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By

con

nect

ing

NPO

s, c

ompa

nies

, go

vern

men

ts a

nd p

eopl

e pr

otec

ting

fore

sts

prac

tical

ly in

var

ious

way

s in

Jap

an a

nd th

e w

orld

; 1.

Dev

elop

eac

h ac

tivity

thro

ugh

exch

angi

ng

know

-how

bas

ed o

n pr

actic

al a

ctio

ns

2. S

treng

then

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith u

nder

stan

ding

ea

ch o

ther

/ cre

atin

g co

mm

on v

isio

ns &

act

ions

3.

Pr

omot

e pa

rtici

patio

n an

d co

oper

atio

n to

va

rious

citi

zens

and

gro

ups

By th

em, w

e ai

m to

rev

ive

rich

and

beau

tiful

fo

rest

s an

d he

alth

y w

orld

for p

eopl

e &

fore

sts.

For ev

eryb

ody

prot

ecting

rich

and

beau

tiful for

ests

!

Worl

d N

etw

ork

for

Fore

st A

ctio

ns

(WNFA)

(湖

を守

るた

めの

森の

手入

れ @

北海

道)

Aims

(Fro

m “

World T

anabata

Action”

)

Main activities

1) C

reate

pla

ces t

o M

eet

& C

olla

bora

te

* Wor

ld S

umm

it fo

r For

est A

ctio

ns

The

1st o

ne g

athe

red

113

fore

st le

ader

s in

10

coun

tries

in T

okyo

, 20

11 O

ct, a

nd it

may

be

held

eve

ry fe

w y

ears

. * W

e w

ill al

so c

reat

e ot

her c

omm

unica

tion

plat

form

s by

the

mai

ling

list,

Face

boo

k, e

tc. L

et’s

also

invit

e th

e ot

hers

to th

e co

nfer

ence

s an

d pr

ojec

ts th

at e

ach

orga

niza

tion

orga

nize

s.

2) M

onitoring a

nd A

dvocacie

s

E.g.

, Pre

vent

ing

illega

l logg

ing,

Wor

ld F

ores

t Vol

unta

ry S

ervic

e 3

) D

evelo

p/

impro

ve e

ach a

ctivity

Dev

elop

men

t of h

uman

reso

urce

s, fu

ndra

ising

, PR

, le

ader

ship

and

coo

rdin

atio

n, te

chno

logi

es, m

odel

pro

ject

s,

rese

arch

es, m

atch

ing

mul

ti-st

akeh

olde

rs c

olla

bora

tion

4) C

om

mon C

am

paig

ns

* Sus

tain

able

fore

st m

anag

emen

t/ cr

eatio

n * U

tiliza

tion

of w

oode

n m

ater

ials

* Exc

hang

e of

hum

an re

sour

ces

E.g.

1: F

ores

t Sup

porte

rs (J

apan

) by

Nat

iona

l Pro

mot

ion

Com

mitt

ee fo

r Bea

utifu

l For

ests

E.

g.2:

Wor

ld T

anab

ata

Actio

n (2

0 co

untri

es)

by N

ICE,

NVD

A an

d C

CIV

S at

UN

ESC

O

E.g.

3: O

ne m

illion

tree

act

ion(

New

ly pr

opos

ed!)

E.g.

4: O

ak tr

ee re

habi

litatio

n (N

ewly

prop

osed

!) 5

) P

rom

otion o

f yo

uth

volu

nte

ering

* Pro

mot

ion

of “G

ap y

ear”

* Pro

mot

ion

of “w

orkc

amps

(Pla

ntin

g m

angro

ve in

the P

hilip

pin

es)

(Fro

m the 1

st W

orld S

um

mit f

or

Fore

st A

ctions)

(Main

tenance in

Hokkaid

o, J

apan)

Japan

Paris

(UN

ES

CO

)M

exic

o

India

Wor

ld S

umm

it fo

r For

est A

ctio

ns 2

011

- Dec

lara

tion

of a

ctio

ns

thro

ugh

colla

bora

tion

-

Participating NGOs

54 o

rgan

izat

ions

in 2

1 co

untri

es

* Bel

ow a

re e

xam

ples

;

