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Outreach Programs and Events   RIHN International Symposium  RIHN Forum   RIHN Public Seminars   RIHN Kids Seminar   RIHN Open House  RIHN Area Seminars  RIHN Tokyo Seminar   Nichibunken-RIHN joint Symposium   The Earth Forum Kyoto; Special Session and International Symposium   The Earth Hall of Fame KYOTO  RIHN Seminars   Lunch Seminars (Danwakai)   RIHN Annual Open Meeting  Press Conferences  Publications

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1. Number and Affiliation of Project Members   2. Research Fields of Project Members   3. Research Project Sites

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Research Activities●Full Research
Project No.
Project Name

C-07 (Project leader: HIYAMA Tetsuya)
Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation
to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments

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Project No.
Project Name

C-08 (Project leader: MURAMATSU Shin)
Megacities and the Global Environment

p. 11

Project No.
Project Name

C-09-Init (Project leader: WATANABE Tsugihiro)
Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management

p. 17

Project No.
Project Name

D-03 (Project leader: OKUMIYA Kiyohito)
Human Life, Aging and Disease in High-Altitude Environments:
Physio-Medical, Ecological and Cultural Adaptation in “Highland Civilizations”

p. 21

Project No.
Project Name

D-04 (Project leader: SAKAI Shoko)
Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human Activity

p. 25

Project No.
Project Name

D-05 (Project leader: ISHIKAWA Satoshi)
Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

p. 34

Project No.
Project Name

R-04 (Project leader: MOJI Kazuhiko)Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia

p. 42

Project No.
Project Name

R-05 (Project leader: NAWATA Hiroshi)
A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies : To Combat Livelihood
Degradation for the Post-oil Era

p. 48

Project No.
Project Name

R-06 (Project leader: KADA Ryohei)
Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian Watersheds

p. 58

Project No.
Project Name

R-07 (Project leader: TANAKA Ueru)
Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

p. 62

Project No.
Project Name

E-05-Init (Project leader: SATO Tetsu)
Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formationof Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

p. 67●Initiative Feasibility Studies
1. AKITSU Motoki (Kyoto University)
Food literacy in an age of globalization
2. IIJIMA Wataru (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Shrinking Society: Integrating Ecosystem Health and Social Welfare in East Asia
3. TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN)
Demarcations of environmental managements for human environmental security in Asia-Pacific region– Nexus of thermal energy, water, and coastal fishery –2
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●Feasibility Studies
1. ISHIKAWA Mamoru (Hokkaido University)
Improving Environmental Literacy and Stakeholder Communication
2. TOMITA Shinsuke (Kyoto University)
Land Use Diversity and Autonomy in Southeast Asia
3. NAKATSUKA Takeshi (Nagoya University)
Historical Adaptation to Climate Change in Japan: Integrating Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical andArchaeological Evidences
4. HABU Junko (University of California, Berkeley)
Reevaluating Advantages of Small-Scale Economies: Finding Alternative Strategies to Overcome Vulnerabilityin Large-Scale Economies
5. MURAMATSU Koichi (Gakushuin University)
The History of Human-Water Interactions in East Asian Livelihood Complexes●Incubation Studies
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1. OKUDA Noboru (Kyoto University)
Biodiversity-driven nutrient cycling in social-ecological systems and their ecohealth
2. TANAKA Masakazu (Kyoto University)
Conflicts and Environmental Issues
3. OHNO Terufumi (The Kyoto University Museum)
Literacy for an alternative manner beyond the Globalism. New synthesis proposed from the city of Kyoto
4. AKAI Kenju (The University of Tokyo)
International comparison of social capital and environmental norms: Experimental economics approach
5. KISHITA Yusuke (Osaka University)
Scenario Design and Implementation of a Resilient Municipal Energy System: An Exploratory Case Study
6. ONISHI Masayuki (RIHN)
Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific — its Significance and Futurability●Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants
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1. YOSHIOKA Takahito (Kyoto University)
MATSUSHIMA Kenta (Kyoto University)
Application of environmental scenarios in the revival of the disaster-stricken area
2. SATO Yo-Ichiro (RIHN)
Startup of consortium for in-situ conservation of wild rice
3. TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN)
Formation of a consortium on urban water in Asia
4. OSADA Toshiki (RIHN)
Development of an interdisciplinary research network utilising human resources obtained in the RIHN Indus
Project 2007-2012 (H-03)
5. YUMOTO Takakazu (Kyoto University)
Research dissemination to the Communities from RIHN Project “A New Cultural and Historical Exploration
into Human-Nature relations in the Japanese Archipelago”
6. UMETSU Chieko (Nagasaki University)
Building a resilience network in Southern Africa and organization of Lusaka Workshop
7. SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Hokkaido University)
Operation of the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: C-07

Abbreviated Title: RIHN Siberia Project
Project Leader: HIYAMA,Tetsuya
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/siberia/
Key Words: Global Warming, Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Permafrost, Former Inhabitant, Reindeer, Social Adaptation○ Research Subject and Objectivesa) Research objectives and background
Global warming will likely transform Siberian environments. Early evidence indicates that water andcarbon cycles are undergoing rapid change, with potentially grave impact on Siberian flora and fauna.
Human inhabitants, who have adapted to great changes in social structure and environment in the past,
will be forced to adapt again, but to a cascading series of environmental changes whose dimensions areunderstood only in outline. Local inhabitants depend on agriculture, stockbreeding and on fragiletransport, building and water infrastructure. Human survival skills and adaptive capacity toenvironmental changes depend on unique social structures, history and culture, which have undergone
Russian socialistic modernization.
Regional climate in Siberia are based on energy and water exchanges and thus on changes in surface
reflectance of snow, ice and vegetation coverage. Such changes should be monitored continuously as longas possible. The Lena River Basin in Eastern Siberia is covered in larch forest but receives little
precipitation. The area is an ideal setting in which to study the effects of climate warming, as theforest-permafrost symbiosis is extremely susceptible to abnormal variations in temperature andprecipitation.
We have started monitoring of energy and water exchanges between larch forest and the atmosphere since1998 at Yakutsk, middle part of the Lena River Basin in Eastern Siberia. This monitoring revealed thatthe region suffered from extraordinary high precipitation in late-summer through winter from 2005 to
2008. This resulted in not only permafrost degradation, but also changes in terrestrial ecosystems andhydrological elements in the region.
b) Research methods and organization
This research project takes natural and social science perspectives on three aspects of climateassociated environmental change. It is designed to: 1) describe current variation in water and carbon
cycles and predict likely variation in the near future; 2) make field observations of the effect ofcarbon and hydrologic variability in Eastern Siberian landscapes, and identify key exchanges or driving
forces; and 3) examine the capability of the multi-ethnic Siberian peoples, and their distinct social
economies, to adapt to predicted change in their climate and terrestrial ecosystems. Three researchgroups are organized in order to realize these goals. They are the Siberia bird’s-eye group (Group 1),
the Water cycle and ecosystem interaction group (Group 2), and the Human ecology group (Group 3). This
project is jointly conducted by Japanese and Russian universities and research institutes.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
Following three topics are the main progress and results in the 2012 fiscal year.
1) Permafrost-ecosystem modelling
Flux and hydro-meteorological observations were operated with the help of Russian institutes fromthe beginning of this research project. It was found that high precipitation (snow and rain) in the
Lena River Basin from 2005 to 2008 has led to tremendous changes in surface conditions. The changes
observed include deepening and moistening of the active layers, hindrance to tree growth, and the

Research Projects

Research Axis: Circulation

RIHN

Project Name: Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia : Social Adaptation to the Changes of the
Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments

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expansion of water surface due to floods. Such over-moistening condition of forest soil made larchtrees to wither around the monitoring station. However satellite data analyses revealed that such tree
withering was in progress only on spot-scales.
Based on the field observation data, we have been revising our models of soil freezing-thawing
processes in order to better represent heat, water, and carbon fluxes in permafrost ecosystems. Here wewere particularly concerned with the surface soil layer, in which we now see increased thawing depth
and surface soil moisture, and an increase of net primary production. It was detected that annual
maximum thawing depth (AMTD) gradually increased (deepened) on a decadal scale. Based on climatologicalanalyses of atmospheric water vapor transport over the region, recent increases in precipitation partly
related to cyclone activities.
Terrestrial water storage increases in the Lena River Basin derived increases in river base flows
during the open water season. It was also indicated that over the 1950-2008 period basin-scale AMTD has
been increasing at average rates roughly of the order of 1 cm/year in the areas.
Moistening and warming of surface soil affect methane (CH4) production from anaerobic bacterial
decomposition in Siberian terrestrial ecosystems. Dramatically rise of the atmospheric CH4 after
industrial evolution, the rate of increase has slowed since the early 1990s. The growth rate decreased
to near zero during 1999-2006 with large year-to-year variations, and it has been increasing again
after 2007 in unexplained steady state. The cause of a large CH4 increase in 2007 is still uncertain.
We assumed this main reason was CH4 production from anaerobic bacterial decomposition in wetlands ofWestern Siberia. Regional CH4 fluxes were estimated using an inversion model with several aircraft andtower data measured in Siberia. In 2007 and 2008, enhanced wetland flux was estimated in Western
Siberia with high temperature under relatively wet condition. Interestingly the CH4 fluxes after 2008
have gradually decreased in Western Siberia, but the fluxes from Eastern Siberia have increased
unsymmetrically.
Such unsymmetrical (seesaw) pattern between Western and Eastern Siberia has been also obtained forcarbon dioxide (CO2) exchanges in the terrestrial ecosystems. Using our permafrost-ecosystem models,gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) was estimated. In 2000’s GPP and ER show
decreasing trends in Western Siberia but increasing trend in Eastern Siberia. These were primary due todifferences of trends in temperature and precipitation between the two regions.
2) Adaptation ways of keepers and/or hunters of reindeers to social-environmental changes
Interviews with keepers of domestic reindeer revealed that current climate change has not severely
damaged their operations. It appears that so far they have been able to successfully adapt to changes
in climate, especially in Eastern Siberia. This might be related to resilient use of microhabitat ofthe domesticated reindeers around the camping site of the keepers. While on the contrary, they wereseverely impacted by social changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
We are also interested in documenting the migration routes of wild reindeer and whether these arechanging in relation to new environmental conditions. We successively tracked routes of eight wild
reindeers using an ARGOS satellite system. MODIS satellite data showed that reindeer have moved along
rivers and through zones of better vegetation, while avoiding increasingly common forest fires.
Migration distance was similar to those documented in North America and North Europe. We also foundsimilar diurnal change in the migration behavior of the wild reindeers.
System dynamics (SD) model was applied in order to diagnose adaptation ways of keepers of domestic
reindeers and/or hunters of wild reindeers to social-environmental changes.
3) Flood impacts
Using archival sources and remotely sensed data, we were able to make a detailed historicaldescription of changes in annual spring ice-jam floods of the Lena River. Interestingly, spring ice-jam
floods have been recognized as benefits except in case ice-jam floods severely damaged to the villages
along the Lena River. This is because the spring floods derive nutrient rich water to the riverislands, on which the farmers cultivate pastures for cattle-horse pastoralism. While on the contrary,in case summer river floods appear, it has been recognized as hazards. This is because it submerges thepasture completely for a long duration in the season.

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We also found that increased flooding disrupts cold-weather transport via ordinarily frozen rivers
and warm-weather transport over land. As result we note that Northern communities are increasingly
remote and difficult to access. We have begun to study disaster vulnerability, prevention andadaptation in such areas.

Research Projects( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Management of
Project, Analysis of permafrost and groundwater )○ YAMAGUCHI Yasushi( Nagoya University,Professor,Analysis of the changes in the land cover using
satellite data )SASAI Takahiro( Nagoya University,Assistant Professor,Analysis of carbon exchanges using theterrestrial biosphere model )□ INOUE Gen( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,Visiting
Professor,GOSAT data analysis )MAKSYUTOV Shamil( National Institute for Environment Studies,Chief Researcher,Carbon budget
estimation from GOSAT and other observation data )SAKAI Toru
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Flood monitoring using
satellite remote sensing )KIM Heonsook( National Institute for Environment Studies,Researcher,Inverse model analysis of
GOSAT data )KANZAWA Hiroshi( Nagoya University,Professor,Scenario of global warming in Siberia )SATO Hisashi( Nagoya University,Associate Professor,Ecological modeling )○ OHTA Takeshi( Nagoya University,Professor,Analysis of water energy and carbon cycles inforests, water balance analysis in a basin scale )OSHIMA Kazuhiro( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Climate Analysis in
Siberia )KOTANI Ayumi( Nagoya University,Assistant Professor,Analysis of atmospheric boundary layer
and forest responses to environmental changes )○ SUGIMOTO Atsuko( Hokkaido University,Professor,Reconstruction of past changes in environment andvegetation activity )TEI Shunsuke( Hokkaido University,Ph D Candidate,Reconstruction of past changes inenvironment and vegetation activity )KODAMA Yuji
( National Institute of Polar Research,Associate Professor,Analysis of snow
accumulation processes )○ YAMAZAKI Takeshi( Tohoku University,Associate Professor,Analysis of land surface processes using
a land surface model )YONENOBU Hitoshi( Naruto University of Education,Associate Professor,Reconstruction of past tree
grow rate and past climate )HATTA Shigemi( Tomakomai National College of Technology,Associate Professor,Runoff analyses
for continental-scale river basin )YAMAMOTO Kazukiyo( Nagoya University,Associate Professor,Analysis of vegetation phenology using
satellite data )PARK Hotaek( JAMSTEC,Senior Researcher,Analysis of snow accumulation processes )MAXIMOV Trofim C.
( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Headresearcher,Analysis of photosynthesis in boreal forests )KONONOV Alexander V.( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Researcher,Analysisof photosynthesis in boreal forests )MAXIMOV Ayal
( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Researcher,Analysisof photosynthesis in boreal forests )SHEPELEV Victor( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Vice-Director,Dynamics ofsuprapermafrost and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )FEDOROV Alexander( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Head researcher,Landscapes (forest)
disturbance and permafrost dynamics )GOTOVSEV Semen( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Head researcher,Thermo-erosional gullies
in permafrost region )KOLESNIKOV Alexander( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Researcher,Dynamics of suprapermafrost
and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )GAGARIN Leonid( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Researcher,Dynamics of suprapermafrost
and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )○ TAKAKURA Hiroki( Tohoku University,Associate Professor,Related analysis of freezing water
environmental use and an occupation in the rural society of the Lena middle

