Environmental crime market, hundreds of billions of yen annually 1999.08.15

At a conference on environmental crimes with the United Nations Environmental Program in Geneva the other day, he pointed out that international crimes such as illegal trading of fluorocarbon, illegal dumping of hazardous wastes, and smuggling of rare wild animals are expanding. According to the Royal Institute for International Studies, the size of the transaction by environmental crime is seen to reach $200 to $400 billion annually. The United Nations will move to strengthen cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization, and encourage countries to comply with international arrangements.

Food waste, thinned wood and branch materials as biomass energy 2001.05.20

Biomass energy has been attracting attention as a new energy source as a waste treatment. Biomass is the idea of an organic organism as an energy resource, in addition to plant resources, such as human waste urine, garbage from plants and animals, etc. are also included. The use of biomass energy, which is currently considered, is based on incineration heat utilization, gasification by pyrolysis, methane fermentation, and alcohol fermentation. As for the use technology, the use of heat by direct incineration and the methane fermentation of organic wastes has been put into practical use, but in the food factory, the case of adopting methane fermentation technology is increasing in response to the food waste recycling law.

Approximately 2.7 billion yen has been organized for the development and dissemination of biomass energy in the environment-related budget of the country in fiscal 2001. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labour and welfare has processed human waste and raw garbage, and launched the "Sludge Regeneration treatment center Concept" to recycle methane gas and compost, and issued a subsidy only for the recycling type of new human waste treatment facilities from fiscal 1998. Therefore, the municipality is looking for a mechanism that can recycle from both sides of the garbage disposal and human waste processing.

In addition, the "Renewable Energy Promotion Law" under consideration for legislation is also touted to promote the dissemination of solar and wind power and biomass energy. 19 million tons of food waste per year, and waste material discarded from construction sites is 17 million tons annually. Only biomass resources that are currently being treated as waste rise to this amount. In addition, the forest area of the current Japan is about 25 million hectares. The forest resources that grow over the years are about 100 million cubic meters Sweden. According to assets such as ministry, the Japan has been left in mountainous areas for about 6 million cubic meters of thinned wood and branch materials. We consider these to be energy resources, and if we plan to proceed deforestation and reforestation, we can diversify energy sources and preserve forests. It also leads to the promotion of forestry, which is declining steadily.

Dam construction plan in the habitat of the eagle Owl 1998.10.15

In Japan, the National Environmental Protection Federation investigated the development of a small-scale agricultural irrigation dam in two locations in northern Hokkaido, where only about ten species of Hokkaido were not recognized. At present, the Federation has decided to call for an emergency survey of the planned discontinuation and the Eagle Owl in both ministries, although a full-scale construction is undecided in response to changes in the agricultural situation and local demands.

I've had a great time, but now I'm bad 1998.10.15

The survey, which was continued since the 1980s by the Japan Mammal Society, reveals the fact that foreign mammals imported for pets, etc., are causing serious damage to Japan ecosystems and crops. For example, there were tens of thousands and tens of thousands of mongoose from South Asia that were released to Amami Oshima in the hub extermination. These rare species have been reduced in some districts, including the Amino Crow heron and the Birds of a bird.

After half a century...the bird is back 1999.04.15

The "extinction declaration" was put out once in 1949, and Ahoudori revived miraculously in the Izu Islands and the Bird Island. It was confirmed by Associate Professor Hasegawa of Toho University who has been protecting research since 76 years, and it lays out 213 eggs in Yanzaki in 1998, in addition to 550 birds and 450 young birds, with protection measures from 81 years. 139 chicks were hatching from this, and it was finally on the mark of 1000 birds. It was a rare case in the world where the species that had been declared extinct were resurrected.

Endocrine disruptors are widely present 1999.12.15

The Ministry of Construction summarized the results of the survey on endocrine disruptors, which were conducted in 1999 for the first-class river and major sewage facilities. In the water quality survey, five chemical substances such as nonylphenol and bisphenol A were confirmed at many points while low concentrations of hormones derived from human animals. Both the sediment survey and the sewer facility survey were detected at many points, and both tended to be similar to the 98 Year survey.