Seeds of Control: Japan's Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea - Paperbackby David Fedman (Author), Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor) Conservation as a tool of colonialism in early twentieth century Korea Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905 1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the peninsula's extensive mountains and forests. Under the banner of "forest love," the colonial government set out to restructure the rhythms and routines of