Feature Series

2013

02 18, 2013

Building Roads for Forestry and the Future of the Forest

Mr. Okahashi, who owns and manages forests in Nara Prefecture’s Yoshino forests—home to the famous Yoshino cedar wood—explains how forestry roads are laid. These roads are used by forest thinning equipment and trucks that haul the harvested timber.

Mr. Okahashi, who owns and manages forests in Nara Prefecture’s Yoshino forests—home to the famous Yoshino cedar wood—explains how forestry roads are laid. These roads are used by forest thinning equipment and trucks that haul the harvested timber.