Volunteer Activities for Reforesting Mt. Fuji

OISCA is mainly engaged in rural development and environmental conservation activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Endorsing its objective, we have been supporting its activities since 2015. 

The Mt. Fuji Reforestation Project is an initiative aimed at restoring prefectural forests in Yamanashi Prefecture from serious pest damage. In 2002, an outbreak of Epinotia piceicola, a species of moth, destroyed roughly 100 hectares of prefectural forests (approx. 20 times the size of the Tokyo Dome) on the northwest slope of Mt. Fuji. In order to quickly restore the forests’ diversity and make them more resistant to disasters, the project has planted broad-leaved trees and tended to the forests.

This time, volunteers from our company cleared the vegetation around the planted seedlings to ensure their growth, and also repaired and replaced the nets intended to prevent wildlife damage.

In addition to the project, we currently make donations to OISCA’s activities below:
-    The Coastal Forest Restoration Project, a reconstruction effort following the Great East Japan Earthquake, which has restored approximately 100 hectares of coastal forests in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture
-    The Children’s Forest Program, an environmental education initiative offered to schools in 37 countries and regions, providing hands-on experience in planting seedlings 
-    The Mangrove Reforestation Project, an initiative carried out in collaboration with NGOs in the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries

We will continue to contribute to local communities through environmental conservation activities.