Window on COP10 Biodiversity in Japan’s Satoyama and Satoumi -Traditional Rural Landscapes-

1. HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE at COP9 Window on COP10Biodiversity inJapan’s Satoyama and Satoumi-Traditional Rural Landscapes- Japan’s 3rd NBSAP And SATOYAMA Initiative YOSHINAKA Atsuhiro Biodiversity Policy Division Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN

2. Outline of the Third National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan （Nov. 2007） “Building a Sustainable Society Coexisting with Flourishing Biodiversity” Importance of Biodiversity Biodiversity Supports Life and Livelihood Crisis 2: Degradation of Satoyama due to insufficient level of management ①　Basis for existence of all life on earth ③　Basis for enriching culture View of nature to care all living things Culture Oxygen supply Fertile soil ②　Use value including future options ④　Security of livelihood Disaster reduction Genetic Information Food security Food Timber Medicine Crisis 1: Species and habitat degradation due to excessive human activities Three crises Crisis 3: Ecosystem disturbances caused by the introduced alien species and chemical contaminations Crisis caused by global warming -Inevitable and serious- Huge potential for species extinction and ecosystem collapse Long-term Perspective Participation of diverse stakeholders Involvement of local governments and private sector Grand Design, targeting 100 years ahead Needs for efforts by local governments and businesses are emphasized with a view to linking biodiversity to local activities “Centennial Plan“, aiming to recover the nation’s ecosystem over the next 100 years

3. “SATOYAMA” Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity Various type of “SATOYAMA” Sustainable use SATOYAMA, or Satoyama landscape, can be found between the cities and the deep mountains. It consists of farming and forestry communities and the secondary environments that surround them. These rich environments have been formed by long-term sustainable use of limited regional resources by the local people. An important feature of the SATOYAMA is that various types of environments, including vegetable fields and orchards, rice paddies, irrigation ponds and ditches, pastures, managed grasslands, and coppices and other secondary woodlands, are distributed in a complicated mosaic pattern. Rich biodiversity Traditional culture

4. SATOYAMA in the Third National Biodiversity Strategy • Selection of “Important SATOYAMA” • Selection “Important SATOYAMA” areas which should be maintained and inherited to the future generations (300 important SATOYAMA) • Sustainable use of natural resources • Promotion of eco-friendly agriculture • Promotion of ecotourism and biomass use • Mechanisms by which various entities manage as common recourses • Collaboration among local governments, NGOs, private companies, city dwellers as well as with farmers, foresters and fishermen • Networking of activities and information on proper management Four Basic Strategies #1 Mainstreaming biodiversity in our daily life #2 Re-building sound relationship between man and nature in local communities #3 Securing linkages among forest, country sides, rivers and the sea #4 Taking action with global perspective Proposing Models of “Society in Harmony with Nature” SATOYAMA Initiative • To collect and consolidate knowledge on, and cases of societies that coexist with nature in harmony from Japan and all over the world • Propose models of society coexisting with nature in harmony, and convey the proposals to the world

5. Japan’s offer to host CBD COP10 ～Make the movement grow larger from Germany to Japan～ G8 Summit and G8 EMM in Germany The Third National Biodiversity Strategy ■2007： G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit G8 EMM Kobe in JAPAN CBD-COP9 in Germany ■2008： Formal decision on the COP10 venue • Proposing Models of “Society in Harmony with Nature” • Convey “SATOYAMA Initiative” to the world ・Target year of 2010 Biodiversity Target ・International Year of Biodiversity ■2010：　　　　　　　　　 CBD COP10 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

6. Kobe Call for Action for Biodiversity • Adopted at G8 EMM in Kobe 24-26 May 2008 • Emphasizing that biological diversity constitutes the indispensable foundation of our lives and of global economic development, • Recognizing the fundamental importance of biodiversity for human livelihoods, the eradication of poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, • Reiterating our commitment to increase our efforts to achieve the globally-agreed target to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, • Adopt the “Kobe Call for Action for Biodiversity” to call upon all countries to work together to promote the following actions:

7. Kobe Call for Action forBiodiversity Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target and following up actions Sustainable use of biodiversity Biodiversity and protected areas Private sector engagement Strengthening scientific capabilities for monitoring of biodiversity

8. Kobe Call for Action forBiodiversity Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target and following up actions Sustainable use of biodiversity Biodiversity and protected areas Private sector engagement Strengthening scientific capabilities for monitoring of biodiversity

9. Sustainable use of biodiversity Paragraph 6 Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity taking into account international achievements in this area and considering models of sustainable natural resource management based on the benefits of living in harmony with nature as recognized in satoyama in Japan (SATOYAMA Initiative).

10. Rural farm/mountain village regions located between urban areas and natural mountain regions Farm lands and settlements along with the surrounding forests, grasslands and wetlands etc. Proposing Models of “Society in Harmony with Nature” to the world ～SATOYAMA Initiative～ Local Communities Important role in land use and management Continuously benefits from ecosystem services To collect and consolidate knowledge on, and cases of societies that coexist with nature in harmony from all over the world • Traditional & Various Use • Slash-and-burn • Timber use • Foods, Fuels and Medicines • Craftworketc. Workshops Collaboration with International Organization “SATOYAMA Initiative” Proposing models of society coexisting with nature in harmony, and conveying the proposals to the world Ideas and methods to protect and nurture various living beings and their native habitats, using natural resources in sustainable and circulative ways • To respect attitudes toward nature unique to the region • To utilize traditional knowledge • To develop a land-use plan appropriate for the environmental capacity of the particular land • Regional consensus building • Engagement and cooperation of local communities • Adaptive management etc. Based on good practices appropriate for regional characteristics Guidelines for building societies that coexist with nature in harmony ＋ Common principles for the guidelines to be well-implemented

12. Thanks a lotand see you in Satoyama in JAPAN atsuhiro_yoshinaka@env.go.jp