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In Japan’s Managed Landscape,a Struggle to Save the Bears
by winifred bird
29 Oct 2009
This article relates to miller because it is speaking about how the Japanese Black Bear is becoming instinct. They are becoming an endangered species due to human intervention.
This article pertains to the woodlands in Japan.
These black bears in the Japanese woodlands are disappearing because of human deforestation. Although most of Japan is forest it is inhabital for these bears. As the demand for timber in the construction and industrial sectors skyrocketed, the government subsidized large-scale planting of Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress plantations. Today, such plantations make up 41 percent of Japan’s forests, and in some prefectures the figure is higher than 60 percent. And what natural forest remains has been fragmented by roads and other development, leaving less and less room for Japan’s bears and putting them in conflict with humans — a clash that is rapidly driving down bear populations.
JBFA- Japan Bear and Forest Association
1 comment:
Try to spell check your write up before posting. I think you were going for extinct, not instinct.
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