The Tokyo Zoological Park Society Tokyo Zoological Park Society Society, has traditionally held an annual lecture series in March to showcase the activities of those it has supported. However, in light of the COVID-19 situation, this year's event will be held online!
This time, we asked the grant recipients to report on their activity results in video format. The videos cover activities completed in the most recent fiscal year, 2021. Please take a look.
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Specified Nonprofit Organization Beelzebu (Bonobo) Protection and Support Association
Conservation efforts for wild bonobos in Luo, Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding areas.
Daisuke Togane, Kosuke Akita, and Kazuho Anan
Age structure of the Yaeyama spotted frog and consideration of conservation priorities for regional populations based on genetic information
Jun Kawahara
Studies on the reproductive ecology of Eurasian Least Shrew◎Website of Jun Kawahara's research on Eurasian Least Shrew
Eurasian Least Shrew (LEAST SHREW)
Togarichu Club Member Kawahara (YouTube)
◎ Paper on childbirth in Eurasian Least Shrew
- Kawahara, Jun; Kawakami, Sotaro; Rokuda, Haruhiro; Kumagai, Takeshi; Kikuchi, Bunichi; Tokiwa, Naoko. 2021. Breeding of Eurasian Least Shrew, Sorex minutissimus hawkeri. Journal of the Forest Wildlife Research Society, No. 47: 7-14.
◎ Press releases regarding the birth of Eurasian Least Shrew etc.
Tama Zoo (Tokyo Zoo Net)
Results of efforts to elucidate the reproductive ecology of shrews (October 14, 2021)
Until I encountered the world's first birth of Eurasian Least Shrew (January 4, 2022)
Mina Izaki
A study on changes in the breeding and distribution of wild Oriental White Storks after the effects of feeding have disappeared
Chiba Prefectural Chosei High School
Learn about the turtles of Mobara Park
Animal Hospital Okinawa (a specified non-profit organization)
Basic research aimed at ex situ conservation of the Okinawa spiny rat and the long-wool rat
BirdLife International Tokyo (General Incorporated Association)
Understanding the current state of seabird bycatch in gillnet fishing - Aiming to conserve Common Murre and tufted Tufted Puffin-◎ Seabird lecture co-hosted by Tokyo Sea Life Park and Hokkaido Seabird Center
Islands Care General Incorporated Association
Camera census survey to prevent the extinction of the Ogasawara Greenfinch, Japan's most endangered bird◎Website of Islands Care, a general incorporated association
Challenging the limit to prevent the extinction of the Ogasawara Greenfinch.
Islands care
Daito Scops Owl Conservation Research Group
Elucidating the impact of the recent increase in record-breaking heavy rains on the rare Daito Scops Owl subspecies
(April 29, 2022)
(April 30, 2023: Islands Care and Daito Scops Owl Conservation Research Group added)
