What we do
Global Environment Outreach Office (GEOC) seeks to achieve and promote collaboration and partnership between government, business and civil society in an effort to develop sustainable living environment.
Our Services
International Partnership Building
GEOC organizes and supports activities for timely, important international topics by a partnership approach.Partnerships in Japan
GEOC operates domestic projects in cooperation with 7 regional Environmental Partnership Offices (EPO) throughout Japan. The regional offices of the EPOs are shown on the map.Information Sharing and Communication
Information regarding environmental partnerships is distributed through various media with the objective of promoting environmental partnerships to encourage solutions to environmental problems on a regional and global scale.
Partnership Case Studies
Restoration of marine resources and ecosystem; Mori wa Umi no Koibito
The NPO “Mori wa Umi no Koibito” (The Forest is longing for the sea, the sea is longing for the Forest), aims to promote the natural ecological link between forests and the ocean. The group is engaged in three areas including environmental education,…
Planning a nature park by the local government and citizens; Konbukuro Pond Nature Park
The Konbukuro Pond Nature Study Park (located in Chiba Prefecture’s Kashiwa City) is a precious park, due to its having uncommon flatlands springwater, its being inhabited by rare living organisms seen in cool-temperate zones, and its other aspects. …
A bottom-up approach for making a strategic plan for biodiversity – Tokushima Biodiversity Conference
COP10 pre-events were held in Tokushima in February, 2010, and energetic discussions took place regarding the preservation of biodiversity. Even as formulation of strategies regarding biodiversity is moving forward in each prefecture, Tokushima prefe…
