Forests and Animals in Chugoku Area in the Edo period

江户时代，濑户内海地区的森林采伐得到了显著的发展。人们需要大量的燃料、肥料和饲料。在沿海地区，由于向盐厂供应柴火，许多树木消失了。在内陆地区，塔塔拉炼铁厂在炼铁时需要大量的木炭。随后由于恶劣的生存环境，植被变得贫瘠，动物种类减少。

During the Edo period in the Setonaikai region, forest harvesting has proceeded remarkably. People need a lot of fuel, fertilizer, and fodder. In the coast region many trees disappeared by supplying salt works with firewood. In the inland region, Tatara iron works needed a large amount of charcoal when they produced iron. Then its vegetation becamepoor, and animal's kind decreased by the bad turn of life environment.