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Satoyama and biodiversity
Satoyama (里山), a term I first heard from 5bai Midori, describes a Japanese eco-system that supports biodiversity and is paradoxically the result of human transformation of forests over 2,000 years of...
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Urbio 2010 conference in Nagoya
Nagoya will be hosting a conference next May called URBIO 2010, on urban biodiversity and design. The conference precedes October’s 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological...
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COP 10 Biodiversity Conference
On Saturday I went to a symposium at Tokyo University on Biodiversity and Sustainability: Rebuilding Society in Harmony with Nature, an educational forum that precedes this year’s COP 10 biodiversity...
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Manga Farming
Manga farming is a hilarious project that recycles old manga for radish sprout farming. This was set up by Koshi Kawachi. This was installed at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya. (Via Pink...
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Paris japonica has the world’s longest genome
Especially relevant now that the world is focusing on biodiversity with the COP 10 conference in Nagoya, the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens has identified Paris japonica as having the world’s longest...
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