Wildlife Conservation Efforts in Japan and the World

Year

The Japan Wildlife Conservation Society

* The IUCN lead data book (a list of species with a possibility of extinction) is published

1966

* Environmental Agency starts (Japan)

1971

* United Nations human environmental meeting opening (Stockholm, Sweden)
* United Nations environmental plan (UNEP) 
* "Nature conservation law" enactment

1972

* Washington treaty (CITES) adoption 

1973

* IUCN, WWF and UNEP worldwide integrity strategy announcement
* CITES ratification (Japan)

1980

* 34th international whaling commission (IWC) general meeting (England) and commercial whaling moratorium adoption

1982

1987

1989

1990

* JWCS is established; theoretical workshop is held periodically

* Japanese edition of the lead data book gives a list of Japanese wildlife at risk of extinction

1991

* In Kyoto, the 8th CITES is held
* United Nations environmental development conference
* Formation of the law regarding the retention of wild flora and fauna at risk for extinction (Japan)

1992

* In Kushiro, 5th Searle National Diet discussion opening
* United Nations environmental development conference
* Environmental fundamental law formation (Japan)

1993

* Biodiversity symposium opening
* Biodiversity treaty comment announcement

* 9th CITES discussion (Florida) about African elephant
* Retention method of species amendment (Japan)
* Environmental plan Cabinet conference decision (Japan)

1994

* CITES discussion for participation and standard plan opinion book distribution
* Amendment for the retention method of species submitted
* Asian Conservation Alliance (ACA) establishment
* Species Survival Network (SSN) participation
* Issue 1 of Bulletin

* Biodiversity national strategic decision (Japan)
* 47th IWC general meeting (Ireland and Dublin)
* Amendment on species retention and the transaction management system for ivory

1995

* Biodiversity national strategy (original idea) opinion book submission
* South Pole sea declaration annoucemen regarding the Japanese whaling investigation
* ACA general meeting opening (Tokyo)
* JWCS meeting rule enactment, creation of member system, and establishment of the Executive Office

* CITES African elephant specialist panel, management of the Japanese ivory transaction investigation

1996

* African elephant specialist vis-a-vis the panel opinion statement
* Protest of the Japanese government's proposition to for Afican elephant and ivory transaction

* 10th CITES discussion (Zimbabwe and Harare), discussion ofprotection of the bear and the resolution adoption regarding transaction.
* United Nations environmental special general meeting (New York)

1997

* International symposium "Tiger exctinction! Herbal medicine and wildlife animals" opening
* Questionnaire study regarding the ivory consumption of citizens
* Participation in CITES discussion and pamphlet distribution regarding the crisis of ivory transaction regulation in Japan
* Tiger protection fund project starts
* Russian in coastal region circumstance inspection of protection activity

* Natural environment integrity conference, regarding the management of protection of birds and beasts

1998

* ACA general meeting opening (India & Delhi) about tiger status
* Elephant protection activity of India
* The JWCS office is moved to Toranomon
* Pamphlet distributed to consumer organizations about the crisis of elephant ivory consumption
* Ginza art gallery panel display of tiger and elephant conservation
* Conference for report opinion book submission

* CITES standing committee (Geneva), Nambu African countries propose validation of export contract to Japan
* CITES delegation visiting Japan,indicated defectiveness of the Japanese law system
* "Birds and beasts protection and hunting Ni Seki sail legal " amendment (Japan)
* "Protection of the animal and the legal amendment regarding management " (Japan)

1999

* CITES standing committee; report submitted regarding the analysis of the Japanese ivory transaction and transaction management system report submitting
* Report concerning the transaction of endangered animals body parts in Japanese medicines
* Birds and beasts protective method book submitted
* Participate in "the nationwide network establishment which aims toward wildlife protective laws fixed "

* 11th CITES discussion (Nairobi), the South Africa African elephant attachment book downgrading proposal is not adopted
* Discovery of ivory smuggling incident involving Japanese traders (Japan)
* Investigation and whaling not to be restricted to the mink whale the sperm whale (Japan)

2000

* 4 reports submitted to CITES concerning the actual condition of ivory, bekko shell,  and bear transaction in Japan
* Ivory smuggling demand book submitted
* Elephant protection fund project starts

* Enviromental Agency and  environmental ministry (Japan)
* Policy decision of export license of the mink whale sebum to Japan (Norway)

2001

* JWCS becomes specific non-profit corporate body (NPO)
* Report of long-term observations of herbal medicine transactions at CITES standing committee

* CITES standing committee (Geneva)
* New biodiversity national strategic decision (Japan)
* 6th Biodiversity National Diet discussion  (Hague)
* 54th IWC general meeting (Shimonoseki), commercial whaling moratorium maintenance    
* "Birds and beasts protection and hunting Ni Seki sail legal " amendment (Japan)
* Natural playback propulsion bill deliberation (Japan)
* 12th CITES discussion (Santiago) results inadoption of international reopening of ivory commerce by 3 African countries; discussion about the mink whale

2002

* Bear protection campaign starts
* CITES standing committee, 釘ear gallbladder circulation and regulation�report    is submitted
* Biodiversity national strategy public book submitted
* Announcement regarding the problem of re-opening commercial whaling
* Birds and beasts protective metho amendment book submitted
* CITES discussion, the report regarding the    problem of Japanese ivory transaction, transaction management system, and    poaching is submitted 

2003

* Elephant protection campaign starts
* "From environmental security for wildlife    integrity - environmental hormone to SARS" symposium opening

2004

*What are gorillas and elephants for the local communities? Thinking coexistence from their point of view.” Symposium opening.
*JWCS Secretary General attended.
*Workshop by ACATF held.
Join in IUCN

2005