• Author ListContributors
  • Newsletter RegistrationNewsletter

Natural capital

River, ocean, fan, coastline, water, soil, atmosphere

6.15Mon 2026

How to Link Wood Use and Reforestation: New Developments Shown in the Forest and Forestry White Paper and Company Case Studies [Trends in Forest Resource Recycling 2026].

As Japan's planted forests and satoyama forests are entering a period of full-scale use and renewal, we must sustainably "cut, use, plant, and nurture" forest resources [...].

6.8Mon 2026

Forestry Agency Releases Simplified Assessment Method to Show "Numerical Value" of Forest Water Resources Recharge [Forest x Nature Positive Trends 2026].

The movement to realize "Nature Positive" (nature revitalization) is developing from multiple angles, transcending the boundaries of the national government, local governments, and private companies [...].

6.2Tuesday, 2026

Trends in the Utilization of Large-Diameter Timber 2026] Expanding Uses in Public Spaces and Furniture: Value-Added Applications in Hardwoods and Traditional Architecture

As Japan's planted forests enter the period of full-scale utilization, the effective use of thickly grown "large-diameter lumber" has become an urgent issue. Until now, [...]...

5.26Tuesday, 2026

Yamaha Motor Opens Mountain Bike Park Forest Utilization Expands to Regional Development and Human Resource Development [Trends in Forest Space Services 2026].

The value of Japan's abundant forest resources is not limited to traditional lumber production. In recent years, they have been used for health, education, tourism, and even corporate human resources [...].

4.22Wed 2026

Economic Value from Water Source Cultivation - Quantifying and Evaluating the Effects of Forest Management with Tools

One of the important public benefit functions of forests is the recharge of water resources. Japan is blessed with abundant rainfall and does not usually feel a lack of water resources [...].

3.25Wed 2026

Forest-based landscape approach - defining "nature positive" in the watershed

The 2nd Global Nature Positive Summit will be held in Kumamoto City in July 2026. Organized by Nature Positive i [...].

2.21Sat 2026

SMBC to use branches and leaves from company-owned forests for fragrance cards, creating new value in collaboration with Estee

Estee and SMBC will utilize oil extracted from branches and leaves of thinned cypress trees generated in SMBC's company-owned forest, the "SMBC Forest," to [...]

2.10Tuesday, 2026

Japan was a "Land of Photosynthesis" - A Vision for a Society Supported by Forests and the Sun by 2050

Today, political divisions are deepening, especially in Europe and the United States, and existing values such as democracy and liberalism are being shaken. Against this backdrop, [...]...

1.29Thu 2026

Satellite x AI visualization of "forest produces water" function Demonstration of forest credit enhancement through collaboration of three companies from different industries in the "Takao 100-Year Forest

Stellar Green, Sagawa Express, and Water Scape are pleased to announce a satellite [...] at the Takao 100-Year-Old Forest in Hachioji City, Tokyo.

1.28Wed 2026

Redesigning the entire forestry process with butterflies as the starting point Aoba and Butterfly are working on a biodiversity model.

Aoba Gumi, in cooperation with Tamas, the company behind the Butterfly brand of table tennis equipment, is working to conserve butterflies and restore their habitat throughout the forestry [...].

1.27Tuesday, 2026

Nature Positive Demonstration in a 50-hectare Gunma Forest: Hitachi Systems and Prefectural Federation of Forestry Cooperatives Visualize Biodiversity through Environmental DNA Analysis and Forest Analysis

Hitachi Systems, in collaboration with the Gunma Forest Union and Sunlit Seedlings, a Kyoto University startup, has announced the launch of a forest [...]...

1.21Wed 2026

Life Cycles of Forests and Oceans - "The Power to Read Water" in the Story of Migratory Trout

In December 2025, I translated a volume of nature writing. The trout tell the story of the river: riparian creatures, forests, and humanity [...].

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 [...]

EN