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Big trees, temperate, rainforests, and the fight to save one of Japan's most unique places.
Sources/Further Reading:
Brazil - Japan: The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago: bit.ly/4tCCVoh
DellaSala - Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: bit.ly/4t0gppD
Totman - The Green Archipelago: tinyurl.com/y2u2zrcs
Yoshiya - Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan: tinyurl.com/4apue6yd
Shibasaki, S. (2018). Yakushima Island: Landscape History, World Heritage Designation, and Conservation Status for Local Society doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61896-8_7
Wilson - The conifers and taxads of Japan: tinyurl.com/4nbrew2p
Manabe - Chronological Investigations on the Annual Ring and Typhoonic Patterns of the Yakushima Cedar: tinyurl.com/55wuth5m
Manabe's student's blog: tinyurl.com/bdz9t2uh
World Heritage Datasheet: tinyurl.com/bdcws8x9
Yakusugi Museum: tinyurl.com/2s4zd3n4
tinyurl.com/66jap8dn
Ministry of Land/Infrastructure/Transport/Tourism: tinyurl.com/msytd3tr
tinyurl.com/49vt3cty
tinyurl.com/ysbdumr2
Asahi Shinbum - 50 Years of the Jomon Cedar: ameblo.jp/jomonsugi50y/entry-12161936997.html
Hiura, T. (2023). Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12321
Jong, Urushima, Jacquet, Takahashi - Cedars of the North Mountains: Historical forest culture and practices in modern day nature policies: tinyurl.com/2443r4uh
EBSCO - Meireki Fire: tinyurl.com/mpsc5vkt
Gymnosperm Database - Cupressaceae: tinyurl.com/2rzs2zvd
Yakushima District Forest Office
Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center
Maps/Graphics:
Asia: tinyurl.com/rdzbe38f
Library of Congress: tinyurl.com/yc6k57j7
Nippon - domestic forestry industry: tinyurl.com/2upreucc
Yakushima: tinyurl.com/4feuw987
tinyurl.com/3frm8y6u
Illustrations:
Tanuki: tinyurl.com/4add82mj
Black bear: tinyurl.com/52r6v4ms
Siebold: tinyurl.com/hdkyehyr
tinyurl.com/ye26hr32
Dam: tinyurl.com/rys5mxyf
Hokoji Temple: tinyurl.com/5n72m7rm
Todaji Temple: tinyurl.com/bdy83c5a
Plantation: tinyurl.com/4has89f7
Seed: tinyurl.com/4djcpztk
Seedbed: tinyurl.com/y8rnz7u8
Banyan tree: tinyurl.com/yhbdm38e
Beech: tinyurl.com/42fjethm
Sugi: tinyurl.com/2kmph5p5
Meireki Fire: tinyurl.com/2ve7knhz
Hideyoshi: tinyurl.com/yx4x63ac
Logging: tinyurl.com/48e69ask
tinyurl.com/5n73bbej
tinyurl.com/cwb6hpsj
https://www.cosmos.so/e/624087416
tinyurl.com/mrxt2xk8
tinyurl.com/5ynvsn8p
tinyurl.com/3dc5c7ba
tinyurl.com/2nz9m32k
tinyurl.com/3am9z8xu
tinyurl.com/2exzsfkz
Expedition: https://www.cosmos.so/e/1622558632
Big tree: tinyurl.com/y8c37pe7
Charcoal: tinyurl.com/yc8s34ba
Photos:
Yakushima logging: tinyurl.com/3reatyh3
Wilson: tinyurl.com/mts89em4
Documents:
Ken'ichi - Two new moths from the island of Yakushima, South Kyushu: tinyurl.com/e9h9fbcd
Takaji - A new species of Gekko found in Yakushima, one of the small islands south of Kyushu: tinyurl.com/4588cvrk
Society of Civil Engineers: tinyurl.com/ysdh4e3y
Jomon Sugi newspaper: sugakun.exblog.jp/22580783
Let's Go Japan: tinyurl.com/we5tej3v
Asahi - tinyurl.com/4utf74eb
Footage:
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Japan - Miracle in Asia: tinyurl.com/4vh6tdcf
US Office of War - Our Enemy: The Japanese: tinyurl.com/56fu2ww4
Look in the Past: tinyurl.com/mwxez4y7
馃帶 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
馃摟 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com
馃摳 Instagram: instagram.com/aidinrobbins
0:00 - The Oldest Tree (intro)
4:11 - Yakushima
5:30 - Japan's Forests
7:28 - Altitudinal Diversity
9:03 - sponsor
11:16 - Ancient Forestry
13:28 - Samurai Forestry
16:54 - Planting New Forests
21:46 - Meiji Forestry
23:53 - Saving Yakushima
26:31 - Japan's Forests Today
27:56 - The Oldest Forests (outro)
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)
Thank you to Incogni for sponsoring this project! Use code AIDIN at incogni.com/aidin to get an exclusive 60% off.
