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Japan

Socio-economic indicators browse all
Land Area
36,450,000 ha
GDP/Capita
40,784.4 USD
Total population
125,682,000
Urban population
91.6 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
12.2 %
Perceived tenure security
77.9 %
Primary forests
4,905,000 ha

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From Japan to Brazil: Reforesting the Amazon with the Miyawaki method
03 February 2023
By Nieves Zúñiga This story has been developed as part of Nieves' 2022 LEDE Fellowship project awarded by the Solutions Journalism Network and developed in collaboration with Land Portal. Reforestation using the Miyawaki method seeks to restore nature to its original state with results that can be…
Japan enacts law recognizing Ainu as indigenous, but activists say it falls short of U.N. declaration
19 April 2019
Japan enacted legislation Friday aimed at protecting and promoting the culture of the Ainu ethnic minority through financial assistance, while at the same time stipulating for the first time that they are an “indigenous” people. The law requires the central and local governments to promote Ainu…
Bill Officially Recognizes Japan's Ainu As Indigenous People
16 February 2019
The Ainu people have long been repressed by a forced-assimilation policy which has resulted in significant income and education gaps. After suffering decades of discrimination, Japan’s Ainu minority community will officially be recognized - for the first time - as an Indigenous people, under the…
A Story about Maize: Tracing a value chain from land-use to supermarket shelf
13 May 2022
  Maize is a key global cash crop, produced in every continent except Antarctica. As a flex crop, it has multiple uses including for direct human consumption, as an ingredient for animal feed, as a key component in processed foods, or in ethanol production. According to figures from FAOSTAT,…