Desertification is spreading rapidly along the Silk Road as well as on the Loess Plateau in China.To facilitate planting these areas with sea buckthorn, an economically valuable crop that is well suited to the local climate, we established a seedling center and have been providing local farmers with seedlings.

The low-lying South Pacific island or Kiribati already suffers from rising sea leaves, and ocean swells inundate coastal areas. To prevent coastal erosion, we have been planting mangrove trees in partnership with local young people and chilren.

In the South Pacific island of Tuvalu, we have been planting mangrove trees to alleviate coastal erosion, and educationg children about waste management.

The Qin Ling Mountains are a veritable treasures trove of rare wildlife where critically endangered species such as the golden snub-nosed monkey and the giant panda can be found. We are restoring biodiversity to its forests through the afforestation of forest roads that impede the movement of animals and research into the ecology of local flora and fauna.

Working under the slogan "Sowing seeds in minds and the earth", we gather tree seeds and seedlings (juvenile trees that have just germinated from seeds), nurture their growth and provide the resulting larger seedlings to people who engage in tree planting. Planting tree species native to any given locality leads to natural revegetation.

In the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia where desertification is sreading, we are devoting our efforts to the planting of sea buckthorn, an economically valuable crop, and environmental education for local elementary and junior high school students.

In Papua New Guinea, we have been providing guidance in farming technology and promoting its widespread use to enable local residents to earn a stable cash income and maintain self-sufficiency in feeding themselves.

In the Solomon Islands, we have been providing technical guidance and promoting the widespread practice of sedentary organic farming as a means of controlling excessive slash-and-burn agricultural practices and at the same time ensuring local residents earn adequate cash income to enable them to be self-sufficient in feeding themselves.

In the nothern mountainous region of Thailand, we have been creating the maps required for applications to have government-owned forests restored to "community forests" so that local residents can resume use of the forest to lead sustainable lives. We have also been compiling various information about local villages to create the Village Encyclopedia in conjunction with the map.

We provide environmental education programs by linking NPOs nationwide that know how to conduct nature programs with schools looking for such expertise and oppotunities.

To foster the development of "environmental messengers" who can take environmental action and communicate their message to the rest of the world, alpinist Noguchi Ken launched th Environmental School and serves as its headmaster.

The Satoyama Presservation School is an agricultural education program devoted to preserving and regenerating satoyama (small mountain villages) and training young people who will be the custodians of the next generation. The School uses abandoned agricultural land in Iizuna, Nagano, Prefecture. Farmers in Iizuna provide rice seedlings for children to grow in rice fields at urban schools and visit them to provide lessons with the aim of enhancing students' awareness of growing crops for food and the environment. The School also teaches students how to grow grains and organizes tours to promote interaction between people living in cities.

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