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The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund

Introduction to Grant Projects

FY2009

The Asaza Project - using the environment to revitalize regional communities: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: NPO Asaza Fund

Regional improvement project in Bangladesh: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: AloAsha Project Japan

A 'power-up' strategy for forest restoration and conservation: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Iwate Reforestation Study Group

Advancing the integration of desert tree-planting activities with methods to restore grasslands, such as livestock population management: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Mongolian University of Life Sciences School of Ecology, Technology and Development (recommended by the Mitsui & Co. Asia Pacific BU)

Developing and encouraging the use of educational tools for selecting sustainable marine products - Raising awareness among consumers and the restaurant industry: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Ehime University (Sustainable Seafood Research Council)

Cultivating medicinal herbs to green desert and eradicate poverty in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Organization for Industrial Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International (OISCA)

Marine life connect people and sand beaches! Coastal conservation activities to study the value of sandy beaches and loggerhead sea turtles: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Omotehama Network

Creating activities in rural woodland and coastal areas on the Noto Peninsula with the aim of sustainable regional development: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Kanazawa University Center for Regional Collaboration Satoyama Satoumi Project

Iki iki project for living beings and the community-Environmental Protection activities in the Izunuma ecosystem: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: E-TEC

Getting citizens involved with the environment by developing 'animal pathway' wildlife road crossings for tree-based animals: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project (KEEP)

Development and trial of educational program "Project Climate" to prevent global warming: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: KIKOU-NETWORK (Climate Network)

Improvement of water quality and changes in occurrence of sessile animals in Dokai Bay: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Kitakyushu City Institute of Environmental Sciences Manager Yoko Kajiwara

Constructing coordinated schemes considering the emergence of environmental awareness and changes to sustainable lifestyle choices in large towns and suburbs that surround major cities: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Kyushu University Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences Professor Jun Tanimoto

Elucidation of environmental changes in fertile enclosed coastal areas and proposal of methods to restore coastal ecologies: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Department of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto Professor Hiroaki Tsutsumi

Save endangered Japanese eight-barbel loaches, a symbol of pure water, and other aquatic organisms!: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Groundwork Mishima

Environmental recovery through tree planting and restoring traditional water control systems in arid regions of Rajasthan, India: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Gram Bharati Samiti (Society for Rural Development/Indian NGO - recommended by the Mitsui & Co. Asia Pacific BU)

An eco-project visualizing the educational capabilities contributing to environmental preservation inherent to living in remote mountain villages: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: GreenWood Nature Experience Education Centre

Regional revitalization project including aquaculture and water release activities for the conservation of the ecosystem endemic to Lake Biwa: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Global Human

The Angkor Forest Regeneration Support Project - tree planting initiatives for elementary schools and creating future environmental education and conservation leaders: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: International Development Center of Japan (IDCJ)

Empirical development of sustainable social sytstems through environmental learning: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Learning and Ecological Activities Foundation for Children

The Herasou Shopping Project: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Gomi-Japan

Creating low-carbon, energy self-sufficient communities in order to conserve the ecosystems and biodiversity of giant panda sanctuaries in Sichuan Province, China: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF China / Chinese NGO - recommended by the Mitsui & Co. Asia Pacific BU)

Kumejima Support Project - Developing and promoting Nansei island biodiversity conservation models that revitalize the region: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan

The Narodychi Restoration and Nanohana Project - aiming to restore the region by purifying irradiated soil and facilitating bioenergy use: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Association to Help Chernobyl, Chubu-District, Japan

Understanding and protecting forest biodiversity in the Ussuri Taiga - a 'Taiga Forest Forum' including locals, NPOs and corporations: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Global Environmental Forum (GEF)

Planting the Qixiaying hillsides of Zhuozi County, Chinese Inner Mongolia, as a measure for combating global warming and eliminating poverty: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Chikyu Ryokuka Club

Coral reef restoration project for the Chibishi area off Okinawa's Kerama Islands: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: NPO Churaumi Shinkokai

Research on measures to contribute to the social welfare of residents relocated in relation to hydroelectric power promotion as a measure against global warming: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo Professor Mikiyasu Nakayama

International joint development of energy-saving wastewater treatment system for developing countries: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Professor Hideki Harada

Assessing the impact of the precipitation, etc., of "yellow sand" originating from East Asia on marine production processes: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Faculty of Environmental Science, Nagasaki University Associate Professor Kazuaki Kawamoto

Honeybee preservation—building a foundation for sustainable beekeeping, agricultural production and ecosystem maintenance: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, School of Agricultural Studies, Nagoya University Associate Professor Tatsuhiko Kadowaki

Business to promote public awareness and environmental education regarding East Asia atomospheric pollution, and acid rain problems: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Japan Environmental Sanitation Center/Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP)

Analysis of wild bird die-off and restoration of a waterside environment: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University Professor Koichi Murata

Conservation biology of white-colored brown bears of Kunashiri and Etorofu Islands: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University Associate Professor Yoshikazu Sato

Publishing the IBA White Paper 2010, and distributing leaflets and holding symposiums to promote IBA: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Wild Bird Society of Japan

Daguma Mountain Forest Restoration Project - forests where native peoples can live: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Health, Assistance and Neighbourhood Development Support Inc. (HANDS)

Elucidation of genetic/ecological mechanisms for creation of diversity in adoptive gene expression under environmental/selection pressure within Japanese beech in Shirakami-Sanchi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Gene Research Center, Hirosaki University Associate Professor Shinji Akada

Creating environment theatre' - Kinki development project: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Fringe Theater Project

Science and environmental education collaboration project: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: NPO Whole Earth Institute

Creating environmental tourism in the Soya region of Wakkanai (Soya ESD Project): Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Hokkaido Environment Foundation

Effect of humic substances on plant tissue accumulations of reactive oxygen species produced by heavy-metal stress: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University Associate Professor Masami Fukushima

Research into ensuring effectiveness of international environmental treaties to drive the formation of sustainable society - Dynamic analysis of the domestic implementation of environmental treaties in Japan -: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Hokkaido University Public Policy School Associated Research Division Professor Mari Koyano

Construction of an environmental pollution database and a field toxicology network based on joint surveillance in Africa (preliminary survey): Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Veterinary Medical Science, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Professor Mayumi Ishizuka

Climatic fluctuations on a 10 year scale based on core samples from Beppu Bay; revealing the history of regime shifts: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University Associate Professor Masanobu Yamamoto

Satellite monitoring of deforestation along the Greater Khingan Range, PRC: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Research Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University Associate Professor Hiroshi Tani

Attempting to improve quality of life and conserve the environment in rural East Africa - using soilbags to improve living environments; an approach combining construction and agriculture: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: CORE: Community Road Empowerment

Animal Direct Position System (ADPS) Project 2010: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Shiretoko Higuma Information Centre

Implementing Urban Woodcutter Training Courses and a water source forest program: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Mori no Kaze

Restoring the Brazilian Amazon's riverside forests through agroforestry and creating an industrial-academic-government network: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2009 Activity Grants
Organization name: Wildlife Research Society

Quantitative research into wildfire disturbances; ecosystem management within the Rocky Mountain range: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University Associate Professor Akira Mori

Elucidation of factors behind decline in sparrow populations, proposal relating to the coexistence of man and familiar animals: Research grant; Grant year: FY2009 Research Grants
Organization name: Faculty of Science, Department of Life Science, Rikkyo University Professor Keisuke Ueda