Rural revitalization, rural infrastructure, social change, and public services.
In Europe and Japan, there is a long tradition of educating children through nature and agriculture. Every year, primary school pupils are taken by their schools into the fields to learn how to sow seeds, tend crops, and prepare food. From the classroom to the great outdoors, and from spring…
The Central Government’s Document No. 1, released today, continues its unwavering focus on rural revitalisation. With rural development having dominated the theme of Document No. 1 for twenty consecutive years, there is an inevitable pressure on the media, the public, and policymakers alike to inject some novelty and “find a…
Once pioneer species take root in an ecosystem, they gradually enhance its carrying capacity, paving the way for a growing number of other species to enter. The rise in biodiversity within the system is, at the same time, the process through which the pioneer species themselves are marginalised. —— Pioneer…
