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The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund

Introduction to Grant Projects

FY2015

Promotion of Matagi Project which aims to utilize wild animal hide and revitalize local areas: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Global Environmental Forum

Greenery project in Sahel region of West Africa used organic waste from the city for livestock: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Center for Africa Area Studies, Kyoto University

Conserving rare bonobo monkeys in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by monitoring infectious diseases and awareness-raising activities: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: Japan Monkey Centre

Creation of a recycling society based on the circulation of used soap: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Happy Steps

Cultivating human resources for managing sika deer in 10 years time: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Yezo Deer Association

Creating a space for discussion and dialogue amongst young people — The choice of energy in 30 years' time —: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Sophia University Institute for Studies of the Global Environment

The seed revival project: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: Ikema Welfare Support Center (NPO)

Investigative research and raising awareness to ensure the sustainability of solid biomass resources: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: Biomass Industrial Society Network (NPO)

Community waste management improvement project using waste-pickers in Khulna, Bangladesh - aiming to build environmentally-friendly and socially-considerate societies in South Asia: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: The Japan Environmental Education Forum

Creating environmental conservation areas in Vietnam's Mekong Delta through collaboration between various stakeholders: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Seed to Table (NPO) - Connectiong people, nature and cultures

SUSTAINABILITY OF TURKISH STRAIT SYSTEM: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2016 Activity Grants
Organization name: Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association (recommended by overseas office)

Sustainable development of Messguina argan forest: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2016 Activity Grants
Organization name: Association Ibn Al Baytar/AIB (recommended by overseas office)

Basket weaving supporting elderly disaster victims using crimson glory vine, which is a threat to forest plantations, and Japanese walnut, which is a threat to waterways: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Save Iwate

Environmental conservation and restoration of the Goishi Coast in Ofunato, town of the game of Go: Activity grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Activity Grants
Organization name: Kurashi to taishin kyougikai (The Council for Earthquake Resistance in Daily Life)

Using forest resources to rebuild livelihoods in Iitate, Fukushima: Activity grant; Grant year: FY2015 Activity Grants
Organization name: Resurrection of Fukushima (Specified Nonprofit Organization)

Identifying and protecting wintering grounds and migration routes of endangered little terns: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds Takashi Fujii, Head of Research

Researching deterioration mechanisms in northern Mongolian forests caused by climate change and social factors, and working to restore and conserve these forests: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science Keiji Sakaomoto, Professor

Proposing sustainable management methods for forest landscapes using retention forestry: Research grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Research Grants
Organization name: Forest Resource Conservation Group, Forest Research Institute, Forest Research Department, Hokkaido Research Organization Nobuhiro Akashi, Research Principal

Clarifying global warming stress response processes in northern forest ecosystems: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: The University of Tokyo Forests Education and Research Center, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Associate Professor Susumu Goto

Establishing methods for evaluating adaptation by manatees reintroduced into Brazilian Amazon habitats: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University Research Associate Mumi Kikuchi

Interdisciplinary research on a change in conservation policy meaning endangered species can be observed without disturbance: Research grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Research Grants
Organization name: Sapporo University, Joint area study group, Professor Yuko Hayashi

Creating an index for evaluating the recovery of mud crabs populations and the mangrove plantation ecosystems they inhabit: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment Assistant Professor Fumiko Furukawa

International conservation collaboration system established based on Hokkaido's cross-border designated endangered species model: Research grant; Grant year: FY15/3 Research Grants
Organization name: Research associate Koh Nakamura

Using the frenzy following the hatching of endangered loggerhead sea turtles to investigate incubation conditions: Research grant; Grant year: FY2015 Research Grants
Organization name: Kochi University Faculty of Education Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Tomomi Saito, Associate Professor

Scoping floating rice-based agro-ecological farming systems for a healthy society and adaptation to climate changes in the Lower Mekong Region and Myanmar: Research grant; Grant year: FY2016 Research Grants
Organization name: Australian National University Fenner School of Environment & Society Researcher: Kien van Nguyen (recommended by overseas office)