Teppei Dohke

Translator, Strategist, Passionate

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What was your motivation or inspiration to become a CEC member?

To get more people to promote the implementation of the Aichi Targets

What advice do you have to advance the conservation agenda?

Biodiversity and nature were always marginal issues in our society, but we are now in getting the opportunity — possibly our last chance — to change that.

Tell us more about yourself.

Teppei DOHKE has been working for Japan Committee for IUCN for ten years and was appointed secretary general in September 2014.
With more than 10 years of communication and coordination experience regarding IUCN and Japan National Committee for IUCN, as well as deep involvement with the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) processes among IUCN, IUCN Asia, and national and international NGOs, DOHKE is a trusted liaison between industry, NGOs, and government in the field of biodiversity conservation in Japan.
Working for governments, NGOs, global policy makers and local conservation groups, DOHKE became skilled at translating policy concepts and CBD-related technical language into more understandable words for civil society and which lead to presentations, honing his public speaking skills and workshop facilitation abilities.

Also, during preparation for the CBD-COP10 (Nagoya 2010), he played general coordinator for Japan Civil Network for CBD, which lead to more than 150 organizational member joining; that experience made him a team player and lead to the new area of coaching youth.

What are you working on now?

Based on lessons of “IUCN Countdown 2010” and CEC strategic plan, the Japan Committee for IUCN is conducting a national campaign for collecting action commitments of 20 Aichi targets in Japan. The campaign name is “Nijyu-maru project” (or Double 20 campaign in English). We are asking local governments, private sector organizations, research groups, and civil society alike to make declarations for supporting  20 Aichi targets. This simple approach, ie., “commitment”, will benefit the implementation of Aichi targets, including the translation of global targets into actions on the ground; it will link local activities to the global agenda and visualize both well-addressed targets and less well-addressed targets.