Wetlands International Japan (WIJ) is a registered Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) and the Japan office for the global organisation Wetlands International. WIJ works specially on Wetlands’ research, awareness-raising of the Ramsar Convention and implementation of its Wise Use concept of wetlands.
This website aims not only to provide you the overview of our organisation and activities, but is also to inform you what Wetlands International and the Ramsar Convention are about.
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Wetlands International Japan (WIJ) was featured in the national newspaper Mainichi Daily News (12 October, P.24) in an article entitled, "Conservation and use of wetlands from a cultural and educational perspective".
WIJ staffs gave three poster presentations at Japan Association of Benthology Conference held on October 17th-18th, 2009.
WIJ research associate Naoki Kumagai, who specializes in Biological Oceanography, was awarded the prize and delivered a commemorative speech in “the 2008 joint meeting of Plankton Society of Japan and the Japan Benthic Society” held on September 6th, 2009.
Mr. Frank van der Valk, COO of Wetlands International Head Quarters, visited Japan on September 12th-17th. He made visits to relevant institutions such as the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF). He also made field trips to two wetlands in central Kanto area.
Picture: seaweed bed, by Satoko Matsumoto
Wetlands International Japan
6F NCC Ningyocho Building, 3-7-3 Ningyo-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013, Japan
Tel: +81 3 5614 2150 Fax: +81 3 6806 4187