Kirk here with an article about how Oguni-machi is cooperating with a company called Asteria to manage its forests more effectively. Asteria seems to have a platform that makes it possible for lay people to build simple apps that assist in recording and managing data. The article doesn’t use the term, but I think such platforms are generally referred to as no-code or low-code platforms.
Personal aside: I’ve been using a no-code platform called AppSheet since 2016 to build some educational apps. AppSheet was acquired by Google a couple years ago and seems to have become quite popular, though the field is filled with competitors. AppSheet has enabled me to build apps that would have been impossible for me otherwise but, nonetheless, there was quite a learning curve; I’d say AppSheet is much easier than learning to code (Python, Java, etc.) but not exactly “easy.” Here’s a link to a video I made about how I use AppSheet in my classes: https://kguics.blogspot.com/2020/05/how-i-use-appsheet-in-my-classes.html
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/2022/03/31/special-supplements/town-company-team-achieve-sdgs-kumamoto/
