What is it?
Monitoring-Site 1000 is one of the proposals outlined in the National Strategy
for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity (2002
Version), which defines the Japanese government’s position and plans for
the conservation of biodiversity. The basic premise behind this proposal
is that long-term monitoring of ecosystems will allow researchers to accurately
detect changes in environment.
In order to evenly represent the various ecosystems of Japan, forests,
lakes, ponds, mires, coastlines, shallow bodies of marine water (including
tidal flats, seaweed beds, and coral reefs), and even human-managed sites
will be monitored. Furthermore, WIJ is currently developing monitoring
methodology through test pilots for coastlines, rocky shores, tidal flats
and seaweed and seagrass beds.
Monitoring-Site 1000 Website (in Japanese only)
http://www.biodic.go.jp/moni1000.html
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