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Professor Mitsuhiro Hayashida, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University

Assessment of resistance of hardwood trees against tsunami, targeting coastal forest regeneration following the earthquake, and proposals on coastal forest preparation methods.

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Project Description

To clarify the resistance of various hardwoods against tsunami, plant hardwoods suitable to the site location, and propose concrete coastal forest creation preparation methods. Specifically, amongst those hardwoods to be grown in the coastal forests of the Pacific Ocean coastline that suffered tsunami damage, comparisons of tree species that were not easily damaged and those with high level resilience will be made with Japanese Black Pines, and selection made. The status of the damage to virgin hardwoods will also be clarifies. Furthermore, planting tests executed to date of hardwoods in coastal forests, and seedling raising techniques for the same shall be re-examined. Based on these results, the feasibility of hardwoods as coastal disaster prevention forests will be studies, and proposals made of which tree species is suitable for which site in each area.

Fields
Preservation of surface soil and forestsPreservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
Grant year
FY2011 Research Grants
Grant term
2 years and 1 month
September 2011 - September 2013
Grant amount
6,278,000 yen
Activity region
Coastal forests from Iwate Prefecture to Miyagi Prefecture and from Akita Prefecture to Yamagata Prefecture.
It has become clear that the resistance of hardwoods against tsunami significantly varies depending on whether the species tend to wither or are resilient.

Overview of the Organization

Professor Mitsuru Hayashida
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Professor Mitsuru Hayashida
Profile
Specialist field
Forest ecology
Affiliated academic societies
The Japan Forest Society, The Ecological Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coastal Forest (Deputy Chairman), The Society of Vegetation Science, The Ornithological Society of Japan, The Tohoku Society of Forest Science
Background
In 1988 Completed academic requirements for the Doctoral Program in the Research Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University and was awarded Doctorate in Agriculture (Hokkaido). Following this, became an Assistant at the Research Forest, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University. In 1993, became an Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University. In 2006, took the post of Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University.
Collaborating researchers
Tomoki Sakamoto, Meteorological Risk and Buffer Forest Laboratory Chief, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. Daisuke Hoshino, Researcher, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences. Minoru Okada, Associate Professor, Hokkaido College, Senshu University, Shunichi Kikuchi, Associate Professor, Yamagata University. Tomonori Kaneko, Forest Ecology Chief, Akita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center. Koichi Watabe, Senior Researcher, Yamagata Prefectural Forest Research and Instruction Center.
Research record
  • (1) Hayashida,M., Sakamoto,T., Okada,M., Inoue,S., Yanagihara,A., Akojima,I., Nakashima,Y.: Endurance of the Casuarina Coastal Forest in Southern Sri Lanka against the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Journal of the Japanese Society of Coastal Forest, 7 (3), 1-5, 2009.
  • (2) Hayashida,M., Satoh,H., Yanagihara,A., Akojima,I., Nakashima, Y.: Types of Coastal Forests in Southern Sri Lanka and their Characteristics. Journal of the Japanese Society of Coastal Forest, 7(1), 37-42, 2007.
  • (3) Hayashida, M, Machilus thunbergii (laurel species) Forests in the Northern Areas, Journal of Forest Research, 41, 50-53, 2004.
  • (4) Yoshihiro Nobori, Mitsuru Hyashida, Yuki Nakajima, Characteristics and Status of Coastal Forests on the Northern Sea Coast of Japan, The Tohoku Journal of Forest Science. 5, 69-78, 2000.
  • (5) Ryo Fujimoto, Mitsuru Hayashida, Early phase of the Regeneration of Machilus thunbergii (laurel species) Forests in the Northern Areas, The Tohoku Journal of Forest Science. 5, 79-86, 2000.
  • (6) Sachiko Yamanouchi and Mitsuru Hayashida, Stand Structure and Regeneration of Mixed Forests with Machilus thunbergii (laurel species) Forests in the Northern Areas of the Pacific Ocean Coast, Journal of the Society of Vegetation Science, 17, 23-30, 2000.