山林經營協業體의 經營分析과 活性化 方案 = Management Status and Revitalization Measures of Forest Management Cooperatives

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was carried out to investigate the underlying problems in the operation and to provide revitalization measures of Forest Management Cooperatives (FMC). Each 25 resident forest owners of the FMC members in Jangsung and Sungju area were visited and the records of the FMC in the two area were referred.
The results obtained from this study are summarized as follows:
1. The residents of total forest owners in the FMC area were 37% in Jangsung and 66% in Sungju.
2. The members of the FMC in the two areas were satisfied with extension work and activities of forest working corps, but unsatisfied with increase of the income and joint sale of forest products.
3. Most of the FMC activities of study areas were carried out by the cooperative extension workers rather than through their members.
4. Joint sales activities were practiced only in the sales of the thinning products in both two areas.
5. The most difficulty in the management of the FMC in the two areas turned out to be the shortage of labor forces.
6. Suggestions based on the results of the study could be itemized as follows:
1) Inducing a system of voluntary and creative management of the FMC by the members.
2) Practicing multi-production activities for diversified income.
3) Managing the FMC in accordance with the local characteristics.
4) Upbringing a model of the FMC.
5) Inducing non-resident forest owners to join the FMC activities.