Latest Columns

• 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

• 03/08/2016

  Learning Biodiversity in Rice Paddies

  Takako Takano

  Professor, Center for International Education, Waseda University

• 30/05/2016

  The Consumption Ecosystem

  James Whitlow Delano

  Photojournalist

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 28/09/2015

  Food and Biodiversity

  Ryo Kohsaka

  Associate Professor
  Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies, Kanazawa University

• 28/08/2015

  Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: Beyond Poverty Alleviation

  Yasushi Hibi

  Managing Director and Vice President for Japan Program, Conservation International

• 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

• 15/06/2015

  Satoyama, Our Neighboring Nature

  Mitsuhiko Imamori

  Photographer, Cut-out artist

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 03/10/2014

  Euglena, sujiri mojiri

  Kengo Suzuki

  Director, General Manager of R&D Department, euglena Co., Ltd.

• 26/08/2014

  Light from a Japanese Supernova

  Roger Pulvers

  Author, playwright, theatre director, journalist and translator

• 22/07/2014

  Natural Gardens - where ecosystems are born -

  Paul Smither

  Garden Designer, Horticulturist

• 26/06/2014

  The Web of Life -　A Story about the Green Map

  Wendy E. Brawer

  Founder and Director, Green Map

• 23/05/2014

  Nature Restoration in a Depopulating Society

  Futoshi Nakamura

  Professor, Graduate School of Hokkaido University

• 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

• 28/02/2014

  Biosphere Reserves – Where the local meets the global…

  Eric Falt

  Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information at UNESCO

• 15/12/2013

  Respecting our food, respecting biodiversity

  Severn Cullis-Suzuki

  Culture and Environment Activist and Writer

• 11/11/2013

  Why does biodiversity matter?

  Christopher Lloyd

  Journalist, Author, Publisher and Lecturer

• 12/09/2013

  Thinking about Biodiversity from a Biohistory Perspective

  Keiko Nakamura

  Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall

• 26/08/2013

  Biodiversity and the Real Responsibilities of Business

  Naoki Adachi

  CEO, Response Ability, Inc.

• 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

• 02/07/2013

  Thinking Landscapes

  Chihiro Minato

  Artist, Photo-anthropologist
  Professor, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University

• 14/06/2013

  Innovations Inspired by Nature

  Takayuki Nagashima

  Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture Graduate School and Representative,
  New Silk Road Project
  

• 13/05/2013

  Biodiversity and Primates

  Takakazu Yumoto

  Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto University
  President, Association of Wildlife and Human Society

• 12/11/2012

  Biodiversity is the Dynamic Equilibrium of the Earth - The Beauty of Oikos -

  Shin-Iichi Fukuoka

  Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University

• 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

• 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)

• 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