National Land Aﬀorestation

Kaii Higashiyama “Midori-hibiku” (Echoing Green)

ATELIER KAII HIGASHIYAMA, Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum

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国土緑化推進機構
National Land Aﬀorestation Promotion Organization

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Head for the Country with Aﬄuent Forests
for Our Secure and Fulﬁlled Lives

Na�onal Land Aﬀoresta�on ri eorests are the home of plant ecosystem and ater that are essential to the e istence of each and every
living thing. hey provide our lives ith unlimited blessings and bene ts. hese include enrichment ofater resources, conservation of national land, prevention of global arming, provision of services forhealth and recreation, and production of timber.
ecently, in addition to above services, the people of apan ant to solve global issues such as accomplishment ofs and reali ation of carbon neutrality. herefore, there are an increasing number of
e pectations for various roles of forests.
ith the a orestation drive, e promote tree planting and greening activities in forest lands, hich could
be considered as common properties of man ind, in the form of ide-ranging civic initiatives all over thecountry and across the borders. hereby, e contribute to the reali ation of lifestyles rich in spirit, cultural
progress for the country of apan, and conservation of the global environment.
Na�onal Land Aﬀoresta�on Promo�on Organiza�on
he National Land A orestation Promotion Organi ation NALAPO as originally established as theNational reening Promotion ommi ee in anuaryand served as the core organi ation to boost
the national a orestation drive in the form of civic initiatives, ith diversi ed participation from all
spheres and levels of the apanese society. n eptember, the commi ee as incorporated. narch, it set up the unds for orests and ater and as renamed to NALAPO. n uly, theorgani ation undertoo a fresh beginning ith ne status as a Public ervice orporation under the ne
public service organi ation system.
he pea er of the ouse of epresentatives and the President of the ouse of ouncilors serve
respectively as the President and the upreme Advisor of the organi ation. he epresentative irector isr. unichi amada, former President of the niversity of o yo, and NALAPO is composed ofregularmember organi ations ith voting rights at the eneral Assembly, and further
supporting member
organi ations as of arch. Among the regular members are
Prefectural reening Promotion
ommi ees, hich promote a orestation in respective prefectures.

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tract from Articles of ncorporation of the National Land A orestation Promotion Organi ation

Article Ob ectives
his corporation aims, ith the national a orestation drive, to establish forest resources, to conserve
national land, to cultivate ater resources and to plant trees in living environments. hereby, it intends
to enrich the lifestyles of apanese citi ens, to advance the apanese culture and to conserve the global
environment for its international contributions.

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G r e e n e r y F e s t iv a ls
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esti alNational Tree Planting F estiv al is held w ith the p articip ation

Their Maj esties p lant seed lings and sow

seed s b y handof p eop le from the w hole country in each sp ring, as a core

alongsid e other p articip ants. Planted seed s are nurtured

ev ent of the national land afforestation d riv e. The festiv alcarefully andis attend ed b y Their Maj esties the Emp eror and Emp ressland .

grow n trees w ill b e transp lanted on p ub licof J ap an.

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3rdNational ree are esti al
The National Tree C are F estiv al is held in each autumn to raise aw areness that sufficient p rotection and caring activ ities arenecessary for healthy forests. It is attend ed b y Their Imp erial Highnesses the C row n Prince and C row n Princess of J ap an.

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N a t io n a l L a n d A ffo r e s t a t io n C a m p a ig n
National Aﬀorestation aai n

The National Afforestation C amp aigns are carried out from J anuary
through May , w ith afforestation aw areness p rograms, fund raising
ev ents for the Greenery D onation F und s and v arious PR activ ities
j ointly . Those aim to enhance interest in the national afforestationd riv e among the p eop le at large and to ap p eal for their p articip ationin the “ Afforestation b y Pub lic Partnership ” mov ement.
Many p eop le p articip ate in afforestation ev ents and come in touch
w ith trees and forests firsthand . Those ev ents are held all ov er thecountry from southern regions to northern d istricts accomp any ing

Fd ev elop ment of new green leav es in sp ring.

