Recent Trends of Forestry Economics and its Problems in Japan

최근(最近) 일본(日本)의 임업경제(林業經濟) 동향(動向)과 임업(林業)의 과제(課題)

Forestry economics in Japan faces the problems of severe decreasing of timber demand and increased importing of foreign timber. Moreover, lack of labour and heavy wages in forestry cause the failure of normal forest management in Japan. In the situation, it is necessary for enhancing the forest production to reorganize the forest resources, to optimize the amount of importing foreign timber, and to greatly expand the new forest road, reforestation, government subsidy and poritical financial support for the foresters. At present, improvement of mangement of national forest as well as public function of forest are being discussed for the forest production on the government basis.