A study on woodland burials as a new forest use in Japan and Germany

本研究通过对比日本的挑战，阐明了德国木葬传播的影响因素。除了森林的多种公共功能外，德国木葬被作为一种新的森林用途。相比之下，日本的木葬是一种新的墓地形式。除此之外，德国的木葬由私营企业管理，这些企业与森林所有者签订合同，并由护林员以可持续的自然为基础进行森林管理。日本的木葬已经多样化，一些森林类型的木葬由佛教僧侣管理，在森林可持续管理方面面临着类似的挑战。

This study clarified the factors of spreading wood burials in Germany comparing with Japanese challenges of them. German wood burial is placed as a new forest use in addition to the multiple public functions of forest. In contrast, Japanese wood burial is a new form of graveyard. In addition to that, German wood burials are managed by private enterprises which contract with forest owners and controlled by foresters in a sustainable nature based forest management. Japanese wood burials have already diversified and some forest type wood burials are managed by Buddhist monk, which face similar challenges in sustainable forest management.