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The Forest Environment Transfer Tax (FETT), a scheme similar to Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), was introduced for Japanese forests at the national level in 2019 to address the challenges of climate change and promote management mainly in privately owned forests under the New Forest Management System (NFMS). Given insufficient human and...

The Forest Declaration Assessment is a continual and collaborative process achieved collectively by civil society organizations and researchers. Since 2015, the Forest Declaration Assessment has published annual updates on progress toward global forest goals. The Japanese case study in the 2023 Assessment Report provides a very brief snapshot of...

This report was prepared by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) under the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) project "Analysis of Timber Legality Assurance Systems and Good Practices in China and Viet Nam for Sustainable Timber Trade''. This ITTO project was made possible by funding from the Japanese government...

There has been broad recognition that current food systems need to go through a process of transformation and transition. In the similar way that other areas have transitioned to be more sustainable, the transition process for food systems has some issues related to justice in terms of achieving more sustainable and inclusive food production...

ITTO project, PP-A/56-342B "ANALYSIS OF TIMBER LEGALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS AND GOOD PRACTICES IN VIET NAM FOR SUSTAINABLE TIMBER TRADE" conducted studies and developed two technical reports: Vietnam’s timber exports to Japan during 2018–2021 with a focus on products made using imported high-risk species. Using risk criteria stipulated by the Vietnam...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been identified as potential enablers for alternative forms of sharing surplus food to prevent food loss and waste. Food sharing platforms can also provide an entry point to the sustainability transition by encouraging its users to confront the systemic causes of unsustainable and inequitable...

地球温暖化を産業革命前の水準から1.5°C以内に抑えるには、一人あたりのカーボンフットプリントを世界平均で現在の4.6tCO2e/年から2030年には2.5tCO2e/ 年に削減する必要がある。住宅、食、移動、製品の購入、サービス利用、レジャーの分野における消費量とエネルギー原単位の分析から、京都市に暮らす人々の暮らしに関わる平均的なカーボンフットプリントは7.0tCO2e/ 年であることがわかった。これは日本の全国平均（7.1tCO2e/ 年）よりやや低い水準であるが世界平均（4.6tCO2e/ 年）よりは多い。 7.0tCO2eから2.5tCO2eへのカーボンフットプリントの削減は、供給（生産）側と需要（消費）側の対策を組み合わせることで初めて可能となる...

地球温暖化を産業革命前の水準から1.5°C以内に抑えるには、一人あたりのカーボンフットプリントを世界平均で現在の4.6tCO2e/年から2030年には2.5tCO2e/ 年に削減する必要がある1。住宅、食、移動、製品の購入、サービス利用、レジャーの分野における消費量とエネルギー原単位の分析から、横浜市に暮らす人々の暮らしに関わる平均的なカーボンフットプリントは7.1tCO2e/ 年であることがわかった。これは日本の全国平均（7.1tCO2e/ 年）と同等の水準であり世界平均（4.6tCO2e/ 年）よりは多い。7.1tCO2eから2.5tCO2eへのカーボンフットプリントの削減は、供 給（生産）側と需要（消費）側の対策を組み合わせることで初めて可能となる...

Although many researchers highlight the benefits of Urban Green Spaces (UGS) to city dwellers, understanding of residents’ emotional association with UGS remains an incomplete and exciting area of place research. In this study, we conducted an empirical assessment of residents’ Place Attachment (PA) towards UGS in the Greater Tokyo region. For this...

Agricultural land accounts for 37% of the world’s terrestrial area, and the multiple functions of agroecosystems—providing food, soil and water retention, and various cultural services—are of great importance for sustainable land management. To ensure that multifunctionality, payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes have been developed for...