Apr. 06, 2018

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Accepting 2018 Applications

Toyota City, Japan, April 6, 2018―Toyota Motor Corporation began accepting applications today for this year's Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program, which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development.

The Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program was established in commemoration of Toyota's receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and has been carried out every year since 2000 as part of Toyota's environmental social contribution activities, with this year marking the program's 19th year. The program aims to contribute to the resolution of environmental concerns and cultivate a new generation of leaders who will drive change on both a local and global basis.

This year's theme will be "Biodiversity Conservation" or "Climate Change." Grants will be provided to NPOs and other private, non-profit organizations and groups (excluding schools) that are promoting practical projects that correspond to the theme. These activities will become a part of initiatives aimed at meeting the goals set out in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which was announced in October 2015.

2017 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients

Grant Category	Theme	Project Description	Organization	Country
Outside Japan	Climate Change	Children's education and natural forest conservation toward harmony with the Maasai people's way of living and the environment	Community Road Empowerment	Kenya
	Climate Change	Save the forests in Madagascar and make children smile!	Ecology Online	Madagascar
	Biodiversity Conservation	Conserving biodiversity with smallholder coffee producers in Kenya	Rainforest Alliance Inc.	Kenya
		Biodiversity conservation survey for sustainable tourism development in Chele La Pass, Bhutan	Japan Environmental Education Forum	Bhutan
		Conservation of rare Chinese peonies and promotion of community-led sustainable forest conservation in Bulgan, Mongolia	OISCA-Japan	Mongolia
		"Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex Future Creation PJT" for sustainable environmental innovation	Conference of Earth Environment from Akita	Thailand
		Citizenship for nature―a project to promote environmental awareness and develop local capacity to contribute to the protection of nature sites	SPEA	Portugal
		Create a joint government-citizen patrol system in Primorsky Krai to prevent illegal logging in the Russian Far East	WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Japan	Russia
		Ecology survey and conservation of the wintering grounds of spoon-billed sandpipers in Myanmar	BirdLife International Tokyo	Myanmar
		Community-led seedling business for diverse forest reclamation in Sarawak, Malaysia	Japan-Malaysia Association	Malaysia
Japan	Biodiversity Conservation	Forest creation by Donguri Walkers in water source areas, Morikoro Park, and disaster-affected areas in the Tohoku region	Donguri Mongori	Japan
		Coral reef habitat restoration project around the Kerama Islands (Okinawa)	Churaumi Shinkokai
		Lifestyles with nature-rich agriculture (pursuing the blessings of satoyama^*)	Maruyama Project
		Moko Fudo volcano biodiversity activation project	Specified nonprofit corporation attempting to restore nature ―Biotope Moko
		Restoration and creation of terraced rice fields and satoyama in Nishihata-cho, Ikoma City	Ikoma Rice Terrace Club
		Creating economic cycles and communities using mulberry resources through interaction between cities and agricultural regions	Mulberry Club Chubu
		"Conserving hometown forests! Thousand-Year Forest on Matsuge River" Project	Groundwork Mishima
		Development and rollout of educational program to increase awareness of the conservation of coral reef ecosystems	Marine Learning Center
		Establishment of a support tool for mapping interaction between people and nature	Workshop for Sustainable Community
		Valley hotspots: Restoring satoyama of Tokyo salamanders, Japanese night herons, and Luciola fireflies	Miura Peninsula Biodiversity Conservation Network
		Removal of introduced plants (e.g., Sphagneticola trilobata and Casuarina equisetifolia) and planting of native plants on Iriomote Island	Group for the promotion of local economy by planting native plants on Iriomote
		Collecting and composting sea lettuce in the prefectural Takasago Seaside Park	Takasago kaihinkouen umibe no hozen tsudoi no kai
		The 6th and 7th Morimori Hirogaru forest creation	Itokoku no Morizukuri no Kai
		Conducting environmental education related to deer	Japan Deer Society
		Creation and maintenance of a 28,000 square meter wild forest with 350 varieties of plants for 17 years by a 92-year-old man	Sanyasounoeki Hozonkai
		Ex situ conservation project for the critically endangered pink sea milkwort of Noto Peninsula	Porepore Shizen Kankyo Kansatsukai
		Nature-based solutions by Urban Green Infrastructure	Toshima Green Infrastructure Association
		Connecting the past and the future: Making Terminal House	TANAKAMI Kodomo Kankyo Club