Outdoor and Nature Experiences in Forests for Forest Education : Contents of Activities and Forest Place in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan(<Special Issue>Multipurpose Forest Management)

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Recently, forest education, which the Forest and Forestry Basic Act describes "promoting the use of forests for education", has been attracting attention. For its part, the Forestry Agency started to promote "Forest Environmental Education" and "Education for Wood Products Use". There are a wide variety of activities, but the actual types of activities in forests have not been understood. So sites in forests for forest education have not yet been considered. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the forests for forest education, outdoor and nature activities in forests were examined as actual activities of forest education. In this study, we analyzed the content of activities in forests and the places for activities through a questionnaire survey on outdoor nature activities in forests in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, and analyzed the relationship between the content of forest activities and places for activities. Due to the diversity of forest type and land use in this city, there should be many different type of forest activities. We sent various groups a questionnaire which were considered to be involved with forests activities, and then analyzed the contents of activities in forests, forest types and places for the forest activities through cross-tabulation. The survey started by asking whether any activities had been implemented, and if so, asking the details of the three main activities. We sent the questionnaire to 467 groups, of which 215 (46.0% of the total) responded in 2006. A total of 129 groups listed activities in forests (60.0% of the respondents). And 224 actual activities were recorded. We analyzed 209 activities implemented in Hachioji by 103 groups, without incomplete example data. The results of our investigation on the actual conditions revealed a wide variety of 13 kinds of forest activities. Every activity was carried out in all forests types, but zouki-bayashi was used most frequently. Regarding site type, public places such as parks were used most frequently. To consider the relationship between contents of activities and forests, forest activities were characterized mainly by the use of forest sites, based on the ownership and the need to obtain permission for use. Forest activities tended to use forest sites related forest use form: Use-type (a) with no change to the forest such as walking/hiking was implemented mainly in "open areas" that allowed public access. Use-type (b) with a direct impact on forests was implemented mainly in "closed areas" with restricted use. Use-type (c) was mainly implemented in specially designated facilities. Another activity was held in various places with little impact on forests. Use-type (a) was most common. In conclusion, we considered that the content of forest activities is closely related to the use of the forest; especially the impact on forests from forest activities is a major factor. If forestry works were more widespread, it would be necessary to keep forest places where direct impacts on forests in open areas were allowed. Furthermore, it should be necessary to analyze the impact of each kind of activity on forests.

Outdoor and Nature Experiences in Forests for Forest Education : Contents of Activities and Forest Place in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan(<Special Issue>Multipurpose Forest Management)

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