Abstract
This study aimed to examine the policy-making and implementation process of "revitalization plan of forest and forestry" from a perspective of rural development. It was pointed out that the final report in July, 2010, positioned mountainous areas only as a place for job creation and didn't consider the presence of family-owned business in forestry. Meanwhile, 2010 World Agriculture and Forestry Census analyzed that family-owned business had expanded timber production approximately to the share of 30% in 2010. Ninety percent of the production was produced by family-owned business owned less than 100 ha. Accordingly, it was pointed out that the Forest Management Plan and "forest management and environmental conservation direct payment system" are strong structural reform policies and incentive for wood production. Finally, we carried out case studies of the Forest Management Plan in the implementation process. We argued that forest actors of forest and forestry management vary from community to community, so who are to be the policy makers is the issue to be left to the discretion of local governments, not to be decided across the board by the nation.