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region; Relational analysis of an occupation pattern and environmental change in
East Siberia )○ OKUMURA Makoto( Tohoku University,Professor,Survey and analysis of the history and technologyof transportation in East Siberia )YOSHIDA Atsushi( Chiba University,Professor,Analysis in Relationship between Subsistence System
Patterns and Environmental Changes in West Siberia )NAKADA Atsushi( Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples,Chief Curator,Analysis in Relationshipbetween Subsistence System Patterns and Environmental Changes in Southern
Siberia )IKEDA Tohru( Hokkaido University,Professor,Animal resource use and environmental analysis in
Eastern Siberia )○ TATSUZAWA Shiro( Hokkaido University,Assistant Professor,Ecological study of wild/domestic
reindeer in Eastern Siberia )ISHI Atsushi( Tohoku University,Associated professor,Analysis of society and development in
Sakha Republic from the international viewpoint )SASAKI Shiro( National Museum of Ethnology,Professor,Analysis in Relationship between
Subsistence System Patterns and Environmental Changes in Yakutia )EHARA Sayuri( Sapporo Otani University,lecture,Environmental recognition of Sakha people inEastern Siberia )IGNAT’EVE Vanda B. ( Humanitarian Research Institute, Sakha Republic Science
Academy,Professor,Sociological survey and relational analysis of society anddevelopment in Sakha Republic. )SARDANA Boyakova( Humanitarian Research Institute, Sakha Republic Science
Academy,Professor,History of Infrastructure and Transportation System in East
Siberia )FUJIWARA Junko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Cultural anthropology
focusing to shamanism )YAMADA Hitoshi( Tohoku University,Associate professor,Mythology, folklore of Siberia )EBATA Fuyuki( Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,JSPS research fellow,Linguistics of Sakha
Republic )NAGAYAMA Yukari( Hokkaido University,Assistant Professor,Environmental recognition of native
people in Eastern Siberia )○ Future Themes
We will continue to investigate the four collaborative research topics described above, with particularemphasis on describing local peoples’ vulnerability and adaptations to the documented changes inclimate and environment.
Specific research topics are as follows:
1) To investigate resilient use of microhabitat of the domesticated reindeers, focusing on the
micromorphology around the camping site and around the migration routes of reindeers.
2) To compare migration behaviors of wild reindeers in Siberia to those in the North Europe and North
America.
3) To get socio-economic and ecological data for the inputs to system dynamics (SD) model, in order todiscuss adaptation ways of the keepers of domestic reindeers and/or hunters of wild reindeers tosocial-environmental changes.
4) To investigate ice-jam induced floods more in detail, especially focusing on what hydrologicalconditions the floods have been recognized as hazards, with the collaborations of hydro-climatology and7Research Projects

social anthropology. We will focus on snow depth and spring air temperature rise in the upper river
basins, in special concerns after 1990’s when substantial data were available.

○Books・Takakura, H. 2012,04 Chapter introduction,5,final -Ethnography of ice: Knowledge and subsistence of
Sakha in the middle basin of Lena River. Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice
and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha. (in Japanese)
・Sasaki,S. 2012,04 Chapter 1-Migration of humankind to the Siberia. Living in Siberia, a land of
extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.30-46. (in Japanese)
・Nakada, A. 2012,04 Chapter 2- Historical development of reindeer herding and origin of domestication.
Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.
49-66. (in Japanese)・Fujiwara, J. 2012,04 Chapter 3- Russians in Siberia. Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold:
Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.69-87. (in Japanese)・Hiyama, T. 2012,04 Chapter 4- Environment in the Far North and Northern High Latitude. Living inSiberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.98-111. (inJapanese)・ Yoshida, A 2012,04 Chapter 6- Reindeer herding and the problem of industrial development andenvironment in Siberia. Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous
peoples. Shinsensha, pp.137-153. (in Japanese)
・Ikeda, T. 2012,04 Chapter 7- Ecological conservation and invasive alien species issues with relation
to utilization of furbearers. Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice andindigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.157-171. (in Japanese)
・Okumura,M. 2012,04 Chapter 8-Roadway over the river ice. Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold:
Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.173-191. (in Japanese)・Nagayama,Y. 2012,04 Chapter 9-Various language of former inhabitants in Siberia. Living in Siberia, aland of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. Shinsensha, pp.198-218. (in Japanese)
・Yamada,H. 2012,04 Chapter 10-Mythology and world view of the Siberian shamanism. Living in Siberia, aland of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous peoples. , pp.219-236. (in Japanese)○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・Takakura, H. (ed.) 2012,04 Living in Siberia, a land of extreme cold: Reindeer, ice and indigenous
peoples. Shinsensha, 272pp. (in Japanese)○Papers【Original Articles】

・Tei, S., Sugimoto, A., Yonenobu, H., Hoshino, Y. and Maximov, T.C. 2013,02 Reconstruction of summer
Palmer Drought Severity Index from δ13C of larch tree rings in East Siberia. QuaternaryInternational 290-291 :275-281.
・Yoshida, R., Sawada M., Yamazaki, T., Ohta, T., Hiyama, T. 2013,02 Influence of Land Cover Change on
Regional Water Cycles in Eastern Siberia. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 52 :484-497.
・Brutsaert, W. and Hiyama, T 2012,11 The determination of permafrost thawing trends from long-term
streamflow measurements with an application in eastern Siberia. Journal of Geophysical Research
117(D22110). DOI:10.1029/2012JD018344..

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・Hiyama, T. 2012,08 Visit to valuable water springs (98): Water in vicinity of Yakutsk, Eastern
Siberia.. Journal of Groundwater Hydrology (54) :171-181. (in Japanese)
・Takakura, H. 2012 The shift from herding to hunting among the Siberian Evenki: Indigenous knowledge
and subsistence change in Northwestern Yakutia.. Asian Ethnology 71 :31-47.
・Lopez, L., Hatano, R., Guggenberger, G., Ohta, T., Gerasimov, E. and Fedorov, A. 2012 Forest fires
effects on carbon stocks and soil chemistry in central Yakutia, eastern Siberia. . Eurasian Journalof Forest Research (15-1) :9-17.
・Xue, B.L., Komatsu, H., Kumagai, T., Kotani, A., Otsuki, K., Ohta, T. 2012 Interannual variation of
evapotranspiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest. Hydrological Processes (26) :2360-2368. DOI:
10.1002/hyp.9195.
・Ignatyeva, V. 2012 On the preservation of traditional farming due to global climate change. Ethnopolitical situation in Russia and neighboring countries in 2011. Annual report EAWARN and Early
Warning 2011 :547-554. (in Russian)・Dolman, A. J., Shvidenko, A., Schepaschenko, D., Ciais, P., Tchebakova, N., Chen, T., van der Molen,
M. K., Belelli Marchesini, L., Maximov, T. C., Maksyutov, S. and Schulze, E.-D. 2012 An estimate of
the terrestrial carbon budget of Russia using inventory based, eddy covariance and inversion
methods.. Biogeosciences Discuss 9 :6579-6626. DOI:10.5194/bgd-9-6579-2012.
・Yamazaki, T., S. Tei, A. Sugimoto and T. Ohta 2012 Long-term estimation of soil freezing and snow
cover in a taiga forest in eastern Siberia. Tohoku Journal of Snow and Life 27(38) :39. (inJapanese)
・Boyakova S.I. 2012 Legal, social and economic aspects of the development of the Northern Sea Route intoday. Legal and socio-economic problems of the Arctic peoples. Materials Intl. Scientific-practicalconference 2011(9) :56-66.
・Park, H., Walsh, J., Fedorov, A., Sherstiukov, A., Iijima, Y. and Ohata, T. 2012 The influence ofclimate and hydrological variables on opposite anomaly in active layer thickness between Eurasianand North American watersheds. Cryosphere Discus . DOI:10.5194/tcd-6-2537-2012.
・Park, H., Walsh, J., Kim, Y., Nakai, T. and Ohata, T. 2012 The role of declining Arctic sea ice inrecent decreasing terrestrial Arctic snow depths. Polar Science . DOI:10.1016/j.polar.2012.10.002..
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Saigusa, N., Suzuki, R., Hiyama, T. and Hayashi, K. Cross-disciplinary research collaboration forearly detection of biological feedbacks. Third International Symposium on the Arctic Research(ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Takakura, H., Yoshikawa, Y., Watanabe, M., Sakai, T. and Hiyama, T. Ice movement in the Lena riverand the typology of spring flood: An interpretation of local sources integrated with satellite
imagery using a multidisciplinary approach. Third International Symposium on the Arctic Research(ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・ Ignatyeva, V. Demographic problems of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). International scientificpractical conference "The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation: the north-eastern vector ofdevelopment", 2012,11,28-2012,11,29, St. Petersburg, Russia. (in Russian)・Nagayama, Y. Cultural succession from folk narratives: A case of Alutor in Kamchatka.. Hokkaido
Ethnological Society, Second Annual Meeting 2012, 2012,11,11, Sapporo. (in Japanese)
・Yoshida, A. Diversity of food culture among the Siberian indigenous pastoralists. Public symposium ofJapan Society of Cultural Anthropology "Global Journey on Food and Rituals: Siberia and Americas",2012,11,10, Sendai. (in Japanese)
・Oshima, K. Interannual variation of the Lena River discharge and its association with atmosphericwater cycle. Third Symposium on Polar Science/35th Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology,
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・Ignatyeva, V. and Romanova, E. "Man - the needle of the Earth": problems of preservation of ethnic
identity of indigenous peoples of Yakutia in the era of globalization. International
Interdisciplinary Conference "Minority communities in the face of globalization: Uniformization,
resistance or updated", 2012,10,16-2012,10,19, Yakutsk. (in Russian)・Ignatyeva, V. Industrial modernization as a factor in environmental, demographic, and social risks in
the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Scientific Conference "Problems of the socio-economic and political
history of Siberia early XX-XXI centuries", 2012,06,14-2012,06,15, Yakutsk. (in Russian)・Ignatyeva, V. and Romanova, E. Anthropology of permafrost: Natural landscape and the "territory
ethnicity". International Interdisciplinary Conference "Nature and Culture", 2012,06,13-2012,06,15,
Yakuysk. (in Russian)・ Fujiwara, J. Remote places hard to access in Russian North. Japan Society of Civil Engineers,
2012,06,02-2012,06,03, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
・Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., and Gagarin, L. Monitoring permafrost degradationin Siberia using microwave remote sensing. Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), 2012,05,20-2012,05,25,
Makuhari, Chiba. (in Japanese)・Tei, S., Sugimoto, A., Yonenobu, H. and Maximov, T.C. Changes in relationship between larch tree
growth and climate in eastern Siberia over past 100 years. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting,2012,05,20-2012,05,25, Makuhari,Chiba. (in Japanese)
・Oshima, K. and Hiyama, T. Seasonal and interannual variations of the Lena River discharge and theirrelationships to atmospheric water cycle. Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2012,2012,05,20-2012,05,25, Makuhari, Chiba. (in Japanese)
・Oshima, K. Interannual variation of the Lena River discharge and its association with atmosphericwater cycle. Meteorological Society of Japan 2012 Spring meeting, May 2012, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)【Poster Presentation】

・ Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., Gagarin, L., and Yamaguchi, Y. Permafrost
degradation and flood occurrence in the far north of Siberia. Third International Symposium on the
Arctic Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Ignatyeva, V. Ethnicity as an ideology of consumerism: Anthropological analysis of everyday life of
Sakha. International conference "Ethnic and cultural cooperation in Eurasia: Spatial and historicalconfiguration", 2012,11,25-2012,11,27, Barnaul, Russia.
・Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., Gagarin, L., and Yamaguchi, Y. Flood monitoringin the far north of Siberia using ALOS/PALSAR. The 53rd Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing
Society of Japan, 2012,11,19-2012,11,20, Hiroshima.
・Oshima, K. Comparison of atmospheric and terrestrial water budgets in the three great Siberian rivers
among atmospheric reanalyses. Meteorological Society of Japan 2012 Autumn Meeting, October 2012,
Sapporo.
・Kotani, A., Ohta, T. Seasonal variation in characteristic of turbulence transport over forest canopy.
Japan Society of Hydrology and water Resources Meeting 2012, 2012,09,26-2012,09,29, Hiroshima.
・Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Kolesnikov, A., Gagarin, L. and Shepelev, V. Estimation of residence time ofpermafrost groundwater in the Yakutsk region, eastern Siberia. 3rd International Conference on
Forest and Water in a changing environment, 2012,09,18-2012,09,20, Fukuoka.
・ Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., and Gagarin, L. Long-term flood damage bypermafrost degradation in Siberia. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
2012, 2012,07,22-2012,07,27, Munich, Germany.
・Kotani, A., Ohta, T. Linkage between net ecosystem exchange of H2O and CO2 over boreal forest ateastern Siberia. Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2012, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, Makuhari, Chiba.

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・ Hiyama, T. Waterlogging risk in Eastern Siberia: A case study in the permafrost region. World
Congress on Risk 2012, Risk and Development in a Changing World, 2012,07,17-2012,07,20, Sydney,AUS.

