Advantest Completes 3-Year Malaysian Reforestation Project.Tokyo, Japan, Dec 27, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Advantest Corporation has completed a project aiming to restore the seraya forests of Kinarut, Sabah, on the Malaysian island of Borneo. Launched in 2004 as part of the company's CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. activities, the reforestation Reforestation The reestablishment of forest cover either naturally or artificially. Given enough time, natural regeneration will usually occur in areas where temperatures and rainfall are adequate and when grazing and wildfires are not too frequent. project saw employee volunteers planting 7,500 seraya saplings on 30 hectares of land over the past three years. A treasury of rare wildlife and plants, the forests of Borneo are known as "the lungs of the earth." Inhaling carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. and exhaling ex·hale v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales v.intr. 1. a. To breathe out. b. To emit air or vapor. 2. To be given off or emitted. v.tr. oxygen, they play an important role in sustaining the global biosphere and human life. Tragically, in recent years, the destruction of indigenous forest has increased due to commercial and illegal logging, which leads to a loss of biodiversity and the extinction of precious animal and plant species. Putting into practice its CSR principle of cherishing the natural environment, in collaboration with Fujitsu Ltd., Advantest has supported the Sabah Forestry Development Authority (SAFODA) with volunteer assistance and financial contributions. In 2006, the third year of the reforestation project, a total of 2000 seraya saplings were planted by 28 volunteers drawn from Advantest's Japanese workforce and local staff in Malaysia and Singapore. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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