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→ FY 2022 (33rd) Activity Grant Presentation Ceremony
FY 2024, The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation provided a grant of 42,000 thousand yen.
There are many types of bird protection efforts, such as improving the environment, protecting injured birds, and preserving breeding grounds. All of them have in common that it takes time to produce results and that many people need to cooperate. Planning, executing, and reporting the results of activities—continuing this process is of paramount importance in bird conservation, and today, various groups face birds day and night. This year marks the 35th year of The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation. From 2022, in order to further expand the circle of support for bird conservation activities by overseas organizations, we will begin providing grants on the condition that the application is made through an organization in Japan. In order to protect birds both domestically and internationally, we will continue to support the wild bird protection and research activities of various organizations.
On April 22, 2024, the activity subsidy presentation ceremony of The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation was held at the GAKUSHIKAIKAN both in person and online.
After the introduction of the Steering Committee, the activity presentation ceremony was held by Nobuyasu Kitamura, Senior General Manager, Corporate Sustainability Department, Sustainability Management Division of Suntory Holdings Limited, Keiichi Nakazawa, Director of Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, and Zuiten Tsukamoto, Chairman of the Steering Committee.
Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to participate in the 2024 The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation presentation ceremony today. I would also like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all the organizations that will receive this grant. Since the first grant was awarded in 1990, we have supported various bird conservation activities, and we are delighted to be celebrating the 35th award ceremony this time, and would like to express our gratitude to all those involved who have supported our activities thus far. ,Thank you again. Suntory will continue to help protect and nurture a healthier nature for many living things, hoping that those who are carrying out wonderful wild bird conservation activities in various places will further expand their activities and make even greater progress in the future. Thank you for your continued support.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation and all of our activity grant recipients for their continued understanding and cooperation in preserving the natural environment. I would also like to express my heartfelt respect to Suntory Holdings, which has supported bird pet activities for over 30 years.
Now, in order to realize nature positivity, it is very important that everyone's daily activities to stop the extinction of species are carried out. The extinction of species has an irreversible negative impact on biodiversity. Extinct species will not come back.
In other words, in order to realize nature positivity, species extinction is a very important element that must be avoided, and this can only be achieved by accumulating detailed and steady local activities like yours on a global scale. I would like to once again express my high expectations and sincere gratitude to all of you for your efforts.
We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to all those eligible for the 2024 subsidy. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the guests who took time out of their busy schedules to attend this presentation ceremony, as well as to the trustees, those involved in the trust, and those who worked hard to prepare the ceremony. . thank you very much. After a lively discussion at the steering committee, we decided to provide 23 grants totaling 42 million yen this fiscal year. We hope that our support will be of some use to your activities. And I am confident that you will get great results. The Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation will continue to work closely with everyone by supporting bird conservation activities to protect the natural environment in Japan and around the world, so we ask for your continued support.
FY 2024 Grant Projects Click here
Wild Bird Society of Japan, Saga Prefecture Chapter: Stork breeding support activities (Stork/Saga Prefecture)Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park: Captive breeding of the brown shrike (brown shrike/Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture)(NPO)Amami Ornithologists’ Club: Surveying and researching the Amami woodcock, which inhabits the island’s World Natural Heritage Site (Amami woodcock/Kagoshima Prefecture (Amami Islands), Okinawa Prefecture)(Foundation) Yamashina Institute for Ornithology: Identification of ocean areas that can be used for conservation of the endangered albatross (Albatross/Hokkaido and others)(Public Corporation) Toyama City Family Park Zoo: Establishment of breeding technologies with a view to returning gray parrots to the wild (Gray Parrot/Toyama Prefecture)Inter-Institutional Panel on the Management of Stork Populations (IPPM-OWS): Survey of breeding status of storks at all breeding sites in Japan and development of a new stork conservation policy (Stork/All over Japan)(NPO) Study of Sandankyo and the Ota River Watershed: Conservation activities to help ensure the future of the crested