Design and Implementation of a consensus building process for a sustainable management plan of a subtropical forest in Japan using the concept of “softzoning”. -Forest Zoning Plan in Yambaru-Kunigami Village

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  • 「ゆるやかなゾーニング」概念の導入による持続可能な森林管理計画策定における合意形成プロセスの構築－「やんばる国頭村森林地域ゾーニング計画」策定での試み－
  • 「 ユルヤカナ ゾーニング 」 ガイネン ノ ドウニュウ ニ ヨル ジゾク カノウ ナ シンリン カンリ ケイカク サクテイ ニ オケル ゴウイ ケイセイ プロセス ノ コウチク : 「 ヤ ンバルクニガミムラ シンリン チイキ ゾーニング ケイカク 」 サクテイ デ ノ ココロミ

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<p>Designing an appropriate consensus building process among various stakeholders is one of the most difficult issues to be dealt with when establishing a sustainable management plan that addresses conflicting opinions about the preservation and utilization of forests. The purpose of this paper is, first, to describe the conflicts that have arisen with regard to the preservation and development of the subtropical Yambaru Forest on Okinawa Island, and, second, to analyze the process the authors employed to construct the consensus building process for the “Forest Zoning Plan in Yambaru-Kunigami Village”on Okinawa Island. Serious conflicts were settled using the notion of ʻsoft zoning,ʼin which the authors used a variety of GIS data, which described not only ecological and infrastructural aspects of the area, but also historical and cultural information. The authors made use of the notion of ʻsoft zoningʼduring Zoning Committee meetings and town meetings, and succeeded in mitigating the conflicts, and building a consensus.</p>

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