Analyzing Japan's environmental policy change to biodiversity issue: A case study of local actors response

In today's globalized international society, global environmental issues are one of the important issues in global governance. There are various global environmental problems, but biodiversity is one of the issues that is attracting attention. In the area of biodiversity issues, global governance centered on the Convention on Biological Diversity has been established. This paper examines the responses of local actors in global biodiversity governance using the current state of Japan as a case study. Global governance of biodiversity consists of various actors, but this paper focuses on local actors. Local actors play an important role as practitioners of global governance and norms. This paper consider how Japan’s local actors responded to the process from the Aichi Goals at COP10 in 2010 to the post-Aichi Goals. Specifically, this study will focus on trends in biodiversity strategies developed by Japan’s local governments in the wake of COP10 and look at how global biodiversity governance and norms are impacting them. Through analysis of case study, this paper clarifies the issues associated with the implementation of global biodiversity governance in the local arena and helps to explore the conditions for more effective global biodiversity governance.