Japan's green resources: Forest conservation and social values |
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Authors: | Theodore E Howard |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA |
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Abstract: | Modern and historical Japanese societies are and were quite comfortable with a nature defined, designed, and dominated by humans. While contemporary Japanese are concerned about the environment, especially about non-timber (green) forest resources, conservation organizations are generally small and locally focused. Public forests, accounting for 40 percent of all Japan's forests, are intensively managed. At the national level, the timber program is operating below cost and there is increasing emphasis on non-timber management and rural economic development. A professional elite largely determines forest management goals and cultural barriers minimize broad public participation. Increasingly aware of the environmental impacts of their industrial society at home and abroad, the Japanese are becoming more environmentally concerned. Government agencies are especially proactive in enhancing environmental understanding among Japanese citizens and in sharing their resource management expertise with other Pacific Rim nations. |
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Keywords: | Japan Forest management Forest Japan Forest management Forest policy Nontimber resources Values policy Nontimber resources Values |
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