IRUKA is Japan's renowned singer and songwriter. She has been IUCN's Goodwill Ambassador since 2004, promoting IUCN's work through her songs and awareness-raising events.
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Maarui Chikyu - Round Earth – Concert and Original Kimonos
I started producing and performing the Maarui Chikyu Concert to promote biodiversity to a wider range of people at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Nagoya in 2010, writes IRUKA - an IUCN Goodwill Ambassador. …
12 Nov 2012 | Blogs
Message for Rio+20 - IRUKA
I have great expectations for the Rio+20 summit. Two decades have passed since the Earth Summit took place in 1990. This fact alone generates in me deep emotion and thoughts of our earth, and I believe that I am not the only one who has such feelings. …
14 May 2012 | Article
Through detergents to conservation: IUCN Goodwill Ambassador IRUKA celebrates her 40th anniversary
IRUKA became IUCN’s Goodwill Ambassador in 2004. Since then, she has organized numerous concert tours to support IUCN activities and to promote biodiversity issues to both adults and children. This year, IRUKA is celebrating her 40th anniversary. She tells us how she became involved in promoting nature conservation and what are some of the most interesting projects she has planned for this year. …
16 Aug 2011 | News story
A bridge between worlds
"Japan, the country where I was born and raised, was hit by the once-in-a millennium devastating disaster and has suffered seriously from the overwhelming destruction that was caused by it. But this mind-blowing tragedy has taught us a lot too," writes IUCN Goodwill Ambassador, Japanese singer and songwriter IRUKA. …
09 Aug 2011 | News story
Biodiversity Band in action
Iruka, Japan's renowned singer and songwriter and IUCN’s Goodwill Ambassador, performed today in Nagoya, Japan, as delegates to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference are preparing for the second week of negotiations, critical for the future of our planet’s biodiversity. …
24 Oct 2010 | News story
Renowned Japanese singer Iruka stays connected to IUCN
Iruka, Japan's renowned singer and songwriter, will continue to be IUCN's Goodwill Ambassador in Japan for an additional four years, until the next World Conservation Congress in October 2012. …
09 Dec 2008 | News story
