Forest Science

(1) Introduction to the aims of the lectures.
(2) Understand trees, from the cellular level to the individual level.
(3) Understand the important functions of forests, such as the protection of water resources and landslide prevention.
(4) Understand what is currently happening in forestry around the world and the future directions for forests and forestry.
(5) Understand weather and global warming issues.
(6) Understand agriculture, forestry, and environmental conservation based on cases from other countries.

forest, forestry, agriculture, natural environment, global environmental issue

1. Introduction (Tsutsumi Daizo)
2. Components that consists wood and their uses (Hosoo Yoshihiro)
3. Tree shapes (Shirota Tetsuō)
4. Forest management and animal damage control (Fukuyama Taijiro)
5. Water resource retention function of forests (Fukuyama Taijiro)
6. Relationship between forests and landslides (Tsutsumi Daizo)
7. The multiple functions of forests (Tsutsumi Daizo)
8. Trends in large-scale forest damage caused by meteorological factors (Kamimura Kana, ondemand)
9. Relationship between global warming issues and forests (Kobayashi Hajime)
10. Changes in Japan’s forests and the formation of Shinshū’s semi-natural areas (Kobayashi Hajime)
11. Forests and forestry and socioeconomic changes (Miki Atsurō)
12. Use of trees in construction (Suesada Hiroto)
13. Conservation and use of abandoned semi-natural forests (Uehara Misato)
14. Basic perspectives on sustainable forestry management (New professor)
15. Summary; class questionnaire (Tsutsumi Daizo)

Syllabus (Japanese site only)