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May 4 is Greenery D ay , a J ap anese p ub lic holid ay , w hen p eop le are ex p ected to enj oy activ ities in nature and giv e thank s forthe b lessings of nature w hile enriching their mind s w ith those ex p eriences.
Ap ril 1 5 to May 1 4 is also d esignated as Greenery Month and v arious ev ents focusing on greenery and forests are held
throughout J ap an. In Tok y o, the Green Thank sgiv ing C eremony is attend ed b y a memb er of the Imp erial F amily of J ap an.

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N a t io n a l L a n d A ffo r e s t a t io n C a m p a ig noendation or istinis ed er i e in Aﬀorestation

The National Land Afforestation Promotion O rganiz ation hold s a w id e range of comp etitions relating to afforestation
p romotion to recogniz e outstand ing cases p ub licly and commend s p ersons for their d istinguished serv ice ov er many y ears
in afforestation.
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Green C ulture Aw ard•

Aw ard s for Persons w ith D istinguished Serv ice in Afforestation•

National Afforestation C amp aign/ Tree- care C amp aign Slogan C omp etition•

National Afforestation C amp aign/ Tree- care C amp aign Poster C omp etition•

National Tree- care Initiativ es C omp etition•

Aw ard s for Municip alities w ith Sup erb O utcomes in Afforestation w ith Pub lic Particip ation•

National Presentation Ev ent for Green Scouts Activ ities•

Aw ard s for Green Scouts w ith D istinguished Activ ities•

Aw ard s for Persons w ith D istinguished Serv ices to F oster Green Scouts•

National School Afforestation C omp etition ( Activ ities in School F orests, and Greening of School Env ironment)
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岡市機水産学立省・文 構・都道校大府年）
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進委
道府員会
県国土緑化運動

1た画 山﨑 紗更（埼玉県立大宮光陵高等学校 年）
標語 曽根 悠生
（愛媛県今治市立亀岡小学校 年）
主催 国土緑化推進機構・都道府県緑化推進委員会
後援 農林水産省・文部科学省・都道府県

緑植え ぼくにもできた SDGs

2023年

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A ffo r e s t a t io n b y P u b lic P a r t n e r s h ip
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Green F eather F und raising activ ities started as a sy mb ol of National Land
Afforestation D riv e in 1 9 5 0 . In 1 9 9 5 , to commemorate 5 0 y ears since theend of W orld W ar, the Greenery D onation Act w as enacted , and thefund s w ere renamed Greenery D onation F und s.

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The F und s are imp ortant tools for the Afforestation b y Pub lic Partnership d riv e and link contrib utors in cities to v olunteers
w ork ing in forests.
Money contrib uted to the Greenery D onation F und s is used for afforestation activ ities b y v olunteer group s. Those activ ities
includ e conserv ation of b iod iv ersity , child hood ed ucation in forests, contrib ution to SD Gs and realiz ation of C arb on Neutrality .

FAny b od y can contrib ute to the Greenery D onation F und s b y v arious w ay s such as d onation b ox es on check out counters in
sup ermark ets or conv enience stores, p urchase of good s w ith d onation, v end ing machines for charity and fund - raising on theInternet( on- line transfer) as w ell as in the neighb orhood or schools.
As mobile payment is getting popularity, NALAPO also started to use applications for smartphone in its fund-raising activities.

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A ffo r e s t a t io n b y P u b lic P a r t n e r s h ip
nds or orests andater

In March 1 9 8 8 , the F und s for F orests and W ater ( current name since J uly 1 , 2 0 1 1 ) has b een d ep loy ed for Afforestation b y
Pub lic Partnership mov ement.
Profits from the F und s are used for p ub lic aw areness activ ities to facilitate p articip ation of p eop le in forest- relatedactiv ities, surv ey s and research on p ub lic functions of w ood land s includ ing relationship b etw een forests and w ater,
andinternational ex change related to afforestation p romotion. These initiativ es aim to d ev elop an und erstand ing on

afforestation and ob tain coop eration b y p ub lic.

