Utilization of Domestic Timber in Japan - May 20, 2007

Background and Situation:
In 1998, the proportion of domestic plywood was only 26%, but by 2005, it had expanded significantly to 70%. During this period, the production volume of domestic coniferous plywood increased significantly, continuing to grow rapidly from 2001, and reached a record high in 2005. The following factors can be cited as the background for this rapid growth.

Decrease in Supply and Strengthening of Regulations for Tropical Timber:
Tropical timber, which had traditionally been used as the main material for plywood, saw a reduction in supply due to the strengthening of logging regulations for forest protection in supplier countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Additionally, in 2006, the Forestry Agency issued the "Guidelines for the Verification of Legality and Sustainability of Wood and Wood Products," which restricted the use of illegally logged timber. This strengthening of regulations led to a shift in plywood material demand from tropical timber to coniferous timber.

Impact of International and Domestic Markets:
The rise in coniferous timber prices in the international market and the depreciation of the yen also contributed to the promotion of domestic timber utilization. In particular, in Japan, the spread of earthquake-resistant buildings increased the demand for thick plywood for housing. In response to this increased demand, domestic manufacturers made capital investments and took measures such as shortening drying periods.

Improvement in Technology for Utilizing Thinned Timber:
Furthermore, in terms of securing plywood materials, technology for utilizing thinned timber and small-diameter wood improved. As a result, the number of manufacturers using thinned timber increased, leading to forest maintenance and revitalization of the forestry industry. Such technological advances have greatly contributed to the expansion of domestic timber utilization.

Summary:
The utilization of domestic timber contributes not only to the effective use of forest resources and environmental conservation but also to the promotion of domestic industries. The growing demand for domestic timber is an extremely important development for the forestry and construction industries as a whole.

Plant-derived bioplastic②

The use of forest resources is growing as an industry, and the demand for forest-related resources is increasing from the securing of new energy resources to the world. In the Japan, energy-related thermal use and power generation utilization of forest and woody biomass (lumber residue, felling, pruning wood, etc.) widely distributed nationwide are carried out in various places. Overseas, the amount of the production of the bioethanol (cellulose as a raw material) of the oil alternative of the plant origin has increased comparatively. In the Japan, the production of BA-ethanol, which uses forests and woody-based cellulose as raw materials, has begun in the demonstration phase.

On the other hand, the bio-plastic as the eco-materiel use of the forest resource has already begun production as part of the member of the electric machine and the precision equipment. The research of the new material and eco-material "cellulose nanofibers" (CNF) of the use of Bioprestik is rapidly expanding plant, it became a concrete product is Bioprestik. In eco-material development, the world's top Japan has already begun to be used in electronic equipment and automotive related materials as a reinforcing plestik, in addition to disposable diapers and ballpoint pens. The main ingredient of this plant fiber is a robust structure, such as reinforced concrete, and the strength of one-fifth of the steel is five times higher than that. Moreover, because it is carbon neutral (not emitted CO2 into the atmosphere) from a renewable plant, it also leads to suppression of global warming. The source of the raw material is the forest and the primary industry. It will become an opportunity of new industry creation, and it is a barrel material in the world of pure domestic for the forest country and the Japan. The commercialization and commercialization of Bioplestik is steadily expanding.

Sewage treatment Maintenance rate 64% 1998.09.15

The Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has summarized the maintenance status of the sewage treatment facilities such as sewerage, merger processing purification chamber and agricultural village drainage facilities. The nationwide average penetration rate was 64% (up 2 points yoy). In terms of population, 80,510,000 people (3,130,000 people yoy). By Prefecture, Tokyo 96%, Kanagawa 90%, Osaka, Hyogo 81% and large metropolitan area, but also in Wakayama 19%, Tokushima 22%, Shimane 30%, etc. are delayed.

