Connection between social common capital (Hirofumi Uzawa) and forests as a device for a prosperous economic life.
Japan, a "pioneer nation" facing challenges such as a declining birthrate and aging population, as well as resource and energy issues, has seen these problems emerge ahead of other countries. To solve these challenges [...]
The annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) not only hosts international negotiations related to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but also various [...]
Now that generative AI provides knowledge instantly, it is becoming harder to create value simply by "knowing". Today, society needs [...].
Hokkoku Bank signed a Positive Impact Finance (PIF) agreement with Mori Mirai, a timber distribution company, on October 31 [...]
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in November 2025, with Brazil as the [...].
Memories of roasting homemade Tochimochi (rice cake with homemade bean paste) on the stove at a relative's house in the mountains of Shinshu, deep-frying thin-skinned chestnuts and eating them with a little [...].
Humanity is currently facing two essential crises. One is the CO2 problem (e.g., climate change), which concerns the very foundations of the Earth's survival [...].
Sumitomo Forestry, which is involved in the creation of forest-based J-credits, and Green Carbon [...], Japan's largest producer of agriculture-based credits.
Every day we live under a variety of laws and regulations. At first glance, these rules restrict our behavior and present us with new challenges [...].
The University of Tokyo's Global Commons Center (CGC) recently launched the CGC-NBS Sponsorship Project, an industry-academia [...]
The "Nature Planner Foundation" fosters and supports "nature planners," entrepreneurial human resources who create new value together with nature [...].
Deforestation and degradation of the world's forests have become a serious problem (*1). In response to this situation, the international community is developing new regulations [...].
On August 27, a publicly owned and operated "Tankyu Distillery" opened in Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido. Making use of local agricultural products and forest resources [...].
As Chairman of the Platinum Initiative Network and former President of the University of Tokyo, I have long been thinking about the future of Japan. Now, the world [...].
phoneme, which offers unique apparel both domestically and internationally, uses "mokito" (wood thread), which is made from unused thinned wood, for its T-shirts [...]...
How do urban dwellers interact with forests? The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of the National Forestry Research and Development Institute [...].