Tokyo Century employees volunteered in the Mt. Fuji Forestation Project, a program offered by the OISCA Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, which we support.

The OISCA is mainly engaged in rural development and environmental conservation activities in the Asia-Pacific region. We support its mission and have been contributing to their activities for ten years, staring in 2015. Currently, we are providing volunteers and other resources to the following four projects.

• Mt. Fuji Forestation Project
• The Coastal Forest Restoration Project is a reconstruction effort following the Great East Japan Earthquake, and it has restored approximately 100 hectares of coastal forest in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture. 
• The Children’s Forest Program is an environmental education initiatives offered to schools in 37 countries and regions, providing hands-on experience in planting seedlings. 
• The Mangrove Reforestation Project is an initiative carried out in collaboration with NGOs in the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries.

The Mt. Fuji Forestation Project aims to restore diverse forests around the woodlands owned by Yamanashi Prefecture. In 2002, trees on the northwestern slope of Mt. Fuji suffered significant damage and died due to insect infestation*. To prevent future damage, broad-leaved trees are being planted following line-thinning.

Our employees tended to the planted trees by clearing the surrounding vegetation, as well as inspecting and mending the nets put in place to protect the seedlings from wildlife damage.

*Due to an outbreak of Epinotia piceicola, a species of moth, roughly 100 hectares of the prefecture-owned forest (approx. 20 Tokyo Domes) suffered severe damage, as the trees were unable to photosynthesize.

Tokyo Century will continue to contribute to local communities through environmental conservation activities.