Potential of Fishers-led Forest Commons: A Comparative Study on Fishes-Based Forest Planting Initiatives

• Project/Area Number: 17K12860
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Iwasaki Shimpei 福岡女子大学, 国際文理学部, 准教授 (20708028)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 漁民の森づくり / 森林コモンズ / レジリエンス / 流域環境ガバナンス / 持続性 / 森川海 / 森林ボランティア / 過少利用 / 植林・育林 / 漁民の森 / 漁業管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to focus on 'fishers-based forest planting initiatives,' highlighting these initiatives on a nationwide scale, examining the sustainability of such activities from a long-term perspective, and exploring the potential of fishers-led forest commons. The study results clarified the historical transitions of these initiatives from early modern times to the present, based on two cycles of resilience. It identified factors that promote or inhibit resilience to sustain their activities and revealed the actuality of fishers-based forest planting initiatives nationwide.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

漁業者が水と山を守ることの大切さを認識し、森を守るといった、漁民の森づくり活動に関する全国調査およびフィールド調査を実施した。同活動は世界でも類を見ない取組である。漁業者が森川海の連環をつなげる環境創造的な取組は、水環境と水質の安全・安心や水産物の安定生産に貢献することが期待され、その取組を定量的に見える化する試みや長期に及ぶ近世から現代までの同活動の持続性を検討した本研究は有益な視座を提供することができる。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] プリンスオブソンクラ大学(タイ)
• [Journal Article] Fishers-based forest planting initiatives in Japan: lessons learned (2021)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki, S.
  • Journal Title: Regional Studies in Marine Science Volume: 45 Pages: 101839-101839
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101839
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 漁民の森づくりの活動継続性を支えるレジリアンス：東日本大震災前後に着目して (2020)
  • Author(s): 岩﨑慎平
  • Journal Title: 地域イノベーション Volume: 12 Pages: 15-23
• [Presentation] Why fishers-based forest planting initiatives occurred in Japan?: lessons learned from the feudal period to the present (2023)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki S
  • Organizer: XIX Biennial IASC Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 近世から現代までの漁民の森づくりのレジリエンス要因の検討 (2022)
  • Author(s): 岩﨑慎平
  • Organizer: 日本湿地学会第14回釧路大会
• [Presentation] Building and sustaining the forest-river-ocean nexus by fishers in Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki, S.
  • Organizer: 東北大学東北アジア研究センター創設25周年記念公開講演会・国際シンポジウム「変容する環境のダイナミズム」
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Fishers-Based Forest Conservation Initiative toward Creation of New Forest Commons in Japan (2019)
  • Author(s): Shimpei Iwasaki
  • Organizer: The XVII Biennial IASC-Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 漁民の森づくりと物質循環 (2019)
  • Author(s): 岩﨑慎平
  • Organizer: 室田武先生追悼会
• [Presentation] New forest commons towards solving the underuse of Satoyama from fishers' initiatives in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki S
  • Organizer: 8th Asian Wetland Symposium: Wetlands for Sustainable Life
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Roles of Resident Researchers to Promote Adaptive Fisheries: Lessons Learned from Lake Saroma (2017)
  • Author(s): Maekawa K and Iwasaki S
  • Organizer: 8th Asian Wetland Symposium: Wetlands for Sustainable Life
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Study on the Influence Factors for Adaptive Coastal Resource Management through Traditional Institutions in Aceh Province, Indonesia (2017)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki S and Rahman A
  • Organizer: XVI Biennial IASC-Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Community participation in Songkhla Lake watershed management (In: Thailand: Environmental Resources, Social Issues and Related Policies) (2018)
  • Author(s): Iwasaki S and Teerakul B
  • Total Pages: 11
  • Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
  • ISBN: 9781536144666