Big trees, temperate, rainforests, and the fight to save one of Japan's most unique places.
Sources/Further Reading:
Brazil - Japan: The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago: bit.ly/4tCCVoh
DellaSala - Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: bit.ly/4t0gppD
Totman - The Green Archipelago: tinyurl.com/y2u2zrcs
Yoshiya - Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan: tinyurl.com/4apue6yd
Shibasaki, S. (2018). Yakushima Island: Landscape History, World Heritage Designation, and Conservation Status for Local Society doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61896-8_7
Wilson - The conifers and taxads of Japan: tinyurl.com/4nbrew2p
Manabe - Chronological Investigations on the Annual Ring and Typhoonic Patterns of the Yakushima Cedar: tinyurl.com/55wuth5m
Manabe's student's blog: tinyurl.com/bdz9t2uh
World Heritage Datasheet: tinyurl.com/bdcws8x9
Yakusugi Museum: tinyurl.com/2s4zd3n4
tinyurl.com/66jap8dn
Ministry of Land/Infrastructure/Transport/Tourism: tinyurl.com/msytd3tr
tinyurl.com/49vt3cty
tinyurl.com/ysbdumr2
Asahi Shinbum - 50 Years of the Jomon Cedar: ameblo.jp/jomonsugi50y/entry-12161936997.html
Hiura, T. (2023). Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12321
Jong, Urushima, Jacquet, Takahashi - Cedars of the North Mountains: Historical forest culture and practices in modern day nature policies: tinyurl.com/2443r4uh
EBSCO - Meireki Fire: tinyurl.com/mpsc5vkt
Gymnosperm Database - Cupressaceae: tinyurl.com/2rzs2zvd
Yakushima District Forest Office
Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center
Maps/Graphics:
Asia: tinyurl.com/rdzbe38f
Library of Congress: tinyurl.com/yc6k57j7
Nippon - domestic forestry industry: tinyurl.com/2upreucc
Yakushima: tinyurl.com/4feuw987
tinyurl.com/3frm8y6u
Illustrations:
Tanuki: tinyurl.com/4add82mj
Black bear: tinyurl.com/52r6v4ms
Siebold: tinyurl.com/hdkyehyr
tinyurl.com/ye26hr32
Dam: tinyurl.com/rys5mxyf
Hokoji Temple: tinyurl.com/5n72m7rm
Todaji Temple: tinyurl.com/bdy83c5a
Plantation: tinyurl.com/4has89f7
Seed: tinyurl.com/4djcpztk
Seedbed: tinyurl.com/y8rnz7u8
Banyan tree: tinyurl.com/yhbdm38e
Beech: tinyurl.com/42fjethm
Sugi: tinyurl.com/2kmph5p5
Meireki Fire: tinyurl.com/2ve7knhz
Hideyoshi: tinyurl.com/yx4x63ac
Logging: tinyurl.com/48e69ask
tinyurl.com/5n73bbej
tinyurl.com/cwb6hpsj
https://www.cosmos.so/e/624087416
tinyurl.com/mrxt2xk8
tinyurl.com/5ynvsn8p
tinyurl.com/3dc5c7ba
tinyurl.com/2nz9m32k
tinyurl.com/3am9z8xu
tinyurl.com/2exzsfkz
Expedition: https://www.cosmos.so/e/1622558632
Big tree: tinyurl.com/y8c37pe7
Charcoal: tinyurl.com/yc8s34ba
Photos:
Yakushima logging: tinyurl.com/3reatyh3
Wilson: tinyurl.com/mts89em4
Documents:
Ken'ichi - Two new moths from the island of Yakushima, South Kyushu: tinyurl.com/e9h9fbcd
Takaji - A new species of Gekko found in Yakushima, one of the small islands south of Kyushu: tinyurl.com/4588cvrk
Society of Civil Engineers: tinyurl.com/ysdh4e3y
Jomon Sugi newspaper: sugakun.exblog.jp/22580783
Let's Go Japan: tinyurl.com/we5tej3v
Asahi - tinyurl.com/4utf74eb
Footage:
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Japan - Miracle in Asia: tinyurl.com/4vh6tdcf
US Office of War - Our Enemy: The Japanese: tinyurl.com/56fu2ww4
Look in the Past: tinyurl.com/mwxez4y7
馃帶 Sound effects I use for my videos: bit.ly/2WI2aJ7
Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join
馃摟 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com
馃摳 Instagram: instagram.com/aidinrobbins
0:00 - The Oldest Tree (intro)
4:11 - Yakushima
5:30 - Japan's Forests
7:28 - Altitudinal Diversity
9:03 - sponsor
11:16 - Ancient Forestry
13:28 - Samurai Forestry
16:54 - Planting New Forests
21:46 - Meiji Forestry
23:53 - Saving Yakushima
26:31 - Japan's Forests Today
27:56 - The Oldest Forests (outro)
The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)