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・Yamazaki, T., S. Tei, A. Sugimoto and T. Ohta Long-term simulation of soil water content in eastern
Siberian taiga forest by a land-surface model. 2012 Annual conference, Japan Society of Hydrology
and Water Resources, 2012,09,26-2012,09,28, Hiroshima. (in Japanese)

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・Sugimoto, A., Ishikawa, M., Kodama, Y., Sasaki, M., Yamazaki, T., Matsuura, Y., Uchida, M., Suzuki,
R., Iijima, Y., Saito, K., Park, H., Ohta, T., Hiyama, T., Osawa, A. and Ise, T. Change in
Terrestrial Ecosystem of Pan-Arctic and effect on Climate. Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting
2012, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, Makuhari, Chiba.
・ Oshima, K. Estimation of Net Precipitation over the Three Great Siberian River Basins Using
Atmospheric Reanalyses. 4th WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses, May 2012, Washingtong DC.
・Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., and Gagarin, L. Monitoring ground subsidence andspringwaterbypermafrost
degradationinSiberia.
EuropeanGeoscience
Union(EGU),
2012,04,22-2012,04,27, Vienna, Austria.
・ Hanamura, M., Ohta, T., Kotani, A., Ito S., Maximov, T.C.,Kononov, A, Maximov, A. Variability
analysis of evapotransipiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest over 12- year (1998-2011). The
123th Japan Forestry Society, 2012,03,26-9999,03,29, Utsunomiya. (in Japanese)・Hayashi, M, Kotani, A., Ohta, T. Comparison of CO2 flux between two sites in eastern Siberian boreal
forest. The 123th Japan Forestry Society, 2012,03,26-9999,03,29, Utsunomiya. (in Japanese)・ Ignatyeva, V. Ethnic and demographic development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Regionalfeatures. Solovetsky Forum 2011, 2011,06,01-9999,06,04, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
・Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Gagarin, L. and Kolesnikov, A. Age estimation of supra-permafrost and intrapermafrost groundwater in Yakutsk region, Eastern Siberia. Third International Symposium on the
Arctic Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Oshima, K., Iijima, Y., Hori, M.E., Inoue, J. and Hiyama, T. Changes in the Lena river discharge andnet precipitation over the basin during 2005-2008. Third International Symposium on the Arctic
Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: C-08
Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: MURAMATSU, Shin

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Project Name: Megacities and the Global Environment

Research Axis: Circulation
Key Words: Megacity, developing country, built environment, natural environment, social environment, city sustainable index,
scenarios○ Research Subject and Objectivesa) Research objectives and background
Cities are basically defined as the places in which peoplecongregate. As human-made phenomena, they
feature human-built-environmentsalongside the natural environment and develop their own unique socioeconomicenvironment distinct from the non-urban environment. While cities have been amajor force inpromoting the progress of human civilization, they have alsoserved as breeding grounds for humandisaster and discontent in the form of environmentaldegradation, epidemics, famine and riots andproblems of the built environment.Faced with such challenges, humans have repeatedly demonstrated theirabilityto overcome adversity through intervention in the urban and non-urban naturalenvironment, thebuilt-environment and socio-economic environment. However, apopulation of seven billion currently lives
in the world, half of which live incities,. Environmental problems and complications are largely
attributable tohuman activities in urban areas, including global warming and decliningbiodiversity on
the earth. (Figure 1)This project will focus on the city, especially on the megacity, as both amajorsite in which human action create environmental problems that in recent yearshave become the centre ofattention of many of international organizations andresearchers.
The objectives of this project are: (1) to reduce environmentalimpacts attributable to megacities which
support huge populations in developingtropical countries that are vulnerable to the effects of global
warming; and (2)to provide methods of intervening in the local environment, which is directlyrelated to
the lives of people in the environment, with a view to enhancing people’sgeneral satisfaction withlife and their surroundings. The focus of thisstudy is Jabodetabek, the metropolitan area of Jakarta,
Indonesia’s capital,which at present has a robust economy and growing population. In the course ofour
study, 1) we will take measurements and engage in observations and analysesthrough a cognitive science
approach from the perspective of different academicfields of study at different levels (micro andmacro) of a megacity, and 2) wewill present a scenario of a megacity by the year 2050 from theperspective ofdesign science. Essentially, we intend to develop methods for making scenariosand to showknowledge we have gained in the course of our research in a formthat may be applicable to studies ofother megacities. In so doing, we hope tolink this single study of megacities to global cities, thevarious problemsthat plague cities in general, and the global environment in order to resolve
theproblems.
We have considered the following outcomes: (1) to present a 2050megacity scenario; (2) to hold a
Megacity Scenario 2050 workshop; (3) to providea framework and an Urban Information Database that canbe publicly accessible;(4) to publish one volume in English; and (5) to publish a series of abouteight
volumes under the title of Megacities and Earth’s Environment(provisional title). We also present
research findings atinternational conferences, develop awebsite presenting results of theproject andcontinue to develop international researchers working in this field.
b) Research methods and organization
1) The study is divided into two broadareas: clarification of mechanisms (cognitive science) andcreation of an urbansphere model (design science). (Figure 2)
Cognitive science-1: Through measurements and observations of megacities from differentperspectives(micro and macro), the study will quantitatively and qualitativelydetermine conditions of the builtenvironment (building structures, area, typesand styles of dwellings including quality of materials),Research Projects

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the naturalenvironment (heat environment, biodiversity, flood risk), and the socialenvironment (values,
lifestyle) and will conduct historical analyses ofrestrictive aspects to elucidate the mechanisms of
megacities. Then, we canunderstand how they negatively affect the global environment, thelocalenvironment, and people’s values.
Cognitive science-2:Observing the way in which people adjust themselves to the changingbuilt-, naturaland social environments, we will develop methods of making aproposal of an “urban sphere model with
future potential.”
Design Science-1: We will comprehensively consider all existing intervention methodsin megacities onboth a micro and macro scale, and we will actually holdworkshops on these methods. In the workshops, we
can clarify and assess methodsof intervention and adaptation.
Design Science -2: We intend to hold a Megacity Scenario 2050 workshop to present theMegacity Scenario
2050 and determine how we should present it to the public andhow we can receive feedback regarding it.
In the workshop, we will analyzevarious processes and present results including an evaluation.
2) Research framework: We have streamlinedthe work groups into five according to the research framework
as follows: (1)the Supervisory Group which oversees the project as a whole, (2) the MegacityHistory
Group which researches the history of megacities and Jabodetabek, (3)the Lifestyle Group which
undertakes measurements, observations, and analysesof people’s values and lifestyles, (4) the
Environment Group which undertakesmeasurements, observations, and analyses of the natural environment
and thebuilt-environment, and (5) the Urban Policy Group which implements design scienceincluding theformulation and verification of the Megacity Scenario 2050. (Figure 3)○ Progress and Results in 2012
Below we describe outcomes achieved to dateduring the current fiscal year according to the following
four categories.
1. Results concerningmethodology(1)
Toanalyze megacities in high resolution, we have developed a framework defining“landenvironment types” based on the built-environment and various indicatorsfor categorizing these(density of dwellings, ground coverage, height andplanning). On the basis of these indicators, we
proposed four types forJabodetabek: farming village areas, urban settlement areas (Kampung), highriseresidential areas and planned residential areas which are the subject onongoing reseach. (Figure 4)(2)
Using themethodology above, we examined the possibility of applying this framework toothermegacities.
2. Results concerningcognitive science(1)
In two areatypes under investigation, farming village areas (low density, interspersedwith
rice fields, low height, unplanned; Tangerang) and urban settlement areas(high density, building
structures, low height, unplanned; Cikini), we havecollected local environment measurements (heatsurveys, biodiversity surveys,measurement surveys of distance between dwellings) and conducted surveys
onlifestyle and environmental awareness (survey on dietary habits, questionnairesurvey on awareness andvalues, survey on daily activities).
(2)
Based onresults of the above, we have made calculations relevant figures on thefollowing 12
indicators in the three categories below and showed a cobweb chartto make comparison between the
research areas.
1) Global environmental impact:the three carbon footprint indicators that can be traced back to threesources:dwellings, food and transportation2)
Local environment conditions:five indicators relating to the heat environment, biodiversity,caloriesconsumed, the area of dwellings, and income
3)
Awareness or level ofsatisfaction:
dwellings,foods, and the community .

fourindicators

relating

tothenaturalenvironment,(3)
Macro studyof Jabodetabek: We conducted assessments of the Ciliwung-Cisadane Riverbasinregarding flood risk. We also conducted a questionnaire survey on values inJabodetabek as a whole(about 1500 subjects). We collected and organized dataon urban information infrastructure development.
In addition, we organizedpopulation data (1680-1789) and made historical ground coverage maps.
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In ourdevelopment of new local technology to strengthen fragile buildings, weconducted ademonstration experiment on the construction of a dwellingutilizing bamboo reinforced concrete(batako).

○Project Members◎ Muramatsu, Shin
Alinda Medril Zain
Amemiya, Tomohiko
Aoki, Takenobu
Arai, Kenichiro
Araki, Tetsuya
Arata, Mariko
Asawa, Takashi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor )( Bogor Agricultural University )( Faculty & Graduate School of Urban Environment Sciences )( Center for International Research and Education, Chiba University,Visiting
Professor )( Faculty of International Social Studies, Maebashi Kyoai Gakuen College )( Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo )( Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology,Assistant Professor )( Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Instituteof Technology,Associate Professor )( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,docotoral course )( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )Ayukawa, Kei
Bao, Muping
Bi-Matsui, Taotao
Christodoulou, Aris ( EPFL(Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne), Management of Network
Industries )Chen, Laixing( Graduate School of Economics, University of Hyogo,Professor )Evawani, Elisa( Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia )○ Fukami, Naoko( Organization for Isalmic Area Studies, Waseda University,SeniorResearcher(Professor) )Fujii, Toyonobu( University of Aberdeen )Guseva, Anna
( NIITAG )Harashina, Koji
( Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University )○ Hayashi, Kengo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Hayashi, Reiko( Dept of International Reserach and Cooperation, National Institute ofPopulation and Social Security Research,Director )Hirosue, Masashi( Faculty of Letters, Rikkyo University,Professor )Ichinose, Tomohiro ( Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University )Ikejiri, Takashi( Kinki University )Ishikawa, Satoshi( Department of fisheries, Tokai University )Itakawa, Satoru( Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University )Ito, Kaori( Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo Universityof Science )Iwai, Shigeki( Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University,Professor )Iwafune, Yumiko( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )Izumikawa, Hiroshi ( Hiroshima Jogakuin University )○ Kagotani, Naoto( Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University,Professor )○ Kato, Hironori( School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )Kato, Tsuyoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Visiting Professor )Research Projects

4. Organizationalimprovement
Outcomes due to improvement in theorganizational framework: The holding of monthly meetings with core
memberscontributed to unifying their interests in the project and consolidating datathat had been
decentralized. The thoughtful advice and abundant suggestionsfrom Professor Terry McGee (British
Columbia University from Canada), whojoined the project at our invitation, and Visiting Professor
Tsuyoshi Kato alsoenlivened the project.

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(1)
In the urbansettlement area of Cikini, we held a joint student workshop with students
andfaculty from the University of Indonesia and Japanese university students. Studentspresented designintervention regarding how intervention should take place at amicro level and exchanged views withresidents of the local community. Wepublished a booklet on the results of this workshop in both English
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Kamiya, Akihiro
Kamiyama, Ryutaro
Kim, Jinsuk
Kimura, Takeshi
Kitagaki Ryoma
Kurihara, Shinji
McGee, Terry( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,docotoral course )( Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, the University of Tokyo )( Faculty of Economics, Keiai University )( Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Tsukuba )( Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo )( College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University )( The University of British Colombia, Institute of Asian Studies,former Director,
Professor )Meutia, A. Ami.
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Mori, Koichiro( Shiga University International,Associate Professor )Matsuda, Hiroko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Mimura, Yutaka( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )○ Muramakami, Akinobu ( Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba )Musha, Kaori( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,d )Nakaookubo, Chiaki ( Graduate School of science and Engineering, Saga University,Associate
Professor )○ Okabe, Akiko( Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University )Ota, Hiroshi( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )Shima, Norihisa( Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, The University of Tokyo,Secretary
General and Project Researcher )Shimada, Ryuto( Seinan Gakuin University,Associate Professor )Shiroyama, Tomoko( Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University )Taguchi, Junko( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,docotoral course )Takaiwa, Yu( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,Master course )Takeuchi, Wataru( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )○ Tanigawa, Ryuichi( Kyoto University )Taniguchi, Makoto( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Torigoe, Keiko( School of Cultural & Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University,Professor )Tsuchiya, Sadao( K.K.Sadao,President )Uchiyama, Yuta
( Research Institute of Humanities and Nature )Uehara, Wataru( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )Uemura, Yasuo( Faculty of Letters, Hiroshima University,Professor Emeritus )Washida, Yuichi( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )Widodo, Johaness( School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore,Associate
Professor )Yagita, Yoshie( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )Yamada, Kyota( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University )Yamasaki, Seiko( Dentsu Communication Institute )Yamashita, Tsuguta ( London school of Economic and Political Science )○ Yamashita, Yuko
( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )Yoshida, Koushi( College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University )Yoshida, Mari
( College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University,Associate
Professor )Zenno, Yasushi( Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College )○ Future Themes
Research Plan
FR3 (2012)
1. Research concerning cognitive science:
1)
Investigate the remaining two “landenvironment types”: high-rise residential areas (highdensity, built-up areas,high-rise buildings, planned) and planned residential areas (low density,builtup areas, low-rise buildings, planned)

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2)
Undertake a supplementary studyof the two “land environment types” studied prior to FR3:
farming village areasand urban settlement areas.
3)

Examine logic that will linkthe micro and macro aspects of megacities.

5)

Obtain data concerningmegacities other than Jabodetabek, and conduct comparison study.

1)
Following on from workshops inurban settlement areas in fiscal 2011, hold workshops with a small
number ofpeople to study ways of linking the results obtained in cognitive science withan appropriate
scenario.
2)

Proceed with research on designproposals for dense residential areas.

