| 研究実績の概要 |
The effort to make environmental impact assessment a part of financial support systems for private forest in Japan may face several challenges. The role of stakeholders does not seem to be clearly defined or seen as equal. Problems regarding the execution of environmental impact assessment as a process from start to finish of forest resource management is not understood and not agreed upon by stakeholders with decision making authority as questionnaires have revealed. Therefore, problems cannot be tractable among all stakeholders. Tractability of problems influences the identification of problems greatly for organizations (e.g. Forest Owners’ Associations, prefecture and municipal government, NGO) and individuals(private forest owners). Such information should go beyond economic aspects and fully include society and the environment. In the case of Kochi Prefecture, the latter information may have to be generated and included to current economic information. For environmental impact assessment to become a tool improve forest resource management, problem identification must be tractable among all stakeholders and justified.
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