Staff writer
The Australian minister for the environment has sent a private letter to his Japanese counterpart expressing concern over the loss of habitat for migrating birds caused by the Isahaya Bay land reclamation project in Nagasaki Prefecture, it was learned Sept. 12.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Japan Times, Minister for the Environment Robert Hill asked whether the habitat values of Isahaya Bay for migratory shorebirds will be lost as a result of the reclamation project. The letter was dated Aug. 11 and addressed to Michiko Ishii, then director general of the Environment Agency.