A New Forest Owners' Cooperative Association in Germany : Establishment of FBG Isar-Lech and its Meaning

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  • ドイツにおける新しい森林組合 : イザール・レッヒ森林組合の設立とその意義
  • ドイツ ニ オケル アタラシイ シンリン クミアイ : イザール ・ レッヒ シンリン クミアイ ノ セツリツ ト ソノ イギ

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The forest owners' cooperative association (FCA) in Germany aims to overcome the economic disadvantage hampering small producers through cooperation, just like the FCA in Japan. Conversely, FBG Isar-Lech is a new type of FCA, established exclusively by medium-scale forest owners. This paper aims to clarify the contents of the activities and the establishment details of the FCA, based on a hearing survey, as well as considering the meaning of its foundation in German forestry. The FCA was established in 1992 and consists of 48 members, each of which holds an average forest area of 650ha. The key business of the FCA is timber sales and both membership and timber sales have expanded year by year. The FCA stands out, since it is limited to only medium-scale forest owners and covers the entire Bavarian state. The FCA targets the following aims: (1) resolving aggravation caused by middle-scale forest management through decreasing income, due to the downturn in timber prices caused by wind damage and increasing management expenses, (2) correspondence of the supply side to concentration of production in saw mills, (3) coexistence with other existing FCAs and functional specialization as a FCA exclusively for middle-scale forest owners.

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