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The Green Scouts hav e b een estab lished to nurturethe sp irit and w ill to lov e, p rotect and foster greenerythrough activ ities in forests among child ren, w ho w ill b enex t lead ers in afforestation mov ements. The National
Green Scouts F ed eration ( as of J anuary 1 , 2 0 2 4 ) consistsof 3 ,0 7 1 organiz ations w ith ov er 3 2 0 ,0 0 0 memb ers.
The Green Scouts are activ ely engaged in activ ities
such as interactiv e nature ex p eriences in forests, p ub lic
serv ice activ ities, camp ing and other recreational
activ ities, mak ing use of v arious regional characteristics.
Activ ity p resentations and ex change meetings b y Green
Scouts memb ers selected nationw id e, and Green Scouts
lead ers training sessions are held to encourage GreenScouts and to p romote autonomous activ ities b y them.

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A ffo r e s t a t io n b y P u b lic P a r t n e r s h ip
ort or Aﬀorestation ros ons io s or orations and Ns

Ex p ansion of Afforestation b y Pub lic Partnership mov ement sup p orted b y general citiz ens rather than b y only p eop lew ork ing in forests and env ironment areas w ill contrib ute to realiz ation of SD Gs effectiv ely .
Therefore, NALAPO tries to d isseminate F our Actions for F orests, namely Touch F orests, U se W ood , Sup p ort F orestsand Liv e in F orests. It also p rov id es information on forest v olunteer activ ities to sup p ort afforestation activ ities b y
corp oration and NPO s.

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‘ F orest- related Serv ice Ind ustry ’ utiliz es serv ices from forest eco- sy stem in d iv erse field s such as health p romotion,
tourism and ed ucation multip ly . NALAPO sup p orts the ind ustry b y imp lementation of research p roj ects, p rov ision ofinformation and hosting of ex change meetings to increase numb ers of v isitors in forest areas and to p romote theirund erstand ing of afforestation d riv e.

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Pre e t ral reening Promotion ommittees

Hok k aid o Prefectual F orest and Greenery Association
Aomori Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Iw ate Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Miy agi Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Ak ita Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Yamagata F orest and Greenery Promotion O rganiz ation
F uk ushima Prefectural F orests, F orestry and Greening Association
Ib arak i Prefectural F orest and F orestry AssociationTochigi Env ironmental and Greening Promotion O rganiz ation
Gunma Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Saitama Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
C hib a Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Tok y o D ev elop ment F ound ation for Agriculture, F orestry andF isheries
Kanagaw a Trust Green F ound ation
Niigata Greening C ommittee ( GREEN O ne Hund red Niigata )Toy ama Afforestation Promotion O rganiz ation
Ishik aw a Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
F uk ui Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Yamanashi Prefectural Greening Promotion O rganiz ation
Nagano Greenery F undGifu Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Shiz uok a Prefectural GreenB ank Pub lic interest incorp orated found ation
Aichi Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Mie Prefectural Greening Promotion Association
Shiga p refectural Greening Promotion Association
Ky oto Mod el F orest AssociationO sak a Green Trust Association
Hy ogo Prefectural Greening Promotion Association
Nara Prefectural Greening Promotion AssociationW ak ay ama Prefectural Greening Promotion C ouncil
Tottori Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
Shimane Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
O k ay ama Prefectural Greening Promotion Association
Hiroshima Prefectural Green Promotion O rganiz ation
Yamaguchi Pub lic Agriculture and F orestry Promotion B od y
The Institution of Tok ushima F orest Management
Kagaw a W ater and Greenery F ound ationEhime F orest F undKochi Prefectural F orest and Greenery Association
F uk uok a Prefectural W ater Resources F orest F undSaga Greenery F undNagasak i Prefectural Greening Promotion AssociationKumamoto Prefectural Greening Promotion C ommittee
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Na�onal Land Aﬀoresta�on
Promo�on Organiza�on

電源開発（株）天理教（一社）日本植木協会（公財）日本さくらの会（株）日本政策金融公庫
日本造林協会（一財）日本木材総合情報センター（公財）日本野鳥の会
日本林道協会
農林中央金庫野村證券（株）
阪和興業（株）（公財）ボーイスカウト日本連盟
みずほ証券（株）（株）みずほ銀行町村会館出張所

三菱 UFJ モルガン・スタンレー証券（株）
林業・木材製造業労働災害防止協会（一社）林業薬剤協会（一社）林道安全協会（株）ローソン（株）和漢薬研究所（平成 30 年 4 月 1 日 現在）

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