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Author : Guy C. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Japan's Forest Production for Increasing Self-sufficiency written by Guy C. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yoshiya Iwai
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774808835
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan written by Yoshiya Iwai and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, Japan, like many other forest-dependent nations, has been facing difficult times: forest self-sufficiency is low; unplanted areas after harvesting are increasing; and forest industries and companies are losing international competitiveness in the global market. Such challenges, however, are not unique to Japan but are relevant - and all too familiar - to forest industry stakeholders around the world. This book, representing the work of distinguished Japanese scholars, is the first comprehensive English-language overview of forestry, forest management, and the forest products industry in Japan. Chapters address the biological and physical evolution of the forest, forest-dependent industries, the social impact of changes in forest utilization, current trends in the forest estate, and the relationship between urban population and rural forest land. Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan will be welcomed by scholars, students, and policy makers in the areas of forest policy, international trade, international forestry, and forest products marketing.
Author : Edward Parley Cliff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Timber written by Edward Parley Cliff and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kozo Torasan Mayumi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030432254
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Energy and Economics in an Aging Population written by Kozo Torasan Mayumi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses current challenges in Japan, focusing on the nation’s rapidly aging population and low birth rate, along with persistent public bond issues with heavy interest payments, the potential collapse of social security systems, and income inequality, as well as the global picture. In turn, it examines the accessibility of global fossil fuels and feasibility of large-scale solar energy use. A new theory of money, interest, and capital is put forward, together with a proposal for an alternative system of international monetary cooperation, to promote a more sustainable and equitable world. Specific topics discussed include • the inverted population pyramid, due to the dramatic change in human life spans and declining birth rates; • the rapidly shrinking workforce, aging population, and declining GDP share sourced from industry; • disproportionate debt expansion due to public bond issues and coping with a persistent budget deficit; • the potential collapse of social security systems combined with income inequality; and • how to mitigate these bio-economic predicaments. Global Energy Sources offers an essential guide for policymakers, economists, researchers, and all those concerned with establishing a sustainable and equitable society from both energy and monetary perspectives. Further, it will be of interest to readers around the world, as the lessons learned from Japan are crucial to other developed societies that may eventually face the same types of challenge.
Author : Keiko Nakayama
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811693528
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book A Forest Environment Tax Scheme in Japan written by Keiko Nakayama and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a work that focuses on the forest environmental tax. Forest resources have played a major role in preventing global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide and supplying oxygen. However, global economic growth has adversely affected the global environment and has exacerbated global warming due to excessive consumption of forest resources. The functions or “services” of forests are diverse, but the interest of the citizenry in forest cultivation is scarce since forests are public goods. Concurrently, Japanese forestry, which has played an important role in forest conservation, is steadily declining, and it is no longer possible for private forest operators to maintain the forest environment. Therefore, in order to realize sustainable economic growth, it is necessary to formulate policies for the conservation of appropriate forest environments. Forest conservation is an especially important policy issue for Japan, where two-thirds of the country is forested. In Japan, a forest environmental tax is being introduced as a forest conservation policy. As of 2021, the forest environmental tax has already been introduced in about two-thirds of the prefectures and soon will be introduced as a national tax. In this book, the significance and issues of the forest environmental tax will be sorted out, and the status of the introduction of the forest environmental tax in Japan will be compared with that of other countries. In addition, there is additional material regarding the water source conservation fund in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, a system similar to the forest environmental tax.
Author : Atsushi Yoshimoto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401763976
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Global Concerns for Forest Resource Utilization written by Atsushi Yoshimoto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers presented at the international symposium on forest sector analysis held in Miyazaki, Japan, in 1998. It is structured with three themes: understanding global forest sector issues, discussing the contribution of modeling efforts to forest sector analysis, and discussing the role of Japanese forest policy in a global sense. The most important features are the case studies using various types of forest sector models. From a modeling perspective, changes in modeling efforts include more detail of spatial and multiple market levels, intergenerational welfare concerns, non-market valuation issues, and explicit treatment of the uncertainty inherent in both the policy process and in the biophysical systems. The reader of this book will benefit not only from presentation of forest utilization issues in different nations, but also from the interrelatedness of the theory and application of forest sector modeling.
Author : Midori Kagawa-Fox
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136481729
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book The Ethics of Japan's Global Environmental Policy written by Midori Kagawa-Fox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Japanese government policies that impact on the environment in order to determine whether they incorporate a sufficient ethical substance. Through the three case studies on whaling, nuclear energy, and forestry, the author explores how Western philosophers combined their theories to develop a ‘Western environmental ethics code’ and reveals the existence of a unique ‘Japanese environmental ethics code’ built on Japan’s cultural traditions, religious practices, and empirical experiences. Kagawa-Fox’s discussions show that in spite of the positive contributions that Japan has made towards the global environment, the government has failed to show a corresponding moral obligation to the world ecology in its environmental policy. The book argues that this is a result of the integrity of the policies having been compromised by vested interests and that Japanese business and politics ensure that the policies are primarily focused on maintaining sustainable economic growth. Whilst Japan's global environmental initiatives are the key to its economic survival in the 21st century, and these initiatives may achieve their aims, they do however fail the Japanese code of environmental ethics. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Environmental Studies, Environmental Policy and Ethics, Japanese Politics and Japanese Culture and Society.
