The Asaza Project

This is interseting case of environmental revival by citizens and NGOs without any forcement from government. Please visit the website.

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REVIVING NATURE AROUND LAKE KASUMIGAURA

Lake Kasumigaura ranks second in size in Japan, after Lake Biwa, with a surface area of 219.9 square kilometers and a catchment basin more than ten times the lake's surface area. Located not far from the metropolis of Tokyo, Lake Kasumigaura was developed on a large scale during Japan's period of rapid economic growth from 1950s to 1970s, to provide water for industrial and drinking. In the process, much of the lakeside was encased in revetments (concrete facing to sustain an embankment), with a devastating effect on the natural environment. The lake suffered. People stopped visiting the lakeside, and the migratory birds and other living creatures that once visited the reed beds disappeared.

(continued to website: http://www.japanfs.org/en/public/ngo04.html)


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