Vol.40 The fish and the Forest through the Bear

Do you know the movement "The forest is lover of the sea"?
They both are seemingly unrelated things,
but they have a big effect on each other.


One day the fish in the Hokkaido sea dramatically decreased.
Because the sea weed on which the fish lay eggs had disappeared due to deforestation.
The deforestation prevented the river from carrying nutrients of the forest into the ocean.
It was not until this kind of problems occurred that the fishermen realized the value of a connection between the forest and the sea.


The fishermen who have a sense of crisis about the serious situation began to forest upstream of the mountains. This movement is causing an increase in number of the fish little by little.



On the contrary, the nutrients from the sea are delivered through the salmons to the forest.
Refer to this web.





# 一見無関係に見える二つの問題
two seemingly unrelated cases

# 水面に産卵する
lay eggs on water

# 状況に対する危機感を抱く
have a sense of crisis about the situation

それとは逆に、多くの消費者にとって家庭用電化製品や衣料品では品質がより重要でした。
On the contrary, quality was more important to many consumers for home electric appliances and articles of clothing.

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森と海。
一見遠い関係のように見えて、実は両者は切っても切れない関係にある両者。
魚が減ったのは産卵する昆布が減ったため。
その昆布が減るようになったのは上流地域の森林伐採が進み、
その影響で川が森の養分を海に運べなくなったからだという。

一方で、養分に富む海で大きく育ったサケは産卵のために遡上し、一生を終える。
このときサケが運ぶ栄養素や熱量は相当な量に上るようだ。

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