The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
International Development Center of Japan (IDCJ)
The Angkor Forest Regeneration Support Project - tree planting initiatives for elementary schools and creating future environmental education and conservation leaders
Activity grant
- Project Description
Due to the Angkor ruins' popularity as a tourist spot and an increasing population, there has been significant deforestation in the area. The Cambodian government is engaged in reforestation, but insufficient budget is limiting the scale of these efforts. This project will collaborate with NGOs active in the areas around the ruins to support planting activities by youth groups and local elementary schools. At the same time it will provide the children with environmental education and raise awareness of conservation activities. Through these initiatives, it hopes to provide youth group organizers and other related individuals with the skills to lead environmental education and conservation activities, contribute to their future independence, and contribute to medium- to long-term forest maintenance and management, environmental beautification, and improving the lives of local people.
- Fields
- Preservation of surface soil and forests
- Grant year
- FY2009 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 3 years
April 2010 - March 2013
- Grant amount
- 6,031,715 yen
- Activity region
- The Angkor ruins and surrounding areas, Cambodia

Overview of the Organization

- Representative
- Masaoki Takeuchi, President
- Establishment
- 1971
- Establishment purpose
- Created as Japan's first integrated think tank for experts on development and international cooperation.
- Main area of activity
- Worldwide
- Staff
- 75 full-time staff members
- Annual operating budget
- 1.59 billion yen in 2007, 1.42 billion yen in 2008, 2.01 billion yen in 2009
- WEB site
- http://www.idcj.or.jp/
- Recent activities
- IDCJ is engaged in investigative research, cultivating human resources, encouraging social contribution, independent studies, and international exchange with the goal of improving the 'essence' of international cooperation and contributing to social and economic development.