Lesson 8 Flashcards
Environmental resources
What was the problem with timber during the tokugawa period
It was being used faster than it could regrow
What are the uses for timber
- Building material
- Fuel for cooking
- Heating
- Industrial processes like iron production
What is the problem with deforestation
- Soil erosion
- Landslides
- Floods
- Animal displacement
What is deforestation
Removal of the forest for non-forest use
What was the shoguns response to deforestation?
to implement a policy to reduce logging and increase the planting of trees
What anti-deforestation event took place in 1666?
only a shogun or daimyo could authorise the use of wood
What were The practices timber was used for by a shogun or daimyo
- Protecting seedlings
- Selective timber cutting
- Increase the value of timber
When did people start planting timber on spare land?
17th century
What benefits did timber allow peasants?
Individual peasants were allowed private ownership of trees they planted
What would peasants do with trees they planted?
They would sell these trees before they reached maturity but they remained on the land
What would new owners do with the trees from the peasants
- The new owners would then sell them for a profit
- Later local merchants created their own timber plantations
