2019 Volume 65 Issue 1 Pages 39-48
The management of forest landscape has not always been promoted based on a stable policy．This paper aims to discuss the role of the concept of “Cultural Landscape” in the conservation and creation of future forest landscapes，while reviewing the history of forest landscape management in the modern era．With the establishment of the Landscape Act in 2005，the idea of landscape conservation changed to a system operating on rules that matched regional characteristics and gave appropriate authority to organizations with conservation will．Using the concept of “Cultural Landscape，” which appeared in the Act on Protection of CulturalProperties a “dynamic conservation” mechanism was developed focusing on maintaining the livelihood system in contrast to “frozen preservation，” which was the mainstream policy thus far．The first important cultural landscape focused on forest and forestry was the “Forestry Landscape on Chizu Town” designated in 2018．The relationship between forestry and cultural landscape is still in its infancy．The true use of the concept of cultural landscape lies in creating an axis of livelihood and community making，which should be followed by reading the essential value of the landscape．
