The Establishment Situation of Forest Learning Facilities:

From Constructing the Database by Four Data Sources

Abstract

“Forest Learning Facilities” are the open facilities in which visitors can learn about forest with materials in fields or exhibition. These open facilities are important for forest education because everyone can use whenever they want to. So we clarified the current situation of forest learning facilities using four data sources from three different administration fields such as forestry, environment, and social education. At first, we made the database by the four data sources. As a result, there are 992 forest learning facilities in Japan. It’s twice as many as the 401 facilities that were grasped by forestry administration. And 77.1 percent of them were established by local governments such as prefectures or municipalities. It’s an issue for later to clarify the current situation of the management or use of them.