Press Release
April 24, 2025
- Nature & Parks
International Day for Biodiversity (May 22)
1. May 22 is the International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) sanctioned by the United Nations, and events to popularize and raise awareness among the public under the international theme are held throughout the world.
2. The Ministry of the Environment will co-organize an International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration "Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa" in Kanazawa City jointly with UNU-IAS OUIK* and Kanazawa City.
* UNU-IAS OUIK: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa
3. Related organizations of the J-GBF* and other associations will hold events to experience, study, and make actions on biodiversity throughout Japan, during the period around May 22.
* J-GBF: Japan Conference for 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework
(Chairman: Mr. TOKURA Masakazu, Chairman of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation))
■Outline
１．International Day for Biodiversity (May 22)
International Day for Biodiversity is an international day sanctioned by the United Nations for popularizing and raising awareness on issues regarding biodiversity. Commemorating the adoption of the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity on May 22, 1992, at the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity, May 22 every year is sanctioned as the International Day for Biodiversity.
Every year, various events are held around this day throughout the world, under the international theme to popularize and raise awareness among the public for the conservation and mainstreaming of biodiversity. This year's theme is “Harmony with nature and sustainable development”.
Every year, various events are held around this day throughout the world, under the international theme to popularize and raise awareness among the public for the conservation and mainstreaming of biodiversity. This year's theme is “Harmony with nature and sustainable development”.
２．Event for the International Day for Biodiversity:
International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration
"Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa"
(Organizer: UNU-IAS OUIK*, Co-organizers: Kanazawa City, Ministry of the Environment)
Last year, UNU-IAS*, Ministry of the Environment, Ishikawa Prefecture, IGES*, GEOC* and The Japan Foundation for the United Nations University co-organized an event on supporting recovery efforts following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. Discussions were made on the following topics: sharing current situation and challenges; creative recovery utilizing the resources of satoyama and satoumi; conservation, restoration and sustainable utilization of natural environment and “nature, culture, and community” in Noto.
This year, UNU-IAS OUIK*, Ministry of the Environment and Kanazawa City will co-organize an International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration "Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa" in Kanazawa City.
In this event, views will be exchanged on the importance of public participation in urban ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation leveraging cultural resources, together with global perspective of representatives from other model cities and pilot cities, and discussions will be made on new actions towards creating active and sustainable cities through harmony with nature.
* UNU-IAS OUIK: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa
UNU-IAS : United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
IGES : Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
GEOC : Global Environment Outreach Centre
○ International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration in Kanazawa"Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa"
Date: May 22, 2025, 14:00-17:00
Location: Kanazwa Bunka Hall, Kanazawa City, Japan
* Advanced registration is required from the following URL:
https://ouik.unu.edu/en/events/8787
"Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa"
(Organizer: UNU-IAS OUIK*, Co-organizers: Kanazawa City, Ministry of the Environment)
Last year, UNU-IAS*, Ministry of the Environment, Ishikawa Prefecture, IGES*, GEOC* and The Japan Foundation for the United Nations University co-organized an event on supporting recovery efforts following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. Discussions were made on the following topics: sharing current situation and challenges; creative recovery utilizing the resources of satoyama and satoumi; conservation, restoration and sustainable utilization of natural environment and “nature, culture, and community” in Noto.
This year, UNU-IAS OUIK*, Ministry of the Environment and Kanazawa City will co-organize an International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration "Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa" in Kanazawa City.
In this event, views will be exchanged on the importance of public participation in urban ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation leveraging cultural resources, together with global perspective of representatives from other model cities and pilot cities, and discussions will be made on new actions towards creating active and sustainable cities through harmony with nature.
* UNU-IAS OUIK: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa
UNU-IAS : United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
IGES : Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
GEOC : Global Environment Outreach Centre
○ International Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Regeneration in Kanazawa"Nature, Culture, and Community: Rethinking Urban Connections from Kanazawa"
Date: May 22, 2025, 14:00-17:00
Location: Kanazwa Bunka Hall, Kanazawa City, Japan
* Advanced registration is required from the following URL:
https://ouik.unu.edu/en/events/8787
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