As mentioned before, the stress on Satoyamas throughout the Japanese archipelago had been heavy until coal began to be used as a fuel, and to cope with this burden, each community set up its own regulations to protect the destruction of Satoyama's vegetation.
前述のように近世、特に石炭が燃料として普及する以前の日本列島における里山の負荷は一貫して高く、村落共同体は里山の植生崩壊を防止する為に様々な規則を作って対応した。