The 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Forum

Wise Use of Coastal Ecosystems for
Disaster Risk Reduction:
Mainstreaming and Problems
March 15, 2015 Sun 13:10 - 15:50 (13:00 open)

Lecture Rooms C, C206, Kawauchi-kita Campus, Tohoku University, Sendai
Recent progress in concepts and practices of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in the world andJapan is introduced and discussed with examples of Minami Sanriku coast and Sendai bays where an
extremely large tsunami hit in 2011. Based on the discussion, participants will propose the way formainstreaming the actions towards Eco-DRR.
Convener: Dr. Jotaro Urabe, Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku University; Ms. Noriko Takemoto, Program
Coordinator, College of Business, Rikkyo University
13:10~

Opening
Remarks
KeynoteSpeechDr. Tohru Nakashizuka, Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku University

Lecture 1

Investing in Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and Climate
Change Adaptation

Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction: New Developments in Science and Policy
Dr. Fabrice Renaud, Head of the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services Section, United Nations
University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Mr. Naoya Furuta, Senior Project Oﬃcer, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Lecture 2

The Role of Communities in Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction

Lecture 3

Conﬂict of Eco-DRR Alternative to Huge Coastal Structures and Extent Land Use
System in Tunami Disaster Recovery after Great East Japan Earthquake

Mr. Yasushi Hibi, Vice President, Conservation International Japan

Dr. Satoquo Seino, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
14:25~---------- A break ----------

14:35~

Reports from Sendai bay and Kesennuma

Report 1

Coastal-ecotone Monitoring as the Source of Eco-DRR: a Case of the Severely
Disturbed Sendai Bay Sand-dune Fringe

Dr. Yoshihiko Hirabuki, Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tohoku Gakuin University, Minami-Gamou Ecotone
Monitoring Network

Report 2

Proposal for a Pleasant Disaster Prevention Park at Gamo, Sendai

Report 3

A Perspective on Holistic Applications of Environmental Design as EcologicallyResponsible Management of Land, Water and ResourcesHigh School Students' Seawall Study Group in Sendai (Sendai Educational Technology Laboratory)

Mr. Hirose Shunsuke, Collaborative Researcher, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

Report 4Role and Future Perspective of ESD Program for the Children in Tsunami Aﬀected
Areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ms. Noriko Hata, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Report 5
15:25~

Reports by the School Students Participated in "Kodomo Koizumigaku"
Summing Up and Adoption of Recommendations

Admission freeSimultaneous translation available

Registration: on the home page of EA Center<Excursion to Koizumi in Kesennuma City>

The tour meets at East Entrance in Sendai Station at 8:30 am
on March 14, and ends at 7:00 pm at the same place.
After guiding on the spot by students, we will take a look at aESD workshop for students at Rias Ark Museum of Art.
Application for participation: on the home page of EA Centerby March 9

Contact information:
Tohoku University Ecosystem Adaptability Center
TEL: +81-22-795-3637 / FAX: +81-22-795-3638
6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japane-mail: eac@g-mail.tohoku-university.jp
http://gema.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/center/

Presented by Tohoku University Ecosystem Adaptability Center
Supported by Ministry of the Environment Tohoku Regional Environment Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources, and Conservation International Japan, Saraya Co.,Ltd.
Ecosystem
Adaptability
CenterTohoku University, The Tohoku Green
Renaissance Project, IUCN, and CI Japansupport the 3rd UN World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction