Recruiting Participants for 'Cleanup Dives' to Protect the Rich Seas of Rausu, Hokkaido, a World Natural Heritage Site
Rausu Town, Hokkaido, is recruiting participants for a monitor tour of 'Cleanup Dives' to collect underwater trash.
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Rausu Town, Hokkaido (Location: Rausu-cho, Menashi-gun, Hokkaido; Mayor: Minoru Minatoya), as a municipality that includes the World Natural Heritage site Shiretoko, has been working in harmony with nature and issued the 'Rausu Town Nature Positive Declaration' in March 2026. Shiretoko Diving Planning Co., Ltd., the only diving operator in the town, is holding a monitor tour for cleanup dives to collect underwater trash with support from the Ministry of the Environment (Hokkaido Region Reiwa Water and Sea Creation Regional Support Project), and is currently recruiting participants. In the seas of Shiretoko, a wide variety of creatures live through a food web based on the blessings brought by drift ice. The richness of the sea was highly evaluated when it was registered as a World Natural Heritage site.
FAQ
What are Rausu Town's environmental initiatives?
They have issued a 'Nature Positive Declaration' and are working to preserve the natural environment through activities like underwater trash collection.