On 29 September 2024, the Nippon TV programme "Nittere Update!" featured a UNU-IAS event at the Yokohama Biodiversity Festival, which was held as part of the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity 2024 (IYCB). The event showcased Kagaku no Sato, a project led by the science education show "Tokoro-san no Megaten!" and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), for which UNU-IAS serves as the secretariat. The collaborative project aims to restore degraded land into vibrant satoyama (Japanese woodland villages). The TV programme also featured a live insect exhibit that was set up to illustrate their importance for ecosystems.
Commenting on the high turnout, Rina Miyake (Programme Coordinator, UNU-IAS) emphasized that such collaborative events provide valuable opportunities to raise awareness of biodiversity issues.
A recording of the programme (in Japanese) can be accessed below.
- TVer (available until 6 October 2024)
- Nittere TADA (available until 6 October 2024)
- Hulu (paywall)
