Traveling to Japan's Wildest Island

Thank you to Incogni for sponsoring this project! Use code AIDIN at https://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: https://bit.ly/4tCCVoh DellaSala - Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: https://bit.ly/4t0gppD Totman - The Green Archipelago: https://tinyurl.com/y2u2zrcs Yoshiya - Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan: https://tinyurl.com/4apue6yd Shibasaki, S. (2018). Yakushima Island: Landscape History, World Heritage Designation, and Conservation Status for Local Society https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61896-8_7 Wilson - The conifers and taxads of Japan: https://tinyurl.com/4nbrew2p Manabe - Chronological Investigations on the Annual Ring and Typhoonic Patterns of the Yakushima Cedar: https://tinyurl.com/55wuth5m Manabe's student's blog: https://tinyurl.com/bdz9t2uh World Heritage Datasheet: https://tinyurl.com/bdcws8x9 Yakusugi Museum: https://tinyurl.com/2s4zd3n4 https://tinyurl.com/66jap8dn Ministry of Land/Infrastructure/Transport/Tourism: https://tinyurl.com/msytd3tr https://tinyurl.com/49vt3cty https://tinyurl.com/ysbdumr2 Asahi Shinbum - 50 Years of the Jomon Cedar: https://ameblo.jp/jomonsugi50y/entry-12161936997.html Hiura, T. (2023). Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar https://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: https://tinyurl.com/2443r4uh EBSCO - Meireki Fire: https://tinyurl.com/mpsc5vkt Gymnosperm Database - Cupressaceae: https://tinyurl.com/2rzs2zvd Yakushima District Forest Office Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center Maps/Graphics: Asia: https://tinyurl.com/rdzbe38f Library of Congress: https://tinyurl.com/yc6k57j7 Nippon - domestic forestry industry: https://tinyurl.com/2upreucc Yakushima: https://tinyurl.com/4feuw987 https://tinyurl.com/3frm8y6u Illustrations: Tanuki: https://tinyurl.com/4add82mj Black bear: https://tinyurl.com/52r6v4ms Siebold: https://tinyurl.com/hdkyehyr https://tinyurl.com/ye26hr32 Dam: https://tinyurl.com/rys5mxyf Hokoji Temple: https://tinyurl.com/5n72m7rm Todaji Temple: https://tinyurl.com/bdy83c5a Plantation: https://tinyurl.com/4has89f7 Seed: https://tinyurl.com/4djcpztk Seedbed: https://tinyurl.com/y8rnz7u8 Banyan tree: https://tinyurl.com/yhbdm38e Beech: https://tinyurl.com/42fjethm Sugi: https://tinyurl.com/2kmph5p5 Meireki Fire: https://tinyurl.com/2ve7knhz Hideyoshi: https://tinyurl.com/yx4x63ac Logging: https://tinyurl.com/48e69ask https://tinyurl.com/5n73bbej https://tinyurl.com/cwb6hpsj https://www.cosmos.so/e/624087416 https://tinyurl.com/mrxt2xk8 https://tinyurl.com/5ynvsn8p https://tinyurl.com/3dc5c7ba https://tinyurl.com/2nz9m32k https://tinyurl.com/3am9z8xu https://tinyurl.com/2exzsfkz Expedition: https://www.cosmos.so/e/1622558632 Big tree: https://tinyurl.com/y8c37pe7 Charcoal: https://tinyurl.com/yc8s34ba Photos: Yakushima logging: https://tinyurl.com/3reatyh3 Wilson: https://tinyurl.com/mts89em4 Documents: Ken'ichi - Two new moths from the island of Yakushima, South Kyushu: https://tinyurl.com/e9h9fbcd Takaji - A new species of Gekko found in Yakushima, one of the small islands south of Kyushu: https://tinyurl.com/4588cvrk Society of Civil Engineers: https://tinyurl.com/ysdh4e3y Jomon Sugi newspaper: https://sugakun.exblog.jp/22580783/ Let's Go Japan: https://tinyurl.com/we5tej3v Asahi - https://tinyurl.com/4utf74eb Footage: Encyclopaedia Britannica - Japan - Miracle in Asia: https://tinyurl.com/4vh6tdcf US Office of War - Our Enemy: The Japanese: https://tinyurl.com/56fu2ww4 Look in the Past: https://tinyurl.com/mwxez4y7 🎧 Sound effects I use for my videos: https://bit.ly/2WI2aJ7 Become a channel member to access raw footage and extended tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOTVI8YJJud1A6aRYrV4sg/join 📧 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com 📸 Instagram: http://www.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 ;)