Blue Planet Prize
[Introductory remarks] Mr. Tetsuji Tanaka, Chairman of the Asahi Glass Foundation
[Introduction of award recipients] Dr. Yoshihiro Hayashi, Chairman of the Blue Planet Prize Selection Committee
[Presentation of awards] Prof. Herman Daly
[Presentation of awards] Prof. Daniel H. Janzen / Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
[An Address] His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino
[Congratulatory remarks] Mr. Shinzo Abe, The Prime Minister of Japan (Read by Mr. Tsuneyoshi Tatsuoka, Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry for P.M. Abe)
[Congratulatory remarks] Mr. Jason P. Hyland, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States of America
[Congratulatory remarks]Ms. Lilliam RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZ, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Costa Rica
[Mini-biography video] Prof. Herman Daly
[Mini-biography video] Prof. Daniel H. Janzen, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Founded in Costa Rica)
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino, Laureates and their family, Chairman Tanaka and his spouse
[Toast] Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Chairman of the Blue Planet Prize Presentation Committee
[Lecture]Prof. Herman Daly"Economics for a Full World"
[Questions and Answers] Prof. Herman Daly
[Questions and Answers] Moderated by Ms. Junko Edahiro,President of Institute for Studies in Happiness and Society
[Questions and Answers]
[Lecture] INBio Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo"How to promote awareness of the value of biodiversity in a society: The experience of Costa Rica's National Biodiversity Institute"
[Lecture] Prof. Daniel H. Janzen"Conservation of tropical wildlands through non-damaging biodiversity development: a Costa Rican example"
[Questions and Answers] INBio Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo, Prof. Daniel H. Janzen
[Questions and Answers] Moderated by Prof. Tetsukazu Yahara,Director, Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society, Kyushu University
[Lecture]Prof. Herman Daly
[Slides]Prof. Herman Daly
[Lecture]INBio Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo
[Slides]INBio Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo
[Lecture]Prof. Daniel H. Janzen
[Slides]Prof. Daniel H. Janzen
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