Yamaha Corporation
The Yamaha Group uses a diversity of wood species mainly for manufacturing musical instruments, and accordingly, is implementing initiatives aimed at ensuring the sustainability of wood resources. Beginning in 2015, Yamaha launched a survey of African Blackwood (Grenadilla), which is a rare wood used in wind instruments, in the regions of origin in Tanzania. Also, in 2016, with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Yamaha instigated a forest conservation project in collaboration with local NGOs, which is aimed at combining sustainable community forestry with planting activities in natural forests. Through these activities, Yamaha is working to create a business model that can achieve sustainable development in local communities as well as stable timber procurement.

・Preserving the Tones of Yamaha for the Next Generation
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