We deliver columns by researchers, artists, NPOs, NGOs, international
organizations, firms and governments working in various fields related to biodiversity.
Latest Columns
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03/10/2016
- Biodiversity is the Color of Life: Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity of Lake Biwa, an Ancient Lake
- Yukiko Kada
- President of Biwako Seikei Sport College, Ex-Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Ex-President of Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology
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03/08/2016
- Learning Biodiversity in Rice Paddies
- Takako Takano
- Professor, Center for International Education, Waseda University
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30/05/2016
- The Consumption Ecosystem
- James Whitlow Delano
- Photojournalist
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27/04/2016
- The Biodiversity Finance Initiative: a perspective of the challenges and opportunities for biodiversity funding in Mexico
- Mariana Bellot
- National Coordinator for Mexico, The Biodiversity Finance Initiative
Consultant for the United Nations Development Program
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25/12/2015
- Himalaya: A Paradise in Peril
- Kamal Bawa
- President, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India
Distinguished Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 Prize Winner
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30/11/2015
- Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Alfred A. Oteng-Yeboah
- Department of Botany, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, LEGON, Ghana
Chair, Ghana National Biodiversity Committee
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 Prize Winner
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05/11/2015
- Pachamama, Mother Earth
- Bibiana Vilá
- Director, Vicuñas, Camelids and Environment (VICAM)
Principal Researcher, National Research Council (CONICET) Argentina
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 Prize Winner
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28/09/2015
- Food and Biodiversity
- Ryo Kohsaka
- Associate Professor
Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies, Kanazawa University
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28/08/2015
- Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: Beyond Poverty Alleviation
- Yasushi Hibi
- Managing Director and Vice President for Japan Program, Conservation International
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17/07/2015
- The Golden Toad and the Woodcutter
- Jae Chun Choe
- Founding President of the National Institute of Ecology, Korea
Co-President of the Climate Change Center
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15/06/2015
- Satoyama, Our Neighboring Nature
- Mitsuhiko Imamori
- Photographer, Cut-out artist
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15/05/2015
- An Encouragement of Jimoto-gaku – Local Area Studies
- Jun-ichi Takeda
- Secretary General of Support Center for Rural Communities, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Judge of the Japan Awards for Biodiversity 2015 Judging Committee
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01/04/2015
- Japan and Chile: tsunami-bonded- nations
- Juan Carlos Castilla
- Emeritus Professor at Universidad Catolica de Chile
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2012 Prize Winner
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02/03/2015
- Society in Harmony with Nature and the Satoyama Initiative
- Kazuhiko Takeuchi
- Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University
Professor, The University of Tokyo
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19/12/2014
- To Live in Harmony with Endangered Wild Raptors: Report from the Forefront of “Remedying the Environment”
- Keisuke Saito
- President and D.V.M., Institute for Raptor Biomedicine Japan (IRBJ)
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03/10/2014
- Euglena, sujiri mojiri
- Kengo Suzuki
- Director, General Manager of R&D Department, euglena Co., Ltd.
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26/08/2014
- Light from a Japanese Supernova
- Roger Pulvers
- Author, playwright, theatre director, journalist and translator
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22/07/2014
- Natural Gardens - where ecosystems are born -
- Paul Smither
- Garden Designer, Horticulturist
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26/06/2014
- The Web of Life - A Story about the Green Map
- Wendy E. Brawer
- Founder and Director, Green Map
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23/05/2014
- Nature Restoration in a Depopulating Society
- Futoshi Nakamura
- Professor, Graduate School of Hokkaido University
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24/04/2014
- Nature Technology - New Manufacturing Technology and Lifestyles Making Wise Use of the Greatness of Nature
- Hideki Ishida
- Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
Representative of the Earth Village Research Lab. LLC
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28/02/2014
- Biosphere Reserves – Where the local meets the global…
- Eric Falt
- Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information at UNESCO
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15/12/2013
- Respecting our food, respecting biodiversity
- Severn Cullis-Suzuki
- Culture and Environment Activist and Writer
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11/11/2013
- Why does biodiversity matter?
- Christopher Lloyd
- Journalist, Author, Publisher and Lecturer
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12/09/2013
- Thinking about Biodiversity from a Biohistory Perspective
- Keiko Nakamura
- Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall
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26/08/2013
- Biodiversity and the Real Responsibilities of Business
- Naoki Adachi
- CEO, Response Ability, Inc.
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18/07/2013
- Green Infrastructure for Future Generations
- Izumi Washitani
- Professor, Agricultural and Life Sciences at the Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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02/07/2013
- Thinking Landscapes
- Chihiro Minato
- Artist, Photo-anthropologist
Professor, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University
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14/06/2013
- Innovations Inspired by Nature
- Takayuki Nagashima
- Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture Graduate School and Representative,
New Silk Road Project
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13/05/2013
- Biodiversity and Primates
- Takakazu Yumoto
- Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto University
President, Association of Wildlife and Human Society
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12/11/2012
- Biodiversity is the Dynamic Equilibrium of the Earth - The Beauty of Oikos -
- Shin-Iichi Fukuoka
- Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
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17/10/2012
- Harmonious Co-existence between Nature and Mankind
- Kunio Iwatsuki
- Director, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
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24/08/2012
- Deep Sea Diversity, Technology and Poetry
- Dhugal Lindsay
- Marine Biologist, Research Scientist with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC)
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01/03/2012
- Harmonizing People and Nature: A New Business Model
- Gretchen C. Daily
- Professor, Stanford University, USA
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2010 Prize Winner