1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Trend of Hokkaido Forestry under the Policy of industrial reorganization and problems of Forest policy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63560137
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	林学
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	ISHII Yutaka Hokkaido University Faculty of Agriculture associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (10002057)
Project Period (FY)	1988 – 1989
Keywords	Industrial reorganization / Forest policy / Foreign Timber / Resort / National forest
Research Abstract	As a starting point of this research, I recognize that we are now confronted with a turning point in the forest policy in Japan. We can indicate some examples in this evidence: reduction of management of the national forest, increase in importance of the conservation of the natural environment and use of forests for recreations. We can point out new trends in Hokkaido forestry after the middle of the 1980s. First import of foreign timbers increased and ratio of self-sufficiency decreased in Hokkaido. Secondly large house makers have built about half in the house construction since the beginning of the 1980s and buckled down to the rationalization of distribution systems in the construction materials. Thirdly financial deficit in the national forests and prefectural forests have increased. Fourthly dealing of forest lands increased in Hokkaido as the results of resort development. We must endeavor to solve many problems in Hokkaido forestry.