国際農業開発学実習 (Practice in International Agricultural Development)

This academic year, we will visit the UTokyo Chiba forest (UTCBF) located at southern coastal region in Boso peninsular, Chiba prefecture. The fieldwork focuses on: How shall we manage abandoned old plantation forests in Japan? In Japan, after WW2, forest conversion from natural forest to plantation forest have been widely occurred for promoting timber production. But after that, so many well-qualified timbers have been imported into Japan. As a result, many plantation forests are just abandoned and getting old. In addition, several issues hindered utilization of such old plantation forests, e.g. poor road network, labor shortage, low timber price, etc. In such situations, let's think about how to manage abandoned old plantation forests for e.g. timber production, biodiversity conservation, tourism resources, etc. through the field observation of various plantation forests on site. Course Plan <Tentative schedule> 2 nights 3 days at UTCBF Day 1: - Moving to UTCBF by chartered bus - Orientation at Kiyosumi lodge - Trekking - After dinner: Visit Forest museum - Stay at Kiyosumi lodge Day 2 - Logging (clear cutting) site - Young plantation forest at Higashinosawa - Godai nursery, Ainosawa Sugi cultivar experimental site - Gobozawa old plantation forest - Group work: Preparation for presentation - Stay at Kiyosumi lodge Day 3 - Presentation and general discussion - After lunch: Back to Yayoi campus by chartered bus

Lecture, field work and group work

Attendance, final presentation and report

The information session (the guidance for this course) is held at 12:15 - 12:45 on 17th April 2026. It is held in person at Room 236/237 in the 7B building. Students who want to join this course need to participate in the session.