Clarification of the Institutional Basis of Multiple Forest Uses in the United States

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12453
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 64060:Environmental policy and social systems-related
• Research Institution: Forest Research and Management Organization
• Principal Investigator: Hirano Yuichiro 国立研究開発法人森林研究・整備機構, 森林総合研究所, 主任研究員 等 (00516338)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 多面的利用 / レクリエーション / 保全地役権 / 保障制度 / 調整主体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research clarified that (1) conservation easements have been operating as flexible land-use rights of forests with derivative forms such as trail easements, (2) various types of subsidies and security systems have been formed to foster recreational uses of forests, and (3) public and private foresters, land trusts, and various recreational organizations have served as coordinating entities that effectively link diverse needs of forests in the states of the New England area of the United States.

Free Research Field

森林政策研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

持続可能な社会構築と多様性の中での共存が求められる今日において、本研究の成果は、森林をめぐる多様な価値や利用を、持続的な観点から公平かつ効率的に調整するための制度のあり方を提示するものである。アメリカ東北部において、森林の多面的利用を前提に土地権利関係、各種保障制度、調整主体の役割が整備されてきた経験は、「森林サービス産業」の発展と林業経営・森林保全との両立を目指す今日の日本等においても、参照すべき重要な先例となる。