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Minakami Nature Positive Project
Project Details
| Name | Minakami Nature Positive Project |
| Description | The project site is also a UNESCO BR-registered area. The area is famous for its forests, which are home to the golden eagle, an endangered Japanese subspecies, and its hot springs. The project comprises (a) the conversion of artificial forest to natural forest, (b) low density management of shika deer, and (c) sustainable community development. Planning and governance strengthening will be carried out in accordance with the IUCN Nature Based Solution Global Standard, and quantitative evaluation methods will be developed and piloted to determine project results. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | Nature Conservation Society of JapanIUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025 |
| Start Date | 12/31/2019 |
| End Date | 12/30/2029 |
| Conservation Actions | 1.1. Site/area protection2.1. Site/area management2.3. Habitat & natural process restoration3.1. Species management4.3. Awareness & communications6.1. Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives |
| Needed annual budget | $10,000,000.00 |
| Total annual budget | $6,000,000.00 |
| Staff | ♀ 2 | ♂ 6 |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ 9,000 | ♂ 9,000 |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.71%
Recreational activities
2.30%
Dams & water management/use
2.89%
Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
3.93%
Other
9.05%
Logging & wood harvesting
10.43%
Livestock farming & ranching
11.00%
Agricultural & forestry effluents
11.55%
Habitat shifting & alteration
13.06%
Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
27.90%
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
Threat type