Morita is Senior Deputy Director General, Group Director for Forestry and Nature Conservation, Global Environmental Department, JICA. After graduation from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, he has been working at JICA more than 25years. Since 2017, Morita has been responsible for JICA’s technical cooperation in the field of “forest and nature conservation” in Asia, Pacific, Africa and Central/South America in which JICA wish to contribute to harmonize between development and nature conservation as well as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).