Yamaha Motor Launches Mangrove Planting Project in Indonesia
July 16 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
— Sustainable forest management and ecosystem
conservation to keep oceans pristine for future generations —
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces it has signed a
service agreement with YL Forest Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, “YLF”), a
company headquartered in Fukuoka City that is implementing its
proprietary mangrove planting method in the Republic of Indonesia.
Going forward, funding provided to YLF by the Company will go
toward launching a new mangrove planting project in the country’s
province of South Sulawesi.
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Silvofishery-based afforestation example
(Photo courtesy of YL Forest Co., Ltd.)
The agreement entrusts YLF with silvofishery-based mangrove
planting work over a three-year period, aimed at contributing to
biodiversity, carbon neutrality, and preventing marine pollution.
Through YLF’s work, Yamaha Motor will plant 215 hectares
(approximately 370,000 trees) of mangroves as well as maintain
operations in the project area.
YLF conducts afforestation work using its own version of
silvofishery for mangrove planting. Silvofishery (a portmanteau of
“silviculture” and “fishery”) is a method that yields the benefits
of both mangrove reforestation and aquaculture regeneration. This
combination contributes not only to sustainable forest management
but also to improving the livelihoods of local residents through
sustainable aquaculture paired with the natural environment.
Furthermore, mangrove forests store large amounts of carbon
underground, making them an important channel for blue carbon.*
One of the four items in the Company’s Marine Long-Term Vision
is “Towards a future with a greater ocean than the current one of
today.” As a marine industry leader, Yamaha Motor will continue
working to preserve the world’s beautiful waters in order to
achieve this goal.
*Carbon absorbed into coastal and marine ecosystems that
accumulates in the biomass and soil below it.
Silvofishery-based afforestation
In the Republic of Indonesia, afforestation through silvofishery
takes shape by planting mangroves in the center of abandoned or
low-productivity aquaculture ponds and is a method of supporting
sustainable forest management as well as the fishery industry by
cultivating shrimp and fish in the surrounding waterways.
The leaves from the mangrove trees fall onto the surrounding
waterways and attract plankton, which then become food for shrimp
and fish, reducing the burden on the environment and enabling
sustainable forest management and fishery. Furthermore, for the
local residents who actually manage the ponds, no feed or chemicals
are required, which leads to cost savings and makes the aquaculture
easier to sustain. In this way, the mangroves are an essential part
of a codependent relationship for sustaining that aquaculture. It
is an arrangement where protecting these forests contributes to
combating global warming, while the aquaculture contributes to
improving the livelihoods of local residents.
YL Forest Co., Ltd. Overview
Trading Name: YL Forest Co., Ltd. Location: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Capital: 70 million yen
Representative: Naoto Akune Representative Director and President
Business: Forest maintenance, conservation, preservation and
management; afforestation projects; emissions trading; greenhouse
gas reduction; environmental improvements; and others
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Yayoi Tokutome Corporate Communication Division Global PR Team
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. TEL: +81(0)538-32-1145
ymc_pr@yamaha-motor.co.jp