Study on management of a farm forest affected by change to recreational use as the Ushiku Nature Sanctuary

Jingu, Shoma; Take, Masanori; Sakata, Keisuke; Ito, Taiichi

doi:10.5632/jila.81.703

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“…In Japan, it is expected that there will be a population decline in rural villages, the accompanying concentration of population in urban areas, and the disappearance and simplification of mosaic agricultural landscapes such as forests, grasslands, ricepaddy, and crops [63,64]. A previous study reported that it is difficult to conserve traditional agricultural landscapes without using natural resources due to 30 years of vegetation succession in the protected area established near the study site in 1990 [65]. Abandoned farming lands were also identified as clustered forest patches in the 2010s.…”

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Temporal Continuities of Grasslands and Forests as Patches of Natural Land in Urban Landscapes: A Case Study of the Tsukuba Science City

Jingu¹

2020

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Development has fragmented urban nature, and target sites for conservation strategies need to be those that have long maintained their original land cover in a clustered area. Additionally, continuously grasping changes from rural to urban as well as changes over decades after urbanization is essential. Therefore, this study identified and investigated natural patches in urban landscapes, clarified actual management practices in the identified patches, and traced changes in land ownership and land cover during the past 130 years in the Tsukuba Science City, Japan. We first identified areas containing clusters of urban grasslands and forest patches that have existed since the 2010s. We then identified urban green space patches that since the 1880s have remained undeveloped after being agricultural landscapes, despite the rapid urbanization of the Tsukuba Science City since the 1970s. These patches of urban green space were mainly identified near rural communities, research institutions, planned development sites, and golf courses. The findings of this study highlighted the need for new policy implications through systematic arrangement of diverse conservation strategies to maintain urban green space patches. Further investigation is required to elucidate the ecosystem services provided by these remnant green patches.

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Temporal Continuities of Grasslands and Forests as Patches of Natural Land in Urban Landscapes: A Case Study of the Tsukuba Science City

Jingu¹

2020

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“…An exception is the NPO, which is entrusted with the management of the Satoyama area as an urban park. This NPO maintains the vegetation almost every other day (Jingu et al 2018 ). A compost factory operated by a municipality also pays a fee for collecting fallen leaves from woodlands, and participants can earn approximately 89,200 to 122,800 yen in the winter season depending on the amount of leaves collected (Tanaka 2015 ).…”

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“…Satoyama conservation can be nature- or human-oriented. Jingu et al ( 2018 ) introduced a case that sets a different target vegetation and management strategy in each plot; for example, ever green forests as potential natural vegetation and oak forests ( Quercus serrata and Quercus acutissima ) with different intervals of thinning, grassland, and bush. There are places where visitors can experience nature as well.…”

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Urban ecological life in a metropolitan area—an insight from Satoyama conservation activities in the Greater Tokyo Area

Shimpo

2021

Landscape Ecol Eng

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Urban residents need to live in an ecologically sustainable way to mitigate and adapt to climate change. To discuss the model of urban ecological life, this paper focused on Satoyama landscapes and reviewed academic articles on the existing cases of Satoyama conservation by urban residents in the Greater Tokyo Area. We analyzed activities performed by participants, benefits to participants, and targeted and achieved ecosystems. Several findings were obtained from the review of published literature. First, the participants were mainly elderly men aged 60 years or older, who were not necessarily local people and who were motivated mostly by the need to conserve nature and improve their health. People with intellectual disabilities also enjoyed the benefits of Satoyama woodland management. Second, participants tended to recognize benefits in terms of health promotion, social cohesion, recreation, and resource utilization, rather than landscape and biodiversity conservation. Third, there were different directions of Satoyama conservation from the perspectives of nature and humans. The broader ecosystem beyond each site was not necessarily considered in Satoyama conservation. These findings show the potential of, and the necessity for, attracting other urban residents by including various activities that consist of not only vegetation conservation but also communal events based on different preferences. There is also a need for balancing environmental and socio-economic perspectives, and the targeted ecosystem should be further explored in collaboration with experts in ecology and landscape planning to make urban ecological life feasible.

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Study on management of a farm forest affected by change to recreational use as the Ushiku Nature Sanctuary

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Temporal Continuities of Grasslands and Forests as Patches of Natural Land in Urban Landscapes: A Case Study of the Tsukuba Science City

Temporal Continuities of Grasslands and Forests as Patches of Natural Land in Urban Landscapes: A Case Study of the Tsukuba Science City

Urban ecological life in a metropolitan area—an insight from Satoyama conservation activities in the Greater Tokyo Area

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