The season when the dense fog PM2 5 is coming②

The serious PM2 and five problems in such China will have to be expected not to be able to be finished in a mere "fire on the opposite shore", and to receive an enormous influence Japan for the future. PM2-5, which is the source of China's origin, has always flown to the Japan westerly. In the Kanto region, there has been no warning from the reason why observations do not reach the level of attention.

However, in western Japan, which is close to China, the each province has been carefully aroused since March of this year. The symposium, which is titled "The Road to ecological civilization and green Development" (jointly sponsored by Seika Univ., Nomura Research Institute), is held in China by scholars and experts of the day, and the improvement of the environmental law of the Chinese PM2. The center is centered on discussions within the scope of the investigation of compensation and remedies for pollution victims. According to the Professor Zhang Gon of Seika, the environmental measures involved the interests of the government departments and companies, "it is difficult to actually execute the relevant law" at present. The Chinese government is less concerned about the impact on the Japan of PM2 and 5. Japan government also does not try to touch deeply about PM2 5.

There seems to be a meeting at the level of practitioners, but we have not been reported on the content. In such a time, PM2 and 5 from China are surely diffused into the Japan islands, and it is undermining our health. In addition, it binds with moisture in the air, and if it rains, it becomes "acid rain", sunlight to the earth, and destroys the natural environment. It is called "Aerial demon" in China. If you continue to leave this state, not only Japan, Korea, Taiwan such as neighboring countries will be the hardest hit is no doubt.

Health damage, of course, forests wither, farmland and lakes acidified, the structure of the building and buildings-it leads to such a serious situation to deteriorate to the battered by acidified.

It is not the conclusion of "Japan-China PM2 5 Diffusion Prevention Treaty" in both countries between Japan and China in daytime to hear the mask for the PM2 and 5 measures not to be able to sell production to fly at the concession shop at the airport in the Beijing line. The Japan holds the world's largest desulfurization, denitration technology, and exhaust gas countermeasure technology.

It is an urgent task to share these technologies in both countries and to achieve new technological innovations. Century in the 21st century the environment. It is an important issue that the global environmental preservation and conservation which traces the aggravation should be the highest priority, and is not the age of the demarcation of the territory of the twentieth century type and the territorial waters?

Grant to NGP Plantation 1998.10.15

The Japan Environmental Foundation (Minato-ku, Tokyo) grants up to 500,000 yen from the tree-free fund to NGOS who are restoring forests such as afforestation and greening, and will recruit target organizations until the end of October. The fund has a reserve of 1% of the paper's sales, which do not use any virgin valves developed by the citizens of the recycling movement. Grant is the fifth time this year. In 1997, he selected 10 organizations such as the "Tanzania Borlevis Club," which supports the afforestation activities in Tanzania.

The six laws concerning circulation in Japan 2002.10

Since the establishment of the environmental Basic Law, which is said to be the constitution of the Environment in 1993, the laws of the environment-related laws and regulations have been steadily advancing, and the following circulating six laws are legislated in the conventional diet. The Basic Law for promoting the formation of a recycling-oriented society (enacted in June 2006) the revised Waste Disposal Act (Ministry of Health and Welfare in April 2001) promotion of effective use of resources (environmental agency, METI, Ministry of Health and Welfare) construction Materials Recycling Law (Ministry of Construction in November 2000) Promoting the recycling of food resources (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in April 2001) Green Purchasing Act (Enforcement of the environmental Agency in April 2001) the ordinance of the municipality is newly institutionalized, and it is revised. All of these trends are related to the business opportunities of environmental business, or the development of environmental management systems. Therefore, it is important for each business operator to understand the necessary regulations and to constantly check their movements.

Survey of dioxin concentrations in agricultural products 1998.10.15

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plans to conduct a survey of dioxin concentrations in rice and vegetable crops and harvest sites in soil for three years from fiscal 1999. For starters, we set up a survey point for each prefecture in the national prefectures, and conducted three types of cereals, fruit trees and vegetables. The soil concentration is investigated while the crop is collected and the concentration is analyzed in the harvest period. The measurement and analysis are entrusted to an external specialized organization. Depending on the findings, the scope of the survey will expand further.

