此計劃是為了積極推動SDG2（零飢餓）和SDG11（可持續城市與社區）而展開的。和歌山縣田邊市和美南部町是日本最大的梅樹種植區。400多年前，人們在梅樹園周圍和陡峭山坡上的梯田留下了柴火林，以支持梅樹生產，補充水源、提供養分並防止山坡崩塌，而棲息在柴火林之中的蜜蜂亦授粉梅花，令梅樹生產更加豐富。另外，柴火林都盛產優質的紀州備長炭，因採用獨特砍伐方式，可以迅速再生木材，區內其他地方都不常見。可是，這地區現正面臨人口老化和出生率下降的問題。可持續的農業，尤其是梅樹種植，因缺乏人手而受到威脅。現在，我們需要你的參與，一起保護這片美麗的環境，讓我們的梅花繼續盛開！立即報名！
 
備注：此網頁的報名費除了涵蓋當地工作營費 (JPY 9,000)、食宿安排及營前支援，部分金額亦會用於支持義遊推動「世界公民理念」的不同工作。
 
This project is actively working for SDG2 (Zero Hunger) and SDGs 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), organized together with Akitsugawa Promotion Group (APG) since 2024. Tanabe City and Minabe Town in Wakayama Prefecture are Japan s largest ume(plums)-growing areas. Over 400 years ago, firewood forests were left around plum groves and near ridges on steep slopes to support plum production by recharging water sources, supplying nutrients and preventing slopes from collapsing. The bees that inhabit the wood and coal forests also help pollinate the plums. In addition, the wood and charcoal forests produce Kishu-binchotan, a top-quality charcoal made from Japanese oak logs, and a wood and charcoal forest management method called selective logging has been devised, which can quickly regenerate logs and is not found elsewhere in the region. However, the region is also suffering from an ageing population and declining birth rate, and sustainable agriculture, particularly plum farming, is in danger due to a lack of manpower. An international workcamp was organised with the aim of communicating the plum and the region s attractions to volunteers from home and abroad, and connecting them to the next generation. In addition, rich Japanese food centred on rice. APG would like to think together about expanding the consumption of ume as a side dish.
 
(Location: SOUTH-CENTRAL WAKAYAMA P, JAPAN)