This year's Grand Prix for The Japan Awards for Biodiversity established in 2009 by AEON Environmental Foundation in commemoration of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya was selected. The Japan Awards is conducted every two years in turns with the international prize, The Midori Prize for Biodiversity, i n aim to honor individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to conserve biodiversity. This year, five recipients of the Excellence Awards were selected from among 78 applicants and at the award ceremony held on September 26, the Kuroshio Jikkan Center won the Grand Prix. The Center aims to promote rich coexistence of people and the sea from the perspectives of fishery and tourism.