Making a model of Economic circulation and environmental conservation in the hilly and mountainous areas by the self-employed and self-harvesting forestry

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H04562
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Tottori University
• Principal Investigator: SHIGERU YANAKA 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 教授 (50341673)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 興梠 克久 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (00403965) ; 鎌田 磨人 徳島大学, 大学院社会産業理工学研究部(理工学域), 教授 (40304547) ; 佐藤 宣子 九州大学, 農学研究院, 教授 (80253516)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUMURA Kazunori 筑波大学, 名誉教授 (70149904) ; KASAMATSU Hiroki 愛媛大学, 社会共創学部, 講師 (60520690) ; FUJIMOTO Kohichi 大阪大学, 理学(系)研究科, 准教授 (60334306)
• Research Collaborator: TAMURA Takao
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自伐型林業 / 森林・林業 / コモンズ / 中山間地域 / 適正技術 / 生業創出 / 移住定住 / 地域おこし協力隊

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Surveyed “self-employed and self-harvesting forestry” as a new livelihood in the hilly and mountainous areas. In case examples of “Community-Reactivating Cooperator Squad” newly entering with technical support and securing forests with the support of local governments and cases where traditional self-employed and self-harvesting foresters are cooperative organization and acting as regional leaders, value-creative activities remain to be seen. In a typical plant community survey in the mountain forest of a self-employed and self-harvesting forester, a distribution corresponding to the topography reflecting the distribution of nature is observed, and it is noted as a method of forest management utilizing nature or the benefits of ecosystem services.

Free Research Field

社会学