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Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan /

In recent years, Japan, like many other forest-dependent nations, has been facing difficult times: forest self-sufficiency is low; unplanted areas after harvesting are increasing; and forest industries and companies are losing international competitiveness in the global market. Such challenges, howe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Iwai, Yoshiya, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1 Forestry and Forest Policy in Japan: Historical Development and Current Situation""; ""1 The Development of Japanese Forestry""; ""2 Silviculture in Japan""; ""3 Private Forestry""; ""4 Forest Ownersâ€? Associations""; ""5 Forestry Labour""; ""6 National Forest Management""; ""7 Forest Planning""; ""8 National and Regional Forest Policies""; ""Part 2 Forest and Wood Products Industries in Japan""; ""9 Logging and Log Distribution""; ""10 The Sawmill Industry""
  • ""11 Home Building and the Home- Building Industry""""12 The Japanese Pulp and Paper Industry and Its Wood Use""; ""13 Local Forestry and Sawmill Industries: The Case of Kumano, Mie Prefecture""; ""14 Japanâ€?s Wood Trade""; ""Part 3 New Trends for Forestry in Japan""; ""15 Depopulation and Mura-Okoshi (Village Revival)""; ""16 New Relationship between Forests and City Dwellers in Japan""; ""17 Treatment of Forests and Wildlife in Modern Society""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""