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Biodiversity
屋久島の垂直分布と屋久杉：亜熱帯から亜寒帯まで続く森
Biodiversity
深海生物多様性の全貌：地球最後のフロンティアで進む新種発見とBBNJ保全の最前線
Natural Environment
The Complete Guide to Tide Pooling: Reading Tide Tables, Timing Spring Tides, and Staying Safe
Biodiversity
Why Do Chestnut Tiger Butterflies Cross 3,000km of Ocean? The Record Flight to Hong Kong
Biodiversity
Why the Amami Rabbit Is a "Living Fossil" — and Recovered 8x After Mongoose Eradication
Natural Environment
Urban Green Space and the Heat Island Effect: How Street Trees and Parks Cool Cities
Climate Change
What Share of Humanity's CO2 Does the Ocean Absorb? The Ocean's Role as a Carbon Sink and the Cost of Acidification
Biodiversity
Reading the Seasons by Cicada Song: Japan's 32 Species, Earlier First Songs and the Northward March of the Kumazemi
Disaster Recovery
When the Noto Earthquake Lifted Fishing Ports Out of the Sea: Rebuilding Livelihoods on a Coast That Became Land
Natural Environment
Life Underground: How Earthworms and Springtails Build Soil Ecosystems
SDGs Company Cases
Co-op's MSC and ASC Certified Seafood: Sustainable Sourcing Through CO・OP Products
Recycling & Resources
What Is Urban Mining? Recovering Gold and Rare Metals from Small Appliances, and Why It Protects the Ocean
Disaster Recovery
How Do We Pass On the Memory of Disaster? Ruins, Storytellers, Museums, and Tsunami Stones
Recycling & Resources
Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling: How Japan's 91.9% Collection Rate Fights Ocean Plastic
Biodiversity
The Pollinator Crisis: How Bees Support 75% of Our Food and What We Can Do About Their Decline
SDGs Products
Do Biodegradable Straws Really Dissolve at Sea? Kaneka's PHBH, Explained
Disaster Recovery
What Is Coastal Community Regeneration? Relocation, Fishing Livelihoods, and the Role of Women and Youth
SDGs Products
What Are Label-Free Bottles? Asahi's 90% Plastic Cut and Japan's 2026 Rules
Natural Environment
海岸砂丘の植生とは｜ハマヒルガオとコウボウムギが砂を留める仕組みと減少の危機
SDGs Company Cases
Why Did Starbucks Ditch the Straw? From Paper to Biomass in 5 Years
Biodiversity
Why the Iriomote Cat Is Critically Endangered: A Small Island's Fight for Zero Roadkill
Climate Change
Why Does a Meandering Jet Stream Cause Extreme Weather? Heatwaves, Downpours, Heavy Snow and the Ocean
Others
Japan's National Parks: 35 Parks and the Unique "Zoned Park" System That Protects Them
Decarbonization