Satoyama Nature Positive Practice Program to be Held from May 2026 in Chonan Town, Chiba Prefecture, Focusing on Learning and Implementing Biodiversity and Satoyama Conservation in the Field
Punonntoi Inc. and Moribito General Incorporated Association will launch the "Satoyama Nature Positive Practice Program" from May 2026 in Chonan Town, Chiba Prefecture. This program targets corporate sustainability and new business staff, as well as citizens interested in conservation and regional revitalization, offering hands-on learning and practical implementation of biodiversity conservation and nature-positive initiatives.
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Punonntoi Inc. (Location: Tokyo, Shinagawa Ward, President & CEO: Erika Yoshinari) and Moribito General Incorporated Association (Location: Chonan Town, Chiba Prefecture, Representative: Mikako Chiba) will launch the "Satoyama Nature Positive Practice Program" from May 2026.
This program offers field programs and online lectures in satoyama for corporate sustainability and new business staff, as well as citizens interested in forest conservation, ecosystem conservation, and regional revitalization. Participants will think for themselves how to solve regional issues and practice/verify them in the field. Its feature is not just learning in the sustainability domain, but also acquiring the "execution power" to transfer it to their own company's or their own activities.
Details and inquiries here
■ Recommended for:
Sustainability, Environmental Management, CSR Staff: Those who want to work on nature-positive businesses and initiatives while building connections with local communities and fields.
Business Planning, New Business Staff: Those who want to create businesses utilizing regional resources such as forests through co-creation with regional businesses and startups.
HR, Training Staff: Those interested in forest experience-based training aimed at developing their company's leadership talent.
Forest Owners and Managers: Those who want to develop initiatives to create new value from forests within their own companies or organizations in the future.
Those interested in Satoyama Conservation, Biodiversity, and Regional Revitalization: Those who want to connect with people who move with the same passion to solve environmental and regional issues.
■ Background and Features of this Program
In recent years, companies have been required to address biodiversity and implement nature-positive approaches (concepts aiming for the recovery and regeneration of natural environments), but currently, there is a shortage of personnel and fields capable of engaging in practical efforts.
This program was planned with the objective of nurturing human resources who can practice environmental conservation and create new social value. Its feature is combining field programs in satoyama with online lectures, enabling participants to think about how to solve regional issues and practice/verify them on-site.
■ Program Schedule
This is a program of approximately 4 months, with a total of 7 sessions: 3 online, 3 field sessions, and a final report meeting. In the online lectures, participants will learn about the current state and challenges of forests and satoyama. In the field sessions, they will experience and practice the potential of satoyama, methods for maintenance, management, and conservation, and value creation utilizing natural resources (food, aroma). Afterward, they will create a "My Project Proposal" to shape their own actions and present it at the 7th session (report meeting).
Course staff will support the creation of your "My Project Proposal," so please join us even if you are new to planning for biodiversity or sustainability.
No | Date | Format | Theme
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1 | May 13 (Wed) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Share your own thoughts and learn about the current state and challenges of forests and satoyama
2 | May 23 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience the potential of satoyama with all five senses (forest bathing, bonfire, tree felling)
3 | June 20 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience methods for maintaining and conserving satoyama (forest/wetland conservation, bamboo craft making)
4 | July 18 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience the process of creating value from satoyama (aroma, satoyama cuisine)
5 | July 30 (Thu) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Create Your "My Project Proposal" Part 1
6 | August 20 (Thu) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Create Your "My Project Proposal" Part 2
7 | September 5 (Sat) 10:00-13:00 | In-person @ near Mobara Station | Final Report Meeting Connect your own thoughts to the next action
■ Introduction to the "Kumano no Shimizu" Field
- In a satoyama selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Famous Waters, for Biodiversity Conservation and Value Creation of Natural Blessings -
For sustainable satoyama, Moribito GIA, located in the Nakagoso region of Chiba Prefecture, is engaged in forest management and thinning.
This program offers field programs and online lectures in satoyama for corporate sustainability and new business staff, as well as citizens interested in forest conservation, ecosystem conservation, and regional revitalization. Participants will think for themselves how to solve regional issues and practice/verify them in the field. Its feature is not just learning in the sustainability domain, but also acquiring the "execution power" to transfer it to their own company's or their own activities.
Details and inquiries here
■ Recommended for:
Sustainability, Environmental Management, CSR Staff: Those who want to work on nature-positive businesses and initiatives while building connections with local communities and fields.
Business Planning, New Business Staff: Those who want to create businesses utilizing regional resources such as forests through co-creation with regional businesses and startups.
HR, Training Staff: Those interested in forest experience-based training aimed at developing their company's leadership talent.
Forest Owners and Managers: Those who want to develop initiatives to create new value from forests within their own companies or organizations in the future.
Those interested in Satoyama Conservation, Biodiversity, and Regional Revitalization: Those who want to connect with people who move with the same passion to solve environmental and regional issues.
■ Background and Features of this Program
In recent years, companies have been required to address biodiversity and implement nature-positive approaches (concepts aiming for the recovery and regeneration of natural environments), but currently, there is a shortage of personnel and fields capable of engaging in practical efforts.
This program was planned with the objective of nurturing human resources who can practice environmental conservation and create new social value. Its feature is combining field programs in satoyama with online lectures, enabling participants to think about how to solve regional issues and practice/verify them on-site.
■ Program Schedule
This is a program of approximately 4 months, with a total of 7 sessions: 3 online, 3 field sessions, and a final report meeting. In the online lectures, participants will learn about the current state and challenges of forests and satoyama. In the field sessions, they will experience and practice the potential of satoyama, methods for maintenance, management, and conservation, and value creation utilizing natural resources (food, aroma). Afterward, they will create a "My Project Proposal" to shape their own actions and present it at the 7th session (report meeting).
Course staff will support the creation of your "My Project Proposal," so please join us even if you are new to planning for biodiversity or sustainability.
No | Date | Format | Theme
--|---|---|---
1 | May 13 (Wed) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Share your own thoughts and learn about the current state and challenges of forests and satoyama
2 | May 23 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience the potential of satoyama with all five senses (forest bathing, bonfire, tree felling)
3 | June 20 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience methods for maintaining and conserving satoyama (forest/wetland conservation, bamboo craft making)
4 | July 18 (Sat) 10:00-15:30 | Field @ Chonan Town | Experience the process of creating value from satoyama (aroma, satoyama cuisine)
5 | July 30 (Thu) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Create Your "My Project Proposal" Part 1
6 | August 20 (Thu) 19:00-20:30 | Online | Create Your "My Project Proposal" Part 2
7 | September 5 (Sat) 10:00-13:00 | In-person @ near Mobara Station | Final Report Meeting Connect your own thoughts to the next action
■ Introduction to the "Kumano no Shimizu" Field
- In a satoyama selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Famous Waters, for Biodiversity Conservation and Value Creation of Natural Blessings -
For sustainable satoyama, Moribito GIA, located in the Nakagoso region of Chiba Prefecture, is engaged in forest management and thinning.