The purpose of this Council is to promote the conservation of
Itou or sea-run taimen living in the Sarufutsu area, Hokkaido. It
also seeks to coordinate its conservation efforts with a
sustainable use of timber through maintaining economically
productive forests.
- Conserving sea-run taimen in cooperation with forest owners around the Sarufutsu
forest, the central and municipal govenments, and NPOs, etc. - Providing fields to researchers for sea-run taimen in the Sarufutsu forest.
- Educational activities.
- Public relations activities.
- Exchanging information and interacting with related organizations and other groups.
- Educational Activities
- • Hosting forums and symposiums.
- • Holding nature schools.
- Cooperative Activities
- • Providing study fields. (Encouraging involvement of students and researchers.)
- • Explaining its activities to owners of the surrounding forests, etc.
- Public Relations Activities
- • Building and running its website.
- Sarufutsu Office
- Within the Sarufutsu Itou no Kai
Onishibetsu Minami-cho, Sarufutsu Town, Soya Region, Hokkaido 098-6233 Japan
TEL 01635-2-3614 FAX 01635-2-3129 - Tokyo Office
- Within the Forest Department of the Strategic Resource Management Division, Oji Paper Co., Ltd.
4-7-5 Ginza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo 104-0061 Japan
TEL 03-3563-4567 FAX 03-3563-1140