3)

Undertake surveys and engage inresearch for the presentation of the Megacity Scenario 2050

3. Other
1)
Engage in discussion concerningthe publication of the project research, one of the final
outcomes of theproject, taking into consideration matters such as its purport, content andauthors,among others.
2)

Examine the framework andcontent of the Urban Information Database

FR4 (2013)
1. Research concerning cognitive science
1)
Consider the possibility ofstudying other types of categorized areas in addition to the existing
four andengage in research of these.
2)

Conduct supplementary surveysof the four types of areas.

3)

In addition to the above,continue FR3.

2. Research concerning design science
1)

Undertake surveys and engage inresearch to present a Megacity Scenario 2050.

3. Other
1)
Engage in discussion concerningthe publication of the project research, one of the final
outcomes of the project,taking into consideration matters such as its purport, content andauthors,among others.
2)

Examine the framework andcontent of the Urban Information Database●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・HAYASHI, Reiko(with) Yoshimi Chitose, Katsuhisa Kojima, Masato Shimizu, Shiro Koike, Masahiro Kishi,
Masataka Nakagawa, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research 2013,03 "2011
Population and Social Security Survey - the Seventh National Survey on Migration" .
・ Matsuda, Hiroko: 2013,03 Transition of Urban Intervention in Hydrological and TopographicalEnvironment of Batavia under the Rule of the Netherlands, Dissertation. the University of Tokyo.
・Ami,M 2012,10 Kado untuk Pasutri Norma Juliandi, dkk “Cinta Suku” . Pena Nusantara Publishing House○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・YAMADA, K., FUKAMI, N., etc. (ed.) 2012 The report for the Conference on the Cities of whole Earthand History. vol. 8.. ,Research Projects

2. Research concerning design science

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4)
Engage in methodologicalresearch of methods for integrating data obtained through cognitive
science andthe importance therein. Further analyze data by considering the complementaryrelationshipamong indicators and the trade-off.

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○Papers【Original Articles】

・Matsuda, Hiroko 2013,03 Waterways and Space Formation in Batavia under the Rule of the Dutch East
India Company, Journal of Architecture and Planning. 78(685) :705-714.(reviewed).
・ HAYASHI, Reiko 2012,09 "Urbanization in societies of population decline - A Russia-Japan
comparison" . Proceedings of the 2012 Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities, Pacific National
University, Khabarovsk, Russia, :332-338.
・MORI, K. and CHRISTODOULOU, A 2012 Review of sustainability indices and indicators: Towards a new
City Sustainability Index (CSI). Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 32(1) :94-106.
・ Liyantono, Tasuku Kato, Koshi Yoshida, Hisao Kuroda 2012 The Influence of El Niño Southern
Oscillation on Agricultural Production Sustainability in a Tropical Monsoon Region: Case Study in
Nganjuk District, East Java, Indonesia,. Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture 7(1) :65-74.
・Kyota YAMADA 2012 Global Environment and Mega Cities: Cognitive Science, Science for Design and
Human-World Interaction Approach. International Symposium Cities Under Change :21-23.
・Koshi Yoshida and Issaku Azechi 2012 Impact analysis of future climate change on water resources inCitarum river basin,Indonesia,. Proceedings of ACES, :356.
【Review Articles】

・HIROSUE,m 2013,03 Comment 2”, in Floods and Society. Emerging Regional Identity in Thailand. Center
for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University, kyoto, pp.65-66.
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ HAYASHI.,Reiko "Urbanization in societies of population decline in the context of Cold Climate
Civilization" Academic Exchanges - Innovation and development of urban planning and architecturaldesign, . , 2013,03,24, 瀋陽建築大学, China.
・Kyota YAMADA、 Viewing Sri Lanka from a Perspective of New Moor Street and Ghaus Moidheen Mawata,
Colombo 、 . International Conference on Islam and Multiculturalism: Islam, Modern Science, andTechnology, 2013,01,05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
・Kyota YAMADA、 Global Environment and Mega Cities: Cognitive Science, Science for Design and HumanWorld Interaction Approach、. International Symposium Cities Under Change、, 2012,10,17, Kolkata,
India.
・HAYASHI.,Reiko “Population ageing in Africa”. UNFPA Symposium“Ageing in the Twenty-First Century:
A Celebration and A Challenge”, 2012,10,01, U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations
University.
・ YAMASAKI, Seiko “30 Years of WVS outreach” . International symposia “Social Survey andInfrastructure, October 2012, Tokyo (Japan).held by Japanese Association for Social Research, .
・HIROSUE,M The Rise of Indonesian Nationalism and Mixed Marriage between Indonesians and Europeans:
Free Love, Concubinage and Marriage. Seminar Cetak Biru Center of Excellence (Organized by National
Archives of the Republic of Indonesia), , 2012,09,18-2012,09,19, Indonesia, Jakarta.
【Poster Presentation】

・YAMASAKI, Seiko “Economic Development and Cultural Change: World Values Survey” . World Values
Survey Global Meeting,, March 2013, Qatar.
・YAMASAKI, Seiko “World Values Survey's Achievements, Underutilized Areas of the Survey Materials,
and Future Prospects” . The Behaviormetric Society of Japan, September 2012, Niigata.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: C-09-Init
Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: WATANABE Tsugihiro

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Project Name: Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management

Research Axis: Circulation
Key Words: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), local water resources governance, pro-humanistic water
resources assessment, Bayesian ANthro-Socioeconomic-Hydrological systems Evaluation Emulator (BANSHEE)， Water
Consilience○ Research Subject and Objectives
As a background of this project, IWRM was proposed as a foundational principal for comprehensively
carrying out water resources management, in which various sectors and many stakeholders are involved.
However, there exist the challenges of IWRM implementation to local communities and effective
assessment of the influence of human activities on water environment. Also, the local water resourceswere under joint management by water users, but are becoming to be under top-down management by publicorganizations with increasing their participation, which follows modernization and area expansion ofirrigation systems. In the midst of this, there are qualitative changes taking place in the structureof society, such as the hastening of private assignment of water management. Therefore, new policy
guidelines have been requested in the field of local-to-regional water resources management.
Furthermore, the target of IWRM is in the process of moving from “quantity” to “quality.” Whenassessing global water resources dynamics, water management that considers the water quality ofdomestic and industrial uses, while at the same time considers the water quantity for agricultural use
is being questioned.
The goal of the C-09-Init is to present desirable local water resource management through cocreation of “wisdom of land and water management” as a result of the cooperation between science andsociety. Several indices will be developed for evaluating management strategy and efficiency of thewater resources management of local levels. Tools to contribute to the discussion of implementation
techniques and specific goal establishment will also be developed. Furthermore, C-09-Init will assess
the influence of local water resources management on the global water resources dynamics through local
water budget and virtual water trades. Based on such research results, materials grounded on scientificevidence for the study of futurability will be presented to various stakeholders from policy makers to
end water users locally.
C-09-Init will present the implementable resolutions of the following problems to both the end water
users and policy makers: a. change in the water resources dynamics due to the local water usage; b.
change in water quality due to changes in the water resources dynamics and the influence of this on theecosystem; c. environmental problems of agricultural land (soil salinization and ecosystem changes); d.
development of new water resources due to increasing water demand for ueban use etc.; e. water
resources management in order to guarantee the use of water in the environment. In addition, in orderto achieve them, the pro-humanistic water resources assessment and local water resources governancewill be co-created through scientific and societal practices. The following results will be returned to
the local communities and they will be instrumental in working toward a solution of environmental
problems: a. an efficacy evaluation index for local water resources management; b. an assessment of therelationship between local water resources management and water usage/ environment; c. necessary
conditions for the basis of local desirable water resources management; d. contents and roles of wisdomthat support local desirable water resources management; e. an assessment of the influence of local
water resources management on the global water resources dynamics.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
The main research results were presented by each study area group.
1) Turkey

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We clarified that causes to aggravate water environment and land productivity existed in excessive
use of irrigation water and fertilizers, and water users had low awareness of water and were uncriticalof public policies.
2) Indonesia
We quantified water use and balance in rice cultivation during dry season and clarified that water
users in dry-season and respective geographical conditions conducted paddy cultivation while
empirically utilizing available, limited water resources. As for operations for observations and survey
on managing organizations, we have structured systems in South Sulawesi to execute “co-creation byscience and society” supported by various SHs including farmers, local municipalities and an NGO.
3) Egypt
We developed the flood inundation model and executed trial calculations to replicate the stream flowof the Nile and area, water depths and periods of flood inundation.
4) Japan
We clarified that structural/geographical factors would specify water amount from a dam as well as
each community has different strategies for their management.
5) Globe
We conducted the uncertainty assessment and parameter sensitivity analysis on the global water
resources prediction.
To integrate the above results by the separate study-area groups, we composed a grand design of
C-09-Init research progress. We aim at design-scientific integration to present the ideal way andfuture design of water management to solve problems. We invoked the transdisciplinary research process
by Lang et al. (2012) and reorganized the grand design to realize transdisciplinarity through cocreation of science and society. Since such co-creation requires proactive participation of SHs insociety, the actual research will be progressed by establishing Working Groups (WGs) to conduct
operations necessary at each stage.
We organized the Water Consilience WG to integrate the knowledge obtained in the study areas andprepared a start-up system to aggregate concrete outcomes using the global water resources assessment
by WG. Secondly, in each study area, our observational survey promoted scientific elucidation, andbased on that, we were able to make a design-scientific “attempt for co-design and co-production ofscience and society” in collaboration with stakeholders (SHs).

○Project Members◎ Tsugihiro WATANABE
Taikan OKI○ Masakazu MIZUTANI○ Kaoru TAKARA○ Ulara TAMURA○ Takanori NAGANO○ Haruya KAGAMI○ Masanori NAITO
Minako YAMANLARMIZUNO○ Izumi TAKAMIYA
Kazuko OGUNI
Kimihito NAKAMURA
Akihiko KOTERA
Hisaaki KATO
○ Ken'ichi NAKAGAMI
Hironori HAMASAKI
Takao NAKAGIRI○ Michio AKIYAMA
Shigeo YACHI
Takuya TANAKA( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor )( Tokyo University,Professor )( Utsunomiya University,Professor )( Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University,Professor )( National Museum of Ethnology )( Kobe University,Associate Professor )( Kanazawa University,Professor )( Doshisya University,Professor )( Ryukoku University,Professor )( Kinki University,Professor )( Nihon Fukushi University,Associate Professor )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )( Kobe University )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Research Associates )( Ritsumeikan University,Professor )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Fellow )( Osaka Prefecture University,Associate Professor )( Shiga Prefecture University,Professor )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )( Kyoto University )19
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From FR3 we will continue survey and observation, make qualitative/quantitative descriptions of the“wisdom of land and water management” in each study area, and formulate local wisdom, while
proactively cooperating with SHs. And then, the Water Consilience WG will integrate the findings oflocal wisdom to construct the first edition of the “BANSHEE” and create water resources management
scenarios for assessment.
In FR4, we will transfer the wisdom and methods related to land-water management into crosssectional practice over science and society. While proposing pro-humanistic global water resources
assessment for the implementation of the IWRM as the academic fruits, we will propose and implement
local water resources governance as the social outcomes.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Hironori Hamasaki and Hiroyuki Katayama 2013,03 Environmental Leadership Development A Cambodian
Case. Takashi Mino and Keisuke Hanaki (ed.) Environmental Leadership Capacity Building in Higher
Education - Experience and Lessons from Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders.
Springer, Tokyo, pp.109-118.

Research Projects○ Future Themes

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Tamaki KASHIO( Lake Biwa Museum )Naoko HIRAYAMA( Kanazawa University,Assistant professor )Hiroki OUE( Ehime University,Professor )Ieko KAKUTA( Asia University,Professor )Chie IMAGAWA( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Fellow )Satoko WATANABE( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Fellow )Naota HANASAKI( National Institute for Environmental Studies )Yuki SHIBATA( Shiga Prefecture University,Assistant Professeor )Akiko MINAGAWA( Shiga Prefecture University,Assistant Professeor )Nana ONO( Shiga Prefecture University,Assistant Professeor )Chnsnul ARIF
( Tokyo University )Sartika LABAN( Ehime University )Pngping LUO( Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University,Visiting Fellow )○ Erhan AKCA
( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Associate Professor )○ Mehmet. A. CULLU( Haran University, Turkey,Professor )Mehmet Emin BAYSAL ( (General Directorate of) State Hydraulic Works,Turkey,Head of a department )Huseyin DEMIR( GAP Regional evelopment Administration, Turkey,Senior Engineer )Selim KAPUR( ?ukurova University, Turkey,Professor )Riza KANBER( ?ukurova University, Turkey,Professor )○ Suha BERBEROGLU( ?ukurova University, Turkey,Professor )Sedrettin( Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Development Southeastern Anatolia Project
KARAHOCAGIL
Regional Development Administration, Turkey,Administrator )○ Budi I.SETIAWAN( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Professor )Shaden A.GAWAD( Shaden A.GAWAD,Director )○ Agnes RAMPISELA( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Instructor )I. Gde PITANA( Udayana University, Indonesia,Professor )I Wayan BUDIASA( Udayana University, Indonesia,Instructor )Satyanto K. SAPTOMO ( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Instructor )Made SUDARTHA( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Research Associate )Mohamad Yanuar( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Instructor )Jarwadi PURWANTO

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○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・IMAGAWA Chie, HANDOH Itsuki C., TAKEUCHI Junichiro A Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of the Modelled
Surface- and Ground-Water Flows in an Agricultural Watershed. PAWEES 2012 International Conference,
2012,11,27-2012,11,29, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
【Poster Presentation】

・ Hironori HAMASAKI, Hisaaki KATO, and Takao NAKAGIRI Possibilities of approach integrating‘hardware’ and ‘software’ for sustainable water resources management: – the case of Bali,
Indonesia. The 4th International Water Association Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals
Conference, 2012,12,07-2012,12,10, Tokyo, Japan..
・ Hironori Hamasaki, Hisaaki Kato, Chie Imagawa and Satoko Watanabe Rethinking integrated water
resources management (IWRM): Need for reframing IWRM for futurability. 10th International Symposium
on Southeast Asian Water Environment in Hanoi, 2012,11,08-2012,11,10, Vietnam, Hanoi.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: D-03

Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: OKUMIYA, Kiyohito
URL:
Key Words:○ Research Subject and Objectives
Research Objectives:
We intend to explore new perspectives regarding how people live in high-altitude environments where
oxygen levels are low and natural resources are limited. We focus on aging problems and lifestylerelated diseases because we regard these as manifestations of global environmental issues in the humanbody. We aim to clarify “highland civilization”, as defined by ecological and cultural adaptations tohigh-altitude environments, physiological adaptations, and how recent changes in lifestyle haveaffected quality of life (QOL) amongst the elderly. We also propose a model of human-natureinteractions in “highland civilization.”
Background:In humans, acute lack of oxygen causes irreversible brain damage within five minutes. In highlandareas, humans have adapted to the physiological, ecological and cultural challenges of high altitudeenvironments, which include low oxygen levels and scarce food sources, over many generations(Aldenderfer 2003) (Baker 1978) (Beall 2006) (Rivera 2007). “Highland civilization” embodies both
ecological and cultural adaptations and it has been reported that elderly highlanders have a highsubjective QOL (Yamamoto 2008) (Matsubayashi 2009). In recent decades, modern lifestyle changes have
impacted highland life. Whilst highland life has become more convenient with increased food supplies,
it is estimated that lifestyle-related diseases such as myocardial infarction or diabetes will increase
as a result. Any increase in cardio-respiratory disease may have greater impact in a low oxygen
environment. In this project, we will study the influence of these lifestyle changes over several
decades on QOL among elderly highlanders.
Significance for“Global Environmental Issues”:

Environmental changes associated with human activities are actualized on a global scale. Improvements
in diet and medicine have increased the average life span, and with this, an increase in age-relateddiseases including lifestyle-related diseases. Lifestyle-related diseases are age-related diseases
influenced by lifestyle, such as eating habits, activity level, sleep patterns, smoking and alcohol
consumption. Reconsidering lifestyles that encourage lifestyle-related diseases may be incidentallycoupled with rethinking lifestyles that impact the environment, such as activities that may contributeto pollution and global warming.
This research explores a fundamental message regarding global environmental problems based on aspectsof lifestyle-related diseases and QOL in the elderly. Our project is compatible with RIHN’s mission to
integrate the humanities and science by investigating QOL, lifestyle and environments within various
disciplines, including geography, agriculture, anthropology, meteorology, ecology, economics andmedicine. The Himalaya-Tibet area is the strategic investigation site. In 2007, the IPCC reported that
this area exceeds the global average for temperature increase and the severe glacial retreat is
globally important. Additionally, the decreasing water supply to the lower stream is an additional
concern. We have set an automated weather station (AWS) in Ladakh and started providing information to
the public.

○ Progress and Results in 2012

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Research Axis: Diversity

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Project Name: Human Life, Aging and Disease in High-Altitude Environments: Physio-Medical, Ecological and Cultural
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Research findings indicate the following.
1) Ecological and cultural adaptation in highlands is characterized as maximal and sustainableutilization of limited but diversified natural resources, flexible management for disasters and simple
life with modest virtues.
2) The “Himalaya model of lifestyle-related diseases” hypothesis of diabetes acceleration wasdeveloped by the interaction among physiological adaptation in high-altitude and the effect of recentchange of lifestyles with socio-economic globalization.
Ecological and cultural adaptation to the high-altitude environment and recent lifestyle change due tothe globalization
Subsistence lifestyle and economic conditions supporting the base of “highland civilizations” werestudied in the three ecologically distinct zones in Himalaya-Tibet region: Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan
in the forest zone, Ladakh in the oasis zone, and Qinghai in the grassland zone. Vertical distributionof vegetation, ethnic groups, subsistence lifestyle and alien plant invasion were described from 200 to
4000 m in Arunachal Pradesh (Kosaka 2010). The detailed household interview and analysis of satellite
image revealed the recent decrease in the number of livestock, the increasing use of chemicalfertilizer, and the distribution pattern of spreading abandoned land at Domkhar village in Ladakh.
Shortage of fodder, heavy snowfall, and less accessibility to social services were identified as thereasons for migration of pastoral people from Changthang highland to Leh city in Ladakh. Risk
assessment of glacial lake collapsing, recording the restoration process from flooding damage(Yamaguchi 2011), and analysis of the climatic aspect of disaster occurrence have also been conductedin Ladakh.
“Himalaya model of lifestyle-related diseases” : The interaction between long-term physiologicalhigh-altitude adaptation and recent lifestyle change.
There was the association between physiological hypoxic adaptation and lifestyle-related diseases. Han
people had higher hemoglobin concentration compared with Tibetans in Qinghai. Increasing prevalence ofdiabetes mellitus was strongly associated with increases in hemoglobin levels related to adaptation tohypoxia in Ladakh, Yushu, and Arunachal（Okumiya 2010）.
There was the association between high-altitude and lifestyle-related diseases. High blood sugar,
pulmonary disorder by dust, sleep disorder (Ladakh), hypertension and hyperlipidemia (Arunachal) weremore prevalent in higher-altitude dwelling people (Ishimoto 2011).
There was the association among ecological environment, globalization and food diversity. The fooddiversity score was highest in Arunachal (humid), moderate in Qinghai (semi rid) and lowest in Ladakh(arid). In Ladakh there was lower food diversity in people in rural area than urban one.
There was the association between settlement, livelihood change and lifestyle-related diseases.
Lifestyle-related diseases were more prevalent in urban area of Yushu than rural area of Haiyan in
Qinghai（Okumiya 2010）. Official workers and monks had more prevalence of obesity, hypertension anddiabetes than agro-pastoral local people in urban areas of Yushu and Leh.
The prevalence of diabetes was low in the traditional lifestyle in pastoral people in Arunachal andHaiyan (3000 m) but the prevalence of prediabetes in Ladakh was high in Ladakh (2900-3800 m) where
natural resource is lowest and they may be fragile to lifestyle change. There was more prevalence ofhigh hemoglobin level and high blood sugar with obesity and hypertension in Yushu (3600 m) than in
Ladakh. Change of lifestyle in hypoxia-adapted people may accelerate lifestyle-relateddiseases: ”Diabetes acceleration hypothesis”.
Health care design for elderly people in highlands for successful aging with high QOL
We started follow-up monitoring of blood pressure, body weight and amount of exercise with thecollaboration of local health staffs in Ladakh. Comprehensive geriatric functional analysis in allelderly people in Khaling in Bhutan were assessed and we are developing geriatric care system by thecollaboration with local health staffs including traditional medical staffs and monks to promotehealth, high spirituality and QOL (Sakamoto 2011).

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Research Projects○Project Members◎ Kiyohito Okumiya○ Kozo Matsubayashi

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Research Projects( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Supervision )( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Professor,Supervision,
Health and Disease in Highlands, Aging and Culture )Masayuki Ishine( Yasugi Clinic,Researcher,Lifestyle-related diseases )Kuniaki Otsuka( Medical Center East, Tokyo Women's University,Professor,Arteriosclerosis andHypoxia )Yoriko Kasahara( Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University,Student,Nursing Care )Yasuko Ishimoto( Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University,Student,Exercise Therapy )Yumi Kimura( Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University,Student,Nutrition )Taizo Wada
( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Researcher,Mental Health )○ Ryota Sakamoto( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Student,Field Medicine, Public
Health )Motonao Ishikawa( Medical Center East, Tokyo Women's University,Assistant Professor,Psychosomatic
Medicine )Michiko Fujisawa( Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Evolutionary
Medicine )Norio Yamamoto( National Museum of Ethnology,Emeritus Professor,Supervision, Agricultural
Culture, Highland Civilization )○ Tetsuya Inamura( Department of Literature, Aichi Provincial University,Professor,Livestock
Farming and Environmental Exploitation )Akio Hongo( Department of Animal Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine,Professor,Domestication of Livestock )○ Masayoshi Shigeta( Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Professor,Plant Use,
Agricultural Culture )Morie Kaneko( Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Assistant Professor )Shuichi Ohyama( Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University,Assocoate
Professor,Change of Livelihood along with Environmental Change )Yuji Tohkura( Cooperative Research Center, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine,Coodinator,Glassland Use )Yoshi Kawamoto( Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Evolutionary
Adaptation at High-altitude Environment )Kiyoaki Saito( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Former Professor,Nature View,
Tibetan Civilization )Tshul khrims skal
( Department of Buddhist Studies, Otani University,Professor,Buddhism and Tibetanbzang
Civilization )○ Kazuo Ando
( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Supervision, Locally Existing Technologies and Rural Development )○ Akinobu Kawai( Faculty of Industry and Technology, The University of The
Air,Professor,Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development )Naoji Okuyama( Koyasan University,Professor,Tantric Buddhism )Koichi Usami( Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya
University,Professor,Agricultural Livelihood and Rural Market )Kazuharu Mizuno( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Plant Geography and Human Activities in Highland )Nobuhiro Ohnishi( Faculty of Bioenvironmental Science, Kyoto Gakuen University,Associate
Professor,Environmental Conservation, Resource Management for Tourism )Tetsuya Kinoshita( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,History of Chinese
Philosophy )Shinji Miyamoto( Biwako Museum,Researcher,Paleo-Environment )○ Yasuyuki Kosaka( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Researcher,Ethnological
Plant Use )Jyoti Prakash Tamang( Sikkim University,Professor,Fermented food and Health )Luo Er-hu( Graduate School of Shanghai University,Professor,Paleo-Livelihoods )○ Toshihiro Tsukihara ( Faculty of Education and Regional Studies, Fukui University,Associate
Professor,Highland-Lowland Interaction, Pastoralism in Extreme Highland )Masahiro Hirata( Department of Agro-Environment Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture andVeterinary Medicine,Associate Professor,Milk Processing Techniques )Naho Ikeda( National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster
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○ Shinya Takeda( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Supervision, Forest Ecology, Forest Resource Use )Mitsuhiro Nose
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Associate,Forest Ecology,
Forest Resource Use )Makoto Kato
( Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University,Professor,Biota and Bioresource )Reiji Suzuki( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University,AssistantProfessor,Soil and Land Use )Fumikazu Ubukata( Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama
University,Researcher,Resource Use and Social Movement )Tetsuyoshi Yamaguchi( Kyoto Gakuen University,Researcher,Transhumance and Environmental
Exploitation )Ayako Sasaki( Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Kyoto University,Postdoctorial
Fellow,Forest Resource Use )Isamu Yamada( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Emeritus Professor,Forestand Eco-Tourism )Akiyo Yatagai( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Assistant Professor,Change of
Climate in Highlands )Naoyuki Kobayashi( Kobayashi Photo Studio,Photographer,Photographing )Takayuki Shiraiwa( Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University,Associate
Professor,Evaluation of High-Altitude Environment, Snow Ice )○ Future Themes
Manifestations of global environmental issues in the human body has been clarified in the changing
highland civilizations under the twin influences of socioeconomic globalization and global warming.
Verifying the difference of adaptation and maladaptation in “Himalaya model of lifestyle-relateddiseases”-daibates acceleration hypothesis, the integration of medical and cultural/ecological teamwill be promoted. Pursuing culturally and ecologically fitted health care design with high QOL andpresenting wisdom of the aged and wisdom of coexistence to deal with aging and disease, we willreconsider present lifestyles and the future of modern civilization.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: D-04
Abbreviated Title: Ecosystem Networks
Project Leader: SAKAI Shoko

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Project Name: Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human Activity

Research Axis: Diversity
Key Words: Biodiversity, Land cover change, Simulation model, Social networks○ Research Subject and Objectives
Research Objectives
The goals of the project are to promoteunderstanding of the environmental problems associated withecologicalresources, and contribute to their solution using the concept of the ecosystemnetwork.
Although our project can be regarded as a study on social-ecologicalsystems, we pay attention to theinteractions among different subsystems andvarious actors in society by introducing the concept of an
ecosystem network.By analyzing and integrating the case studies in the two research areas, weestablish
a theory of the ecosystem network, which is expected to contribute tothe understanding and managementof other ecosystems and ecological resources.
In this project, we address twoconcrete environmental problems under contrasting ecological settings:
tropicalrainforests in Southeast Asia (Sarawak,Malaysia) and grasslands in Central Asia (Mongolia). In
both Sarawak and Mongolia, we are conductingresearch in three core steps: (1)identification of
ecosystem network structures responsible for the problems,(2) scenario analyses, and (3) establishmentof a general conservationtheory.
Background
Mostecosystems on the planet have been seriously degraded by human activities andare now in criticalcondition. Although various approaches for dealing withsocial-ecological systems have been developed tounderstand environmentalproblems and explore better ways to make both ecosystems and human
livessustainable, we still do not have a clear perspective for solving the problemspartly owing to thecomplexity and diversity of ecosystems and human societies.
To cope withthis complexity and diversity, we propose the concept of an “ecosystemnetwork,” which
has a nested structure involving interactions among and withinsubsystems, including human societies.
Most terrestrial ecosystems affected byhuman activities are a mosaic of different land covers. In theecosystemnetwork, the subsystems (e.g., primary forests, secondary forests, lands forshifting
cultivation) form an interacting network. In addition, each subsystem consistsof networks of biologicalinteractions. Moreover, we identify different actorsin a human society within the ecosystem network,and regard human activities aspart of the interactions within the ecosystem network. Some actors do
notdirectly interact with the ecosystem but indirectly through other actors.
Need to conduct the project at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
The project contributes to the mission ofthe RIHN because the ecosystem network is aninterdisciplinary concept. Theclarification of ecosystem networks requires the close cooperation
betweennatural and social scientists. In addition, the project aims to establish ageneralized theory
beyond case studies; rather, it will be a core of theresearch field of the global environmental study
created by RIHN.
Research methods
The most important concept of this project is the “ecosystem network,” which has a nested structure
involving interactions among and within subsystems, including human societies. Most terrestrial
ecosystems affected by human activities are a mosaic of different land covers. In the ecosystem
network, the subsystems (e.g., primary forests, secondary forests, lands for shifting cultivation) form

