Kitakyushu grew as an industrial city primarily based on industry, and developed into one of Kyushu's leading metropolises. It is a city brimming with interesting creatures and nature close to the city, a city that has been protected and nurtured by previous residents - what we might call "urban nature".
This Kitakyushu Nature Portal introduces our activities and provides free photos of wonderful nature and living creatures.

At the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) held in Montreal, Canada in 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework was adopted, a new framework that sets international goals for conserving global biodiversity by 2030.
The framework's mission by 2030 is to "take urgent steps to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in order to put nature on a path to recovery." The movement to stop and reverse biodiversity loss and put nature on a path to recovery, known as "nature-positive," is accelerating worldwide. This will also contribute to the SDGs goals "14. Life Below Water" and "15. Life on Land."

In addition to collecting, organizing, and analyzing information on biodiversity in the city, and promoting and raising awareness, it provides advice on
nature-positive activities for citizens and nature-positive management for companies. It also functions as the Secretariat for the Nature Positive
Network.
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Making use of the rich natural environment, the various entities involved work together to promote initiatives that are positioned as strategies, while
mutually collaborating and complementing each other, in order to solve issues such as improving the city's appeal and realizing a sustainable
society.
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