Hi! My name is Fu, I’m living in Japan. I grow up on a small island surrounded by nature so I love animals and nature. Also, this feeling makes me have a strong interest in environmental issues. I am really happy to participate in this competition and community, I can’t wait to see you and have an inspiring experience!
Tell us what the water concern in your country is!In the place where I live which is a typical suburb, it has been a concern that there is not a completely maintain sewage system. The local government take an effort to solve it, but still, we have vault toilets or problems with discharge.
This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:I think there are 3 key points of this. “Real life Experience” gives us some awareness of problems that we have. “Accurate and academic information” teaches us what is the right way to take action. ”Corporations” make it possible to take steps to solve problems even if it’s large scale.
Amazing purifier: ~Let’s collect mangrove’s fallen leaves for eco-friendly bioremediation of heavy metals~
Kandelia obovata, one of the mangrove species, provides a low-cost solution for recovering heavy metals and improving water quality, which could be useful, especially in developing countries with limited wastewater treatment. In this research, we found that heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead accumulate in the fallen leaves of Kandelia obovata. Fallen leaves contain six times more cadmium than young leaves. By collecting these fallen leaves, along withother toxic heavy metals, about 2.01 kg of arsenic and 1.29 kg of cadmium can be recovered per 1 km2 of yellow mangrove forest per year. This method would provide a practical means of addressing heavy metal pollution in water bodies.
