Midori Ippai Project Activities LINE 146Protection of Endangered Species "Japanese Rosy Bitterling" and Restoration of Satoyama (Village Forests) October 18, 2015 NTT West Nara Group
As part of the biodiversity conservation activities, NTT West Nara Group has been providing support since 2011 to the protection of Japanese rosy bitterling, an endangered species, as well as the restoration of satoyama (village forests) around the pond where the fish inhabits. These activities are conducted by the Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University in the school campus.
A total of about 30 employees and family members of the respective group companies of NTT West Nara Group and NTT West head office took part in the activity this year, where they helped to harvest rice and trim the plants around the pond.
The event kicked off with an opening address by Mr. Watanabe (Manager of Planning and General Affairs Department of Nara Branch), followed by a briefing on the objectives of the activity by Associate Professor Kitagawa (Aquatic Ecological Laboratory, Environmental Management Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University) before the participants were divided into groups to carry out rice harvesting and plant trimming respectively.
Rice harvesting was carried out mainly by the participating children with support from the university students.
Children who learned how to harvest rice from the student supporters had fun cutting the rice plants carefully one by one.
A foot thresher that is rarely seen today was used to scrape off the husks from the ears of the rice plants harvested. The activity provided a valuable experience to both the children and adult participants, as the children had the chance to try out rice harvesting for the first time, while removing husks from the ears using a thresher was also a new experience for some adults.
Grass and plants in the overgrown areas around the pond were trimmed using grass cutters and sickles, which helped to brighten up the forest.
This event marked the end of the activities for this fiscal year, and we would like to thank the large number of employees and family members for their participation.
NTT West Nara Business Unit will continue to engage in the "Protection of Endangered Species Japanese Rosy Bitterling and Restoration of Satoyama (Village Forests)" activity in future, and we look forward to the participation of many employees and their family.
- Participating companies
- NTT West Nara Branch (Planning and General Affairs Department; Equipment Department)
NTT Neomeit (Technical Alliance Department)
NTT Business Solutions (Corporate Planning Department)
NTT Business Solutions Kansai Branch (Nara Corporate Business Department)
NTT Fieldtechno Kansai Branch (Equipment Department; Nara Office)
NTT Marketing Act Kansai Branch (Kyoto Office)
NTT Neomeit Kansai Branch (Network Department)
NTT Business Associe West Kansai Branch (Planning Department; Osaka Office; Nara Office) - Secretariat
- NTT Business Associe West Kansai Branch, Nara Office, General Affairs IC
- Venue
- Inside the premises of Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University (Nara City, Nakamachi 3327-204)
- No. of participants
- About 30
