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Tagane team with plant specimens
Pothos repens
Syzygium sp.
Phyllanthus sp.
Pentasacme caudatum
Pressing plant specimens
Snapshots from Vietnam: Plants and more from the field survey by the team of Associate Prof. Shuichiro Tagane of Kagoshima Univ. (July 2025)
NEF's pamphlet is updated.
Pamphlet 2024 (PDF 5.6MB)
A result of Tagane Team is now available as a pictorial guide.
A Photo Guide to Plants of Nui Chua National Park (129MB)
A result of fish research in the Thailand Mekong is now available as a field guide.
A Field Guide to Fishes of the Thailand Mekong (82.2MB)
Results of fish research in northern Thailand is now available as a field guide.
A Field Guide to the Northern Thai Fishes (13.7MB)
Findings of Dr Gizelle Akiate Batomalaque's research project "Biodiversity and conservation assessment of non-marine mollusks of the Batanes Group of Islands, Philippines" has been published as a poster.
Non-marine mollusks of Batanes Islands (3.5MB)
Dr Jean B. Jontila's 10-year work on sea cucumber has been published as a field guide under Publication Programme.
The sea cucumbers in Palawan, Philippines: a field guide (31.7MB)
Restuls of NEF's project on fish fauna of the Indochinese Mekong 2006-2011 is available as a guidebook.
Fishes of the Indochinese Mekong (e-book)
Results of fish research in Lao PDR is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Mekong Basin of Laos (223MB)
Results of fish research in Canbodia is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Cambodian Freshwater Bodies (35.6MB)
Results of fish research in Vietnam is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (PDF 76.8MB)
Results of fish research in the Mekong - Chao Phraya region is available.
A research team led by Associate Prof. Shuichiro Tagane of Kagoshima University has published a new academic paper. Details including the authors and title of the paper can be found in Project Reports & Deliverables of Plant diversity assessment in limestone karsts in Laos and Vietnam in Our Projects. We invite you to take a look.
Following their research in Laos, the team led by Associate Prof. Shuichiro Tagane of Kagoshima University conducted a field survey in Vietnam from July 3 to 12, 2025. Details of the survey are available in Project Updates of Plant diversity assessment in limestone karsts in Laos and Vietnam on Our Projects.
From June 23 to July 3, 2025, Associate Prof. Shuichiro Tagane of Kagoshima University led his research team in conducting the first field survey of the fiscal year 2025 in Laos. This survey marks the beginning of third and final year of their NEF-supported research project, which has been ongoing since 2023. Details of the survey have been posted in Project Updates of Plant diversity assessment in limestone karsts in Laos and Vietnam on Our Projects. We invite you to take a look.
Among 121 applications submitted by April 2025, 57 of them, which fulfilled the criteria, were reviewed. After careful examination, 16 applications were awarded. The list of granted research projects is posted on Recently Awarded & Deliverables.
We updated the list of Board Members as of July 4, 2025. Please check the list on Board Members page.
The Ramsar Convention Secretariat held the webinar on NWF Call for Proposals, 2025. For more details, please refer to Nagao Wetland Fund (NWF).
On June 27, 2025, the first review committee meeting for the FY2025 "J-Pro," a new grant programme supporting Japanese researchers, was held. Four external committee members participated in the meeting, where the application guidelines and related matters were actively discussed. We plan to launch the first call for applications later this year. Further updates will be posted on our website. Please stay tuned.
The application deadline for the FY2025 1st CGF Programme is 31 July 2025.
We invite applications from international students from the Asia-Pacific region who are currently enrolled in a doctoral programme in Japan. Early submission is strongly encouraged.
The programme also welcomes applications from young researchers who are actively engaged in research activities in the target countries, including those who have earned their PhD in Japan and have since returned to their home countries.
For further details, please refer to the CGF Programme guidelines. We look forward to receiving your applications.
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