As the world's forest area continues to decline, China's forest area has consistently increased since the 1980s. In this research, we clarified the driving force behind this by focusing on the socio-economic factors of China. There is much previous research on the relationship between...

This study designed an econometric demand model for Japanese cedar sawlogs and examined longitudinal data from 1960 to 2019. We constructed and estimated a vector error correction model for Japanese cedar sawlog demand and used unit root and cointegration testing to avoid spurious regressions with...

This study aimed to review the historical transition of forest engineer appointments in the prefectural administration of non-national forests since the Meiji era in Japan. First, using historical materials, the overview of the nationwide history of the transition was clarified from this era, when ...

This paper focuses on Forest Adventure as a new type of forest use, and presents possibilities and challenges for the effective use of forests by analyzing its management style and development process in Japan. Forest Adventure is a business style of adventure park, where visitors with safety...

In Japan, the origin of the forest planning system can be traced back to two events which made a major impact-namely, the 1939 amendment of the Forest Law and the formulation of the forest policy during the Allied occupation of Japan under the General Headquarters/Supreme Commander of the Allied...

Exponential smoothing (ETS) method and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models have been applied to forecasting monthly price of logs, sugi (Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) and hinoki (Japanese cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Endl.). In this research, we...

The purpose of this study is to examine how natural disasters affected the economies of the stricken area and other areas of Japan. Using the interregional input-output table, we analyzed the forward linkage in order to measure the impacts through the fluctuation in farm, forestry and marine...

To examine forestry and forest education at vocational high schools, the history of changes in the purpose and content of subjects related to "Forestry Management" was analyzed. We analyzed it during the postwar period, based on the Ministry's official guidelines for school teaching and textbooks...

This paper provides a full picture of the current status and movements of the forest use of trail running in Japan, based on interviews with the runners who lead its popularization and conflict resolution with other users. Trail running has become popular in Japan since the 2000s as a new type of...

China is one of the major consumers of forest products, and its trade with developed countries has vastly expanded after it joined the WTO and abolished tariffs. The structure of China's import and export trade of forest products has also greatly changed alongside rapid economic growth. In this...