The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting nature conservation in developing countries. It was founded in November 1989 by Mr Eijiro Nagao, President of Marusan Securities Co, Ltd., with private funds of his own and family’s.
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NEF's new pamphlet is available.
NEF Commemorative Grant Fund for Capacity Building of Young Scientists - CGF Programme
This funding opportunity is offered to young scientists to enrich thier capacity and experience as a scientist through implemeting their own research project and collaborating with their supervisor. For detailed information for applying, please read "Framework of CGF."
Framework of CGF: English (67KB) /Japanese (207KB)
Form for Project Scientist：CGF Application Form for PS (43KB)
Form for Project Coordinator：CGF Application Form for PC (32KB)
Gift of Waterfront
This fieldgude explains what riparian wild plants, animals, and other organisms local people in the Mekong Basin gather and how they consume as everyday food.
Gift of Waterfront (PDF 62.7MB) in English
Mizube-no-sachi (PDF 55.9MB) in Japanese
Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia
Results of fish research in the Mekong - Chao Phraya region is available.
Fishes of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Results of fish research in Vietnam is now available as a field guide "Fishes of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam."
Fishes of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (PDF 76.8MB)
News
Call for applications - Research Grant Scheme 2019 (2019.02.15)
Programme Guidelines 2019 for Research Grant Programme and Publication Programme are posted on Forms & Guidelines. Application deadlines for 2019 are 12 April 2019 and 14 October 2019. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Announcement of evaluation results for Research Grant/Publication Programmes 2018 (2018.07.17)
We received a total of 45 applications by application deadline, 17 April 2018. After careful examination of those applications by NEF Selection Committee, 8 applications were awarded. The list of granted research projects is posted on Recently Awarded.
Call for applications - CGF Programme 2018 (2018.04.26)
We are seeking applications for fieldwork-based studies that is expected to contribute to the nature conservation of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This opportunity is offered to young scientists to enrich thier research capacity and experience. For more details, please check Framework of CGF. Application deadlines for 2018 are 31 July 2018 and 31 January 2019. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Announcement of evaluation results for CGF Programme 2017 (2018.04.26)
We received a total of 3 applications during the year 2017. After careful examination of those applications by CGF Management Committee, unfortenately, there was no nominees that deserved the award.
Announcement of evaluation results for Research Grant/Publication Programmes 2017 (2018.04.26)
We received a total of 183 applications during the year 2017. After careful examination of those applications by NEF Selection Committee, 35 applications were awarded. The list of granted research projects is posted on Recently Awarded.
Call for applications - Research Grant Scheme 2018 (2018.01.31)
Programme Guidelines 2018 for Research Grant Programme and Publication Programme are posted on Forms & Guidelines. Application deadlines for 2018 are 17 April 2018 and 16 October 2018. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Office relocation (2017.10.20)
We have moved to a new office location on 20 October 2017. Our new office address is:
Miyano Building 3rd Floor, 4-20-9 Midori, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0021 JAPAN.
Our office numbers remain the same as:
TEL +81-3-6659-2070 Fax +81-3-6659-2272.
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