Study On Japan Forestry Operation And Plunder In The Northeast China In Puppet Manchukuo Period

Northeast China with superior geographical and natural conditions, has a wealth of forest resources. Make it became an important forest production base. From the late 19 th century to the first half of the 20 th century, forest resources were massive deforestation and plunder by Russia and Japan in Northeast China.Japan as a country,which has embarked on the road of imperialism, has been a spy on the forest resources in Northeast China, want to occupy the forest alone, and then to take a large-scale commercial logging and plunder in Northeast China. At the beginning of 20 th century, Japan has been carried timber harvesting along the coast of the Yalu River and jin’lin forest area in the eastern area of Northeast China. In order to further understand the conditions of forest in Northeast China. the Japanese carried out a decades-long forest survey, Japanese master the detail conditions about forest in the northeastern region of forest by forest survey, to be ready for carry out timber harvesting and plunder. At the same time, Japan is also actively exclude the existence of other forces in the Northeast region, finally to achieve the purpose of operation and plunder of the forest.After the establishment of the Puppet Manchukuo, Japan has taken a series of forestry policy by manipulating the Puppet Machukuo government, to make forest nationalization and establishment a centralized forest management agency. Such as the right to withdraw the forest. The Japanese gradually monopoly forestry rights through forestry policy and realize the wish, which take up forest in Northeast China. Puppet Manchukuo period, the region of Northeast China as a base of deforestation and plunder under the Japanese control, with the development of construction of Puppet Manchuria colony and military needs of Japan,the demands for forest are constantly increased, in order to better carry out the forest cutting and plunder, to strengthen control the forest. Deforestation, transportation, and processing and so on are under Japanese management and monopoly, a large number of Japanese businessmen set the wood industry in Northeast China, to carry out forest harvesting and processing. Forest control policies to further strengthen Japan’s forest monopoly in Northeast China. And further to expand the area of forest cutting, the area where from the original eastern region in Northeast China to expand throughout the Northeast China, through a variety of methods to build forest railway, improve forest felling conditions,further deepening of the forest cutting area.In the process of forest exploitation, Japan controlled the forest exploitation market by official and civil forest exploitation agencies in Northeast China. Japanese forestry companies with special rights and Puppet Manchukuo forestry companies took a series of deforestation and plunder throughout every forest area of Northeast China. especially, Daxing’an Moutains and Xiaoxing’an Mountains. The means of forest cutting is a barbaric means in these forestry areas. At the late of Puppet Manchukuo, because of Japan was sunk in the War,further increase the demand for forest, began to plunder a large number of forests in the main areas of forest. Unreasonable cutting means and plunder,led to the forest areas shrunk,as a result, the growth environment of the forest was destroyed.Puppet Manchukuo ruled Northeast China for 14 years, forests were being cut and looted massively by Japan and Puppet Manchukuo, which handled by Japan. The vast forest coverage of Northeast China had shrunk,as a result, led to a series of environment problems. Ecological and environmental degradation bring potential dangerous effect on people’s production and life. Learn from history about this period times, to change the way of the disorder deforestation and realize the sustainable development of forest.