The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
Fujisan Club
Creation of the Mt. Fuji Environmental Garbage Map
Activity grant
- Project Description
This organization, with the help of local volunteers, tackles the unlawful dumping of garbage on Mt. Fuji. However, the simple picking up of the garbage is not a drastic enough solution, and this organization recognizes that it is essential to first grasp the amount, type of garbage, and location of what is being unlawfully dumped in the base region of Mt. Fuji and then to work with local authorities and residents to fix the problem. Therefore, this initiative will conduct a garbage distribution study at the base of Mt. Fuji and reflect the data onto an electronic map. This data is to be used for both mountain garbage collection activities and for sharing with local authorities so that they can propose further prevention strategies and eradicate this unlawful dumping issue once and for all. Specifically, the organization aims to carry out a field investigations at the base of Mt. Fuji and gather data using a GPS phone with a built-in camera and then collate these results onto a "Mt. Fuji Environmental Trash Map", which will then be made public.
- Fields
- Preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
- Grant year
- FY2005 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 2 years
January 2006 - December 2007
- Grant amount
- 8,400,000 yen
- Activity region
- Base of Mt. Fuji
Overview of the Organization
- Representative
- Takayasu Okushima, Chairman
- Establishment
- 1998
- Establishment purpose
- To leave a beautiful Mt. Fuji for our children by preventing destruction of the environment.
- Main areas of activity
- Mt. Fuji, etc.
- Staff
- 8 full-time staff members, 1,200 full members
- Annual operating budget
- 69.98 million yen for 2005, 67.35 million yen for 2006, 47.95 million yen for 2007
- WEB site
- http://www.fujisan.or.jp/
- Principal activities
- As said in the organization's mission statement of "we are here to protect the water, greenery, and life gifted to us by Mt. Fuji and we will continue to work hard to leave Mt. Fuji in all its beauty to our children as the place where our hearts reside", this organization is active in the environmental preservation of Mt. Fuji, networking, and education.