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Volume 67, Issue 3
Journal of Forest Economics
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2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages Cover_1
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
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2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages Toc_1
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Analysis of the “Report on Forest Owners’ Intention Survey Results” by the Nichinan-cho Forestry Association, Tottori PrefectureTakatoshi KUSHIRO, Katsuhisa ITOArticle type: Article
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 1-10
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe forestry industry in Japan is in a long-term decline. Generational changes in ownership have led to a loss of interest in forest management by forest owners. These challenges are exacerbated by additional problems such as uncertain ownership and poorly defined boundaries, and the huge demands of intensive forest management. The Forest Management Act came into effect in April 2019 to address these challenges, and municipalities were required to build a new forest management system (Shinrin keiei kanri seido) based on this Act. The Nichinan-cho Forestry Association of Tottori Prefecture undertook an assessment and recorded the outcomes in the“Report on Forest Owners’Intention Survey Results.”This paper examined the issues associated with the new system, based on the survey. The survey revealed that although forest owners recognized the need for forest management, they tended to avoid such obligations because of the challenges of inheritance, boundary uncertainties, and the economic evaluation of their forests. This trend was particularly strong among absentee forest owners in villages.View full abstractDownload PDF (1064K) -
A Case Study from Punakha District, BhutanKazuhiro HARADA, Maya HASEGAWA, Ratan GURUNG, Om KatelArticle type: Article
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 11-23
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this study was to understand the changes of laws and regulations associated with collecting leaf litter in Bhutan, the opinions of local people and their recognition of these changes, and the actual conditions of management and use of leaf litter forests. Before the establishment of laws and regulations pertaining to forest management by the state in 1959, local people were free to manage and use leaf litter forests. However, these laws and regulations drastically changed the legal status of the forests. In particular, the Land Act of 2007 eliminated the registration of use right and introduced a rental system of leaf litter forests to local people. Nevertheless, in the villages surveyed in western Bhutan, management of leaf litter forests based on the law has not yet been applied because of the government’s limited capacity for law enforcement. Therefore, even now, more than 60 years after the enactment of the legal system for leaf litter forests, local people are still managing and using leaf litter forests as usual. Although the legal system has not been fully functioning and the strength of customs in the management and use of leaf litter forests differs between villages and among people in the villages, there is no guarantee that customary management and use will continue to be practiced. In order for the government to realize forest conservation and for local people to use leaf litter forests with peace of mind, the government should consider methods for putting the current legal systems into practice in ways that fit the local situations.View full abstractDownload PDF (628K) -
Case Study of Original Policies of Five Municipal GovernmentsHaruhiko SUZUKI, Hiroaki KAKIZAWAArticle type: Article
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 24-38
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe analyzed original municipal forest policies, focusing on the policy process and operation and the role of human resources in the policy process. The policy process can be divided into three stages: issue setting, policy formation, and policy implementation. As the policy formation stage determines the policy content, we focused on this stage. We classified policy formation into three types: the “committee” and “municipalstaff” types, in which policies are formed by an independent committee and the municipal staff, respectively, and “a private sector utilization” type, in which policy formation is entrusted to the private sector. The three methods have been developed to best ensure cooperative relationships between the actors involved in each type of policy formation. In the “committee” and “private sector utilization” types, the municipal staff played a role in connecting key persons outside the local governments. It is suggested that municipal governments should recruit forestry professionals and assign forestry staff in the long term, and increase collaboration with various policy-related organizations and human resources to strengthen the forest administration system.View full abstractDownload PDF (520K) -
Haruka SOGAWA, Katsuhisa KOHROKIArticle type: Article
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 39-49
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSBokuto (wooden katanas) are used in the practice of kendo and other martial arts and mostly made in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan. They are ordinarily made of oak, and the process of their production has been investigated in the past. To reveal the current situation and issues surrounding production and distribution of bokuto, we built upon our investigations of 2019 and 2020 on bokuto makers, sellers, lumberers, log marketers, and makers of kan’na and wooden handles, for which oak is also used. Our results unveiled the critical situation of technical succession caused by the shortage of youth. One of the causes of the shortage is low wages. Bokuto makers are under severe financial stress. To increase bokuto prices, it is necessary for makers and sellers to have access to accurate information. There is also the problem of materials. Methods for planting forests and material substitutions must be researched. On the other hand, the demand for bokuto in overseas markets is increasing, indicating that the market will grow in the future.View full abstractDownload PDF (1036K) -
Yuji HIGUMA, Satoshi TACHIBANAArticle type: Article
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 50-61
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis study designed and examined a supply model for Japanese cedar sawlogs using econometric methods longitudinally on data from 1960 to 2019. We constructed a vector error correction model based on the unit root and cointegration tests to consider stationarity in time series data. The results show that the long-run parameters satisfied the expected signs and were inelastic. These parameters indicate that the increase in planted forest inventory is important for the increase in sawlog supply. The estimation results for the short-run parameters indicate that there are short-term adjustment processes among variables related to sawlog supply. The sawlog price for Japanese cedar has been on a statistically significant downward trend since 1974, mainly due to the strong yen caused by the shift to a floating exchange rate system in Japan and to the increase in sawlog supply as the cedar forests created after World War II shifted to the utilization stage.View full abstractDownload PDF (480K) -
Shinji YAMAMOTO, Noriyo TAKADA, Honoka TSUCHIYAArticle type: Short Communication
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 62-68
Published: 2021
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The Case of the Independence Trail in Hiraniwa HighlandsNoriyo TAKADAArticle type: Short Communication
2021 Volume 67 Issue 3 Pages 69-78
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: August 19, 2022
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