YusuharaTown Forest Revitalization Project ReMORI

The current state of Yusuhara forests in numbers

List of Age-Classes for Japanese Cedar and Japanese Cypress

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• Age-classes	Japanese cedar (Sugi)	Japanese cypress (Hinoki)	Total
  2	1	3	4
  2	7	15	23;
  3	7	15	23
  4	11	38	49
  5	52	119	170
  6	29	174	203
  7	41	94	136
  8	329	391	720
  9	455	951	1,406
  10	936	1,559	2,495
  11	2,254	1,176	3,430
  12	1,703	400	2,103
  13	880	129	1,009
  14	234	32	266
  15	105	8	113
  16	31	6	37
  17〜	33	38	71
  Total	7,101	5,135	12,236

The forests of Yusuhara Town include 10,930 hectares of 9-year-class trees (over 45 years old, ready for cutting) (90% of total area of Yusuhara Town),which indicates the abandance of trees waiting to be harvested.

• Age Groups of Forestry Workers in Yusuhara Town

  

  There are 44 forestry workers in Yusuhara Town, but about half - 20 workers - are aged 60 or older. Despite an abundance of forests that need cutting, the number of workers is not enough, and it's expected to decrease even more in the future.

• Yusuhara Town's Forestation Data

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  • Type	Area (ha)
    Shared Forestry	1,363
    Forestry managed by the local government	754
    Forestry initiated by public corporations	1,037
    Forestry initiated by government action	550
    Forestry Initiated by the prefectural government	190
    公社造林	20
    Total	3,894

    *As of 2017

  Yusuhara Town has 3,704 hectares of forest that is currently waiting to be harvested.