*Previous columns are here [From a Shinto priest's perspective] As a manner of forest circulation, we transcend the division of responsibility between the past and the future in the "middle and present" time frame.
The first article summarizes the construction advantages that wood construction has against labor shortages and skill saving, and the second article discusses the advantages that wood construction has against on-site [...].
It is known that the names of plants have regional characteristics (dialects) and are related to the history of how the species was introduced and used as a resource [...].
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Today, political divisions are deepening, especially in Europe and the United States, and existing values such as democracy and liberalism are being shaken. Against this backdrop, [...]...
About two-thirds of Japan's land area is forested. The forested area amounts to about 25.02 million hectares (as of the end of March 2022), of which [...].
*Previous column is here Impact of GX-ETS ceiling price "4,300 yen" on forest-based J-credits (Part 1) System design and [...].
In recent years, the introduction of high-performance forestry machinery in the forestry industry has greatly improved work efficiency and safety. For example, from felling trees to ball [...].
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In April 2026, the GX-ETS, a national emissions trading scheme, will begin in earnest in Japan. The first phase, in which participation was voluntary [...].
*Click here for the first part of the report: "Okayama Model": Transformation to a Resource Self-Sufficient Nation and Urban Wood Construction, Challenged by Industry-Government-Academia [...] Report of the Symposium on Forest Circular Economy [...
In order to sustainably utilize Japan's forest resources, it is essential to make decisions and implement them on the ground, turning harvesting, utilization, and regeneration into an integrated [...].
In the 1990s and early 2000s, when global environmental issues were in the spotlight, problems such as deforestation and carbon dioxide generation were "circumscribed [...].
The deepest forest in central Tokyo is probably the forest in the Nature Education Park. The Nature Education Park is located on the Yamanote [...].
Hitachi Systems, in collaboration with the Gunma Forest Union and Sunlit Seedlings, a Kyoto University startup, has announced the launch of a forest [...]...
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*Previous column is here What happens if we leave the forest unattended... "Potential Natural Vegetation" Perspective Akira Miyawaki, "Plants and Humans: The Rose of Biological Society [...]" (in Japanese)