RESFARCH ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF JAPANESE FOREST PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The authors compared Japanese forest plan with the case which they thought coordinate with sustainable forest management according to national, regional and management unit scale. These are Canada. the British Columbia province, McGregor Modelforest, FSC (Hayami Ringyo). The authors deliberated what the challenge of Japanese forest plan for sustainable forest management. The conclusions according to the scale are as follows: in national scale, commissioning the regions to decide the details of the plan. using the broad indicators and creating the organizations for consulting with forest industry sector and the publics; in regional scale, using perforamance targets, building partnership and socializing the private forests; in management unit scale, making the plan based on environment, society and economy and understanding and adopting FSC principles and criteria.