抄録
Forests are ecosystems with multiple basic functions, namely wood production and conservation of the environment, including the soil, water functions and so on. Forest Policy provides the interface between the natural and social sciences in forestry. Its interrelations include the needs for products and services and incorporates wildlife management. Wildlife management is closely related to forestry and should be coordinated and integrated with forest management. Past developments in forestry can be characterized as a change from forest exploitation to modified forest management, or a change from emphasizing the productive to incorporating different functions. Sustainable forest management and the development of overall land use policies was developed hundreds of years ago. In Germany, hunting played an important role in the development of an integrated forest management policy. In Japan, multiple-use forestry is a basic concept in forest policy. Water conservation, wood production and soil protection are emphasized, but wildlife management does not seem so important in Japanese forest management. Recently, the extent of damage by game has been highlighted in Japan. In this light, this paper focuses on wildlife management activities and the hunting act in Germany, in an attempt to make a contribution to the development of a wildlife management system for Japan.
