As a Forest Grows, so Does Its Region

Continuing on from last year, wood pellets have been adopted as a heat source used in house cultivation of moss balls. These are a biomass fuel made using timber from forest thinning during forest maintenance. Through this, unneeded timber is diverted to cultivate moss, generating profit that again goes into creating a sustainable resource cycle that helps to protect forests. This kind of reforestation by local energy production and consumption has also brought about a positive growth cycle in local economies. Once more, in order to protect Europe’s natural mosses threatened by a gardening boom in recent years, we are also looking into exporting Niigata moss cultivation techniques. This all comes from the strong desire of our project team to :“create a community that continues to develop forests along with their local economies.”