kingfisher (Kingfisher/Hiroshima Prefecture)(NPO) Bird Research: Survey of summer birds wintering on sustainable forest coffee plantations in the Philippines (Migratory small birds that fly to Japan in spring and summer/Luzon Island, Philippines)Philippine Eagle Foundation: Measures to prevent electrocution of Philippine eagles on Mindanao Island and the conservation and regeneration of biodiversity-rich primeval forests (Philippine Eagle/Mindanao Island, Philippines)EXPLORE GAIA ENTERPRISE: Improvement of nesting opportunities for endangered hornbills in the Kinabatangan River basin (Malaysia) (hornbills/Borneo Island, Sabah, Malaysia)Royal Society for Protection of Nature: Establishment of captive breeding techniques for the endangered white-bellied heron in the Kingdom of Bhutan (white-bellied heron/Kingdom of Bhutan and Niigata Prefecture)Speaker: Akiyuki Miyahara
Stork breeding support activities
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Speaker: Kazutoshi Takami
Captive breeding of the brown shrike
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Speaker: Hisahiro Torikai
Surveying and researching the Amami woodcock, which inhabits the island’s World Natural Heritage Site
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Speaker: Naoki Tomita
Identification of ocean areas that can be used for conservation of the endangered albatross
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Speaker: Daisuke Mori
Establishment of breeding technologies with a view to returning gray parrots to the wild
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Speaker: Takashi Kuge
Survey of breeding status of storks at all breeding sites in Japan and development of a new stork conservation policy
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Speaker: Yoshio Ueno
Conservation activities to help ensure the future of the crested kingfisher
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Speaker: Kazuo Kouyama
Survey of summer birds wintering on sustainable forest coffee plantations in the Philippines
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Speaker: Jayson Ibanez (Online Presentation)
Measures to prevent electrocution of Philippine eagles on Mindanao Island and the conservation and regeneration of biodiversity-rich primeval forests
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Speaker: Mari Kondou (Borneo Conservation Trust Japan) 〈Proxy Presentation〉
Improvement of nesting opportunities for endangered hornbills in the Kinabatangan River basin (Malaysia)
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Speaker: Jigme Tshering (Online Presentation)
Establishment of captive breeding techniques for the endangered white-bellied heron in the Kingdom of Bhutan
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FY 2024 Grant Projects Click here
(Foundation) Ecosystem Conservation Society-Japan: Project for dispersion of hooded cranes and white-naped cranes across their wintering grounds (hooded cranes, white-naped cranes/Kagoshima Prefecture and others)Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds (JSPB): Project to support the reintroduction and establishment of the Japanese crested ibis in the wild on Honshu (ibis/Ishikawa Prefecture and others)Speaker: Kiichirou Hirabayashi
Project for dispersion of hooded cranes and white-naped cranes across their wintering grounds
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Speaker: Yoshihiro Natori
Project to support the reintroduction and establishment of the Japanese crested ibis in the wild on Honshu
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FY 2024 Grant Projects Click here
- Gunma Prefectural Nitta Akatsuki High School, Humanities and Science Project K: Research on the reproductive ecology of the common kestrels breeding on the school grounds (kestrel/Gunma Prefecture)
- Toyooka AgRestart: Educational program: “Let’s learn about the ecosystem by observing storks raising their young—symbiotic agriculture that is friendly to both humans and storks” (stork/Hyogo prefecture)
- Fussa Daigo Elementary School Birdwatching Committee: Birdwatching activities to foster students to have a rich love of nature (wild bird/Tokyo)
- Kyoto Prefectural Nishimaizuru High School Natural Sciences Club: Ecological survey of the streaked shearwater on Kanmuri-jima Island (Maizuru City) and activities to communicate the survey findings to the local community (streaked shearwater/Kyoto Prefecture)
- Yamasemi 22: Oriental dollarbird conservation and encouragement of bird-watching activities (oriental dollarbird/Ehime Prefecture)
- Tsukushino Biotope Project: Promote understanding of wild bird ecology in residential areas near major cities and understanding/protection of wild bird habitats, and carry out placement and management of nesting boxes (great tit, other wild birds/Tokyo)
- Hiki Raptor Research Group: Creation of an awareness booklet summarizing the ecology of the endangered long-billed plover (long-billed plover/Saitama Prefecture)
- Izumi City Kakusho Gakuen Crane Club: Investigation of crane numbers, family structures and state of dispersion (crane/Kagoshima Prefecture)
- (Association) Dormouse & Wildlife Institute: Contributing to OECMs through wild bird surveys in the satoyama around Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, and providing biodiversity education at nature observation gatherings (wild birds/Yamanashi Prefecture)
- (NPO) Japan Conservation Association for the Chinese Ibis: Awareness activities aimed at reintroducing Noto's Japanese crested ibises to the wild (ibis/Ishikawa Prefecture)
