1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A study for forest management system and workers in highly industrialized society
| Project/Area Number |
06660185
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
林学
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| Research Institution | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MURASHIMA Yoshinao Kyoto Univ.Grad.School of Agric., Professor, 農学研究科, 教授 (20012073)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OTA Ikuo Kyoto Univ.Grad.School of Agric., Res.Assoc., 農学研究科, 助手 (00252495)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1996
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| Keywords | Forest Management / Forestry Workers / Forestry Cooperatives / River Basin / Third Sector / Public Forest Company / Forestry Household |
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| Research Abstract |
Agriculture and forestry census in 1990 revealed the reality of shrinking domestic forestry in the whole, but there were new and interesting movements in some areas. This research project aimed to analyze local efforts for constructing economic basis in forestry related industry as well as entire view of domestic forestry. In the highly industrialized society, depopulation and abandonment of agriculture based life style in rural villages makes it difficult to sustain man-made forest practices. On the other hand, forest treatments for keeping environmental values and functions are urgently in need in many parts of Japan.
Where forestry activity is in the stage of upward shifting, like Southern Kyushu Region (Miyazaki and Kumamoto Prefectures), forestry cooperative supported by selected large forest owners play big roles as centers of regional forestry. In addition, subsides and human cooperatiion from municipalities are also important.
We should say that it is very hard to revitalize all the forestry regions in Japan, under such low levels of internal rate of return in domestic forestry investment. Forest management system in river basin as a unit will be a possibility to sustain forest and forestry in Japan in the twenty first century, in which downstream citizens would pay certain portion of money to protect and facilitate the multiple functions of upstream forests.
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