December 28, 2023
Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives
Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Takahito Furuya, hereinafter referred to as "the Company") has endorsed the "Koajiro Forest Daylily Project" conducted by the NPO Koajiro Outdoor Activity Coordination Council (Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Representative Yuji Kishi) and has started activities to conserve biodiversity.
The purpose of this project is to suppress the colony of non-native plants and promote an environment where biodiversity is preserved by transplanting native species of orange daylily and replacing non-native species such as hybrid ryegrass that flourish in various places and induce hay fever. Orange daylily is a type of plant native to Japan that represent the genus Myosotis and grow in clusters on the warm coast west of the Kanto region. It is a beautiful orange-red flower that bloom from August to September in the Koajiro Forest . Orange daylily has been beloved by the Japanese, as was often referred to as "forget-me-not" in the Manyou-shu and Kokin-shu, anthologies of “Tanka” poetry in ancient times.
On December 15, 2023, we planted 30 stumps of orange daylily for the first time at our employee dormitory in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. They were the stumps received from the Koajiro Outdoor Activity Coordination Council, and we will cultivate them going forward. The increased strains will be replanted in their original habitat, the Koajiro Forest (Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture) through them.
Each and every one of the employees of the Company will continue to keep in mind the importance of protecting the irreplaceable global environment and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.
