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Forests play a very important role in the environment and provide wood resources that are renewable in contrast with fossil resources such as petroleum and coal. The research and educational activities of this division cover not only preservation, cultivation, and continuous production of forest resources, but also utilization of forest products for our life and culture with the aim of coexistence of forests and human beings.
This division consists of 19 laboratories, including 2 laboratories of Field Science Education and Research Center 5 laboratories of Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, and their activities are international and interdisciplinary.
Web Site http://www.forest.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp





