A: The goals that Japan must meet for global environmental conservation are to support environmental conservation efforts in developing regions that face severe environmental conditions and to change Japan's economic society to one that has a smaller environmental impact. The involvement of various sectors, e.g., government, local public bodies, and industry, is necessary to achieve these goals; in addition, the role of NGOs is paramount. In particular, for cooperation in grassroots environmental projects that cater carefully to the local needs of developing regions and efforts to speed up environmental activities by the citizens of Japan, the activities of NGOs, which are the organizational bodies for enthusiastic people to carry out environmental conservation projects, are extremely important.
Because of these factors, the Grants Program of the JFGE has conditions established by law for evaluating eligible NGO projects. The basic concepts for these conditions are sketched out below.
For further information on criteria for eligible grant organizations see Q13, and for project examples see Q19.
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