Author : Hiroshi Komiyama
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 443154559X
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Limits to Growth written by Hiroshi Komiyama and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when contemporary challenges seem to many to be insurmountable, this book offers an optimistic view of the future and provides a road map for societies to get there. Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of sustainability of economically advanced nations and argues forcefully for Japan to lead them out of the present dilemma through active promotion of creative consumer and societal demand. He shows how an active industry–government–academic partnership can provide the environment needed to promote such new creative demand and illustrates its potential through presentation of a Platinum Society Network that was launched on a regional basis in Japan in 2010 to facilitate the solution of common issues through the exchange of information and ideas. What is perhaps most surprising about the text is its unwavering optimism supported by hard evidence, history, and insightful observation. Problems arising from new paradigms of the 21st century (what the author refers to as “exploding knowledge, limited Earth resources, and aging societies“) thwart sustainable development in advanced and developing countries alike. All countries will struggle with issues that evolve from these paradigms including diminishing resources, expanding budget deficits, and growing global environmental problems. This window on potential practical pathways and solutions should be of interest to all those engaged in seeking ways to meet these contemporary challenges.
Author : Seishu Tojo
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0124046835
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Research Approaches to Sustainable Biomass Systems written by Seishu Tojo and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers, students and engineers working with biofuels and biomass are increasingly expected to comprehend a new holistic systems perspective that begins with wise crop breeding and cultivation techniques and informs the entire conversion to energy process. This volume provides diverse examples of successfully implemented sustainable biomass research in Asia, highlighting the challenges faced by designers of new biomass production facilities and tips on how to develop approaches to overcome them. In addition to providing an authoritative guide on the utilization of the authors’ sample feedstocks, rice straw and sunflower, the authors provide lessons relevant to stakeholders involved with all manner of biomass production projects by drawing out important comparisons and contrasts that must be taken into account when deciding how to utilize biomass as an energy resource in a way that is economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Provides diverse examples of successfully implemented biomass research, highlighting insights on common bottlenecks and approaches developed to overcome them Features coverage of the full feedstock life cycle, from crop breeding to commercialapplication, focusing on 3 key areas: biomass production, biofuel conversion technologies, and sustainable practices Examines two regionally compatible feedstock, rice-straw and sunflower, performing a compare and contrast analysis of agricultural production methods, economics, conversion systems, and environmental impacts
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade. United States-Japan Trade Task Force
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book United States-Japan Trade Report written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade. United States-Japan Trade Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John A. Stanturf
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040073727
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests written by John A. Stanturf and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This substantially updated new edition reflects the growing recognition that large areas of forests are degraded globally. This edition describes forest restoration in the context of rapid social, economic, environmental, and climate change. Covering the last decade's significant advances in forest restoration concepts and practice, this edition has 16 new chapters and 19 thoroughly revised chapters. This book is an excellent source of information for researchers, managers, policymakers, and graduate students in forestry and ecology.
Author : Miodrag Zlatic
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535121758
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Precious Forests written by Miodrag Zlatic and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth. They are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass. Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. Forests provide ecosystem services to humans. Forests can also impose costs, affect people's health, and interfere with tourist enjoyment. This publication presents reviews and research results on negative and positive human interference on forests, as well as ecology, management, governance, policy and economic issues. The book consists of four sections with 12 chapters derived from around the world.
Author : Jerrold E. Winandy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Using Wood Composites as a Tool for Sustainable Forestry written by Jerrold E. Winandy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yasutami Shimomura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137505389
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Japan’s Development Assistance written by Yasutami Shimomura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the world's largest ODA provider, contemporary Japan seems much less visible in international development. However, this book demonstrates that Japan, with its own aid philosophy, experiences, and models of aid, has ample lessons to offer to the international community as the latter seeks new paradigms of development cooperation.
Author : John Dargavel
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822312635
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Changing Pacific Forests written by John Dargavel and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dozen papers from a symposium in Honolulu, May-June 1991, explore forestry practices, trade, and policies in countries around the Pacific rim. Many address historical topics such as forest products trade in pre-industrial Japan and China; others, current issues in New Zealand, Hawaii, Malaysia, and other places. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Thomas Runyan Waggener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Pacific Rim Demand and Supply Situation, Trends and Prospects written by Thomas Runyan Waggener and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251011676
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (116 download)
Download or read book World Forest Products Demand and Supply 1990 and 2000 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1982 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents estimates of production and consumption for softwoods and hardwoods in five product groups: sawnwood and sleepers, solidwood panels, reconstituted panels, other industrial products and pulps.