JIC

A (J

apan

Inte

rnat

iona

l Coo

pera

tion

Agen

cy)

Ja

pan

Inte

rnat

iona

l For

estry

Pro

mot

ion

and

Coo

pera

tion

Cen

ter

Foru

m fo

r Ear

th a

nd P

eopl

e’s

Envir

onm

ent

NIC

E (N

ever

-end

ing

Inte

rnat

iona

l wor

kCam

ps E

xcha

nge)

Ju

on N

etw

ork

NLA

PO (N

atio

nal L

and

Affo

rest

atio

n Pr

omot

ion

Org

aniza

tion)

En

viron

men

tal P

artn

ersh

ip C

omm

ittee

O

ISC

A (O

rgan

izatio

n fo

r Ind

ustri

al, S

pirit

ual a

nd C

ultu

ral

Adva

ncem

ent-I

nter

natio

nal)

Futu

re B

ase

for E

nviro

nmen

ts in

Toc

higi

Fo

rest

ry A

genc

y of

Min

istry

of A

gricu

lture

, For

estry

and

Fish

erie

s G

reen

Ear

th C

ente

r Fr

iend

s of

the

Earth

Jap

an

Envir

onm

enta

l Par

tner

ship

Com

mitt

ee

Mile

ston

e 22

M

idor

i to M

izu n

o R

enra

ku K

aigi

N

GO

Kirik

iri-ko

ku

LIFE

(Live

with

Frie

nds

on th

e Ea

rth)

Tokin

osun

o M

ori C

lub

Gre

en A

sia N

etw

ork

(Kor

ea)

Huo

n Va

lley

Envir

onm

ent C

entre

(Aus

tralia

)

OIS

CA

Philip

pine

s Ea

rth C

orps

(USA

) SJ

V (S

olid

arity

Jeu

ness

e Vi

etna

m)

MC

E (M

ongo

lian

wor

kCam

ps E

xcha

nge)

IIW

C (I

ndon

esia

Inte

rnat

iona

l Wor

k C

amps

) Ik

ao-a

ko (P

hilip

pine

s)

Link

(Tha

iland

) VP

V (V

olun

teer

s fo

r Pea

ce V

ietn

am)

SJV

(Sol

idar

ity J

eune

sse

Viet

nam

) VS

A (V

olun

teer

Spi

rit A

ssoc

iatio

n, T

haila

nd)

FFN

(Frie

ndsh

ip F

ound

atio

n N

epal

) VF

P (V

olun

teer

For

Pea

ce, U

SA)

Nat

até

Volu

ntar

iado

Inte

rnac

iona

l A.C

. (M

exico

) N

VDA

(Net

wor

k fo

r Vol

unta

ry D

evel

opm

ent in

Asia

)

Contact

Anyb

ody,

who

is in

tere

sted

in jo

inin

g/ c

oope

ratin

g th

is ne

twor

k an

d its

act

ions

(NPO

s, c

ompa

nies

, gov

ernm

ents

, in

divid

uals,

med

ias,

etc

.), is

wel

com

ed to

con

tact

to;

W

orld

Net

wor

k fo

r For

est A

ctio

n (o

ffice

@ N

ICE)

ni

ce@

nice

1.gr

.jp (K

ai)

