Abstract
Followings are the results from this study. The Gifu prefecture is made up five river basin regions. Forest resources and local lumber industries are characteristic of each river basin region. The Nagara river basin region has the most amount of artificial Japanese cedar, which afforested on a massive scale after the war, in the 5 rivers. In this basin region not only local lumber industries have not developed, but also disasters are tend to take place. Because those forest resources have little relation to timber industries, that result is forest devastation. Comparatively, in the Kiso river basin region local lumber industries have developed and advanced. Because the local lumber industries think highly of the dispensation of nature.
