2025-11-13
Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda gave a remote presentation on the activities of YNU EBRoSS etc. at the international conference, “Sustainability transformations and social-ecological dynamics of Amazonia and of other regions” held in Belém, Brazil, as part of the UNFCCC CoP30 Leaders’ Summit on Nov 13, 2025.
AEON Co., Ltd. and Yokohama National University have signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement on Nov 10, 2025. – related ShinYoko News Paper’s Article
Mr Takumi Akiyama, a fourth-year student in the School of Urban Science, participated in the 2025 Yeoncheon Global Forum on Peace with Nature held in Yeoncheon, Republic of Korea on Oct 23-25, 2025.
2025-11-06
Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda gave a lecture at the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency event “Learn from the Field! Flexible Management that Faces Nature” on Oct 7, 2025
Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda participated as a lecturer in the Shiretoko Nature Campus Recurrent 2025 “Brown Bear Management” field training on Oct 1-3, 2025
2025-10-09
Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda et al. published a paper entitled “An Adaptive Management Model for Brown Bears in Hokkaido: Based on Total Population and the Number of Nuisance Bears”
2025-09-08
Panel Discussion “Role of Biosphere Reserves for Mitigating Human-Nature Conflict” will be held at the fifth World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (WCBR) in Hongzhou, China on Sep 24, 2025.
2025-08-28
An interview with Ms. Kokone Nakamura was published on the UNESCO Future Co-Creation Platform ‘UNESCO and Me’ on Aug 12, 2025.
2025-08-04
Report on a visit to Manazuru Town: The possibility of Manazuru new Biosphere Reserve (Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda, UNESCO Chairholder, Feb 19, 2025)
2025-07-09
“Utilizing Biosphere Reserves for Education for Sustainable Development: Teacher’s Guidebook” was introduced in UNESCO Earth Network’s publication “Sharing tools for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in UNESCO-designatetd sites” (Feb 2025)
2025-05-08
Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda received the 23rd Distinguished Service Award from Japan Ecological Society (March 15, 2025)
2025-03-13
Ms. Kokone Nakamura’s Internship Report at UNESCO Headquarters (March 12, 2025)
2024-12-02
Kamikatsu UNESCO MAB(BR) Study Seminar was held in Tokushima on Nov 12-13, 2024
2024-11-01
“Blue Carbon Mangrove Ecosystems – A Concept-Based Approach” was published by Springer Nature
Visit Report of Dr Miguel Clüsener-Godt can be downloaded from Tadami BR Special Seminar (Sep 7, 2024) page
2024-10-28
Biocultural Diversity Seminar was held on Oct 24, 2024
2024-10-24
Graduate Student Kokone Nakamura has been selected as one of the second cohort of participants for the UNESCO Long-Term Internship Program! She paid a courtesy visit to Vice President Tanabu and others (Oct 23, 2024)
2024-10-16
YNU Tokiwa Forest was certified as Nationally Certified Sustainably Managed Natural Site (OECM) by Ministry of the Environment
2024-09-25
Tadami Biosphere Reserve Special Seminar for Overseas Exchange (Sep 7, 2024)
2024-09-06
Biocultural Diversity Seminar was held on Sep 6, 2024.
2023-12-13
2023-11-15
The 14th Southeast Asian Biosphere Reserves Network (SeaBRnet) Meeting (Malaysia, Nov 13-15, 2023)
2023-11-03
The 10th South and Central Asian Biosphere Reserve Network Meeting (India, Nov. 1-3, 2023)
2023-10-16
2023-07-24
Partnership agreement between Japan Biosphere Reserve Network (JBRN) and YNU (July 24, 2023)
2023-03-24
Professor Miguel Clüsener-Godt was awarded a Honorary Doctorate on March 22, 2023
2023-01-30
Blue Carbon – Op-Ed on the occasion of World Wetland Day (Feb 2)
2023-01-25
Yokohama National University Spring program 2023 was held on Dec 13, 20, 2022 and Jan 10, 2023.
2022-12-12
2022-11-24
2022-11-02
Message from Japan on the occasion of International Day (Nov 3) for Biosphere Reserves
2022-10-14
Prof. Miguel Clüsener-Godt and a student attended EABRN in Mongolia (Oct 3-7, 2022)
6th MAB/PES Workshop: Professor Mineo Kato Lecture (July 12, ’22)
5th MAB/PES Workshop: Associate Professor Kaoruko Kurata Lecture (May 24, ’22)
4th MAB/PES Workshop: Professor Miguel Clüsener-Godt Lecture in Japan (May 9, ’22)
2022-04-08
Orientation of Minor Education Program for MAB/SDGs (April 7, 2022)
MAB/PES Workshop: Extra Remote Seminar (April 4, 2022)
MAB/PES Workshop: Third Remote Seminar (Mar 30, 2022)
MAB/PES Workshop: Second Remote Seminar (Mar 2, 2022)
MAB/PES Workshop: First Remote Meeting (Jan 26, 2022)
Remote Conference of International Port-City University League (April 28 and 30, 2021)