JOURNAL OF RURAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION
Online ISSN : 1881-2309
Print ISSN : 0912-9731
ISSN-L : 0912-9731
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Volume 37, Issue 2
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Theme Issue: Explanatory Note on the International Exchange of The Association of Rural Planning
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  • Advancement of Biodiversity Conservation Activities with Detecting “Local Environmental Icons”
    Satoshi ASANO, Kenichi WAKITA, Izuru SAIZEN, Takuya ISHIDA, Noboru OKU ...
    2018 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 150-156
    Published: September 30, 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: September 30, 2019
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2750/arp.37.150
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    Biodiversity in rural areas in Japan have been endangered by careless, due to paddy consolidation and mechanization. The farmers of the study site have maintained the water levels during winter, thereby providing a stable habitat for aquatic organisms. Residents and researchers discussed and detected spawns of Japanese Brown Frogs as “Environmental Icon” to evaluate how conservative farming is going well. The results of JBF-spawns survey indicated the conservation activities effected creating habitats for JBF, and these activities encouraged more farmers to join environmental conservation programs.

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