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an interacting network. In addition, each subsystem consists of networks of biological interactions.
Moreover, we place human society as a subsystem within the ecosystem network and regard humanactivities as part of the interactions within the ecosystem network.
The research areas for this project are a tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia (Sarawak, Malaysia)
and a grassland in Central Asia (Mongolia). For a comparative investigation, it is essential toestablish more than one research area to obtain generalizable results and discussion. In both study
areas, terrestrial ecosystems are being devastated by the surge in Asian economies associated with therecent dramatic economic growth of China. Nevertheless, the lives of many people depend on natural
ecosystems, and the destruction of these ecosystems results directly in dramatic changes in theirlives. While the economies of both regions have similar frameworks, their ecological characteristics,
such as the regeneration time of vegetation and the distribution of biomass in the ecosystems, differ.
For thousands of years, livestock have extensively grazed the grasslands of Mongolia. In recent
decades, however, overgrazing by livestock, especially by the increased number of goats raised for the
production of cashmere for export, has caused a serious problem in the region. Overgrazing results inexcessive vegetation removal from the soil surface, alkalinizes the soil, and facilitates the growth of
inedible plant species.
In Sarawak, ecosystems have changed dramatically in the last 100 years; land use has shifted fromextensive agriculture in forests by indigenous people to logging in natural forests as a source oftimber for export, and then to oil-palm plantations. The expansion of these plantations is thought tohave brought about a sharp decrease in biodiversity and caused a reduction in or loss of ecosystemcomponents essential to the indigenous people.
In both Sarawak and the grasslands of Mongolia, we are conducting research in three core steps: (1)Identification of area-specific problems and hypothetical ecosystem network structures closely related
to the problems; (2) confirmation and evaluation of the hypothetical links through field surveys,
remote sensing, literature surveys, and modeling; and (3) scenario analyses by building a few scenarioswith different network structures, and evaluation of predicted ecosystem and social status using
various indices. By integrating these results, we will (4) establish a general conservation theory
based on the concept of ecosystem networks. The core of the theory will indicate which network
structures are likely to lead to environmental problems and how we can restore the network to mitigate
the problems.
Organization
The project is composed of three groups: one for the theoretical and modeling study and one groupeach for the field studies in Mongolia and Sarawak. To facilitate cooperation and discussion
irrespective of research field, we do not divide the members of the field teams into subgroups; instead
we have supervisors with a background in the social sciences and ecology for each study site. See theattached list for core and other members and their roles in the project.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
(1) Scenario Analyses
In order to present the project findings in an easily understood format, we constructed several
scenarios for Mongolia and Sarawak. Each scenario includes a set of policies and institutions, based on
which we use different indices to estimate land cover and forecast environmental, social, and economic
conditions 30 years from the present.
In the case of Sarawak, we examined three scenarios with different combinations of operational orplanned institutions, designed by the international community to suppress overexploitation of tropicalforests. While all three scenarios predicted greater retention of forests and ecosystem services
compared with a Business-As-Usual scenario, the distribution of benefits among the international
community, the enterprises, and the local people differed considerably.
In Mongolia, on the other hand, the potential contribution of the international community towards
maintaining ecosystem services may be relatively small. This is because grasslands in Mongolia do nothave high biomass or biodiversity, and therefore, the conservation of Mongolian grasslands provides
fewer ecosystem services to the international community compared with those of tropical forests. Since
Mongolian grasslands are mainly used by local people, the regulation of livestock grazing by local
people is essential to sustainable production.

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The differences in productivity and biomass (or resource) distribution of the two ecosystems may be
one of the main factors in the differing structures between the two areas. In grasslands, resources arescattered and both spatially and temporarily unpredictable, owing to low productivity and rapid
turnover of one to several years. Harvesting such resources does not attract enterprises, which seek tomaximize the return from their investment. Enterprises therefore choose to buy products from local
people rather than exploit the resources themselves. In contrast, biomass produced for more than 100
years is accumulated above ground in Sarawak. Therefore, biomass is significant and evenly distributed,
which is highly attractive to enterprises.
(3) Publication of project achievements
We organized RIHN international symposium together with three other projects. The papers in the
symposium will be published as two books in the RIHN series published by Springer. Besides, weorganized symposia in Mogolia and Japan, and publish books in English and Mongolian language. We are
editing two Japanese books.

○Project Members◎ Sakai, Shoko

Modelling Work Group○ Yamamura,Norio○ Ishii, Reiichiro
Ohgushi, Takayuki
Kitagawa, Kazuhiko
Kobayashi, Hideki
Kobayashi, Yutaka
Kondo, Michio
Saizen, Izuru( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Associate Professor,General
Supervision )( Doshisha University,Professor,Modelling Work Group Supervision, Mathematical
Modelling )( Research Institute for Global Change (JAMSTEC),Research Fellow,Group Leader,
Construction of Simulation Model )( Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University,Professor,Network Analyses )( Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University,Graduate
Student,Forest measurements )( Frontier Research Center for Global Change (JAMSTEC),Research
Fellow,Construction of Simulation Model )( Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,Research Fellow,Ecosystem
Modelling )( Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University,Associate Professor,Food
Web Analysis )( The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,Assistant Professor,GIS
Analysis )Research Projects

The differences suggest that the appropriate policies and institutions would also differ between the
two areas. In Mongolia, there is potential for sustainable management via a negative feedback mechanism
to suppress the overuse of pastures, since the degradation of ecological resources and other ecosystemservices directly affects the users. For sustainable management, it is therefore essential to identify
factors that weaken feedback mechanisms and to implement policies and institutions that enhance such
feedback. In contrast, feedback does not act to suppress overuse in Sarawak, where the main users areenterprises. In this case, sustainable management therefore requires policies to introduce feedback or
restrict the intensity of resource use.

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We closely analyzed the ecosystem networks of Mongolia and Sarawak, and found an important difference
between Mongolia and Sarawak is the relationship between enterprises and local people. Enterprises andlocal people have different mobility and dependence on the local ecosystems. Ecosystem deterioration
affects local people more significantly than enterprises. Enterprises can utilize ecosystems in
different areas if necessary, whereas local people cannot migrate as easily as the enterprises, even if
their current environment becomes degraded. In Mongolia, ecological resources are used by local people
and the products made are sold to the enterprises. In this manner, people and enterprises are mutuallydependent. However, in the case of Sarawak, enterprises also directly exploit ecological resources, andtherefore, compete with local people for the same resource base. In addition, tropical forests containgreater biodiversity and biomass and may thus have greater international importance than grasslands interms of providing ecosystem services.

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Suzuki, Rikiei( Research Institute for Global Change (JAMSTEC),Sub Leader, Research
Scientist,Remote Sensing )Takada, Takenori( Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido
University,Professor,Theoretical Ecology )Tayasu, Ichiro( Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Stable
Isotope Ecology )Dennis Dye( US Geological Survey, Southwest Geographic Science Team,Research
Geographer,Remote Sensing )Nakamaru, Mayuko( Graduate School of Division Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology,Lecturer,Social Model Analyses )○ Matsuoka, Masayuki ( Kochi University Research and Education Faculty Natural Sciences Cluster
Agriculture Unit,Associate Professor,Remote Sensing )Kato,Satoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Research Fellow )Tsutsumida,Narumasa ( The Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,Assistant professor )Nakano,Takanori( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Professor )Yachi, Shigeo( Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University,Associate Professor
Environmental Ecology,Social Model Analyses )Sarawak Work Group○ Ichikawa, Masahiro( Kochi University Research and Education Faculty Natural Sciences Cluster
Agriculture Unit,Professor,Social Systems in Sarawak )Nakashizuka, Tohru ( Tohoku University,Professor,Scenario Analysis )Igarashi, Shuichi( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University,Graduate
Student,Sarawak Plant-Physiology Surveys )Ichie, Tomoaki( Kochi University Research and Education Faculty Natural Sciences Cluster
Agriculture Unit,Associate Professor,Sarawak Plant-Physiology Surveys )○ Itioka, Takaaki( Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Group Leader, Sarawak Insect Surveys )Ichikawa, Tetsu( Rikkyo University Sightseeing Department,Program Coordinator,Sarawak ChineseSociety Surveys )Inoue, Yuta
( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University,Graduate
Student,Tree Physiological ecology )Onuma, Ayumi( Faculty of Economics, Keio University,Professor,Sarawak Environmental Economy
Surveys )Kato, Yumi
( Waseda University Instiute of Asia-Pacific Studies,Assistant,Sarawak Biological
Resource Surveys )Kanazawa, Kentaro( Shinshu University whole school education mechanism,Associate Professor,Sarawak
Biological Resource Surveys )Kamoi, Tamaki( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University,Graduate
Student,Sarawak Bird Surveys )Kishimoto, Keiko( The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science Research Fellow,Sarawak Insect Surveys )Koizumi, Miyako( Tropical forest area Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Graduate School of
Agriculture, Department of Forest Science,Researcher Fellow,Sarawak Biological
Resource Surveys )Kanoh,Satoko( Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kochi University Graduate School ofIntegrated Human Studies,Graduate Student )Samejima, Hiromitsu ( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Researcher Fellow,Sarawak
Biological Resource Surveys )Shimamura, Tetsuya ( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University,AssistantProfessor,Sarawak Forest Structure Surveys )Soda, Ryoji( Graduate school literature graduate course,Osaka City University,Associate
Professor,Sarawak Social Structure Surveys )Tanaka, Sota
( Graduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University,AssistantProfessor,Sarawak Biological Resource Surveys )Choy, Yee Keong( Faculty of Economics, Keio University,Researcher visit,Sarawak Social Structure
Surveys )Tsukamoto, Jiro
( Kochi University Research and Education Faculty Natural Sciences Cluster
Agriculture Unit,Professor )Tokumoto, Yuji
( Graduate School of Bioagriculture Sciences, Nagoya University,Graduate
Student )Naito, Daisuke( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Assistant Professor )29
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Nakagawa, MichikoZamba,Batjargal
Oniki, Shunji○ Kamimura, Akira
Koda, Ryosuke
Konagaya, Yuki
Kondo, Junji
Sugita, Michiaki
Nachinshonhor G.U
Hirobe, MunetoMori, Shinichi
Otoda,Takashi
Satoh,Takashi
Johan B.Hj.Rahman
Tamura,Kenji
Nagai,Shin
Mohammed Mahabubur
RahmanWada,Eitaro
Shohei,Yoshida( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Assistant Professor,Group
Leader, Ecology Studies for Mongolia )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Foreign researchers invited )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences,Senior Research
Fellow,Mongolia Agricultural Economy Surveys )( Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,Lecturer,Mongolia Environmental Society
Surveys )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),Researcher Fellow,Mongolia
Biological Resource Surveys )( National museum of Ethnology,Professor,Mongolia Nomadic Society Surveys )( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Graduate
Student,Mongolian Land cover Analysis )( Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University ofTsukuba,Professor,Mongolia Water Circulation )( Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental Studies,AssistantProfessor, special contract staff,Mongolia Nomadic Society Surveys )( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Associate
Professor,Mongolia Material Circulation )( IMG,NGO organizer,Mongolia local Economy Surveys )( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Graduate Student )( Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University ofTsukuba,Graduate Student )( Forest Research Center Sarawak,Technical Officer )( Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University ofTsukuba,Associate Professor )( Frontier Research Center for Global Change (JAMSTEC),Technical study deputy
chief )( Graduate School of Agriculture Graduate Course,Kochi University,Graduate
Student )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto University,Professor
emeritus )( Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kochi University Graduate School ofIntegrated Human Studies,Graduate Student )Research Projects

Mongolia Work Group○ Fujita, Noboru

RIHN( Graduate School of Bioagriculture Sciences, Nagoya University,Associate
Professor,Sarawak Mammal Surveys )Nagamasu, Hidetoshi ( The Kyoto University Museum, Section of Material Examination and Technical
Service,Associate Professor )Hatada, Aya( Kyoto University of Foreign Studies,Lecturer,Sarawak Environment Surveys )Osono,Takashi( Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University,Associate Professor )Handa, Chihiro( Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,Graduate
Student,Sarawak Insect Surveys )○ Hyodo, Fujio( Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University,AssistantProfessor )Fujita, Wataru( Konan Women's University,Lecturer,Sarawak Social Structure Surveys )Matsumoto, Takashi ( Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University,Researcher,Sarawak Insect Surveys )Shimizu,Kaya( Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,Graduate
Student )Morishita, Akiko( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Specificresearcher,Sarawak Politics Surveys )Takano,Kohei( Graduate School of life Science,Tohoku University,Researcher,Sarawak
Biodiversity Surveys )Tanaka,Hiroshi( Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University,Researcher
Fellow )Mishima,Yuhki( Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kochi University Graduate School ofIntegrated Human Studies,Graduate Student )Yoneyama,Aogu( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University,Graduate
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Ishikawa,Mamoru
Kusano,Eiichi
Kodama,Kanako
Tarmiji bin Masron( Research Institute of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido
University,Associate Professor )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences,Fixed-term
researcher )( Chiba University, Faculty of Letters,Associate Professor )( University Sains Malaysia,Senior Lecturer )○ Future Themes
Some of major achievements of the project remain to be published. We will write up them as
academic papers of books and journals, and present in domestic and international science meetings.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・ Ohgushi T, Schmitz OJ, Holt RD 2012,12 Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions: Ecological and
Evolutionary Perspectives. Cambridge University【Chapters/Sections】