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ne: 8

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)3-3

358-

7140

1. Crisis

of the

for

ests

in

the

wor

ld a

nd J

apan

-

Get

ting

m

ore

seriou

s w

ith

bein

g in

tera

cted

am

ong

differ

ent pl

aces

and

are

as -

Rap

id d

efor

esta

tion

and

fore

st d

egra

datio

n is

beco

min

g m

ore

serio

us,

that

is

one

of t

he m

ost

impo

rtant

iss

ues

alon

g w

ith

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd b

io-d

ivers

ity fo

r th

e gl

obal

env

ironm

ent a

nd

sust

aina

bility

of h

uman

bei

ng a

nd

they

sig

nific

antly

affe

ct e

ach

othe

r. 13

milli

on h

ecta

re o

f tro

pica

l, bo

real

and

tem

pera

te fo

rest

s ar

e lo

st

annu

ally

due

to

fore

st

conv

ersio

n in

to

agric

ultu

re,

unsu

stai

nabl

e an

d in

dust

rial lo

ggin

g, fo

rest

fire

and

so o

n. A

nd th

e “q

uality

” su

ch a

s bi

odive

rsity

and

the

capa

city

to r

etai

n w

ater

is

also

dec

reas

ing.

For

ests

hav

e br

oad

envir

onm

enta

l and

soc

ial

func

tions

tha

t in

clude

not

onl

y la

nd a

nd w

ater

con

serv

atio

n,

biod

ivers

ity a

nd c

arbo

n st

orag

e, b

ut a

lso f

ood

and

agric

ultu

re

secu

rity

whi

ch

is cr

eate

d th

roug

h se

as

and

river

s,

ener

gy

gene

ratio

n, e

cono

mic

vital

ity, e

mpl

oym

ent,

qual

ity o

f life

, hum

an

heal

th a

nd c

ultu

ral id

entit

y.

Japa

n m

aint

ains

one

of t

he h

ighe

st fo

rest

s ra

te (6

6%) o

n its

la

nd (w

orld

ave

rage

: 31%

). H

owev

er, 4

0% o

f the

m a

re m

anm

ade

mos

t of w

hich

are

not

cur

rent

ly m

aint

aine

d no

r utili

zed.

In c

ontra

st,

Japa

n is

one

of th

e la

rges

t tim

ber i

mpo

rting

cou

ntrie

s th

at re

sults

in

hug

e da

mag

e to

glo

bal d

efor

esta

tion

and

fore

st d

egra

datio

n.

Also

, the

gia

nt e

arth

quak

e th

is ye

ar re

sulte

d in

mas

sive

dam

age

to th

e na

tura

l are

as a

long

the

Toho

ku c

oast

that

is b

ringi

ng u

s to

ha

ve n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of

the

impo

rtanc

e of

for

ests

and

its

re

latio

nshi

p w

ith o

ur lif

e.

To

impr

ove

thes

e sit

uatio

ns,

vario

us

peop

le

and

orga

niza

tions

in th

e w

orld

and

Jap

an a

re w

orkin

g in

var

ious

way

s w

ith c

reat

ing

vario

us k

inds

of

impa

ct.

How

ever

, th

ese

activ

ities

have

not

bee

n fu

lly d

ispla

yed

as th

eir p

oten

tial p

ossib

ilitie

s du

e to

so

cial

envir

onm

enta

l ba

rrier

s su

ch

as

publ

ic aw

aren

ess,

ec

onom

ic sy

stem

s, i

nstit

utio

ns a

nd g

over

nmen

tal

polic

ies

and

also

diffi

cultie

s of

org

aniza

tiona

l m

anag

emen

t su

ch a

s la

ck o

f hu

man

reso

urce

s, te

chno

logi

es a

nd s

kills,

fund

, coo

rdin

atio

n, e

tc.

3.

Let

’s de

velop

th

e ac

tion

s w

ith

new

gl

obal

colla

bora

tion

- M

essa

ge fro

m the

Sum

mit -

Wor

ld S

umm

it fo

r For

est A

ctio

ns 2

011

was

org

anize

d by

11

3 le

ader

s of

fo

rest

co

nser

vatio

n an

d re

vival

fro

m

12

coun

tries

who

sha

re th

e aw

aren

ess

of th

e ab

ove

issue

s, in

oc

casio

n of

Inte

rnat

iona

l Yea

r of

For

est a

nd o

f Vol

unte

ers

+ 10

. We

coul

d re

cogn

ize a

gain

that

the

issue

s ha

ppen

ing

on

fore

st s

ecto

rs in

eac

h pl

ace

are

not

indi

vidua

l, bu

t m

utua

lly

rela

ted

prob

lem

s. W

e ha

ve a

lso c

onfir

med

the

com

mon

and

di

vers

e op

inio

ns b

ased

on

dive

rse

cultu

res

and

the

impo

rtanc

e of

col

labo

ratio

n be

yond

the

area

s an

d se

ctor

s.

