Learn the Miyawaki Method Tree Planting Festival〜Create a 9,000-year-lasting forest at Meguri no Mori!〜
G20 Global Land Initiative Related Events
On Sunday, October 13, at Shonan International Village Meguri-no-Mori, “Let's learn the Miyawaki method at the tree-planting ceremony! 〜Let's create a forest that will last for 9,000 years in Meguri-no-Mori! 〜was held at Shonan Kokusai-mura Meguri-no-Mori.
The rainy and stormy weather that had been continuing until just before the event was overshadowed by the fine weather that had been continuing since the preparatory stage. In fact, the weather was too hot for October, and the tree-planting festival was held with the realization of global warming.
Fifty-five members of the G20 Global Land Initiative delegation came to Japan from 27 countries. The total of 203 people planted 500 trees of 34 types of potential natural vegetation derived from vegetation surveys, crossing borders and race for the purpose of forest creation.
At the opening ceremony, Mr. Nakatani, Director General of Kanagawa Prefectural Policy Bureau, announced that the Shonan International Village Meguri-no-Mori forest was approved on September 27 as a “30 by 30” site promoted by the Ministry of the Environment and an “OECM” nature symbiosis site that contributes to biodiversity conservation in areas other than national protected areas.
The following October, a tree-planting festival was held in connection with the G20 Global Land Initiative (G20 section on the global environment) at the Meguri-no-Mori forest in Shonan International Village, the birthplace of the Miyawaki method and a unique Japanese brand of reforestation methods, which was shared locally with people in other countries.
The forests we regenerate are the “original forests of the land” that have been lost. By regenerating forests that have inherited the original genes of the land and have a unique regional character, we can restore the forest's original functions of disaster prevention, wind protection, dust protection, waterproofing, and temperature reduction, and protect the genes of many living creatures.
The forests that are in their natural state have the ability to mitigate global warming, which is still in progress at this time, and are the ultimate biodiversity fields that can survive semi-permanently. An international symposium was held on the 11th to discuss how to pass on such forest creation know-how to the children of the next generation.
Silwa has invested 1.5 million yen to coordinate the tree-planting event. We would like to thank our sponsors for their support. We would also like to express our gratitude to all of the cooperating organizations and people involved, as well as to the members of Silwa. We would like to report on the tree-planting festival in the following blog.
Please continue to support our mission for the survival of the biological community. Thank you very much.
Non-Profit Organization Silwa
Representative Director Toshiko Kawashita
Twenty tree-planting leaders gathered at 8:15 am.
They will learn by practice for one hour before the opening ceremony and serve as guides for the public,
You will also manage and supervise the accuracy of the tree planting work.
Distinguished Guests
Dr. Muralee Thummarukudy Director, Secretary General, G20 Global Environment Section
Director, G20 Global Initiative on LandUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
UNEP Osaka office at the United Nations
FAO, Rome
UNESCO, Paris
UNESCO Nairobi office Total 60 persons (27 foreign countries)
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Chinmoku no Mori project, party of 15 in total
Dr. Kazue Fujiwara, Professor Emeritus, Yokohama National University
Mr Hideki Hasegawa, Coordination GL, Regional Policy Division, Kanagawa Prefecture
Mr Ichiro Inagaki, Director of Education, Hayama Town Hall
Mr. Yoshihiro Natori, Chairman, Meguri no Mori Zukuri Promotion Council
The opening ceremony finally started at 10:15!
Dr. Muralee, Secretary General of the G20 Global Environment Section, thanked us for this valuable opportunity and encounter.
Dr. Natori, Chairman of Meguri no Mori Zukuri Promotion Council, encouraged us to contribute to the global goal “Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework” by making this event as influential as possible.
The opening declaration was made by the participants, the leaders of the next generation!
Learn the Miyawaki Method Tree Planting Festival
〜Create a 9,000-year-lasting forest at Meguri no Mori!〜
The children, transcending national borders and race, chanted in unison ❣
After the opening ceremony,
training on tree-planting methods began with
Dr. Kazue Fujiwara, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University (Science)!
We learned that we need to plant trees with a sense of urgency, as even the slightest mistake is unforgivable.
The natural world has no borders! Tree planting scene of people participating in international exchange through the Miyawaki Method
Everyone in the world united as one! Walla Bucket Relay
Although this tree-planting festival was a meaningful and international event, the real stars of the show are the saplings that were planted. From now on, the fight for their lives will begin in order to protect the places where they were planted.
Plants, which have genes that are around 3.6 billion years old, have an overwhelming resilience and the ability to change their ‘environment’, unlike humans, who have genes that are around 500,000 years old.
The history and vitality of plants, which have transformed a planet filled with toxic gases into a beautiful blue planet, supplying the oxygen that forms the basis of the ozone layer, and even creating natural barriers, are crystallized in the form of forests, where they come together to demonstrate their ability as the ‘world's greatest producer’, a capacity that exceeds human knowledge.
When we entrust the regeneration of native forests to saplings, the best we can do is to mulch them with straw and organic matter (plant remains).
We would like to thank you all for your support of Fujino City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and other cities.
The goods are SDGs contribution goods that also support economic forests,
We received many purchases of wooden tags for writing messages and forest eggs
The amount of your donation at the Let's Learn the Miyawaki Method Tree Planting Festival was,
63,909 yen ($331.74.) and 5 cents!
Thank you very much!
The saplings on the day were grown by the Donguri Brothers, a team from the Cooperative Forest for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities.
Five hundred saplings were purchased for 550 yen each,
The money was returned to the disabled as wages.
Cut grass, branches, woodchips, etc. that avoided write-off disposal.
Recycled materials amounted to 20 tons at this tree-planting festival alone.
The neighboring landscapers, management associations, and lumber mills are also very happy to have reduced their disposal costs.
By promoting forestation
many people are benefiting from this system.
On the board set up at the venue,
There were many enthusiastic messages from the children.
Thank you, everyone!
With your thoughts and words in mind
I pledge that we adults will also take action to attract a future rich in nature.
Toshiko Kawashita, Representative Director of Silwa
On this day, 100 m2 took its first steps into the forest.
Before tree planting
Enjoy the photographer's work at the Forest Gallery.
You can also download photos.
after tree planting
Notice.
The 27th Annual Tree Planting Festival will be held on Sunday, November 10.
Enjoy the photographer's work at the Forest Art Gallery .
Forest Restoration Photo Diary
Photos can be downloaded.
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