Biodiversity / Food / Water

March 18, 2011

 

Shiretoko 100 Square Meters Movement Completes Land Acquisition after 33 Years

Keywords: Ecosystems / Biodiversity Local government 

JFS/Shiretoko 100 Square Meters Movement Completes Land Acquisition after 33 Years
Copyright Shari Town


Shari Town Hall in Hokkaido, Japan, announced on December 6, 2010, that on November 9 they had concluded the land acquisition agreements for 11.92 hectares of the private lands that remained in the targeted area of the Shiretoko 100 Square Meters Movement. As a result, they have obtained the entire 471.18 hectares of the targeted lands for conservation. The project aimed to acquire lands by utilizing minimum donations of 8,000 yen (about U.S.$99), and to reforest the acquired lands in order to restore the local natural environment.

Shiretoko National Park, a highly natural wilderness, has been designated as a World Natural Heritage Site. The Iwaobetsu District of Shari is land reclaimed by settlers as part of a government reclamation project. As the area was exposed to the risks of overdevelopment due to changes in the reclamation projects and social circumstances, the 1977 mayor began a movement to conserve the lands, using the catch phrase: "Won't you buy a dream in Shiretoko?"

The next goal of the movement is reforestation. To achieve this, The 100-Square-Meter Movement Forest Trust was started in 1997, with the aim on restoring local forests and biota, based on advice from qualified experts.

Japan's Shiretoko Designated A World Natural Heritage Site (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/026134.html

Posted: 2011/06/18 06:00:15 AM

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