ASIA ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE 2016: JAPAN

While Japan has increased in its strides to curb the onset of enviromental destruction, most changes have happened only after said destruction has had negative impacts on the local economy, or when fueled by human interest.

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For example, only when the eelgrass die-off in Hinase reached the point that the eutrophication harmed the fishing industry, did the community begin working toward the plant's preservation.

 

Larger governmental changes may not even occur after detrimantal local effects have been shown. On the island of Teshima, it took years of protesting and campaigning from the islanders for the waste dumping occuring there to be shut down.