Current conditions of family forest owners in a traditional forestry area

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  • 伝統林業地における小規模所有を含む森林所有者の現状
  • 伝統林業地における小規模所有を含む森林所有者の現状 : 鳥取県八頭郡智頭町の事例
  • デントウ リンギョウチ ニ オケル ショウキボ ショユウ オ フクム シンリン ショユウシャ ノ ゲンジョウ : トットリケン ヤズグン チズマチ ノ ジレイ
  • A case of Chizu town, Tottori prefecture, Japan
  • 鳥取県八頭郡智頭町の事例

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<p>This study showed the current conditions of family forest owners with a questionnaire sent to all households in Chizu town, Tottori prefecture where was a traditional forestry area. Particularly, we paid attention to the small scale forest owners that it became impossible to grasp in the recent census of agricultural and forestry in Japan. Results are as follows. More than half of households were the family forest owners. It indicated that the forest and the forestry were important issues in Chizu town. Among the forest owners who had plantation forests, 41% of the owners had plantation forests less than 1 ha and 67% had less than 3 ha. The ownership scale of natural forests was smaller. Most of respondents were 60 years old and over, were not engaged in agriculture and forestry and had small farmland. This implied that it was difficult for them to increase efficiency of labor and capital by combining forestry and agriculture. The average management level of the owners over 3 ha were better than the others. However, there were more owners among the owners under 3 ha than among the others whose forest management condition was relatively better. The owners over 3 ha were more likely to have successors than the others.</p>

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  • Applied Forest Science

    Applied Forest Science 28 (2), 7-14, 2019-08-31

    The Society of Applied Forest Science

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