Some activities to enrich bio-diversity of forest nearby farm village, small farm or small paddy field in the north district of Hamamatsu city, central Japan, and also some trial for funding to continue these activities, which can lead a modern style of the traditional culture and ecological lifestyle
1) Reforestation in clear-cut man-made forest with KONARA (Quercus serrate) trees,and funding its maintenance cost
2)Similar funding system for making charcoal from native wood, harvesting grass leaves for compost etc. It might be a kind of membership fund from urban corporation or citizens.
Clusters to be allocated
Cluster 4.Capacity Building Cluster 5.On-the-Ground Activities
IPSI member organisations to be involved
Not be specified yet
Timeframe
Nov. 2010 Reforestation project start
Now(Dec.2011) Preparing for planting KONARA seedlings
Feb.2011 To Plant seedlings
Mar. 2011 To be designated as an 100th Anniversary event of Hamamatsu city.
Apr. 2011 To start inviting donation or investment for funding; To start proposing second project, e.g. making charcoal from native wood, harvesting grass leaves for compost etc.
2012~2026 To bring up KONARA within any other natural seedlings; To implement other projects
2027(15th year) To harvest KONARA stem for mashroom raising and sell them to cover the expense of principal investment from invester
Contact details
Tomoyuki Sugano Mr. A member of board of the director E-mail sugano@logw-n.com TEL +81-536-32-6088(Logwell Nippon Inc.) FAX +81-536-32-6099(Logwell Nippon Inc.)