The six laws concerning circulation in Japan 2002.10

Since the establishment of the environmental Basic Law, which is said to be the constitution of the Environment in 1993, the laws of the environment-related laws and regulations have been steadily advancing, and the following circulating six laws are legislated in the conventional diet. The Basic Law for promoting the formation of a recycling-oriented society (enacted in June 2006) the revised Waste Disposal Act (Ministry of Health and Welfare in April 2001) promotion of effective use of resources (environmental agency, METI, Ministry of Health and Welfare) construction Materials Recycling Law (Ministry of Construction in November 2000) Promoting the recycling of food resources (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in April 2001) Green Purchasing Act (Enforcement of the environmental Agency in April 2001) the ordinance of the municipality is newly institutionalized, and it is revised. All of these trends are related to the business opportunities of environmental business, or the development of environmental management systems. Therefore, it is important for each business operator to understand the necessary regulations and to constantly check their movements.

Plant Factory Business is limited ②

I took a peek at "Agri Business Japan" which was held at the International Exhibition Center in Tokyo. Approximately 160 offices in Japan and overseas are exhibited. The exhibits of agricultural workers were surprisingly small, and many of them were exhibited in home appliances, materials, plant manufacturers and facility horticulture. Most of the plants produced there are leafy vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes and strawberries. Cultivation technology is seen as a trace of constantly evolving, but the biggest challenge is still profitability of the producer side. It is very limited to be established as a business.

● Plant factories that do not spread. This plant plant is a policy that has a subsidy of 15 billion yen in 2009, which is an extension of the plant plant by the reform of farmland law and the spread and expansion of plants by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. At the start of the plant there are about 50 plants (almost wiped out). After that, the interest in plant factories has been reignited as a means of recovery for farmers affected by the damage caused by the tsunami of farmland caused by the 2011 great East Japan earthquake. In 2013, 177 houses (most of them fully artificial light type), especially new entrants from different industries such as manufacturing industries, have increased. In this context, the development of "technology cultivation, equipment)", "establishment of production management method", "cost (initial cost of cultivation facilities, equipment, etc., utility costs, labor costs, running cost such as logistics costs) reduction" It is said that it is because the soil that the business person other than agriculture is entering enters. However, it is said that the success stories of plant factories are less than 10%.

The return of Minamata disease - Marine pollution of plastic waste becomes serious 2

increase 500 billion copies a year. The pet bottle is consumed one million per minute as a beverage container. In developed countries, the aim is to stop using plastic straws and to improve recycling, but these disposable products are only 9%. Efforts have been made to reduce disposable plastics over and over again, but the status quo continues to increase rather than decrease. The shopping bag used in the convenience store has increased recently, too. Though it is a developing country to put out a lot of plastic garbage, China which has imported the waste plastic of the developed country up to now also started the restriction. In addition to the measures of only one country in the developed countries, as well as global warming measures, it is now being demanded by the world-wide approach. From the conventional petroleum-based plastic as a part of the plastic waste measures the creation chance of new industry of green PLA, the movement of promoting the use of paper and biodegradable plastic (green plastic) derived from natural plants has come out. In the development of new materials, Japan of the world's top runners, material development makers are facing a big business opportunity. Eco-friendly green plastic technology has already been seen as standby. The scale of GDP (gross national product) competing on the extension of human desires is at a marginal value. There were countries that had previously cut down tropical forests and exported timber to expand their GDP. On the other hand, countries that have reduced green and forest resources have long stalled in the country's power. We are now seeking to break away from the conventional supremacy of GDP.

