東京の貴重な里山・南山を未来に残すため行動するネットワークです。
里山好き、森好き、自然大好きな方、大歓迎です♪
Minamiyama is a small forested mountain in Tokyo being destroyed for housing development. This community is for those who wish to save it.

関東平野に緩やかに突き出る多摩丘陵、その東の玄関が稲城南山。87ヘクタールの都内で最大の里山で、子供からお年寄りまで気軽にハイキングが楽しめます。新宿から京王線（調布駅で乗換え）で、30分280円です。（mixi 稲城の南山　ちーむポンポコ参照）★☆南山散策ＭＡＰ☆★を見る
Minamiyama Mountain is a Satoyama located in Western Tokyo, Japan. This much loved 87 hectares woodland is the biggest Satoyama (closest woodland to human habitat sustained by farmers for centuries) in Tokyo which enjoys wide range of biodiversity. Ony 30 minutes by train from the center of Tokyo, Minamiyama is suitable for hiking and easy to reach. More than 100 Raccoons, Northan Goshawks, Tokyo Salamanders enjoy their habitat.See the MAP

タヌキやサンショウウオも住んでいる東京最大の里山・南山が住宅開発で消えつつあります。日本の里山に今何が起こっているのでしょう？ぜひ、多くの人にメッセージを伝えてください♪
Join us to spread the word - Find out what's happening to Minamiyama, a farming heritage and a source of great animal and plant biodiversity in Tokyo.

様々な動植物が生息しながらも、人間との共存によりその多様性が保たれてきた日本の伝統的な農村、それが「里山」です 。
（国連大学チャンネル「豊穣の里山」より）
A Sataoyama is a source of great animal and plant biodiversity.
Satoyama is a word that describes the farming landscape near the hills and mountains in Japan, where water is abundant and farmers for a long time have maintained the soil for rice and vegetables.
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden
イギリスBBCなどで放送された里山の番組（語り：デイビッド・アッテンボロー監督）
The NHK documentary, Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden was aired on BBC and PBS, and you can now see it on Youtube narrated by David Attenborough. Welcome to the paddy fields and local communities near Lake Biwa, Japan. (treehugger.com)
Unuted Nations University - Harvest Time in Satoyama 国連大学チャンネル「豊穣の里山」 Satoyama provides a range of benefits that include food, fibre, forest products, non-timber forest products, economic, cultural, spiritual, and aesthetic services. Such areas are also a source of great animal and plant biodiversity. In fact, satoyama should be considered as a heritage which has been created and maintained in the past, and passed on to the present. Today, we must ensure that satoyama persists for future generations. （この映像の日本語ナレーション版を見る）

2009年6月、「石原都知事が環境五輪を掲げつつ、里山破壊をしている」ことや、「多くの人が南山を残してほしいと思っている」ことを伝えるため、ポール・コールマン氏（国連ピースメッセンジャーイニシアチブ大使）が国際オリンピック委員会（IOC）へ手紙を手渡しに行きました。その経緯をレポートします。
Special report on Paul Coleman (Ambassador to UN Peace Messenger Initiative) who wrote a letter to Shintaro Ishihara, Governor of Tokyo, who is promoting a 'Green' Olympics while destroying a nearby forested mountain and later hand delivered this letter to International Olympic Commitee

①石原都知事の驚くべき発言（動画）
5月29日、記者会見でフリージャーナリストの横田一さんが石原都知事に質問をすると、知事からは驚くべき回答が返ってきました。都知事が「子供を食い殺す魔の山」と呼ぶ稲城市南山とはどんな山？ ＞＞記者会見録を読む
Tokyo wants to win the 2016 Olympics Games. The Tokyo Governor is the Chairman of the Olympic bid committee. Watch this astonishing video of a recent press conference, where the governor responds bizarrely to a question posed by crusading journalist Hajine Yokota regarding an appeal to him to save Minamiyama Mountain and preserve the integrity of a 'Green Olympics'. Witness the beautiful forests of Minamiyama, and off set what you see with the Governor's bizarre rant and ludicrous claims of a DEVIL'S MOUNTAIN THAT EATS CHILDREN

②石原都知事への手紙　
2009年5月27日、コールマン氏は都知事へ手紙を書き、「海の森を作るなら、南山も残した方がオリンピック招致に有利ではないですか」と都知事に提案しました。
Coleman wrote a letter to Governor Ishihara stating that he should preserve Minamiyama Woodland while planting a 'Sea Forest' on the gabbage dump created in Tokyo Bay, rather than destroying it.

＞＞手紙の全文を読む
＞＞Read The Letter To Governor Ishihara

③国際オリンピック委員会（IOC）へ手紙を手渡し
記者会見を受け、ポール・コールマン氏はスイスのローザンヌにあるIOC本部へ出向き、6月18日、石原都知事の動画と手紙などを直接手渡しました。
コールマン氏は、その経緯を記したエッセイ「大宇宙と小宇宙」を公開しました。
＞＞ポール･コールマン「大宇宙と小宇宙　地球と南山」を読む
Paul Coleman flew to Lausanne, Switzerland with his wife, Konomi Kikuchi to hand out the video of Governor and letters to International Olympic Commitee. Coleman later wrote an essay 'Macrocosm and Microcosm' based on his experience.
＞＞Read Paul Coleman's Essay 'Macrocosm and Microcosm'

④フライデーの記事：東京『平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ』の舞台”消滅”の愚行
Article June 6th 2009 By Hajime Yokota, for Friday the most popular Japanese Weekly Magazine.

Headlines: Leading Japanese Movie Director, Mr. Isao Takahata, Severely Criticizes The Destruction Of The Closest Forested Mountain To The Heart Of Tokyo.

＞＞Read the Story
＞＞記事の全文テキストを読む