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Initiatives to Preserve Biological Diversity

Participating in activities to protect the natural environment through ecosystem protection and forest improvement projects designed to preserve biological diversity

NTT Group companies engage in environmental protection activities such as ecosystem protection and forest improvement projects designed to preserve biological diversity.
NTT WEST has been working with a local NGO to protect the dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), a roller species that breeds over summer in Japan and has been designated as an endangered species in the Ministry of the Environment's Red Data Book. Activities have included placing nest boxes on NTT telephone poles and antennas and providing works vehicles for this project. NTT DoCoMo has also been installing nest boxes on base stations, and working to protect biological diversity by integrating systems for environmental protection into its communication equipment and infrastructure.
As a part of its environmental protection activities, NTT DoCoMo has since 1999 been implementing a DoCoMo Woods project to protect local woods as locations to hold nature classes and learn about biodiversity with members of local communities. The DoCoMo Woods project utilizes the Forestry Agency's "Corporate Forest" program and "Green Fund" of the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization. As of March, 2007, DoCoMo Woods had been established in 32 locations, including some overseas locations, and covered a total area of nearly 123 hectares.

This is a photograph of a dollarbird nest box installed on a base station.

This is a photograph of environmental protection activities at a DoCoMo Wood.

Index of Activities
Activities	Company
Afforestation and forest conservation activities	NTT Communications