In the Asahi Shimbun article published on February 13, 2026, titled "International Organization Releases Report on ‘Business and Nature’, Proposing Pathways to Improve Relations and Avoid Mutual Decline", which covers a report on business and biodiversity released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), comments by Professor Ryo Kohsaka (Department of Forest Science), who served as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) of the report, were featured (Open Access until 14 Feb. 09:22 in Japanese) 

The venue utilizing the former station building (Manchester, UK)

With members of Technical Support Unit (TSU)

With members of the Coordinating Lead Authors (CLA)

With Professor Nicholas Oguge, University of Nairobi

With young youth participants

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Professor Ryo Kohsaka
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 
The Laboratory of Forest Landscape Planning and Design, Department of Forest Science,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
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