A study for forest management system and workers in highly industrialized society

1990年的农林普查揭示了国内林业总体萎缩的现实，但在一些地区出现了新的有趣的变化。本研究项目旨在分析地方在林业相关产业经济基础建设方面的努力，以及国内林业的整体情况。在高度工业化的社会中，农村人口的减少和以农业为基础的生活方式的放弃使人为林的做法难以持续。另一方面，日本许多地区迫切需要保持环境价值和功能的森林处理。在林业活动处于向上转移阶段的地区，如南九州地区(宫崎县和熊本县)，由选定的大林主支持的林业合作社发挥着区域林业中心的重要作用。此外，市政的补贴和人的配合也很重要，应该说，在国内林业投资的内部回报率如此低的情况下，要振兴日本所有的林区应该说是很难的。以流域为单位的森林管理体制将是日本在21世纪维持森林和林业的一种可能性，下游居民将支付一定比例的资金来保护和促进上游森林的多种功能。

Agriculture and forestry census in 1990 revealed the reality of shrinking domestic forestry in the whole, but there were new and interesting movements in some areas. This research project aimed to analyze local efforts for constructing economic basis in forestry related industry as well as entire view of domestic forestry. In the highly industrialized society, depopulation and abandonment of agriculture based life style in rural villages makes it difficult to sustain man-made forest practices. On the other hand, forest treatments for keeping environmental values and functions are urgently in need in many parts of Japan.Where forestry activity is in the stage of upward shifting, like Southern Kyushu Region (Miyazaki and Kumamoto Prefectures), forestry cooperative supported by selected large forest owners play big roles as centers of regional forestry. In addition, subsides and human cooperatiion from municipalities are also important.We should say that it is very hard to revitalize all the forestry regions in Japan, under such low levels of internal rate of return in domestic forestry investment. Forest management system in river basin as a unit will be a possibility to sustain forest and forestry in Japan in the twenty first century, in which downstream citizens would pay certain portion of money to protect and facilitate the multiple functions of upstream forests.