An Environmental Policy at Hayami Forestry

Hayami forestry keeps forest environment in richer conditions by dint of carrying on durable forest management. For the existence of mankind, it sets itself the task of contributing to global environment and also working for the stability of the local community.

1. Complies with all applicable laws and all FCS Principles and Criterias.

2. This forestry carries on the business efficiently toward sustainable forest management.

3. This forestry practices the efficient marketing toward sustainable forest management.

4. This forestry carries on the business taking influences on the local community in consideration.

5. This forestry practices forest operations with less environmental load factors.

6. This forestry opens this environmental policy to the local community to take local opinions in consideration.

7. This forestry keeps system in which it consults with all the relevant stakeholders.

8. This forestry requests and encourages to reduce the environmental load factors as much as possible in operations practiced by other enterprises at the forests under its control.

9. This forestry makes all possible efforts to ensure safety, health care of employees and also employment

10. This forestry practices the training of all employees on this policy and employee education for proficiency in operations at the same time.

11.This forestry makes all possible efforts to diffuse the knowledge of sustainable forest management. to other forest enterprises and local forest owners through public offerings of forest management techniques which has secured by this forestry.

12. This forestry observes and continuously promote this policy.

13. According to Japanese inheritance tax, heavy taxes are laid on the owners of this scale of forests, and therefore, a sudden increase of cutting volume is temporary unavoidable at succession. As a result, durability on a long-term basis is regarded as important.

Representatives of Hayami forestry:

Hayami, Tsutomu

Hayami, Tohru

Actual Examples of the Environmental Policy

Hayami forestry enumerates and carries out the actual examples of the environmental policy of the enterprise as follows.

1. Conservation of Biological Diversity

1-1 This forestry continues management being based on artificial reproduction of hinoki and sugi forest, and makes sure of conservation of biological diversity, keeping and breeding broad-leaved trees at middle layers , and appropriate undergrowth at lower layers of the forests.
1-2 This forestry makes effort to prevent browsing to increase the possibilities of the coexistence with wild animals at planted forests.
1-3 Appropriate measures are taken to prevent the water pollution of streams running through forest lands to make sure of conservation of diversity of acuity living things..
1-4 In the case of using chemicals, substances proved to be influential in genes of living things are avoided and chemicals with the least possibility of affecting surroundings are put to use.
1-5 The broad-leaved forests are operated taking the protection of the environment in consideration.
1-6 This forestry makes effort to provide the forest with the forest areas reproduced to have the natural conditions proper to the forests in this district.　

2. Improvement in the Efficiency of Land Use

2-1 Species proper to the district are selectively planted and appropriate operations are arranged properly.
2-2 Economically inadequate conversion of tree species are not practiced.
2-3 The constructions of forest road networks are driven forward to improve the economical efficiency of the forests.

3. Efficient Utilization of Woods

3-1 Felled timbers are carried out, sold and put to use as much as possible within the purview of economical conditions.
3-2 Logged timbers are well considered to be sold under optimum states for marketing.
3-3 This forestry always makes all possible efforts to make efficient logging possible.
3-4 Silviculture with the proper supplies of woods demanded at the market is carried out.

4. Prevention of Soil Erosion

4-1 Stand density control is properly carried out and undergrowth is kept as much as possible to prevent soil erosion.
4-2 Felling and road construction with the least soil erosion are carried out.
4-3 Lines in operation are taken good care of to prevent soil erosion.

5. Maintenance of Forest Health

5-1 Appropriate operations are carried out to secure forest wholesomeness.
5-2 Proper patrols are done to grasp the forest conditions completely at all times.
5-3 After felling, cut areas are replanted as soon as possible.
5-4 Close attention is paid to the use of fire in forests to prevent forest fire.

6. Handling of Chemicals

6-1 Concerning use of chemicals, each chemical is used on the basis of its instruction manual.
6-2 The rest of chemical is kept in appropriate state of preservation.
6-3 Special attention is paid not to exceed the proper quantity of chemicals.　
6-4 Chemicals are used with a thorough understanding of each chemical's behavior to obtain good results in minimum frequency and quantity of application.

7. Measures against forest damage

7-1 In case of forest damage being forecasted, and being able to take preventive measures, the measures are put into practice without delay.
7-2 In case of the forests being badly damaged on a large scale, damage is immediately investigated and measures are taken to cope with damage.
7-3 In case of profitable, damaged woods are logged and put on the market except .
7-4 In case of the complete security being impossible to be assured, salvage logging does not carry out.
7-5 In case of not logging damaged woods, the forest sites at issue are regulated, if necessary, to reduce adverse environmental impacts on damaged forest sites and surrounding areas and to prevent a decline the economical value of surrounding forests.

.8. Forest Utilization by the Persons Unconcerned in Hayami Forestry

8-1 The forest sites are accessible by the residents of the district and others within a permissible range in terms of management and indications are carried on as much as possible to lessen the environmental load factors.
8-2 Forest Utilization by children and others are driven forward principally as a field for forest environmental education.
　

9. Although forest lands of Hayami forestry have been used mainly to produce timbers so far, the possibility of recreational use in the future is under consideration. If possible, it will be planed taking environmental consideration into account.