More than 100,000 elementary school students participate in creature surveys! ~ Children's “Ikiiki” Creature Survey 2022 Survey Results ~

The Institute for Environmental Science conducts a survey of elementary school students at 340 schools in Yokohama Municipal Elementary Schools to report on creatures found near homes and schools. In 2022, 10,552 elementary school students from 159 schools responded, and we were able to obtain valuable information that would contribute to the biodiversity conservation in the future, such as a decrease in the confirmation rate of frogs, a species representing the satoyama-satoyama environment, and the distribution of Kurihara squirrels, a specific alien species in the city.
This survey has been conducted since 2013, and this is the ninth time in 10 years, and the number of participating elementary school studenｔ has exceeded 100,000.