官民協働による樹林保全の担い手育成と活動の定着に関する研究

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Civic groups have recently increased the number of activities that they are performing for the conservation of urban forests. To ensure the successful completion of these activities, strong public—private partnerships must be established. The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of the nature of the management system for urban forest conservation, which is based on the formation of partnerships among civic groups, administration, forest owners, and several organizations. This is done by examining the management system for urban forest conservation of Matsudo City, Chiba, where 10 civic groups work at forests under private ownership. The study results indicate that 1) the Satoyama Volunteer Introductory Course offered by civic groups and the local administration helps citizens continuously form civic groups for forest conservation; 2) the form of cooperative administration employed by civic groups and forest owners allows forest conservation work to proceed smoothly; 3) by working within networks, civic groups are able to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in forest conservation and solve any problems that may arise; and 4) a successful system for forest conservation requires that civic groups, forest owners, and neighborhood residents share recognition among themselves and cooperatively set rules for forest conservation.