Fourth Exhibition Room

-Use and conservation of nature-

Our daily life is greatly dependent on nature even in today's civilized age. For instance, plants related our daily food were selected and improved from wild plants by our forefathers. Forest also have played many important roles such as supplying useful timber, acting as water resource, bringing up various creatures and providing us with a place for peaceful recreation. We all hope that forests will survive around us forever. We should make an effort to conserve nature for us mankind and other creatures.

26. Food plants and their homes

26A. Food plants from the Mediterranean Region

26B. Food plants from the Savannah

26C. Food plants from Southeast Asia

26D. Food plants from China and Japan

26E. Food plants from : the New World

27. Forest and man

Large wooden buildings in Japan; Plantation of conifer; Use of hard wood Increased timber import; Conservation of forest

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