Prospective supporters of small private forests

我们在冈山县爱田郡的西越古村调查了小森林所有者可能放弃管理森林的原因。在接受采访的业主中，我们发现有几个人渴望管理他们的森林。即使是这样的所有者预计也将放弃管理他们的森林，这不仅是因为上文所讨论的林业的严峻经济条件，而且还因为他们的森林很容易受到自然灾害的影响，而且由于他们的地理条件很难进入。所有者的子女继承管理森林的可能性最小。因此，我们应该鼓励外来人员，如移民和志愿者，管理废弃的森林，尽管他们对林业的贡献存在几个问题。

We surveyed in Nishiawakura-son, Aida-gun, Okayama prefecture, the reasons why small-forest owners are likely to abandon managing their forests. Among the interviewed owners, we found a few who were eager to manage their forests. Even such owners were expected to abandon managing their forests, not only because of economic severe conditions for forestry as has been discussed, but also because their forests were fragile to natural disasters, were difficult to access due to their geographical conditions. Children of the owners were least likely to inherit managing the forests. Accordingly, we should encourage outsiders, such as immigrants and volunteers, could manage abandoned forests, although there were several problems for their contribution to forestry.