By FUMI YADA/ Staff Writer
October 29, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Soil samples are collected from the soles of the hiking boots of a visitor to Tateyama Station in Toyama Prefecture in the Chubusangaku National Park during a survey. (Provided by Munemitsu Akasaka, an associate professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Even environmentally conscious hikers are neglecting to clean their boots before heading for the mountains and thus may be introducing alien plants to the environment, according to a survey. [Read More]
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