These energy sources can be expected to play an important role in programs to combat global warming, air pollution, and other environmental problems. They are also extremely effective in bringing electricity to remote villages and small island countries where it is difficult to install electric power grids. The project installs small solar power units in homes in four model villages, with the government and residents cooperating on the maintenance of the units. Japan also provides ODA loans for the Wind Power Plant Construction Project in Ceara State, Brazil. Once a species is extinct, we cannot recreate it.
Extinction means that the unique values of the species are lost to the world forever.
One of the tasks before mankind, therefore, is to prevent the extinction of species and pass on to future generations a world that is teeming in diversity. The developing countries tend to have the richest diversity of life forms, but this biodiversity is threatened by development and other trends. Japan not only takes full account of biodiversity considerations in the implementation of its ODA, but also provides cooperation for active conservation efforts. For example, in Indonesia, which is considered to be on par with the Amazon in terms of biodiversity, Japan provides grant aid and technical cooperation for the Action Plan for the Conservation of Biodiversity formulated by the Indonesian government. Japan also works in close cooperation with the United States, including collaboration on the establishment of a fund to support the activities of NGOs and other organizations in this area.