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The risk reduction effect of sediment production rate by understory coverage rate in granite area mountain forest
Toshiaki Mizuno1,2, Nagahiro Kojima3, Satoshi Asano4
1Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, 5-34, Yanagasaki, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0022, Japan. mizuno-t@lberi.jp.
Abstract:
Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is an important concept to the adaption of climate change for a sustainable life. In Japan, it is anticipated that damages caused by sediment production will be increased as the intensity and amount of rainfall are increased by climate change. Thus, we need to know the Eco-DRR effect of the forest for planning sustainable land use by evidence-based data. In this study, we focused on the relationship between sediment production rate and the understory coverage rate of a low mountain forest in the granite area. From the results of the field survey and statistical meta-analysis, the sediment production rate was reduced by 97% in granite area mountain forest when the understory coverage rate was 60% or more compared to when less than 30% by evidence-based data. Accordingly, we found that it will be necessary to keep forests with an understory coverage rate of 60% or more when considering the risk-reducing effect of sediment disaster in granite area mountain forests for the adaption of climate change.
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