Food waste, thinned wood and branch materials as biomass energy 2001.05.20

Biomass energy has been attracting attention as a new energy source as a waste treatment. Biomass is the idea of an organic organism as an energy resource, in addition to plant resources, such as human waste urine, garbage from plants and animals, etc. are also included. The use of biomass energy, which is currently considered, is based on incineration heat utilization, gasification by pyrolysis, methane fermentation, and alcohol fermentation. As for the use technology, the use of heat by direct incineration and the methane fermentation of organic wastes has been put into practical use, but in the food factory, the case of adopting methane fermentation technology is increasing in response to the food waste recycling law.

Approximately 2.7 billion yen has been organized for the development and dissemination of biomass energy in the environment-related budget of the country in fiscal 2001. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labour and welfare has processed human waste and raw garbage, and launched the "Sludge Regeneration treatment center Concept" to recycle methane gas and compost, and issued a subsidy only for the recycling type of new human waste treatment facilities from fiscal 1998. Therefore, the municipality is looking for a mechanism that can recycle from both sides of the garbage disposal and human waste processing.

In addition, the "Renewable Energy Promotion Law" under consideration for legislation is also touted to promote the dissemination of solar and wind power and biomass energy. 19 million tons of food waste per year, and waste material discarded from construction sites is 17 million tons annually. Only biomass resources that are currently being treated as waste rise to this amount. In addition, the forest area of the current Japan is about 25 million hectares. The forest resources that grow over the years are about 100 million cubic meters Sweden. According to assets such as ministry, the Japan has been left in mountainous areas for about 6 million cubic meters of thinned wood and branch materials. We consider these to be energy resources, and if we plan to proceed deforestation and reforestation, we can diversify energy sources and preserve forests. It also leads to the promotion of forestry, which is declining steadily.

Six laws concerning circular economy 2000.10.15

Since the establishment of the "Basic Environmental law," which is said to be the constitution of the Environment in 1993, the Law for environmental laws has been steadily underway, and the following six laws have been enacted in the normal diet.

①The Basic Act on promotion of recycling-oriented society (enforced in June 2006).
②The Amended Waste Treatment Act (Ministry of Health and Welfare in April 2001).
③Effective use of resources (environmental agency, Ministry and Ministry of Health and Welfare in January 2001).
④Building Materials Recycling Act (Ministry of Construction in November 2000).
⑤Act on the recycling and promotion of food resources (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in April 2001)
⑥Green Purchasing Act (Enforcement of the environmental Agency in April 2001).

The ordinance of the municipality is newly institutionalized, and it is revised. Both trends are closely related to the business opportunity of the environmental business or the construction of an environmental management system, and the factors that make major changes.

Therefore, it is important for each business operator to understand the contents of the necessary laws and to constantly check their movements. Then, there is the use of the internet first of all how to obtain it. We examine public information such as the Council of Environment-related councils, examination sessions, and research meetings of ministries. Other information by newspapers and magazines, national and local libraries, etc. The Official Gazette, the guidance through economic organizations (industrial associations, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce, etc.), and briefings by government agencies (prefectures and municipalities) are effective as sources of information.

On the other hand, we want to use the latest version of laws and regulations related to environment. It is convenient because it is replaced when the statute collection of the addition type is revised. In addition to domestic regulations, we also want to watch the laws of developed countries. Since the legal system of this country is followed by a lot of developed countries, it is possible to advance ahead and advance the dominant approach by catching information from developed countries at an early stage.

A new paradigm of public works in 21st century- Tokushima-Yoshino and Shimane-Nakaumi 2000.9.20

The idea of public works are facing a paradigm shift. In order to revive the scorched earth Japan after the war, and to put it to high economic growth, public works of various infrastructure maintenance were indispensable. In the future, public works will be achieved as a business to boost the economy or to develop various infrastructures. However, from now on, it is time to re-question the public works or the targeted business. Conventional public works are afforestation and flood control, it has been distributed to infrastructure development in the country, such as road maintenance, Gulf fishing port, airport maintenance, housing countermeasures, sewage and environment maintenance, and agricultural infrastructure development, but these public works have also played a role in the forefront that generally destroys the natural environment.

