Prospective supporters of small private forests

我们在冈山县爱田郡的西泽仓村调查了小森林所有者可能放弃经营森林的原因。在接受采访的所有者中，我们发现了一些渴望管理森林的人。即使是这些所有者也会放弃管理其森林，这不仅是因为如上文所述，林业的经济条件严峻，而且还因为其森林易受自然灾害的影响，由于其地理条件而难以进入。森林所有者的子女最不可能继承森林管理权。因此，我们应该鼓励外来者，如移民和志愿者，可以管理废弃的森林，尽管他们对林业的贡献有几个问题。

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.