Forest grazing - Rinkanhoboku (English spelling)

Japanese: 林間放牧 - りんかんほうぼく（英語表記）forest grazing

A form of work in which livestock are continuously grazed in the forest using the understory vegetation as feed while utilizing forest trees for silvicultural purposes. It is also called mixed pasture forestry. In a broader sense, it can also include forests where undergrowth is periodically cut for feed without grazing. This work method has been practiced in various parts of the world, and is also practiced in Japan, such as in the Chugoku Mountains, where attempts have been made to use bamboo grass as feed in forests with a lot of bamboo grass. Recently, under conditions such as the increasing demand for livestock products, the progress of artificial forestry, and the difficulty of creating grassland in mountainous areas, it is being considered as one of the intensive forms of use of mountainous areas.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

森林の下層植生を飼料として，林内に家畜を継続的に放牧しながら，林木の林業利用を行う作業形態。混牧林ともいう。広い意味では放牧を伴わず，飼料としての林内下草を定期的に刈りとる森林を含める場合もある。この作業法は世界の各地で行われてきたが，日本でも中国山地などで行われ，ササの多い森林ではササの飼料としての利用が試みられてきた。最近，畜産物の需要の増大，人工林化の進展，山地での草地造成の困難なことなどの条件のもとで，山地の集約的な利用形態の一つとして考えられている。

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