In the 21st century, the proportion of public works with conventional ideas that lead to the deterioration of the natural environment in the recycling society is decreasing. The dole of the Tokushima-Yoshino River and the Shimane-Nakaumi reclamation business were the targets of public works. The re-evaluation system, which will re-evaluate such long-term businesses in the future, and review operations, including the discontinuation of business, would be introduced to other public works projects. Therefore, environmental consideration is being added as one of the evaluation criteria of the evaluation system that should be regarded. Even without seeking an example overseas, Aichi has been repeatedly examined from various perspectives over environmental conservation at the Expo venue.

It is a business content according to the idea of a new conception of public goods (environmental goods) to be asked in the future though it is a business to do the maintenance of the public goods that the public service is literally in the past. Conservation of the natural environment is an important platform for the construction of a recycling-oriented society. When we look at the change of the idea from scrap & build to rebuild, partial revision of the River law, enforcement of the environmental assessment Law, and some amendments of the Ordinance concerning the Conservation of the natural environment of each municipality, conventional public works are no longer accepted. The foundation of Social capital development for the next generation is conservation of the natural environment.

Speaking of traditional public works, such as the development of infrastructure such as road, Bridge, Bay Harbor, fishing port, airport, sewage, housing, park, waste disposal facilities, afforestation, flood control, etc., but the change of the Times In recent years, priority shifts have been given to those contributing to the efficiency of logistics and the development of urban development, community development, and the infrastructure of advanced information and telecommunication societies in response to declining and aging societies.

In 2003, so far, Japan spent $208 billion a year on public works projects such as highways, tunnels, dams and bridges. Construction consumes 40 percent of the government budget.

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About global warming related business ①

<Global warming prevention and low-carbon related business >

Global warming has been attracting attention as global climate change is manifesting. In the field of environmental business, global warming-related businesses are listed in affair. It has been proposed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2, etc.), which is a major factor of global warming, and to expand renewable energy and increase energy-saving measures. They do not go out of the region of the coping therapy conception if it says.　If the global warming issue does not come to the table, is not the creation of those related businesses? Think about global warming and low carbon related business in Japan.

The global warming-related business is so forth to prevent global warming and low-carbon related business, including renewable energies, energy saving, power saving, electricity storage, new species improvement due to changes in distribution of food production areas, or forest regeneration and conservation. However, it is wise not to think that the basis of these business in Japan is necessarily caused by the warming. It seems that the conception from the resource and the energy securing is not unreasonable as the resource small country and the Japan rather than it. Securing resources and energy is the most important issue for Japan, which is a small country that relies largely on foreign resources. In the 21st century, many of the existing resources have been facing a decline in the amount of reserves, and the price rises due to a shortage of global resources and energy. It is said that the 21st century is the age of resource contention, and from the standpoint of sustainability of Japan economy and society, the main theme is "Securing resources and energy" of pure domestic. In the Environment Business field closely linked to the trend of Japan economy, "resource and Energy securing" is located in the middle, and it is a business opportunity not to be missed.

Plant-derived bioplastic②

The use of forest resources is growing as an industry, and the demand for forest-related resources is increasing from the securing of new energy resources to the world. In the Japan, energy-related thermal use and power generation utilization of forest and woody biomass (lumber residue, felling, pruning wood, etc.) widely distributed nationwide are carried out in various places. Overseas, the amount of the production of the bioethanol (cellulose as a raw material) of the oil alternative of the plant origin has increased comparatively. In the Japan, the production of BA-ethanol, which uses forests and woody-based cellulose as raw materials, has begun in the demonstration phase.

