Our name, Kyoto Journal, reflects our physical base, the city of Kyoto: a place of deep spiritual and cultural heritage that has been the measure of such things for more than a millennium — and which attracts visitors and long-term expat residents with diverse and creative interests that extend far beyond the city itself to encompass and reflect our theme of "perspectives from Asia."
A journal is primarily an ongoing means of looking afresh at the world, and one's place in it, and to recognize this as vital to the evolution of self and society.
Through the generous and long-standing support of our publisher, Harada Shokei, and Heian Bunka Center, KJ is not confined to a particular marketing niche. This gives us remarkable freedom. We also print a very high proportion of unsolicited submissions. KJ editors work closely with contributors to develop content, and seek connections and resonances between selections to help each issue find its own unique identity.
KJ is a community that transcends place. We especially thank all our contributors, throughout Asia and beyond, and the all-volunteer staff who give so generously of their time and energy to make KJ what it is.
BIODIVERSITY
Chief Editor: Stewart Wachs
Design: John Einarsen
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This richly informative and lavishly illustrated edition of KJ features diverse contributions by more than 50 writers, photographers and artists, specially prepared for distribution this fall at COP10 in Nagoya, the UN’s 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD).
COP10 may be our last best chance to act on the recognition that our own fate is inseparably bound up with the sustainable health of the biosphere and its myriad species, known and as yet unknown. Through the wealth of ideas, knowledge, beauty and sheer wonder produced for this special issue on life’s preciousness and peril, we hope to inspire participants at COP10 to act on behalf of the Earth (and our own species’ best interests) to craft a truly effective response to the now-catastrophic rate of extinction.
Specially featured is a 22-page section exploring the ideal – and troubling present-day reality – of Japan’s satoyama: rural areas where people have lived with the land and on it without spoiling it over many generations, preserving and even promoting biodiversity.
And as a bonus, complementing the print issue, we have compiled and designed over 30 additional exclusive online reports – all available free, downloadable as PDF files.
COP10 may be our last best chance to act on the recognition that our own fate is inseparably bound up with the sustainable health of the biosphere and its myriad species, known and as yet unknown. Through the wealth of ideas, knowledge, beauty and sheer wonder produced for this special issue on life’s preciousness and peril, we hope to inspire participants at COP10 to act on behalf of the Earth (and our own species’ best interests) to craft a truly effective response to the now-catastrophic rate of extinction.
Specially featured is a 22-page section exploring the ideal – and troubling present-day reality – of Japan’s satoyama: rural areas where people have lived with the land and on it without spoiling it over many generations, preserving and even promoting biodiversity.
And as a bonus, complementing the print issue, we have compiled and designed over 30 additional exclusive online reports – all available free, downloadable as PDF files.
KJ #75 - BIODIVERSITY
Link: http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjcurrent/kjcurrent.html
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