Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University

Marvion's HKU Campusland scores well with undergraduates and is expected to extend its meta-campus to primary and secondary school students later this year

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

As such, Marvion will be looking to roll out the meta-campus to primary and secondary schools this year.

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  • As such, Marvion will be looking to roll out the meta-campus to primary and secondary schools this year.
  • The platform which first had its initial rollout prioritizing students in the Faculty of Science at HKU, received rave reviews and now expanding its reach to include secondary school students in Hong Kong.
  • Plans are in place for junior students to participate in HKU Campusland in Spring and Summer 2023.
  • Dr. Adela Lau, Deputy Director of HKU SAAS Data Science, commented on the positive impact of HKU Campusland on students, "Students were excited and enjoyed interacting in HKU Campusland."

Sekisui House: Working with Customers for 20 Years to Conserve Urban Biodiversity with "Gohon no Ki" (Five Trees) Indigenous Landscaping Concept

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Friday, December 3, 2021

If the Gohon no ki concept of planting native trees were applied to 30% of all newly constructed properties in Japan moving forward, urban biodiversity is predicted to rise to 84.6% of 1977 levels.

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Sekisui House: Working with Customers for 20 Years to Conserve Urban Biodiversity with "Gohon no Ki" (Five Trees) Indigenous Landscaping Concept

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 3, 2021

OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sekisui House, Ltd. has been pursuing the conservation of biodiversity since 2001 by creating green networks in urban residential districts under its "Gohon no ki" (five trees) indigenous landscaping concept. Together with the University of the Ryukyus (*1), the company has analyzed the outcome of the Gohon no ki Project that it has implemented with one million customer households (*2) over the space of 20 years, and has designed the world's first mechanism for quantitatively evaluating urban biodiversity. It has published this qualitative evaluation mechanism as a nature-positive methodology for promoting the conservation of biodiversity.

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