・ Ohgushi T 2012,12 Community-level consequences of herbivore-induced plant phenotypes: bottom-up
trophic cascades. Ohgushi T, Schmitz OJ, Holt RD (ed.) Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions:
Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives. Cambridge University, Cambridge, pp.161-185.
・ Ohgushi T, Schmitz OJ, Holt RD 2012,12 Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions: Ecological and
Evolutionary Perspectives. Ohgushi T, Schmitz OJ, Holt RD (ed.) Cambridge University, Cambridge, pp.
526-529.
・ Ohgushi T, Schmitz OJ, Holt RD 2012,12 Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions: Ecological and
Evolutionary Perspectives. Cambridge University, pp.1-5.
・S. KATO, N. Fujita, and N. Yamamura 2012,09 A quantitative prediction for ecological and economical
sustainability under different scenarios in Mongolian pastoral systems.. Batjargal Z, Fujita N,
Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar,, pp.95-102. (inMongolian)・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Amartuvshin N, Fujita N 2012,09 How much amount of pasture plants does one
livestock eat in a day?. Batjargal Z, Fujita N and Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem
Network in Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar, pp.243-246.
・Kusano E 2012,09 Supply and demand for livestock products.. Batjargal Z, Fujita N and Yamamura N(ed.) Pastoralism and ecoystem network in Mongolia. , pp.306-329. (in Mongolian)・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Fujita N. 2012,09 Present status of wild animals: a case study of red deer
population in Hustai National Park. Batjargal Z, Fujita N and Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism andEcosystem Network in Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar, pp.247-253.
・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Amartuvshin N, Fujita N 2012,09 Soil alkalization by overgrazing can delay therecovery of pastureland. Batjargal Z, Fujita N and Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem
Network in Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar, pp.95-102.
・Suzuki, Y 2012,09 Conflict between mining development and nomadism in Mongolia. Yamamura, N., Fujita,N., Maekawa, A (ed.) The Mongolian Ecosystem Network. Springer, Tokyo., pp.269-294.
・Tsutsumida N., Saizen I. 2012,09 Land privatization and its spatial expansion. Batjargal Z., FujitaN., Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia. ADMON, Mongolia, pp.372-379. (inMongolian)・Osono, T. 2012,07 Fungal disease and the diversity and long-term dynamics of forest communities.
María Sol Arias Vázquez and Adolfo Paz Silva (ed.) Environmental Impact and Role in Disease. Nova
Science Publishers, New York: USA, pp.173-196.
・Tsutsumida, N., Saizen,I 2012 Land privatization and its spatial expansion. Batjargal, Z., Fujita,N., Yamamura, N. (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia. , pp.372-379. (in Mongolian)31
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・Kato Y, Soda R 2012 Oil Palm Smallholding by Longhouse Villagers in Inland Area Sarawak. Equatorial
Biomass Society . , pp.1-5.

・Saizen, I. 2012 Distribution and density of livestock. Batjargal, Z., Fujita N., Yamamura N (ed.)
Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia. , pp.286-305. (in Mongolian)

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・Saizen, I. 2012 Changes in livestock species and their spatial distribution. Yamamura, N., Fujita,N., Maekawa, A (ed.) The Mongolian Ecosystem Network -Environmental Issues Under Climate and Social
Changes. Springer.

○Papers

・Nakagawa M, Momose K, Kishimoto-Yamada K, Kamoi T, Tanaka HO, Kaga M, Yamashita S, Itioka T, Nagamasu
H, Sakai S, Nakashizuka T 2013,01 Tree community structure, dynamics, and diversity partitioning ina Bornean tropical forested landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22 :127-140. DOI:10.1007/
s10531-012-0405-0.(reviewed).
・Kishimoto-Yamada K., Hyodo F., Matsuoka M., Hashimoto Y., Kon M., Ochi T., Yamane S., Ishii R. and
Itioka T 2012,12 Effects of remnant primary forests on ant and dung beetle species diversity in asecondary forest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Insect Conservation .(reviewed).
・Hagiwara Y, Osono T, Ohta S, Agus W, Hardjono A 2012,12 Colonization and decomposition of leaf litterby ligninolytic fungi in Acacia mangium plantations and adjacent secondary forests. Journal ofForest Research 17 :51-57.(reviewed).
・ Ichie, T., Igarashi, S., Yoshida, S., Kenzo, T., Masaki, T., Ichiro, T. 2012,12 Are stored
carbohydrates necessary for seed production in temperate deciduous trees?. Journal of Ecology . DOI:
10.1111/1365-2745.12038.(reviewed).
・Nakagawa M, Matsushita M, Kurokawa H, Samejima H, Takeuchi Y, Aiba M, Katayama A, Tokumoto Y, Kume T,
Yoshifuji N, Kuraji K, Nagamasu H, Sakai S, Nakashizuka T. 2012,11 Possible negative effect ofgeneral flowering on tree growth and aboveground biomass increment in a Bornean tropical rainforest.
Biotropica 44 :715-719.(reviewed).
・Nakagawa, M. Matsushita M, Kurokawa H, Samejima H, Takeuchi Y, Aiba M, Katayama A, Tokumoto Y, Kume
T, Yoshifuji N, Kuraji K, Nagamasu H, Sakai S, Nakashizuka T 2012,11 Possible negative effect ofgeneral flowering on tree growth and aboveground biomass increment in a Bornean tropical rainforest.
Biotropica 44 :715-719.(reviewed).
・Kagata H, Ohgushi T 2012,11 Carbon to nitrogen excretion ratio in lepidopteran larvae: relative
importance of ecological stoichiometry and metabolic scaling. Oikos 121 :1869-1877.(reviewed).
・ Kagata H, Ohgushi T 2012,11 Non-additive effects of leaf litter and insect frass mixture on
decomposition processes. Ecological Research 27 :69-75.(reviewed).
・Laurance WF, et al. (215 authors in total, Nakagawa M is 155th author, Sakai S 177th) 2012,09
Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489 :290-294.(reviewed).
・Gundale M, Hyodo F, Nilsson M.-C. and Wardle D.A. 2012,07 Nitrogen niches revealed through species
and functional group removal in a boreal shrub community. Ecology 93 :1695-1706.(reviewed).
・Hyodo F., Kusaka S., Wardle D.A., Nilsson M.C. 2012,07 Changes in stable nitrogen and carbon isotope
ratios of plants and soil across a boreal forest fire chronosequence. Plant and Soil .(reviewed).
・Tanaka HO, Itioka T 2012,07 Effects of a fern-dwelling ant species, Crematogaster difformis, on the
ant assemblages of emergent trees in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Annals of the EntomologicalSociety of America 105 :592-598.(reviewed).
・Kagata H, Ohgushi T 2012,07 Positive and negative impacts of insect frass quality on soil nitrogen
availability and plant growth. Population Ecology 54 :75-82.(reviewed).
・Handa C, Ueda S, Tanaka H, Itino T, Itioka T 2012,05 How do scale insects settle into the nests ofplant-ants on Macaranga myrmecophytes? Dispersal by wind and selection by plant-ants. Sociobiology
59 :435-446.(reviewed).
・ Naoe S, Sakai S, Masaki T. 2012,04 Effect of forest shape on habitat selection of birds in aplantation-dominant landscape across seasons: Comparison between continuous and strip forests.
Journal of Forest Research 17(2) :219-223.(reviewed).

Research Projects【Original Articles】

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・ Hyodo F, Nishikawa J, Kohzu A, Fujita N, Saizen I, Tsogtbaatar J C, Enkhtuya M, Gantomor D,
Amartuvshin N, Ishii R, Wada E. 2012,04 Variation in nitrogen isotopic composition in the Selenga
river watershed, Mongolia. Limnology 13 :155-161.(reviewed).
・Tanaka S, Lattirasuvan T, Sritulanon C, Iwasaki K, Sakurai K. 2012 Soil fertility status undervarious types of upland farming in northern Thailand. Case study of a village located in a mixed
deciduous forest. ペドロジスト 56 :2-12.(reviewed).
・Tanaka S. 2012 Influence of Burning Practice in Shifting Cultivation under Different Climates on
Nutrient Dynamics. ペドロジスト 55 :403-414.(reviewed).
・ Hiromi, T., Ichie, T., Kenzo, T., Ninomiya, I 2012 Interspecific variation in leaf water use
associated with drought tolerance in four emergent dipterocarp species of a tropical rain forest in
Borneo. . Journal of Forest Research 17 :369-377.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Soda R, Kato Y Impacts of oil palm smallholdings on rural-urban household economy: a case in Bintulu,
Sarawak. International Workshop on "The Last Oil palm Frontier: Oil palm Smallholders and theEmerging Socio-economic Landscape of Rural Sarawak", December 2012, Kuching, Malaysia.
・Koda R. Relationship between livestock and pasture in Mongolia. RIHN 7th International Symposium“Complexification and Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia”,
2012,10,24-2012,10,26, Kyoto, Japan..
・ S. Kato, N.Fujita and N.Yamamura. Quantitative comparison of sustainability between nomadic andsedentary system in Mongolian pasture.. International Symposium ” Complexification and
Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia”, 2012,10,24, Kyoto, Japan.
・Takano Takenaka Kohei, Itioka Takao, Nakagawa Michiko, Kishimoto-Yamada Keiko, Yamashita Satoshi,
Tanaka O. Hiroshi, Tokumoto Yuji, Fukuda Daisuke, Kamoi Tamaki, Kato Yumi, Nagamasu Hidetoshi,
Ichikawa Masahiro, Momose Kuniyasu, Nakashizuka Tohru, and Sakai Shoko. Land use change and loss of
biodiversity in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. 第 7 回地球研国際シンポジウム 複雑化・単純化するアジア 生
態系、ひとの健康と暮らし, October 2012, 京都, 日本.
・Kato Y. Interaction of human activities and ecological resources: Focusing on the change of people's
living environment in Malaysia. RIHN 7th International Symposium, October 2012, Kyoto, Japan.
・Koda R. Relationship among livestock grazing, pasture plants, and soil alkalization. International
Symposium “Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia”, 2012,09,11, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
・ S. Kato, N.Fujita and N.Yamamura. Quantitative comparison of sustainability between nomadic andsedentary pastoralism after 30 years in Mongolia. International Symposium ”Pastoralism andEcosystem Network in Mongolia”, 2012,09,11, Elite Center, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
・Kusano E Supply and demand for livestock products. Nature and Society with a pastoralism: Ecosystem
network in Mongolia, September 2012, , Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
・Sakai S Research on tropical forests in Sarawak, Malaysia: Toward understanding the ecosystems andsocial-ecological systems. International Symposium “Southeast Asian Tropical Rain Forest Research,
related with Climate Change and Biodiversity”, September 2012, Tokyo, Japan.
・ Saizen I. Modelling the spatial distribution of livestock population by GIS in Mongolia..
International Symposium "Pastralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia, September 2012, Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia.
・Koda R. Function of deer as a driver of forest vegetation in the evergreen broad-leaved forests on
Yakushima Island. The 55th Symposium of IAVS (International Association for Vegetation Science),
2012,07,23-2012,07,28, Mokpo, Republic of Korea.
・Paing TN, Tui LC, Abdu A, Sakurai K, Tanaka S. Soil characteristics in an oil palm field, Central
Pahang, Malaysia with special reference to micro management site and slope Position. 日本熱帯生態学会, June 2012, 横浜.
・Soda R, Kato Y. Potentiality of oil palm smallholdings in rural communities in Bintulu, Sarawak.
International Seminar on Riverine Society, June 2012, Kuching, Malaisya.

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・Kato Y. Socio-economic impacts of oil palm industry on rural communities in Sarawak, Malaysia. The
11th Borneo Research Council Conference, June 2012, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
【Poster Presentation】

Research Projects

・Hideyuki Doi and Satoshi Kato. Indicators to evaluate trophic-niche aggregation in a food web andpopulation using stable-isotope biplot space. the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2012, 2012,07,12,
Otsu, Japan.

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・S. KATO, N. Fujita, and N. Yamamura. Quantitative comparison of sustainability between Nomadic and
Sedentary System in Mongolian Pasture. The International Forum on Ecosystem Adaptability IV,“Interface Between Science and Policy”, 2012,12,13, Sendai, Japan.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: D-05
Project Name: Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia
Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: ISHIKAWA Satoshi
Research Axis: Diversity
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/CAPABILITY/
Key Words: Southeast Asia, Coastal Area, Fisheries Resource Management, Rural Devleopment, QoL○ Research Subject and Objectives
We try to make new research frameworks and approaches for harmonizing between ecosystem healthconservation and improving QOL (Quality of Life) in Southeast Asian coastal area, based on the detailed
case studies conducted by the collaboration of local society, government, and researchers. Then, we
would like to publish guidelines for consensus building that can achieve effective adaptive managementof coastal ecosystem services.
There is growing concern for marine ecosystems and resources. Coastal area ecosystems in particularhave been deteriorating rapidly, as they are often affected by environmental change and intensive humanactivity both on land and at sea. This interdisciplinary project investigates the complexity of coastal
ecosystem health in relation to human use in tropical Southeast Asia.
Coastal area ecosystem services are indispensable for rural people, but also easily damaged by humanuse. Many coastal areas with high biodiversity and biological production are located in tropical zones
of developing countries, as is the case in Southeast Asia. In such areas, ecosystem services, local
livelihood and culture are closely related, but no clear research methods have been established toevaluate coastal ecosystem health in relation to human uses and needs. Resource management methods
commonly used in temperate regions tend to target single ecologies and commercial resources with little
consideration of how multiple ecologies and livelihood strategies overlap in culturally diverse
contexts, and so cannot be easily applied to tropical coastal areas.
In this project, we conduct survey and compile various data and information regarding the coastal
ecosystem health and service, besides, we compile the utilization situation and importance of theecosystems for local people from various point of views, e.g. economical, traditional, food safety, job
opportunity, etc. Then we propose a new concept for evaluation of rural development named “AreaCapability” based on the linkages between human and nature. Under the Area Capability concept, close
linkage between natural resources and/or capitals and human holding high conservation concern receive
high acclaim. And a huge variety of natural resource uses and livelihoods also win raves. Wide use ofthis Area Capability concept for develops planning in worldwide, we expect the harmonization between
conservation and rural development will be promoted with human welfare building.
Project Framework
This project develops a holistic concept of area capability to permit consideration of the socioecological dynamics and tradeoffs in rural coastal area development. Natural science methods identify
key factors maintaining ecosystem health and services, or what we call ecosystem capability. Social andanthropological methods are used to describe patterns of resource use and how they may be linked to
improvements in local livelihoods, or social and human capability. Field research is based oncollaboration with local people and governmental institutions. In combination, such considerations canserve as a guide for sustaining biocultural diversity in tropical coastal area development.
The concept of area capability was presented at the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable
Fisheries for Food Security Towards 2020 (June 2011, Bangkok), and at seminars in the Philippines ofresearchers from Kagoshima University, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, UPV and SEAFDEC in2011 and 2012. These events have allowed us to develop the concept in dialogue with members of local
institutions and fishery departments in ASEAN countries, as well as in the Food and Agriculture
Organization, World Wildlife Federation, among others.

