Environmental conservation and local use of natural resource: Construction of coexistence model using the case study

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25881003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Environmental and ecological symbiosis
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Fuchigami Yukari 大阪大学, 環境イノベーションデザインセンター, 助教 (70712834)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 持続可能性 / 地域 / 資源保全 / 在来の資源利用手法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the preservation of mangrove forest ecosystem that has been declining, I have to clarify the situation awareness of the environmental impact by local use and the local residents. From vegetation survey, average total growth of the entire Batam island 899,916t / year, average above-ground growth amount was estimated to 610,996t / year. From the interviews, the average amount of charcoal production was estimated to 148,898t / year. Therefore, mangrove charcoal production by local residents in Batam, can be considered to have relatively small impact to environment. Those factors became clear from the interviews, laws and self-regulation by charcoal producer (limit of charcoal kilns capacity, maintaining manual labor and selective cutting) regulated the large-scale use.

Free Research Field

地域研究