Japan Forest Environment Transfer Tax (Rinshin Kankyō Jōyo Zei)
Since 2019, Japan distributes ¥40–62 billion/year to municipalities and prefectures for managing private plantation forests; from April 2024 funded by a ¥1,000/capita …
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Since 2019, Japan distributes ¥40–62 billion/year to municipalities and prefectures for managing private plantation forests; from April 2024 funded by a ¥1,000/capita …
Yokohama's municipally managed eelgrass beds became the first site in Japan's J Blue Credit market, turning coastal seagrass restoration into tradable carbon …
A 2006-2011 project reconnected 2.4km of the Kushiro River's original meander in Japan's largest peatland; a 2025 peer-reviewed study found hydrology recovered …
Since 2003, Suntory holds 30–100-year forest management agreements at 27 Japanese sites totalling >12,000 ha, recharging more than twice the groundwater it …
Japan's tripartite government carbon credit scheme for forest management (METI, MOE, MAFF): 356 forestry projects registered by March 2024. Japan's forests removed …
In Mashike, Hokkaido, Nippon Steel and the local fisheries cooperative turned steelmaking slag into a growth substrate for seaweed beds, generating Japan's …
For over 120 years Tokyo's Bureau of Waterworks has owned and managed ~25,000 hectares of 'water conservation forest' along the upper Tama …
Since 2001, Tokyo has legally required new and renovated buildings above set size thresholds to green 20-25% of their roof area; the …
Japan's Ministry of the Environment declared the small Indian mongoose eradicated from Amami Oshima in 2024 after a 25-year, ¥3.57bn campaign; a …
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