However, many research projects, such as investigating measures against the bark-peeling of Japanese cedars by black bears which sucked the sap of these trees as well as developing technologies to grow artificial forests and harvesting such forests, were conducted in the name of the business of logging and planting trees.
もっとも、ツキノワグマが樹液を吸うためにスギの樹皮をはいで幹をかじるクマハギへの対策や人工林の育成及び収穫技術に関する研究などのように、伐採や植林といった施業の中で進められた研究も少なくない。