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Hosted “Lumberkids” for COP10!
“Lumberkids” for COP10 is intended to provide participants with an opportunity
to learn how our daily life is linked with the rest of the world via biodiversity, andto think about what can be done now.
In the lead-up to COP10, the 2010 COP10 Lumberkids team was formed andtree-thinning events and workshops were held. Wood from the tree-thinning
events was used to make hand-made conference equipment as a token of thanks
to COP10 participants.
FY2009: 61 persons in total (27 groups of children and their parents, etc.)
FY2010: 90 persons in total (33 groups of children and their parents, etc.)

DetailsCeremony celebrating the formation of the Lumberkids teamand study meeting
On October 25, 2009, a ceremony was held at the Nagoya Congress Center,"site of COP 10," to mark the formation of the 2010 COP 10 Lumberkids team.
The Exective Secretary of the COP 10 Promotion Committee handed a flag to
one child and parent who had been appointed as team representatives.
The ceremony was followed by a two-hour study meeting. In the first hour, theparticipants enjoyed learning about biological diversity through visual aids, withfamiliar insects and plants used as examples. In the second hour, a mock COP
10 meeting was held to discuss pros and cons of banning the release of invasive
species of insects into the Japanese environment. The meeting enabled theparticipants to understand how difficult such discussions can be.

Tree-thinning activities
Later, the participants took part in tree-thinning events under the guidance ofexperts in Nutazawa, Toyota, Aichi prefecture, and in Kashimo, Nakatsugawa,
Gifu prefecture. They also enjoyed a log-cutting competition and a box lunch tocomplement the natural setting, which helped to raise awareness of theimportance of the natural environment among the participants.
Toyota venue

Kashimo venue

Woodworking class
At this class, the timber logged by the participants was used for hand-madeconference items. These items were presented as a token of hospitality to theCOP 10 participants who visited Nagoya from around the world.
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2010
Place: Aichi Kaisho Forest Center (Seto City)2nd study meeting/an event to prepare messages
Under the guidance of Mr. Mikihito Tetsuzaki, an instructor in charge of the 2010
COP10 Lumberkids team, the Lumberkids team learned about the results ofactivities in 2009, the concept of COP10, and the importance of forest
maintenance. Later, Dr. Toshiharu Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D., Representative ofEarth the Spaceship, was invited as a speaker to talk on “linking ourselves withthe rest of the world.” The Lumberkids team saw pictures drawn by Tuvalu
children about their most precious things, and were encouraged to learn (i) how
environmental problems faced by children in different parts of the world are
related to Japan, and (ii) what can be done by every individual.
The lesson was followed by a program to create messages for COP10. Messages
about biodiversity and for COP10 participants were printed on the back side ofnameplate holders (indicating country names, etc.) by woodburning art.
Meanwhile, illustrations of living creatures and natural landscapes as well as
biodiversity messages were painted on a plaque to be mounted on thechairman’s desk.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Place: Event Hall, Denki Bunka Kaikan (Naka-ku, Nagoya City)

Presentation Ceremony
At the opening ceremony of COP-MOP5, a slide presentation was held to explain(i) activities by the 2010 COP10 Lumberkids team and (ii) forest thinning,
Japan’s traditional forest management technique. Children representing theteam handed gifts to Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention
on Biological Diversity, and Mr. Michihiko Kano, Minister of Agriculture, Forestryand Fisheries.
Date and time: 11:00 on Monday (a national holiday), October 11, 2010
Place: Century Hall, Nagoya Congress Center (Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City)
Number of representatives: four children

Photo courtesy ofthe Government of Japan

Conference equipment produced by（1）Desks for COP10 (including the chairman’s desk used at the plenary
session): 18（2）

Nameplates and their holders for indicating country names, etc.: 1,400sets（3）

Benches: 40（4）Nameplates and their holders for the City Biodiversity Summit 2010: 250
sets

After COP10 ended, the conference equipment was presented to the 2010
Lumberkids team, the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park (Ai-Chikyuhaku
Kinen Koen), the Nagoya City Environmental Study Center (Ecopal Nagoya),elementary and junior high schools in Aichi Prefecture, and other organizations.

Photo courtesy of

Photo courtesy of

the Government of Japan

the Government of Japan

Photo courtesy of
the Government of Japan