Side Event

ACHIEVING THE AICHI TARGET 7 : BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY WITH SATOYAMA-SATOUMI APPROACH

Organizer
Japan Civil Network for UNDB

Date and Time
7 October 2014 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

How to mainstreaming Green economy for achieving the Aichi target 7, overcoming the diverse values? This side event provides 2 cases with Satoyama-Satoumi approaches and 1 methodology for multi-stakeholder communication.Furthermore, we will also discuss life&work-style innovation in Satoyama-Satoumi toward the aich target 7. <<Case.1: Multi-stakeholder partnership for Green Renaissance>> Urato Islands was damaged by the tsunami in the Great East Japan Earthquake. A result of multi-stakeholder collaboration, green economy with local natural/human capital is progressing.(Coordinator:Ms.Minohara@Tokyo University) <<Case.2: Making story of "Cradle of fish" Rice brand>> Shiga Prefecture and farmers provide fishways from lake Biwa to the rice paddy, and then inland water fisheries was resurrected. People can harvest not only rice but also side dishes from rice paddy.(Coordinator:Ms.Sakata@JCN-UNDB) <<Methodology: Land Health Index>> Land Health Index (LHI) is one of powerful tool to make vision easier among multi-stakeholder. LHI calculates a score of eco-system services. CI Japan and reserch team shows how to use these indexes for Key Biodiversity Areas.(Coordinator:Mr.Natori@CI Japan) <<Q&A Disscussion>>