Japan should slash its reliance on fossil fuels and continue carving out a niche in the burgeoning area of eco-technologies to ease its economic ills and improve the environment, according to renowned environmental scientist Norman Myers.
By encouraging the use of clean and renewable energy sources, Japan can stimulate the economy and leverage its position in this growing sector, said Myers, who was in Tokyo on Thursday to receive the 2001 Blue Planet Prize for his environmental work.
Myers received the award along with Lord Robert May of Oxford. May is president of the Royal Society of London and is known for his work in the field of mathematical ecology, which has aided global conservation efforts.