• Apelsinide kasvatamine, Shōchū destilleerimine ning turism on hetkel peamised sissetulekuallikad. • Üle poole Yakushima saarel kasutatavast elektrienergiast on saadud hüdroenergiast. Üle jäävat energiat kasutatakse vesiniku tootmiseks väikeses Kagoshima ülikooli katsejaamas. Looduskaitse • Saar on alates 1993 UNESCO maailma looduspärandi nimekirjas, sest seal on säilinud ürgmets, kus kasvab palju krüptomeeriaid (Cryptomeria japonica) ja rododendroneid. • 1980 moodustati saarel 18,958 ha suurune biosfäärikaitseala. 1993 määrati 10 ha suurune ala saarel Ramsari rahvusvahelise tähtsusega märgalaks. See on ühtlasi ohustatud merikilpkonna suurim munemispaik Vaikse ookeani põhjaosas. Tänan kuulamast!
According to annual data published by the Forestry Agency, the area reforested from natural to artificial forest constituted more than 150 000 ha annually for private forestry between 1960 and 1970. This means that more than 1% of private forests were cut and planted every year during the decade. Since 1955 the Forestry Agency has monitored the annual number of seedlings by species planted on forestland excluding national forest. According to the data, the major species have been sugi (Cryptomeria japonica - Jaapani seedripuu) and hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa - Jaapani küpress), representing 63% in 1955 and 73% in 1993 and maintaining a rate of over 60% during this period. Hinoki tended to increase, whereas sugi tended to decrease. Both are coniferous species whose timber is sawn into housing materials. --------------------- Since 1868, when the Meiji restoration occurred and Japan established a decentralized market
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