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The Convention on Biological Diversity and Japan’s Efforts
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What Is Biodiversity?
Biological diversity, or “biodiversity,” is the notion that a multitude of different creatures live on our planet. The wealth of living things, including animals and plants, is a great blessing for humankind. However, it is also a fact that the environmental changes in recent years are increasingly threatening biodiversity. That is why the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDP) was created in May 1992. A decade later, 184 countries including Japan had signed this multilateral treaty, and international efforts are underway, including financial and technical cooperation between developed and developing nations.
The Third National Biodiversity Strategy
Based on the Convention on Biological Diversity, Japan began developing national policies and goals related to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and the first “National Biodiversity Strategy” was established in 1995, to be revised approximately every five years. It was followed by the “New National Biodiversity Strategy” in 2002, and the “Third National Biodiversity Strategy” in 2007.
Creating a Nation Bustling with Living Things
One of the goals set up by the Third National Biodiversity Strategy was to “create a nation bustling with living this.” It also presented a 100-year plan to restore the ecosystems that had been destroyed during the last 100 years over the next 100 years, which will require the participation of both local governments and the private sector. Furthermore, the following four “basic strategies” were formulated as specific measures for the near future.
- Making the concept of biodiversity permeate society.
- Rebuilding the relationship between people and nature in each region.
- Preserving the connections between forests, villages, rivers and seas.
- Acting with a global perspective
As a core base for biodiversity-related initiatives, the Ministry of the Environment established the Biodiversity Center of Japan, which also maintains and operates the “Japan Integrated Biodiversity Information System” to provide various kinds of information.
