Forest Management Planning
| Numbering Code | U-AGR05 3E172 LJ80 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | 3rd year students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Mon.1 | |
| Instructor name | MATSUSHITA KOUJI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | A planning system is required in order to manage forest and use it sustainably. The course describes the development of the forestry planning system and its problems. | |||
| Course Goals | To acquire knowledge about forest resource policies and forestry planning administration in Japan. To acquire knowledge about how conditions surrounding forest resources have changed over a long period of time. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Lectures will be given as listed below. However, depending on progress and to secure time for questions and answers, the order and/or frequency of a topic could be changed. Lecture 1: Introduction: forestry planning and forest management Lecture 2: Characteristics of forestry planning Lecture 3: Harvest regulation Lecture 4: Forest legislation (1) Lecture 5: Forest legislation (2) Lecture 6: Forest legislation (3) Lecture 7: Changes in the forestry planning system (1) (up to the passing of the Forestry Basic Act of 1964) Lecture 8: Changes in the forestry planning system (2) (Since the passing of the Forestry Basic Act of 1964) Lecture 9: Recent developments in the forestry planning system (1) (1987 Amendment of Basic Plan of Forest Resource) Lecture 10: Recent developments in the forestry planning system (2) (1991 Amendment of Forest Act) Lecture 11: Recent developments in the forestry planning system (3) (1996 Amendment of Basic Plan of Forest Resource) Lecture 12: Recent developments in the forestry planning system (4) (Act on Forestry Management of 2018) Lecture 13: Challenges to the system (1) (the framework of the planning system and forest/forestry statistics) Lecture 14: Challenges to the system (2) (forest owners and forest boundaries) Lecture 15: Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Assessment is based on the reports (3 in total, worth 75 points) and attitude (including mini report marks, worth 25 points). Assessment criteria and policy are drawn from "Assessment criteria and policy" in the current version of the Faculty of Agriculture Student Handbook. |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Be sure to read the most up-to-date version of the forest/forestry white paper found on the Forestry Agency's website. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Additionally, handouts will be distributed when necessary. | ||
| References, etc. | TANAKA, Kazuhiro; YOSHIDA, Shigejiro; SHIRAISHI, Norihiko and MATSUMURA, Naoto (eds.) 『森林計画学入門』 (Asakura-shoten) ISBN:978-4-254-47055-0; KONOHIRA, Yukichi (ed.) 『森林計画学』 (Asakura-shoten) ISBN:4-254-47034-7; NAGUMO, Hidejiro and OKA, Kazuo 『森林経理学』 (Japan Society of Forest Planning Press) ISBN:4-915870-22-7 | |||
