 8th National Park Convention held in Daisen-Oki National Park in 1966.
A poster of the Nature Conservation Charter established 50 years ago
-Reference- About the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, a public interest incorporated foundation
One of the oldest nature conservation organizations in Japan, founded in 1951 with the aim of protecting nature and preserving biodiversity. Starting with nature conservation in Oze, where a dam project was underway, he continued to work in Yakushima, Ogasawara,
Shirakami-Sanchi, etc., laying the foundation for registration as a World Natural Heritage Site, and is still involved in efforts to protect fragile nature across Japan. We continue to engage in various activities. With the message of “Opening up tomorrow through the power of nature,” we aim to create a society where people and nature live together, and where everyone from babies to the elderly can live their lives with smiles, surrounded by beautiful and rich nature. It’s an NGO. From the mountains to the sea, we continue to research, protect, and utilize nature all over Japan.
http://www.nacsj.or.jp/
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