A national meeting considering wetlands and mud flats was in Tsuruga City, where a gas base will open. Concerned citizens would stop the plan [25-year ago today]

 

Japan Wetlands Action Network held a national meeting that considered wetlands, mud flats, and woodlands near villages in the 21st century in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. About 250 participants gathered from all over the country.

 

They visited Nakaikemi Wetland, where a mayor announced a construction plan for an LNG base in 1992, and they learned about the existence of endangered plants and animals to preserve the wetland.

Q. Where is Nakaikemi Wetland?

Surrounded by three mountains, it is a bowl-shaped wetland (the depth is 80m) at Okuhorikiri, 79 Kashimagari, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland in 2012.

 

In 1992, the mayor of the day announced a plan for Osaka Gas (Osaka City) to build an LNG base at Nakaikemi Wetland. This sudden announcement urged citizens to launch a preservation campaign.

 

After the national meeting in 1999, Osaka Gas officially announced canceling its plans in 2000. The citizens’ groups sought the preservation of the wetland and welcomed this decision.

参考
北國新聞
福井新聞
中池見人と自然のふれあいの里 - 敦賀市
大阪ガス・LNG基地計画中止　中池見湿地全体の保全を！ - 日本共産党嶺南地区委員会
中池見湿地の自然とラムサール条約登録までの道のり - 笹木智恵子（NPO法人ウェットランド中池見）
中池見湿地保全活用計画策定委員会【第１回】 - 敦賀市