Furthermore, as wood prices remained stagnant for a long period of time, it became difficult to make the yearly payment from the profit to the local communities, even though the logging business continued to be carried out on a large scale.
また、木材価格の低迷が長期化するにつれて、大規模伐採をこのまま続けても分収金の形で地域還元することが困難になってきていた。