12.10Wed 2025
Is Planted Forestry Nature Positive? Interpreting the Interim Report of the Forest Natural Capital Project Released for COP30
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 [...]
12.4Thu 2025
Bringing "Margao," a Resource Sleeping in the Satoyama, to the Table as a Domestic Spice Oisix and the Japan Institute of Forestry: A Challenge Connecting Food and Forests
Oisix Ra Daichi, operator of the food subscription service "Oisix," is researching edible plants lying dormant in Japan's satoyama landscapes [...]
11.22Sat 2025
Goto Connect Carbon Credits Program Launches to Value Regional Circulation and Biodiversity Goto City and Four Private Partners Sign Agreement
Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is collaborating with four private entities—iForest, Somabayashi, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., and the general incorporated association Mitsumeru Tabi—on a joint project titled "Goto [...]"
11.14Fri 2025
Reconstructing "Yusan Culture" in Unused Plantations: Tokushima-Based Culture Brand "yusan" Launches
Using disused plantation forests in Mugi Town, Tokushima Prefecture as a field, we reconstruct the relationship between people, culture, and nature starting from sensibility and creativity [...]
10.24Fri 2025
Cosmetics Using Noto Hiba to Support Reforestation of Ishikawa's Prefectural Tree Ate NAIA Donates Part of Sales to Prefectural Forest Association Fund
NAIA, which develops the Nature Science cosmetics brand, is helping to build a cycle of sustainable use of Noto Hiba resources [...].
10.21Tue 2025
MOKUTEI" Project to Restore Forests in Cities Launched at Tokyo Tatemono Yaesu Building Reproducing "Fallen Tree Renewal" to Create a Cycle of Well-Being and Biodiversity
Tokyo Tatemono is collaborating with Livanes on a project called "Moku Niwa (木庭)" (もく [...]), in which city dwellers can regenerate a natural forest while living in the city.
10.17Fri 2025
Aomori University to hold a study group on comparative environmental thought on October 30 to explore the relationship between forests and people from the perspective of "forest aesthetics.
Aomori University's Research Center for Comparative Environmental Thought will hold its second meeting of the 2025 academic year on October 30. This time, the Hokkaido University Agricultural [...].
10.16Thu 2025
Warm Ie," a cabin that coexists with the forest in Kitakaruizawa, receives Good Design Best 100 Award for resource-recycling architecture that utilizes local hardwoods.
Kitamoku, Ryu Mitarai Architects, and Mt. Toi collaborated to build "Dankyo" in Kitakaruizawa, Gunma Prefecture.
10.15Wed 2025
Unmanned Helicopter to Streamline Acquisition of Forest Data by Single Tree Unit Remote Sensing Verification Demonstration Launched through Cross-Industrial Collaboration of Oji HD, Yamaha Motor, and Precision Forestry Measurement
Oji Holdings, Yamaha Motor, and Precision Forestry Measurement have collaborated on the acquisition and analysis of forest information using remote sensing [...].
10.15Wed 2025
Forests that are in circulation with water, food, and the local community
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 [...].
10.1Wed 2025
New Wave of Decarbonized Markets Linking Forests and Farmland Sumitomo Forestry and Green Carbon Collaborate on Nature-Based Credits
Sumitomo Forestry, which is involved in the creation of forest-based J-credits, and Green Carbon [...], Japan's largest producer of agriculture-based credits.
10.1Wed 2025
Reforestation through "Shower Climbing" Experience Playing in Forests and Rivers: Tackling Recycling-Oriented Sustainable Tourism in Yurai, Hiroshima
The Yurai Tourism and Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that promotes tourism and community development utilizing local resources in the town of Yurai, Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City, has been climbing a stream [...].
9.5Fri 2025
TENOHA TATESHINA Lab.", a new tourism base in Tateshina, where visitors can learn about forest cycles through "specimens, fragrance, and color" of highland plants.
TENOHA TATESH, a forest material laboratory, is a hands-on facility utilizing plants native to Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture, at an altitude of 1,300 meters [...].
9.2Tue 2025
CGC of the University of Tokyo launches "Nature on the Balance Sheet," an industry-academia collaborative project to reflect natural capital in corporate accounting. 4 companies including Oji HD and Sumitomo Forestry participate in the project.
The University of Tokyo's Global Commons Center (CGC) recently launched the CGC-NBS Sponsorship Project, an industry-academia [...]
8.28Thu 2025
New Foundation Launched to Nurture and Support "Nature Planners," Entrepreneurs Connecting Natural Capital and the Economy
The "Nature Planner Foundation" fosters and supports "nature planners," entrepreneurial human resources who create new value together with nature [...].
8.26Tue 2025
Exploring raw biomass (2) "Softwoods and hardwoods" as different as "sharks and dolphins
Biomass, which lexically refers to the amount of living organisms (bio) (mass), as opposed to fossil resources such as oil and coal [...].
