Month: February 2025

From February 22nd to March 15th, 2025, Tamano Hayashi visited Malawi.
Exchanged opinions with VNRC and Sustainable Cape Maclear, who is an innovator working on seedling production in the enclaves and neighboring villages of Lake Malawi National Park, and established an activity plan for future collaboration.
Also measured the weight of the collected bundles of firewood during the rainy season and investigated the population and number of households in the enclaves and neighboring villages of Lake Malawi National Park.

From February 27th to March 8th, 2025, Talandila Kasapila, a long-term researcher at Ehime University, conducted research in Yakushima.
Following on from his on-site research in Yakushima in October last year, he returned to conduct research for his master’s thesis. He was able to conduct academic research and discussions on sustainable environmental management, focusing on how the relationship between humans and nature affects the management, conservation, and sustainability of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and the role of community activities in transforming and conserving Yakushima’s ecosystem.