On the other hand, the bio-plastic as the eco-materiel use of the forest resource has already begun production as part of the member of the electric machine and the precision equipment. The research of the new material and eco-material "cellulose nanofibers" (CNF) of the use of Bioprestik is rapidly expanding plant, it became a concrete product is Bioprestik. In eco-material development, the world's top Japan has already begun to be used in electronic equipment and automotive related materials as a reinforcing plestik, in addition to disposable diapers and ballpoint pens. The main ingredient of this plant fiber is a robust structure, such as reinforced concrete, and the strength of one-fifth of the steel is five times higher than that. Moreover, because it is carbon neutral (not emitted CO2 into the atmosphere) from a renewable plant, it also leads to suppression of global warming. The source of the raw material is the forest and the primary industry. It will become an opportunity of new industry creation, and it is a barrel material in the world of pure domestic for the forest country and the Japan. The commercialization and commercialization of Bioplestik is steadily expanding.

Plant-derived bioplastic①

A variety of forest-derived Planticek is now in production. Resources that depend and import a lot of resources overseas Japan small country. Fossil fuels, such as petroleum, which are highly depleted. Many resources are used for price hikes, political tools, and in times of difficulty in securing the security of resources. Currently, the proposition demanded by Japan is the development of the pure domestic resources that can be procured in the country. With 70% of the country's land, a wide variety of initiatives are being made to utilize forests that are left unused as resources.

The stepping is the development of bio-plastic applications from the forest. 　

Japan is the world's leading forest country. It is said that the ratio of the forest area in the land area is "forest rate", and the forest rate is 67% and 2/3 of the country is a forest, and this ratio is the second highest after Finland in the advanced country Japan. In a word, Japan is the world's leading forest country. About half of these are natural forests, 20% are artificial forests, and other 30% are composed of non-standing trees (forest The tree is not erected) and Bamboo Grove. However, Japan is one of the leading timber importer, and the Japan timber self-sufficiency rate is about 30%. The current situation is that about 70% of the wood used is dependent on imports. By the way, tropical plywood is the world's largest importer, and it is possible that sustainable rainforest timber is being used to break the use of sustainable materials that have been protected from the 2016 international NGO and 44 organizations to the related facilities of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also a fact that there is a high warning. The idea of using sustainable materials has been carried over with Beijing, London and Rio, but remains marked with a question mark at the Tokyo Olympics.

To feed more than fertilizer ①

Food waste situation of Japan about the development of the environmental business market in China for eight days, we conducted a company visit from each region, but what I felt most in this time was that the leftovers (food loss) in the dinner surrounding the round table has decreased considerably. The reason is that eating habits which order the proper amount of food which wants to eat to reduce the foods loss are expanding if it hears it. Aside from that, the amount of food waste in our country remains the top class in the world.

How has the vast amount of food waste been processed in Japan now? It is said that food waste of 20 million to 2,500 million tons per year is discharged to the Japan not less than 40% food self-sufficiency rate from fertilizer to feed. This is one year's worth of food that will cover 80 million people in the world. By the way, nearly 20 million people died in the year due to hunger. About 70% of the children starve to death. More than half a million tons of food waste discharged in the Japan are from the food industry. The basic stance of this country is how to reduce the number of things that came out of this crime rather than the efforts to produce a huge waste of food. It's a guy called coping therapy. I followed the coping therapy. Speaking of recycling of food waste, there were many cases to be fertilizer, such as poor profitability as a business to ensure the quality of the fertilizer, recently increased livestock feed than fertilizer. Because the Japan relies on imports of about 90% or more of the feed, it is better to feed the fodder when considering the stable supply of feed, while soaring grain prices, the main ingredient in feed, will rebound into feed prices. The Government and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have also recommended "eco-feed (feed of food residue)". In terms of re-resource technology, it is difficult to feed the food waste as a raw material is easily deteriorated and stable supply, and the influence on the meat quality in the nutritional balance side was a drawback, and it has been almost improved now. In addition to the "drying method" (liquid fertilizer) "silage adjustment (raw material is sealed, lactic acid fermentation to prevent the propagation of bacteria)" has been developed, among them, the demand for hog feed is rapidly increasing.

