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2011

January 16

Post COP 10 Forum
Held the Post COP 10 Forum at "WINC AICHI," an Aichi
Prefectural convention hall nearby Nagoya station, on
January 16, 2011, to cerebrate the beginning of the"United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020."
Despite snowy weather, around 2,300 people in total
gathered there to learn more about COP 10 and consider
what should citizens do and what could citizens do toconserve Biodiversity in the decade to come.

2010

October 11-29

Interactive Fair for Biodiversity
Held the Interactive Fair for Biodiversity from Monday,
October 11 (a national holiday) to Friday, October 29,
2010 in the Shirotori area adjacent to the Nagoya
Congress Center (COP 10 venue), featuring presentations
and exhibitions on the theme of biodiversity.
More than 200 exhibitors from around the world,
including governments, NGOs, academic institutions, andprivate enterprises, set up their booths. Meanwhile, morethan 100 forums and 50 stage events were organized. The
fair attracted over 110,000 visitors.
* Pamphlet (A 14.4-MB PDF file will open in a newwindow.)

October 9-29COP10 Festival: Biodiversity EXPO in Moricoro Park
Held Biodiversity EXPO at the Expo 2005 Aichi
Commemorative Park (Moricoro Park) from Saturday,
October 9 to Friday, 29, 2010 to let people have funexperiencing and realizing the importance of biodiversity.
Biodiversity EXPO featured a booth exhibition (joined byNGOs, private enterprises, governmental organizations,etc.), concerts, Satoyama experience programs,

Naturathlon 2010 -The Course of the World, and manyother programs, attracting more than 60,000 visitors.

October 9-29

COP 10 Information Dissemination Station in Oasis
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Held COP 10 Information Station in Oasis 21 fromSaturday, October 9 to Friday, October 29, 2010 toprovide information about COP 10 and biodiversity.
The event, which featured COP 10 live coverage, concerts,
talk shows, workshops, etc., attracted over 740,000
visitors.

September 4-5

CBD-COP 10 Forum for Community-Academia
Dialogue ― Mainstreaming Biodiversity ―Held CBD-COP 10 Forum for Community-Academia
Dialogue ― Mainstreaming Biodiversity ― at Nagoya
University (Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City) on Saturday,
September 4 and Sunday, September 5, 2010, attracting
an audience of 550 on the first day and 400 on thesecond. A social event held in the evening of the first day
was attended by 110 individuals (including speakers andgeneral participants).
* Click here to download the Report (A 2.32-MB PDF file
will open in a new window.)

May 22-23

Festival in Commemoration of the International
Day for Biological Diversity and the Six-MonthCountdown to COP 10Held the Festival in Commemoration of the International
Day for Biological Diversity and the Six-Month Countdown
to COP 10 at Oasis 21 (Higashi-ku, Nagoya) on Saturday,May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Despite rainy weather on the second day, the eventattracted many visitors.

May 22

Symposium in Commemoration of the International
Day for Biological Diversity and the Six-Month
Countdown to COP 10
Held the Symposium in Commemoration of theInternational Day for Biological Diversity and theSix-Month Countdown to COP 10 at the Aichi Arts Center(Higashi-ku, Nagoya) on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
The event attracted an audience of 200.

March 31

A cartoon for children was released.
* Cartoon for children “All Lives Are Linked -What’s
Biodiversity?”(A 1.39-MB PDF file will open in a new window.)

March 13

Biodiversity Symposium ― Biodiversity into theFuture ―Held a Biodiversity Symposium under the theme of"Biodiversity into the Future" on Saturday, March 13,2010 in the Meiho Building in Toyohashi attracting an
audience of 250.

January 16"International Year of Biodiversity" Opening Event
Held "International Year of Biodiversity" Opening Event onJanuary 16, 2010 at Meitetsu Hall in Nagoya attracting an
audience of 900.

2009October 12Biodiversity Forum: a commemorative event in theyear preceding COP 10
Held the Biodiversity Forum as a commemorative event onMonday, October 12 (a national holiday) in the year
preceding COP 10 at the Nagoya Congress Center inAtsuta-ku, Nagoya, attracting about 2,500 participants.

October 10-11

Biodiversity Festival: a commemorative event in theyear preceding COP 10
Held a Biodiversity Festival as a commemorative event on
Saturday, October 10 and to Sunday, October 11 in theyear preceding COP 10 at Expo 2005 Aichi
Commemorative Park in Nagakute, attracting nearly
20,000 visitors who enjoyed the pleasant weekend
weather.

May 22-24

Event to celebrate the International Day for
Biological Diversity in 2009
Held an event to celebrate the International Day for
Biological Diversity at Oasis 21 in Nagoya from Friday,
May 22 to Sunday, May 24, 2009.

May 22

Symposium to celebrate International Day for
Biological Diversity in 2009
Held a symposium on the theme "Local Natural
Environment and Biodiversity" to mark International Day
for Biological Diversity in 2009 at Chuden-Hall in Nagoya
on Friday, May 22.

April 21

Appointed two COP 10 PR Advisors to raise awareness ofthe significance of COP 10 and the importance ofbiodiversity while offering advice on the development ofsustainable communities.

March 26

Formulated the COP 10 "AICHI-NAGOYA PLAN", which
includes details on supporting the operation of COP 10,
activities to be implemented by theAichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee to create
sustainable communities, and methods to encourage
various organizations to participate in COP 10 and engage
in reciprocal cooperation.

February 10

Biodiversity Symposium
Held a Biodiversity Symposium on the theme of"Biodiversity in the Nishimikawa Region" at theNishimikawa General Government Office Building inNishimikawa, Okazaki, Aichi on Tuesday, February10.

2008

December 23

Biodiversity Symposium
Held a Biodiversity Symposium on the theme of"Biodiversity and Agriculture-Forestry in theHigashimikawa Region" at the Toyohashi Ekimae Bunka
Hall in Toyohashi City on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 (anational holiday).

October 15

Biodiversity Symposium
Held a Biodiversity Symposium organized by the AichiNagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee on the themeof "Biodiversity in the Chita Region" at the Tokai City Hallon Wednesday, October 15 as a warm-up event for COP
10 to be held two years later in 2010.

October 11Launched advertising for COP 10 Partnership Projects,
which are initiatives and events to be staged before andduring COP 10 by volunteers as partners of the AichiNagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee to help add
momentum to the conference.

September 2

Established the Aichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion
Committee to support the operation of COP 10, promote
the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, andaccelerate the creation of sustainable communities.