Analysis of the Distribution of Forest Management Areas by the Forest Environmental Tax in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Table 1

Forest area and population of Noto and Kanazawa-Kaga-Hakusan region.

	Forest areas (100 ha)	(a) Forest environment conservation areas (ha)	(b) Management areas by the forest environmental tax (ha)	(a) + (b) (ha)	Disaster risk areas in forest areas (100 ha)	Population (000)	Rate of population over 65 (%)	Rate of forest area (%)
Noto	1,513	1,237	5,988	7,224	373.4	211.3	33.6	76.5
Kanazawa-Kaga-Hakusan	1,572	1,744	3,028	4,772	368.1	956.7	21.3	71.2
Total	3,085	2,981	9,015	11,996	741.5	1,168.0
Average							23.5	73.7