We

have

al

so

reco

gnize

d th

e im

porta

nce

of

each

vo

lunt

eerin

g ac

tions

with

the

loca

l com

mun

ities

as th

e m

ain

acto

rs a

nd m

ade

vario

us k

inds

of

actio

n pl

ans

such

as

colla

bora

tion

amon

g di

ffere

nt s

take

hold

ers,

clo

se c

oope

ratio

n of

org

aniza

tions

insid

e th

e co

untri

es a

nd a

broa

d, p

roje

ct w

hich

co

nduc

ts b

oth

thin

ning

and

pla

ntin

g ha

rmon

ious

ly.

As a

resu

lt of

this

sum

mit,

we

have

new

ly cr

eate

d “W

orld

N

etw

ork

for F

ores

t Act

ions

” as

a so

ft an

d ef

fect

ive p

latfo

rm to

pr

omot

e co

oper

atio

n an

d ac

tions

and

wou

ld li

ke t

o ca

ll fo

r pa

rticip

atio

n to

any

peo

ple

and

orga

niza

tions

who

are

wor

king

to c

onse

rve

and

reviv

e th

e fo

rest

s. L

et’s

crea

te th

e co

mm

on

desir

able

gl

obal

co

mm

unity

by

w

orkin

g to

geth

er

beyo

nd

diffe

renc

e of

pla

ces

and

area

s!

2. O

ur g

oal o

f fo

rest

s an

d civiliza

tion

s -

Cre

ate

a he

alth

y w

orld

for

bot

h fo

rest

s an

d hu

man

being

by

cons

ervat

ion,

re

viv

al

and

utiliza

tion

th

roug

h

rest

ruct

urin

g th

eir

rela

tion

ship

-

We

unde

rsta

nd th

at fo

rest

s ar

e en

dang

ered

and

bel

ieve

th

at th

inkin

g ab

out f

utur

e of

fore

st e

qual

s th

inkin

g ab

out t

he

futu

re o

f hum

anity

. Bas

ed o

n th

is, w

e w

ill co

nser

ve th

e fo

rest

s w

hich

sho

uld

be c

onse

rved

and

pro

perly

man

age

and

utiliz

e th

e fo

rest

s w

hich

sho

uld

be u

tilize

d su

stai

nabl

y w

ith c

ircul

atin

g re

sour

ces.

This

shou

ld b

e do

ne th

roug

h gl

obal

poi

nt o

f vie

ws

and

colla

bora

tion

beyo

nd

diffe

renc

e of

ge

ogra

phica

l as

pect

s (d

omes

tic a

nd fo

reig

n ac

tivitie

s), t

ypes

of a

ctio

ns (c

onse

rvat

ion

and

utiliz

atio

n),

stak

ehol

ders

(go

vern

men

ts,

com

pani

es a

nd

non-

prof

it or

gani

zatio

ns)

and

also

thr

ough

res

pect

ing

and

prot

ectin

g th

e life

of i

ndig

enou

s pe

ople

s an

d lo

cal c

omm

unitie

s th

at

are

co-liv

ing

with

th

e fo

rest

s in

a

tradi

tiona

l an

d su

stai

nabl

e w

ay. F

inal

ly, w

e ai

m to

ach

ieve

the

wor

ld w

here

bo

th fo

rest

s an

d hu

man

bei

ng c

an b

e he

alth

y by

rest

ruct

urin

g re

latio

nshi

pbe

twee

nth

em.

Mon

golia

Iwat

e, J

apan

Our

Wor

ld S

umm

it

USA

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