Food waste, thinned wood and branch materials as biomass energy 2001.05.20

Biomass energy has been attracting attention as a new energy source as a waste treatment. Biomass is the idea of an organic organism as an energy resource, in addition to plant resources, such as human waste urine, garbage from plants and animals, etc. are also included. The use of biomass energy, which is currently considered, is based on incineration heat utilization, gasification by pyrolysis, methane fermentation, and alcohol fermentation. As for the use technology, the use of heat by direct incineration and the methane fermentation of organic wastes has been put into practical use, but in the food factory, the case of adopting methane fermentation technology is increasing in response to the food waste recycling law.

Approximately 2.7 billion yen has been organized for the development and dissemination of biomass energy in the environment-related budget of the country in fiscal 2001. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labour and welfare has processed human waste and raw garbage, and launched the "Sludge Regeneration treatment center Concept" to recycle methane gas and compost, and issued a subsidy only for the recycling type of new human waste treatment facilities from fiscal 1998. Therefore, the municipality is looking for a mechanism that can recycle from both sides of the garbage disposal and human waste processing.

In addition, the "Renewable Energy Promotion Law" under consideration for legislation is also touted to promote the dissemination of solar and wind power and biomass energy. 19 million tons of food waste per year, and waste material discarded from construction sites is 17 million tons annually. Only biomass resources that are currently being treated as waste rise to this amount. In addition, the forest area of the current Japan is about 25 million hectares. The forest resources that grow over the years are about 100 million cubic meters Sweden. According to assets such as ministry, the Japan has been left in mountainous areas for about 6 million cubic meters of thinned wood and branch materials. We consider these to be energy resources, and if we plan to proceed deforestation and reforestation, we can diversify energy sources and preserve forests. It also leads to the promotion of forestry, which is declining steadily.

new economic indicators are required 2018.10.22

While the GDP (gross national product) is prevalent as a measure of economic growth in which new economic indicators are required, a new economic scale reflecting the "natural capital" incorporating the natural environment of the region has been attracting attention. "Environmental economy" is required to create a new indicator in view of the realization of a prosperous and sustainable society for future generations and people in developing countries. Some major telecommunications companies have begun trying to "visualize" the capital value of the natural environment, such as forests, farmland, and fishery resources.

Calculation of natural value natural capital is the capital that water, air, soil, flora and fauna form. The concept of capital, which is an important production element lined with land and labor in economics, has been widely amplify to natural objects. Based on public data such as government statistics, a new function service that evaluates the characteristics of each municipality from the environmental, social, and economic indices in addition to the capital value of the nature, inhabitants, and artificial structures of about 1740 municipalities around the country. Evasiva in the public. "Evasiva" has provided the ability to calculate the year's worth of forest and farmland to the inhabitants.

For example, the effect of the surface collapse and the avalanche prevention by the forest, the absorption effect of carbon dioxide (CO2), the farm products brought from the farmland, the influence of climate change, etc. are made possible quantitative evaluation by the index of 10 streets. In the new function as a new economic indicator, from the market outlook, such as shipping volume and transaction price of the forest area and timber to give an example, the total of the resource value that the forest owned by each municipality is calculated in the future as a regional capital is made visible. The municipality measures the amount of change in the forest capital, and can set up a measure to secure sustainable forest resources. Although many of the resources are imported for the Japan of small resources, the use of forest resources in the world's third largest forest area without relying on imports is an important issue. It is possible to quantify "natural capital" that the farmland and the fishery resource, etc. give to indifferent in addition to the forest at any rate in the future. It is possible to calculate the loss of quantity, deterioration of quality, and invisible wisdom and culture that are not physically monetary.

Open the National Forest free 1999.11.15

The forestry agency plans to open approximately 100 national forests around the country for free in the next five years to NPOs, volunteers and schools for the purpose of forest protection. Named "Fureai no Mori", each group voluntarily creates an action plan, and permits a wide range of activities such as weeding and planting of trees, forest classrooms in the field, and setting up a walking path. The region has already been set up in seven places such as Gunma Prefecture and Kanagawa Prefecture.