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The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund

Introduction to Grant Projects

FY2013

Tidal flat production mechanism of the juvenile Japanese littleneck clam and measures to secure a healthy bay and restore clam catch size

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Satoshi Yamada, Principal Investigtor, Aichi Fisheries Research Institute

Creating the foundations for a stable supply of local seedlings for revegetating disaster areas

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Ishinomaki Kankyo Net

Coastal Forest Regeneration Project 10-Year Plan (broad-leaved tree division)

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement-International (OISCA)

Advocating an Asian version of the Aarhus Convention - building an international coalition to realize justice in environmental matters

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Osaka University Graduate School of Law and Politics Noriko Okubo, Professor

Research into the establishment of an independent regional economic system that can utilize regional resources sustainably

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Okayama University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor Ryohei Nakamura

Environmental Education & Social Contribution Tourism Promotion Project - Creating a sustainable cohesive society in cities and islands

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Ojika Island Tourism Association

Research on the role of elderly support bases in temporary housing in the Great East Japan Earthquake area

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Mitoko Nakashima, Lecturer, Kagawa University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Safety Systems Construction Engineering

Develop model standard regions for environmental education towards creating a low carbon society

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Kiko Network

Building a nature observation trail

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Society to Conserve Beeches & Waters of ZAO

Project to create employment using Yonesaki apples in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: SAVE TAKATA (NPO)

SUSTAINABLE MARINE LIFE and ECOSYSTEM

Activity grant

Grant year: FY14/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association (recommended by overseas office)

Expansion of seedling facilities and establishment of an increased production structure to supply seedlings as necessary for tree planting in disaster areas

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Association for Fostering a Green Globe

A practical study on environmental improvement in high density areas of Jakarta

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Akiko Okabe

To Research Environmental Labour and Economic Perspective in the Informal Recycling Sector in India

Research grant

Grant year: FY14/3 Research Grants
Organization name: Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Director Ms. Bharati Chaturvedi (recommended by overseas office)

Using arboreal land snails to index forest environments

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Associate professor Ikuyo Saeki

An international comparison of factors behind evacuees' refusal of repatriation to their country of origin, and measures to address the issue

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Mikiyasu Nakayama, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Study of the spread of agroforestry in the inundation area of the Amazon River

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Dept. of Environment Conservation, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School Institute of Agriculture, Professor Hiroto Toda

Technical assistance for drip-fed hydroponic cultivation that has a low environmental impact for residents of disaster areas

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: City Farm Village Exchange Promotion Center (NPO)

Interdisciplinary research on health risk evaluation and management connected to low frequency sound waves

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Nagoya Univeristy Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Masashi Kato

Public awareness and environmental education on sarus cranes and their habitats in Cambodia

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Japan Environmental Education Forum (JEEF)

Tree-centered environmental conservation efforts in Laos

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Japan Habitat Association

Designation of sea areas in far-east Russia as critical habitats for seabirds and steps for conservation

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: BirdLife International Asia Division

Enabling sustainable fishing in Sri Lanka's Jaffna District through business introducing marine farming

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: NPO PARCIC

Evaluating the impact of migratory birds on water pollution in agricultural land ecosystems and creating measures to reduce this pollution

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Hokkaido University Graduate School of Engineering Division of Environmental Engineering Satoshi Ishii, Assistant Professor

PLANT, GROW, GIVE

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Mercy Home for Children (recommended by overseas office)

The Green Tohoku Genki Program

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Green Tohoku Genki Program Executive Committee

Developmental research on interspecies relationship and the conservation of black bears and brown bears inhabiting far East Russia

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Ibaraki Nature Museum Chief Curator, Koji Yamazaki

Research on conflicts between international nature preservation standards and local development efforts through comparison analysis and measures of improvement of UNESCO World Heritage sites and UNESCO Eco Parks

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Akiko Sakai, Associate Professor, Division of Natural Environment and Information Research, Yokohama National University Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences

Creation of a sustainable society through restoration of an ecological spirit culture: Natural faith in Iitate Village, Soma District, Fukushima Prefecture

Activity grant

Grant year: FY2013 Activity Grants
Organization name: Wakayama University, Tourism Department

Clarification of the relationship between storm surge damages and land use change accompanied by artificial terrain change in the affected areas of Typhoon 30 in the Philippines

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Wakayama University, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Associate Professor, Yuji Hara

Sustainability and well-being- the concept of four types of capital and their limits

Research grant

Grant year: FY2013 Research Grants
Organization name: Waseda University School of Law, Professor Tadashi Otsuka