Ministry of the Environment | Nature Conservation Bureau
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Ministry of the Environment and the related institutes
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Ministry of the Environment>Natural environment and parks
>Efforts for coral-reef conservation - Okinawa Amami Nature Conservation Office
- Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment
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The website provides information on nature and environmental learning
Administrative agencies (Japan)
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National Institute of Informatics (NII)
NII is an agency of the Ministry of Education that promotes academic information systems. The official website publishes databases of literature and academic papers.
Special and public interest corporations (Japan)
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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
JAMSTEC is a corporation authorized by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan. The official website publishes the results of novel studies and advancements in the field.
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World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWF-Japan)
WWF Japan conducts nature protection activities in the Nansei Islands region. In April 2000, the Coral Reef Protection Research Center was built on Ishigaki Island.
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Akajima Marine Science Laboratory (AMSL)
The official website provides easy-to-understand guides on corals. The institute invites questions on corals.
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Japan Center for Climate Change Actions (JCCCA)
The official website publishes databases of various information on global warming.
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
The official website publishes information on projects and schemes related to environmental cooperation initiatives.
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Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J)
NACS-J is working on the conservation of coral reefs in the Shiraho Sea Area of Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture.
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Japan Science Foundation/Science Museum
The official website discusses marine pollution problems in its picture book-style pages as part of the Earth Protection Series, with the aim of disseminating the information related to effective measures against environmental issues.
Academic societies and universities (Japan)
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The website mainly publishes announcements from the society, e.g., upcoming symposiums and seminars.
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Oceanographic Society of Japan
The website publishes announcements related to the trending events in the society.
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Ichthyological Society of Japan
The website provides an overview of the society and the statuses of its activities.
Museums and Aquariums (Japan)
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Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
The Marine Museum (Annex) website provides information on observation sessions and surveys.
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Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
The official website provides a database of fish pictures.
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Tokai University Marine Science Museum
The website provides easy-to-understand guides on ocean science.
Non-governmental organizations (Japan)
- Sekisei Lagoon Nature Restoration Council
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The organization has been monitoring coral reefs using a unified survey method that has been applied worldwide since 1971.
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This is a network of the government, private organizations, and individual activists that focuses on various issues related to the general natural environment of the Yaeyama Islands, the southernmost region of Japan.