Abstract
The study clarified what kinds of activities civic groups have performed to conserve their local piedmonts, and examined the future direction for civic groups registered with the Mino public piedmont conservation fund. The results show that the main activities by registered civic groups are piedmont management in Satoyama, a natural rural wooded area, including thinning, which is the most frequent activity, followed by activities nurturing culture in Satoyama. Less frequent activities include preparation of mountain forests for management and utilization, such as setting boundaries, inter-group exchanges for piedmont conservation, and responding to unlawful dumping. Programs in which people are directly involved in piedmont conservation are dominant, therefore, promotion of information dispatches, is of importance in order to stimulate various kinds of activities and develop them into civic movements with more residents involved.
