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Comparative study on the institutional aspects of forest management during the colonial period : India, ghana, and sarawak

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16580114
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 林学・森林工学
Research InstitutionUniversity of tsukuba

Principal Investigator

MASUDA Misa  University of tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate professor, 大学院・生命環境科学研究科, 助教授 (70192747)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TANI Yukako  Tohoku Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics, Associate professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (40326707)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
KeywordsColonial period / British India / Ghana / Sarawak / Forest management / Forest administration / Forest Act / Reserved forest / インド
Research Abstract

This study aims to review the development process of forest regimes during the colonial period, with special concern to the difference of ecological environment and market pressure.
Through the literature study on the latter half of the 19^<th> India, Tani revealed that the main source of increasing revenue was logging activities of hardwood such as teak, sal and deodar both by the private sector and Forest Department (FD). It resulted in good enough surplus, from which we can infer the motivation of the colonial government in the development of forest administration.
Masuda analyzed the process of forestland demarcation and pointed out that despite the valuable forest resources, demarcation in Burma did not make a remarkable progress by the segregation, which background can be found in the widely practiced shifting cultivation. Similar conditions can be found in rain forests environment, and in Anglophone Africa demarcation was more advanced in economically valueless savanna forests. After the independence, one of the differences between India and other British colonies is the procedure to create reserved forest has been continued in India, while stagnation of the process took place in many other countries. Substantial boundaries of forest resources could be the basis of Joint Forest Management applied in 1990.
Asano, Onda and Masuda also studied the current land use and forest resources in Kerala, and found the colonial authority on land and resources was not only FD but also Revenue Department (RD). In Cardamom Hills Reserve, the land is under the jurisdiction of RD, trees are controlled by FD, and crops arranged in between trees belong to cultivators. Though the systems are complicated reflecting the history, trees are still maintained under a balance among environment, market and rules.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (9 results)

  • [Journal Article] 国有林地における樹木と農作物の共存 : ケーララ州カルダモン丘陵の事例2006

    • Author(s)
      浅野清華, 御田成顕, 増田美砂
    • Journal Title

      第117回日本森林学会大会学術講演集 (CD-R)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Coexistence of trees and agricultural crops on reserved forests : a case of Cardamon Hills Reserve in Kerala State, India (in Japanese).2006

    • Author(s)
      Asano, S., N.Onda, M.Masuda.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 117^<th> Annual Conference of Japan Society of Forest PC05 (CD-ROM)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 発展途上国における林野制度:森林経営のオルタナティブ2006

    • Author(s)
      増田 美砂
    • Journal Title

      熱帯林業 65

      Pages: 68-73

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] インドにおける林地の指定および共同森林管理の実施にみる地域的差異2005

    • Author(s)
      増田美砂
    • Journal Title

      第15回熱帯生態学会年次大会講演要旨集

      Pages: 33-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Regional difference in the progress of forest land demarcation and introduction of Joint Forest Management in India (in Japanese).2005

    • Author(s)
      Masuda, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 15^<th> Annual Congress of Japan Society of Tropical Ecology 33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 発展途上国における林野制度:植民地期の熱帯雨林2005

    • Author(s)
      増田 美砂
    • Journal Title

      熱帯林業 63

      Pages: 62-66

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 発展途上国における林野制度:熱帯雨林の開発2005

    • Author(s)
      増田 美砂
    • Journal Title

      熱帯林業 64

      Pages: 60-65

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 発展途上国における林野制度(2):林地と森林の乖離2005

    • Author(s)
      増田 美砂
    • Journal Title

      熱帯林業 62

      Pages: 71-76

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 発展途上国における林野制度(1):植民地期における林野制度の確立2004

    • Author(s)
      増田 美砂
    • Journal Title

      熱帯林業 61

      Pages: 73-79

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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