At the venue of the United Nations conference "COP15" to discuss the protection of biodiversity held in Canada, a seminar was held to report on Japan's efforts from "COP10" held in Nagoya in 2010. .
At the COP10 held in Nagoya 12 years ago, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets were adopted as goals for each country to work toward by 2020, and this became a turning point when biodiversity protection was recognized as an important global theme. It is said that
At the venue of COP15, which is currently being held in Montreal, Canada, a seminar was held to disseminate Japan's efforts after COP10.
At the seminar, it was introduced that Japan had established a unique fund to support efforts to protect biodiversity in developing countries. Minister of the Environment Nishimura said, "We have strongly supported efforts by developing countries to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets." said.
It was reported that the fund continues to this day and is being used by developing countries to create national strategies for biodiversity protection.
In addition, a breakfast meeting co-sponsored by Japan and China was held at the venue, and it was confirmed that the "Nagoya Protocol", which stipulates the appropriate distribution of profits from pharmaceuticals developed using the genes of living organisms, will be widely used in the future. was
The Minister of the Environment of the Philippines who participated said, "We would like to work together with Japan to achieve fair and just distribution of benefits to all people through the Nagoya Protocol."