
Forest work for the Crested Ibises of Sado (2003)
The Number of Tree Planting | 1 |
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Trees were planted | 39,600 |
Number of volunteers | 5,203 |
In Japan, the last crested ibis, an internationally protected bird, has died. Since a pair of crested ibises were sent from China in 1999, the number of chicks has increased steadily through artificial incubation. To release them into the wild within several years, a forest to be their nesting and roosting grounds is being created through cutting of blighted trees and tree-planting efforts.