Conservation International, Japan


1.Introduction

Objective: Focusing on the Earth's "hotspots" to preserve their remaining biodiversity , as well as tropical wilderness areas, which are important to climate regulation and watershed protection, and ocean environments facing threats from unsustainable coastal development, overfishing, and pollution.

2. Contact

Address:

39F Shinjuku Island Tower Bldg. POB-1502, 6-5-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1339

Tel:

03-3344-6627

Fax:

03-3345-8232

URL:

www.conservation.org

Email

Citokyo@abox7.so-net.ne.jp

3. Organization Structure

Date of Establishment: 1987

Representatives:

Chairman of the board: Gordon Moore

US Director (Chairman and CEO): Peter Seligmann,

President: Russell Mittermeier

Japan Director: Fumiko Fukuoka

Int'l staff: 1200 Japan staff: 3

4. Foundation

Foundation

Annual Budget 2001

Settlement 2000

Main Resources

$35,000,000

 

1. Donations

 

5. Main Environmental Education Programs

Title

Place

Operational features

Youth Group for Environmental Leadership

(Youth-GEL)

Tokyo, Japan

2002/2/8

Junior environmental leadership training

International programs:

Bolivia

Regional environmental education to support efforts in three areas; uses carpa verde (Green Tent), a traveling hands-on exhibit to teach about biodiversity

Friends of Nature

 

Exploring Biodiversity- Kanuku mountains Environmental Education Workshop

Brazil

Southern Guyana

Feb./Mar. 2002

A program iinvolving 750 high school students who attended an environmental education workshop to learn about local species, while also developing materials for a booklet on biodiversity.

Four day workshop for Amerindians in the area to teach about biodiversity conservation and ecology

 

 

6. Other Environmental Education Programs

Indonesia

Papua, New Guinea

Bodogol Conservation Environmental Center, where students can learn about biodiversity through games and small group activities

CI teacher's manual for coral reef conservation, teaching through stories and games about marine biodiversity

 

7. Publication

Type

Name

Price

Publisher

Newsletter

Annual report

Book

 

 

Specialized journals, CD-Roms, maps

CI News from the Front

1996-2000 available online

quarterly newsletters, online

The Green Host Effect

Specialized topics, such as Africa, Caratanga, Megadiversity

CI Japan

 

8. Partnership

CI and AVEDA, a personal care product company, help local communities create environmentally friendly businesses, such as harvesting Brazil nuts for hair care products.

9. Plans for the next 5 years

 

 

 

 

10. Self Evaluation

 

 

11. Future Expectations

To protect our "living heritage", the varied forms of life on earth, and to live in harmony with them.