http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/21/government-will-use-sand-creating-electrodes-to-save-okinotorishima/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/21/government-will-use-sand-creating-electrodes-to-save-okinotorishima/comment-page-1/#comment-239158 Matthieu Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:51:27 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6272#comment-239158 The problem is that Okinotorishima is eroding due to natural causes and climate change, so it may not be longer recognized as an island. With the island status goes the Exclusive Economic Zone, 200 nautical miles radius where you can harvest any natural resource (fish, oil...); Japan has got one of the largest total EEZ in the world (6th). So any methods to fight erosion are tested: coral transplants, electrodes or others; researches are funded by the government and the Japan Foundation, a right-wing organization. The problem is that Okinotorishima is eroding due to natural causes and climate change, so it may not be longer recognized as an island. With the island status goes the Exclusive Economic Zone, 200 nautical miles radius where you can harvest any natural resource (fish, oil…); Japan has got one of the largest total EEZ in the world (6th).
So any methods to fight erosion are tested: coral transplants, electrodes or others; researches are funded by the government and the Japan Foundation, a right-wing organization.

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