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久保山 裕史の写真

久保山 裕史

Hirofumi KUBOYAMA

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, National Forestry Research and Development Institute

D. from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo University in 2009. He then engaged in research on expanding the use of woody biomass for energy, and was seconded to the Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office in 2011, and has been in his current position since 2024. He specializes in forestry economics. He is a member of the Expert Committee for the Promotion of Biomass Utilization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and chairman of a study group for the growth industry of forestry and woody biomass power generation. His many publications include "Forest Future Conference: Creating a Mechanism to Utilize Forests" (Tsukiji Shokan) and "Wood Science Course 10: Biomass" (Kaiseisha).

9.9Tue 2025

Japan's forest resources continue to increase due to postwar afforestation.

As noted in my column of May 9, the prewar period forests were in a very different situation from that of today. According to the "Accumulated Statistics on Forest Area since Meiji Era (Forest [...]".

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