By okeon_admin
on Saturday,February 17th, 2018
in Ants, Collaboration, Education, Exhibition, Visit,
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A workshop for curators of Japan was held at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities in Hyogo and was coordinated by the West Japan Natural History Museum Network and the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo. Masashi Yoshimura (Yoshi), the OKEON Churamori Project coordinator, was invited to present a seminar to introduce the […]
By okeon_admin
on Friday,January 27th, 2017
in Biodiversity, Collaboration, Education, Exhibition, News, Outreach,
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OKEON Churamori project will be collaborating with a group of museum curators to set up a booth at the Nago Science Festa 2017, which is taking place this coming Saturday, January 28. The title of the booth will be “In touch with nature”, and will include an insect card game set up by the OKEON […]
By okeon_admin
on Tuesday,November 1st, 2016
in Collaboration, Exhibition, OKEON update, Outreach,
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While the streets were bustling with Halloween-related activities on October 31, the opening event to the 41st exhibition of the Okinawa municipal museum titled “The entrance to Yanbaru – Nature of Okinawa City” (やんばるの入り口 沖縄市の自然) was also taking place. The exhibition aims to present the results of a five year survey conducted by the Okinawa […]
By okeon_admin
on Wednesday,October 19th, 2016
in Biodiversity, Conference, Exhibition, Outreach, Research,
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The nearly one-week long XXV International Congress of Entomology, under the theme Entomology without Borders, took place in Orlando this year from September 25-30. It brought together the largest delegation of scientists and experts in the history of the discipline with over 7000 participants and over 2000 talks, with topics ranging from biodiversity conservation to […]
By okeon_admin
on Thursday,July 14th, 2016
in Biodiversity, Collaboration, Education, Exhibition,
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This summer at the Okinawan Prefectural Museum, OKEON (Okinawa Environmental Observation Network) Chura-mori Project will be hosting a stall to showcase their activity. OKEON is a network which monitors the terrestrial environment of Okinawa, involving researchers at OIST, the local community, and collaborators at universities, museums and schools. The exhibition will allow people to gain […]