Twenty years have passed since the enactment of the Law for the Promotion of Nature Restoration on January 1, 2003. Along with presenting the achievements and challenges of this twenty years, I would like to introduce the new global goals regarding biodiversity and consider the new developments in nature restoration as they have been affected by international discussions and policy trends, including the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, etc.

For offshore fishermen, conventional approaches to fisheries promotion accompanying development of offshore wind power generation facilities, such as the artificial reef effect of offshore windmill facilities and job creation for coastal communities caused by maintenance and inspection, are not appealing. Additionally, these fishermen are often impacted by multiple wind power installations at once due to the vast areas they cover for their fishing operations. As the government lays out its blueprint for the advent of floating offshore wind power, it bears the responsibility to assiduously identify "zones where fishing will remain unaffected." This responsibility is mandated by the Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas for the Development of Marine Renewable Energy Power Generation Facilities. In conjunction, the government has a duty to disclose plans for all relevant projects to these fishermen.

When something mingles with something else, innovation occurs. When you mix something with something else, you can’t be sure what will happen, but something will happen. We are happily imagining the future of fishing villages through our umigyou activities, as we bring together fishing and Japanese pubs, the sea and education, fishing villages and women, and adults and children.