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Forest and Human Relations Lab
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The lab examines forests, forestry, and the flow of timber from the perspectives of economics and policy.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about people and forests through economics and policy.
The Forest and Human Relations Lab covers forest loss and conservation, sustainable forest management, trends in forestry and the wood industry, forests in relation to tourism and culture, and forest certification systems.
The lab studies forest economics, forest policy, international trade and distribution of forest products, and regional development.
Undergraduates are assigned to the lab in their fourth year (the graduate program is the Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Key terms
- Forest certification
- A system in which a third party certifies well-managed forests and the timber taken from them.
- Econometrics
- A field that uses statistical methods to test causal relationships and the like in economic data.
- Protection forest (hoanrin)
- A forest where felling and other activities are restricted for purposes such as protecting water sources and preventing landslides.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies issues in forests, forestry, and the wood industry from the perspectives of economics and policy. Examples of its research are introduced below, drawn from Professor Tachibana's recent papers.
*Illustrative imageHow Domestic Timber Prices Are Determined
The lab uses econometric methods to analyze what determines the price of domestic timber used for structural members in houses, as well as the demand and supply of sugi (Japanese cedar) logs.
*Illustrative imageComparing Protection Forest Systems Across Countries
The lab studies why differences arose between the protection forest systems of Taiwan and Japan after World War II.
*Illustrative imageManagement of Public Forests by Forest Owners' Cooperatives
The lab studies the significance and challenges of a project in which a forest owners' cooperative manages a town's public forests under a trust, using Mitake Town in Gifu Prefecture as an example.
*Illustrative imageWhy China's Forests Increase and Decrease
The lab uses regional data to analyze which social and economic factors affect changes in China's forest area.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSatoshi Tachibana
- Assistant ProfessorDaisuke Naito
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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: “New breed Dai Sugi 01” Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How Domestic Timber Prices Are Determined: “Loading cedar logs and sawn lumber onto ship (CURTIS 593)” Asahel Curtis / Public domain (cropped)
- Comparing Protection Forest Systems Across Countries: “Alishan Taiwan Alishan-Forest-Railway-03b” CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Management of Public Forests by Forest Owners' Cooperatives: “Forest in Kamiishizu, Ogaki City, Japan - panoramio” Omiya / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Why China's Forests Increase and Decrease: “Golden Bull Mountain Ridge Park - bamboo forest - 01” Anna Frodesiak / CC0 (cropped)
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