On 5 January 2025, Hokkoku Shimbun, a newspaper covering the Hokuriku region in Japan, published an article about an upcoming ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS symposium. Scheduled for May 2025, the international symposium will focus on green infrastructure and landscape conservation efforts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. This event will be organized by the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS (OUIK) with support from Kanazawa City.
Kanazawa has been selected as one of the role model cities for the Generation Restoration project of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS OUIK provided scientific expertise and advice for the application process.
The full article (in Japanese) is available on the Hokkoku Shimbun (paywalled) and in print.
