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Shiga’s scenario for a sustainable society in 2030

February, 2008

Yoshiaki Yamanaka

Shiga Prefectural Government

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• Climate change & extreme weather events
• Environmental damage
• Damage and loss to the economy/society
• Depletion of natural resources
• Destruction of the ecosystems
• Climate change & extreme weather events
• Environmental damage
• Damage and loss to the economy/society
• Depletion of natural resources
• Destruction of the ecosystems

We are facing… ○Global warming ○Overuse of natural resources ○Ecosystem crisis We are facing… ○Global warming ○Overuse of natural resources ○Ecosystem crisis

If these continue…

Affected by these global environmental problems… In Lake Biwa Basin: ○Decline in fish catch ○Spread of invasive species

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waste including CO2 ○Our alienation from nature and the lake In Lake Biwa Basin: ○Decline in fish catch ○Spread of invasive species

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waste including CO2 ○Our alienation from nature and the lake

• Decreased water quality
• Destruction of the ecosystems
• Decreased water quality
• Destruction of the ecosystems

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Urgent and firm actions for building a sustainable society are needed

Vision in 2030 A resource-rich, secure and prosperous society where its natural environment – first and foremost, Lake Biwa’ ecosystem – is protected, and citizens’ well-being is being improved continually through sustainable development in environmental, social and economic dimensions.

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Background behind the project

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Illustration: Akemi Imagawa

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