Ecosystem and biodiversity conservation planning in Hiroshima City,Japan

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Ecosystem and biodiversity conservation planning in Hiroshima City, Japan

--The ecosystem and biodiversity conservation plan inprogress in Hiroshima City was reviewed. Hiroshima City hadprospered as a castle town, but severely suffered from A-bombdamage at the end of World War II. Since then, Hiroshima Cityperformed greenery activities with restoration and planted trees inpublic facilities. At present, Hiroshima City is promoting a 3rdtree-planting campaign. As part of this campaign, the master planof greenery of Hiroshima City is being laid. This plan aims notonly at beautification in city area but also at ecosystem andbiodiversity conservation in expanded city areas. In this paper, wereport on the development of the situation in Hiroshima City sincethe end of World War II and the conservation planning of greenerywhich, for the most part, concerns zoning.