Forest FutureCity SHIMOKAWA

KOHEI NAKANO
Shimokawa Town OfficeProfileTown area : 64,420 ha
Forested area : 56,977 ha (88%)
Population : 3,645 (as of Jan. 2012)
Temperature : -30℃～30℃
Priority : forestry, biomass

Policy Step
1st “Create employment and economical base”
Acquirement of municipal forest
Cyclical forest management
Total timber processing

2nd “Create economical circulation”
Woody biomass boilers
Biomass fuel manufacture

3rd “Go for Forest FutureCity”

Industry

Self-sustained development plan
Best Quality of Life
ResourceCommunity

Cyclical Forest Management
Cyclical Forest Management- create forest resource continuously- create employment continuously
1. Keep reforesting same area which harvested
2. Aquire forest area : annual harvest area (ha/yr) × foster time (yrs)

ReforestPlant

HarvestFosterTotal Timber Processing

Timber from municipal forest

Aroma Oil

Display
Christmas Tree
Charcoal coated Lumber- river bank- house decoration- gardening- fenceLiquid Charcoal- repellent bugs
- disinfectant
Non coated Lumber- housing- gardening- fence
Charcoal- water purification- BBQ
Charcoal chips- agriculture- melting snow on road- absorb humidity in house
Sawdust- compost- mushroom culture- forage
Laminated Lumber- panel- table- flooring
Left over chips

Unused woodBiomass
Fuelsteamedcarbonize

crushedcooledbarks

smoke
removedcarbonize
laminated

steamedboiledcolumned
barks

leaf
branchthick, medium
thindamagedthick
mediumWoody Biomass Energy

Woody biomass boilers
for public centers (since 2004)

Community center

District heat supply facility

Town
officeFiredepartment

Wood biomass fuelGeneral Social
Welfare Center

District heat supply
powered by one woodybiomass boiler (2010)

Utilization of unused wood such as leftovers in forests
Manufacture of woody biomass fuelNew business
Add income for forest

J-VER Credit
Partner businesses- more trees (Ryuichi Sakamoto)- JCB (credit card)- ANA (All Nippon Airways)- NPB (professional baseball)- Sapporo Breweries (beer)Partnership agreements
Sponsorship funds

J-VER

Projectmanagement

Project implementation

Target project types ofJapan Verified Emission
Reduction (J-VER) Scheme- forest management- use of woody biomass

4RESTCertification
CO2 credits(4 Forest Resource for Energy Sustainable Towns)
Cooperative organization among 4 towns;
Ashoro, Bihoro, Shimokawa, Takinoue
4REST J-VER 2008-2011
Forest Sink : 9,828t-CO2
Emission Reduction : 737t-CO2
Sold : 3,401 t-CO2
Income from J-VER : 1.1 milion $ (1$ = 80 yen)

Eco-Model City Low-carbon model society in symbiosis with northern forest
Shimokawa was selected as one of the Eco Model City (total 13 cities) in 2008.

Forest FutureCity SHIMOKAWA
Necessary to solve present big issues in Shimokawa and create “Everybody wants to live in”- declining population and birthrate (-90 people/yr)- Super aging (aging rate 37.2% as of 2012)- Energy security

Export town management package for Asian local community“Everybody wants to live in”
Forest Future City Model

Economic Value( Total forest industry)

Low carbon
society
Energy security
Self-sufficient
renewable energy
Biomass fuelbusiness
Carbon fund & trade
Carbon-oriented
market scheme

Tackle forsuper-aging

Best Quality of Life

EnvironmentalValue（Self-sufficient
renewable energy）

Social Value（Everybody flourish& have rest）

Collective house model

Total forest industry

Smart Community

Innovation on forestry
Business with elderly person
Innovation on chain of custody

Total healthcare

Create forest culture

Research, Training & Incubation
CenterLocal FundQOL Check System

Abundant resource of forest, people, knowledge made through half a century

Foundation for constant value creation
Key factors for self standing of local government; Funding, Knowledge, Governance
Forest FutureCity
Best Quality of Life
Secure independent funding
in order to invest in projects.
-donations,-publicly offered bonds-investment products, etc.

• Reflectevaluation
Evaluate

Private money frominside and outside town

• Improvement
measures

QOL index• Revise plan

Establish original knowledge
hub to improve and develop
system and equipment best fit
for local resources.
-consulting, research-networking-training-incubation etc
Forestry

Industry

Agriculture

Aging

Healthcare

Energy・・・・・・

Evaluate
investment
Donation
Dividend

Community fund

Projects
Funding

Knowledge

Driving Force on FutureCity projects- Powerful and speedy promotion brings new model.
- Consensus and collaboration with residents bring sustainable effort.

FutureCity Project Headquaters
in municipality officecollaboration
Project Manager; Exective Director
Members; Division DirectorsResident Committee
for FutureCity projects
promotion

Publiccomment

Town
meeting

FutureCity Projects Evaluation Committeeconsensus

evaluate, point out

Conference on FutureCity Projects(Chair; mayor)
Advisors
Forestry & Low-carbon WG

Super-aging WG

implement projects by each sector

Materialize Forest FutureCity

municipal office (usual)
Mayor
Deputy Mayor

Div. A

Div. B

Div. C

Div. D

Div. E

Director

Director

Director

Director

Directormunicipal office (new project)
Mayor
Project Leader

Deputy Mayor

Div. A

Div. B

Div. C

Div. D

Div. E

Director

Director

Director

Director

Directormunicipal office (FutureCity project: ideal)
Mayor
Exective Director = Project Manager
Deputy Mayor

Div. A

Div. B

Div. C

Div. D

Div. E

DirectorDirectorDirectorDirectorDirector

FutureCity Project Headquaters (now)Mayor
Deputy Mayor

Exective Director = Project Manager

Div. A

Div. B

Div. C

Div. D

Div. E

DirectorDirector

DirectorDirectorDirector

Future is in Forest.