In recent years, maintenance such as weeding and raking of fallen leaves has been carried out in some forests but, when done in a natural forest as opposed to forests maintained for wood fuel or planted forests, this promotes degradation.
近年では、森林の下刈りや落ち葉掻きを行う場所もあるが、このような手入れは薪炭林や人工林ならいざ知らず、自然の森林でこれを行えば荒廃を進行させるものである。