Abstract
As a trial of field-oriented studies for sustainable forest management, a forest monitoring project started in Hokkaido (Ishikari-Sorachi forest planning unit) and Kochi (Shimantogawa forest planning unit) from 1996 to 2005. It aims to search some suitable criteria and indicators for field level implementation in those excellent case studies of River-basin Forest Management System. This project is entrusted to two local governments under the sponsorship of Forestry Agency in cooperation with national forest institutes and regional forestry offices. At the first year, a basic design of this project was discussed. In the Montreal Process, seven criteria and 67 indicators in national level were already agreed. According to these indicators, we started to assemble and compile field level data. In this paper, a basic design and the guidelines are discussed in Kochi Prefecture or regional level.
