NACS-J - THE NATURE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF JAPAN -

Chairman of the board of the Directors	Sadatoshi TABATA, landscape ecologist and planner, professor emeritus, Chiba University
Executive Director	Akira KAMEYAMA, landscape architecture, landscape ecology
18 Directors, 5 Advisers, 2 Inspectors	including university professors, museum curators, school teachers, journalists, etc
21 Trustees	including university professors, museum curators, school teachers, journalists, etc
28 staff	divided into: Conservation Project Division, Conservation Research Division, Education and Public Awareness Division, Editorial Division and Administration Division.

Conservation Project Division

·Conservation of the ecosystems of forests, rivers and streams,wetlands, coral reefs, traditional villages and their surrounding woodlands
·Recommendations concerning the systems for nature conservation

Conservation Research Division

·Basic research necessary for conservation activities
·Research necessary to resolve conservation controversies
·Cooperation and coordination with domestic and international nature conservation organizations (such as IUCN)

Education & Public Awareness Division

·Training of nature conservation educators
·Publishing environmental education materials
·Public relations activities to increase individual menberships

Editorial Division

·Publication of “Shizen Hogo”, the bimonthly bulletin
·Website development and management

Administration Division

·Managing the secretariat
·General affairs , accounting, labor management, fund-raising