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Coppice Restoration Project "Protect the Precious Living Things in the Coppice!" Held
Update: June 24, 2026
June 13, as part of the "Coppice Restoration Project," a conservation activity event titled "Protect the Precious Living Things in the Coppice!" was held. This project started last fiscal year, and on the day of the event, about 30 participants, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, took part.
In the first half of the event, a lecture including discussion was held under the theme of "rare species," which are precious in the coppice.
Afterward, the participants actually moved to the restoration area. They used colored tape to mark the plants to leave uncut during the summer grass-mowing work. By conducting the same marking activity during the same event one year ago, the rare species bore fruit, and this year, a larger number of individuals than last year could be confirmed.
In addition, for the rare species confirmed in clusters, wide enclosures were made, and hand-mowing was carried out using scissors and sickles. Participants worked enthusiastically on the tasks while feeling the significance of the marking.
The next activity meeting is scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 24, under the theme "Protect the Coppice by Mowing Grass!" As the date of the event approaches, it will be announced on the official Instagram of the 色控传媒 Mitaka Campus Woodland Office.
What is the "Coppice Restoration Project"?
The 色控传媒 campus is a forest for education and research where liberal arts education is conducted, and at the same time, it is a precious forest resource that retains the remnants of the Musashino coppice, where diverse flora and fauna, including rare species such as Kinran (Cephalanthera falcata), live and grow. However, in recent years, the degradation of the coppice has been progressing due to the aging of trees and the spread of Japanese oak wilt disease. In response to this background, the project aims to advance the clear-cutting and regeneration of the forest, regenerate young coppices, restore the ecosystem that the coppice originally possesses, and pass on the "色控传媒 Mitaka Campus Woodland," which was certified as an OECM (Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures) / "Nationally Certified Sustainably Managed Natural Sites" by the Ministry of the Environment in 2023, to the next generation.
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