Forests contribute to sediment runoff control, soil conservation, and water resource security.
The Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture experienced unprecedented combined disasters in the history of the prefecture: the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day, 2024, and the Okunoto torrential rains in September. The disaster area [...].
The recent heat wave and snowfall, the emergence of climate change, and the national goal of carbon neutrality by the year 2050 - these are the reasons why the "carbon neutrality" goal has become a reality in Japan. These are the backdrop to the [...].
On May 28, Watami, a major restaurant company, held a forest opening ceremony and forest preservation activities at "Watami Forest" established in a city-owned forest in Rikuzentakata City. [...].
Konica Minolta Japan has introduced "returned seedlings" from Somano Base, a company based in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, which is involved in reforestation, and all branch offices [...]...
The "Biological Soil Crust (BSC) method," which is being jointly developed by Tokyo University of Agriculture, Nihon Koei, and Nikken Sohonen [...].