Multiple Researches on the Correspondence between Forest Resources and Global Environmental Problems.

保护全球环境和保护森林生态系统是当今世界面临的最严峻的问题之一。另一方面，木材的消耗量一直在增加。研究的目的是为了找出民意与科学概念产生差异的原因，并得出以下结论：1)林业和木材科学领域的合作研究项目对解决这些问题非常重要。木材行业的人们对林业知识的认识不够，大多数林业工作者忽视了对木材的利用。2)人们开始认识到森林在实现氧气和吸收空气中二氧化碳的作用。现在人们已经意识到森林作为碳库的作用。3)保护遗传资源就是保持生物多样性，这一行动有助于通过生物技术提高资源的质量。4)木材是比非木质材料更好的材料，因为木质材料是碳库。5)研究正在进行中，本研究的课题组对优先领域的科学研究资助提出了挑战。

To preserve the global environment and to protect the forest ecosystems are one of the most serious problems in the world. On the other hand, the consumption of wood has been increasing. Therefore, the gap between scientific concept and public opinions has increased.The purpose of the research was to clarify the cause of the discrepancy of the public opinions and the scientific concepts, and the following results are obtained.1) The co-operative research programmes which come from the science of forestry and wood are very important to resolve the problems. People in the wood industries are not to be devoted to realising forestry knowledges, and most foresters have ignored wood utilization.2) People are realising the role of forest which realize O_2 and absorb CO_2 in the air. Now people have to realize that the forest acts as the reservoirs of carbon.3) To preserve the genetic resources means to keep the biological diversity, and this action contributes to elevating the quality of resources through the biotechnology.4) Wood is better material than non-woody materials, because woody materials are the reservoirs of carbon.5) The research is progressing, and the research group of this study is challenging to the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas.