(Appendix)

1. Forestry-related Fundamental Indicators

Forestry-related Fundamental Indicators

Source:

1 Cabinet Office “SNA (System of Natural Accounts)”

2 Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications “Labor Force Survey”

3 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries “World Census of Agriculture and Forestry”

4 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport “National Area Survey Based on Prefecture and Municipalities”

5, 6 and 7 Forestry Agency

8 “Lumber Supply and Demand Chart”

9 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport “Statistics on Construction of New Homes”

Note: 1) “Forest owners” in 3 refers to the number of owners whose forest land area is 1 ha or larger.
2) “Protection forest area” in 6 refers to the actual area measurement.
3) “Wood (industrial wood) consumption” and “Wood (industrial wood) import” in 8 refer to the volume in log-equivalent.

2. Current State of Forest Resources

Current State of Forest Resources

Source:

Forestry Agency

Note:

1)Data cover the forests defined in the Forest Law Article 2.1.

2)“Treeless area” refers to cutover areas and unplanted areas.

3)The areas that are facing difficulty in regeneration are included in the natural forest.

4)“Others” refer to the forests that are not subject to the Regional Forest Plan for Non-national Forest under the Forest
Law Article 5 or the Regional Forest Management Plan for National Forests under the Forest Law Article 7.2.

5)The figures for the total may not agree with the sum of each item due to the rounding-off in calculation.

6)Figures are as of March 31, 2002.


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