AMAMO2023 and J-COAST (Japanese Translation) (Page 1)  
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AMAMO2023 and J-COAST (Japanese Translation)

From November 17th to 22nd, the COAST Card team met in Tokyo, Japan for the Amamo2023 and JCOAST conference and meeting hosted at the Sasikawa Peace Foundation. While there, team members listened to and presented talks on seagrass, blue carbon, science communication, and the COAST Card Project. They visited various places around Tokyo that are of interest to the COAST Card Project or serve as sites of engagement and restoration events.

From November 22nd to 24th, the COAST Card partners visited the second Japanese study site, Ishigaki Island and Sekisei Lagoon. There, they visited multiple reef sites in different stages of recovery from bleaching events and saw the mitigation practices implemented by farmers to reduce agricultural runoff.

Keywords: sustainability, seagrass, Japan, ocean, coast

Author(s)Dennison WC, Furukawa K, Nadaoka K, Vargas-Nguyen V, Anderson S
IAN Author(s)Bill Dennison, Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, Sidney Anderson
Date Published2024-07-16
TypeNewsletter
ProjectCoastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST Card)
Location(s)Tokyo Bay, Japan
Sekisei Lagoon, Japan
Number of Pages6
Filesize8.2 MB
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