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Gravel extracted from the Abe River helped build postwar Japan, but the resulting loss of sediment accelerated erosion along the Shizuoka and Shimizu coasts. This article examines how urban growth transferred environmental costs to rivers and beaches—and what the experience teaches us about natural capital and sustainable development.

30by30 aims to conserve at least 30 percent of the world’s land and sea by 2030. In Japan, OECMs and Sites Coexisting with Nature are expanding conservation beyond national parks and into everyday landscapes.