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Forest and Society Coexistence Lab
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A lab that explores the relationship between forests and people through field surveys.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying the relationship between forests and people, from tropical forests to Japanese mountain villages
The Forest and Society Coexistence Lab studies, through fieldwork, the relationships between people and forests in Southeast and South Asia, Africa, and Japan.
The lab aims to achieve climate change mitigation and tropical forest conservation together with improved livelihoods for local communities in the tropics.
In Japan, it aims to revitalize life and forestry in mountain villages through timber production and the use of biomass.
Key terms
- Forest certification
- A system that certifies that forest management and the handling of timber meet set standards
- Community forestry
- An approach in which local residents take part in managing and using forests
- Non-timber forest products
- Products obtained from forests other than timber
ResearchResearch themes
This lab aims to achieve both tropical forest conservation and improved livelihoods for local communities, and to revitalize life and forestry in Japanese mountain villages. To this end, it investigates the relationships between forests and people in Southeast and South Asia, Africa, and Japan through field surveys.
*Illustrative imagePeople and Tropical Forests
This theme is led by Professor Harada. It covers resource management through collaboration between governments and local residents in national parks, certification systems (such as forest certification), participatory forest management (community forestry), the use of customary forests and non-timber forest products, and conflicts between wildlife and people.
*Illustrative imageProcessing and Distribution of Timber and Wood Products
This theme is led by Associate Professor Iwanaga. It covers trends in logs used as raw material for plywood and wood-based boards and the strategies of companies, Vietnam's timber industry (from certification, planting, and logging to processing and export), and forest management in Norway.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Forest and Society Coexistence Lab consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhiro Harada
- Associate ProfessorSeiji Iwanaga
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Temuan headman in his community forest garden” Pakbelang / CC0 (cropped)
- People and Tropical Forests: “Diospyros melanoxylon Tendu” Pankaj Oudhia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Processing and Distribution of Timber and Wood Products: “Sandakan Sabah Sawmill-20” CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (循環資源利用学): “Cross-section of an Oak Log Showing Growth Rings” Rbreidbrown / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (木材物理学): “Timber Wood - geograph.org.uk - 187429” Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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