| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Various natural and socio-economic forest-related data has been periodically recorded for nearly one century in Japan, in the form of national forest management plans (NFMPs) and their ancillary forest-type maps. These are precious data for investigating forest landscape history. The present study examined the use of these historical national forest data to estimate past forest landscapes and their uses. We found rich information on forest types, forest age, logging methods, and their local uses. In addition, we were also able to clarify the locations of past anthropogenic disturbances of timber and charcoal production for harvesting various edible wild plants and household woodwork industry by local inhabitants. Such information could be particularly useful to investigate the historical background of forest landscapes in detail, which could be the basis for conserving various ecosystem services related to cultural/biological diversity.
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