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Underway since 2012,we will examine coastal area resources, ecosystem services and communities in theRayong area of Thailand, Panay Island in Philippines, and in Ishigaki Island and Mikawa Bay, Japan asfull research. Local ecosystem primary productivity, material cycles, and food webs will be analyzed.
The project will also examine the present state, fluctuation and migration of important biotic
resources, and will develop equipment for such measurement as necessary.
Social research will investigate economic activities, including distribution and pricing mechanisms,
working conditions, local culture and customs as they inform livelihood strategies, and health anddisaster measures and resilience. A set-net fishery and the sale of seafood by local fishery groups
will be researched in the Rayong area of Thailand, as will a fish farming enterprise in Batan Bay,
Philippines, in order to describe the full effect of such endeavors on local environments andlivelihoods, and to better inform effective resource management in these areas.
In total, this project aims to clarify the most salient local issues, constraints and opportunities
that define the area capability of coastal tropical regions. A process of continual feedback of suchdata will deepen dialogue with local people and governmental institutions and is expected both toimprove project research and support ecologically sound local and regional development.
Ecosystem service are indispensable for rural peopole, and it is fostered by high biodiversity andprimary productivity though these are deteriorated by intensive human use. This project aims to solve
this dilemma using a new concept of development named “Area Capability”, based on the actual
relationships between ecosystem health and human utilizaiton in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia.
Consolidated database regarding the livelihood of the local people and resource utilization isestablished through interdisciplinary filed surveys conducted on the coastal area of Southeast Asia.
Using this database, ideas, opinions and information are exchanged among local people, researchers andpoliticians etc. Through these dialogs, the actual situations and importance of resources are wellunderstood. Then rational and concrete countermeasures for sustainability both of the social andecosystem will be established.

○ Progress and Results in 2012As FR1 for this project without PR study, identifying the geographical area based on the ecosystemsurvey data, establishment and strengthen the human network for multidisciplinary study at study areas
are set for the main targets for this year. As a first step, we compiled existing data and information
through field surveys and meetings.
Outcomes and activities
We held a general meeting and three times core member meeting for discussion of research plan basedon data, information ideas exchanges. And we set up 4 groups important themes, Fishery group,
Biodiversity group, Environment group, Social group, and 3 groups for collaboration studies, Set-net
group, Stock enhancement group, Island group, and management group.
Fishery group developed new questionnaire for fishing gear and operation based on the field survey
in Thailand and Philippines. And this group compiled four years statistical data (1990、1999、2006、2012)
and former researches on fishery in Panaly Is. Philippines. Besides, daily fishery activity reports(Log-book) data were collected from 9 fishermen in Rayong, Thailand and 3 fishermen in Miyagao
Philippines.
Biodiversity group established sample management system in Philippine University Museum andcollaboration network with Thailand National Museum for sample store. And, this group collected 168

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Future tasks

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This project is based on the joint research efforts of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(SEAFDEC), Faculty of Fisheries of Kasetsart University, the University of the Philippines Visayas(UPV), and Japanese researchers who are members of the RIHN project. Aklan State University and Eastern
Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center of Department Fishery, Thailand, are active
participants as well. Through this collaboration, we can realize “area capability” and to generate a
new approach toward rural development based on the harmonization between ecosystem health conservationand improvement of local people’s quality of life. .

36
RIHN Annual Report 2012individuals in 21 species form Thailand and 122 inds. In 12 specimen for taxonomic and genetic
analyses. Besides, 48 tuna can from 8 ASEAN countries for species identification using genetic
analysis.
Environmental group collect water, sediment, fish mangrove samples from Thailand (241), Philippines(489), Vietnam (24) and Japan (Mikawa Bay)(48). Metal pollution and material flow analyses are
conducting using these samples.
Social group developed a research manual and questionnaires for coastal village survey, based on thedata and information of preliminary survey on Panay Is. In Philippines, and Rayong in Thailand. Using
these questionnaires, 461 households data from Panay Is. In Philipines, 12 households data from Rayong
in Thailand were collected. Besides, the linkage and conflict between tourism and fishermen wereobserved in Thailand and Isigaki Is. Based on the interview survey and anthropologic survey.
Set-net group has been conducted the Japanese Type community-based Set-net installation in Rayong in
Thailand for ten years. This group collected data of fishery catch, operation, households activities,
transportation of fish catch, value chain of fishery product, through the collaboration with set-net
fishermen.
Stock enhancement group held group meeting with the local communities, local government andcollaborative research institutes around Batang Bay in Philippines, where we are planning to conduct
release works of shrimp. The time schedule of release work was settled and seeds of shrimp for release
works can be obtained from local hatchery.
Island group conduct field survey of natural resource utilization in coral reef and archeologicalremains survey around Ishigaki Is.. Besides, this group collected environmental samples e.g. water,soil, fish, plants for stable isotope analysis in Ishigaki Is.. A town seminar for marine resource
utilization for Ishigaki development in Ishigaki Is.. Through this seminar, existing data andinformation were collected and human network of local people and researchers was developed. And concern
points of conservation and rural development of local people were discussed.

○Project Members◎ ISHIKAWA Satoshi○ MIYATA, Tsutomu○ ARIMOTO, Takafumi○ KAWADA Makito○ KUROKURA Hisashi○ IKEMOTO Yukio○ KOUNO Yasuyuki
SIMIZU Hiromu
KANZAKI Mamoru
NAKAYAMA Kouji
MUTOU Nozomu
TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
NISHIDA Mutsumi
BABA Osamu○ MATSUOKA Tatsuro
MOTOMURA Hiroyuki○ YAMADA Yoshihiko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,General
Management )( National Research Insitute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency,Headof Fisheries Socioeconomics Group,Social Group Leader )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group Leader )( School of Contemporary Sociology, Chukyo University,Professor,Social Group Subleader )( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Professor,Stock Enhancement Group Leader )( Instetute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University ofTokyo,Professor,Theory Group, Capability )( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Professor,Theory Group,
Index )( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Director,Theory Group,
Philippines study )( Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Environmental Group, Sub-leader )( Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Biology
Group, Genetic Anaysis )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,RA,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )( National Fisheries University,Assistant Professor,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )( University of the Ryukyus,Vice President,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group Supply Chain )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Professor,Theory Group, Philippines
study )( The Kagoshima University Museum,Professor,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Professor,Ishigaki
Group, Leader )37
Research Projects○ YOSHIKAWA Takashi○ MUTOU Fumihito
NOHARA Kenji

SAKAGAMI Norimitsu

ONO Rintarou
NIKI Masato
KAWASAKI Ippei
KOBAYASHI Takahiro
NAKANO Takanori
AKIMICHI Tomoya
HORI Mina
KOYAMA Jirou
NISHI Takaaki
ISHIZAKI Munechika
ANRAKU Kazuhiko○ EBATA Keigo]
KOTANI Tomonari
OGIHARA Gouta
MATSUNUMA Mizuki
MEGURO Masatoshi
YOSHIDA Tomohiro
NISHIYAMA Hajime
ICHINOSAWA Junpei
TAKEDA Seiichi○ MIYAMOTO Yoshinori○ TAKAGI Akira
OGAWA Hisashi
YAP Minlee
OKAMOTO Yuuki

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Ly Yinji

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MATSUURA Hiroyuki( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Associate
Professor,Environmental Group, Leader )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Associate
Professor,Biology Group, Leader )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,AssistantProfessor,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Associate
Professor,Mikawa Group, Plankton )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Associate
Professor,Ishigaki Group, Device development )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,AssistantProfessor,Ishigaki Group, Social Survey )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,AssistantProfessor,Ishigaki Group, archaeological study )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Associate
Professor,Mikawa Group, Coastal engineering )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Professor,Mikawa
Group, Antholopology )( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,AssistantProfessor,Social Group, Antholopology )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Environmental Group,
Stable Isotope analysis )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Emeritus Professor,Theory Group,
Commons )( Research and Education Faculty, Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Kuroshio
Science Unit, Kochi University,Assistant Professor,Social Group, Small Scale
Fishery )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Professor,Environmental Group,
Pollution )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Fishery Group,
Sub-leader )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Fishery Group,
Payao )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Fishery Group,
Philippines study )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Fishery Group,
Thailand study )( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Stock
Enhancement Group, Aquaculture technology )( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )( Depatment of International Studies, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University,Associate
Professor,Social Group, Tourism )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group, Vessel survy )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Associate Professor,Acoustic Group, Leader )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Project
Researcher,Management, Sub-leader, Philippine study )( Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University,Assistant Professor,Social Group,
Thailand study )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Management,
Thailand Study )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Management,
Environmetal study )38
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MABUCHI Kouji( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,AssistantProfessor,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )TAKESHIMA Hirohiko ( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Assistant Professor,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )OGATA Yuka
( Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo,Project
Researcher,Stock Enhancement Group, Aquaculture technology )YAMIYAMA Ryutaro( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Graduate Student,Social Group, Philippines study )WATANABE Kazuya( Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University,Associate Professor,Environmental
Group, Bandon Bay study )KAWABATA Zenichiro ( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Emeritus Professor,Environmental
Group, Micro-orgasisms )KUDOU Takatsugu( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Graduate Student,Set-net Group, Economic analysis )KON Koetsu( Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Food Web analysis )OGAWA Yuuya( Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,Graduate Student,Environmental
Group, Mangrove study )TAKAHASHI Soyo
( Okinawa University,Project Researcher,Social Group, Okinawa study )SATO Tetsu( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Theory Group, Research
Flaming )FUSHIMI Hiroshi( Fukuyama University,Professor,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )○ Jon Altamirano( Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fishereis Development Center(Philippines),Researcher,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )○ Ratana Munprasit( Easten Marine Resource Development Center (Thailand),Director,Set-net group,
Rayong area study )Monton( Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University （Thailand),AssistantAnongponyoskun
Professor,Acoustic Group, Thailand Study )Anukorn Boutson( Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University （Thailand),Associate
Professor,Fishery Group, Thailand study )Jintana Salaenoi( Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University （Thailand),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Thailand Study )○ Methee Kaewnern( Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University （Thailand),AssistantProfessor,Social Group, Thailand study )○ Suriyan( Faculty of Fisheries Kasetsart University （Thailand),Dean,Management, Thailand
Tunkijjanukij
Study )
Prachya( Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University （Thailand),AssistantMusikasinthorn
Professor,Biology Study, Taxonomy in Thailand )Somboon( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Siriraksophon(Thailand),Seniore Researcher,Management, Thailand Study )Sumitra Ruangsivalul( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Social Group, Thailand study )Yuttana Theparoonrat( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Seniore Researcher,Acoustic Group, Thailand Study )Isara Chanrachkij( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Fishery Group, Thailand study )Iaweekiet( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Amornpiyakrit(Thailand),Researcher,Set-net Group, Thailand Study )○ Somnuk( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Pornpatimakorn(Thailand),Seniore Researcher,Biology Group, Taxonomy in Thailand )Penchan Laongmanee ( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Fishery Group, Thailand study )Nathaniel C. Anasco ( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )Harold M. Monteclaro( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Fishery Group,
Philippines study )Gerald Quinitio( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Biology Group,
Philippines study )○ Ricardo Babaran( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Management, for
Philippines study )○ Alice Ferrer( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Associate Professor,Social
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UCHIDA Keiichi
KATAGIRI Chiaki
HASEGAWA Kouhei

NAKAHARA Naotomo

Mae Grace Gareza
NILLOSOOSAKA Emi○ Future Themes
The data and information collection of governmental institution and regulation for resource
management and land use are bit late. Stable isotope analyses and genetic analyses are also bit late,
due to the difficulty for the transportation of samples to RIHN. Interview surveys on the tourists andlocal people of Ishigaki Is. have not been conducted yet. And Index making of Area Capability has juststarted in the end of fiscal year.
Institution and regulation information collection will be done as soon as possible by the researcher
who is in charge of this theme. Material and genetic analysis are facilitated by the environment andbiodiversity groups. Interview survey in Ishigaki Is. will be conducted in next August in collaboration
with Ishigaki City government and local community. Index making will be done through workshops which
are held in this year. We plan 3 or 4 times workshop in this matter.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・MUNPRASIT Aussanee, AMORNPIYAKRIT Taweekiet, YINGYUAD Weerasak, ARIMOTO Takafumi 2012,11 Enhancing
Community-based Management through Set-net Fisheries: A regional Fishery Collaborative Venture..
Fish For the people, , 10. SEAFEC, Bangkok, Thailand, 21pp. ISSN:1685-6546.
○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・MOTOMURA, H. and ISHIKAWA S. (ed.) 2013,02 Fish collection building and procedures manual. English
edition. Kagoshima University Museum and the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kagoshima
Prefecture, and Kyoto Prefecture, 70pp.
○Papers【Original Articles】

・ONO Rintaro, KATAGIRI Chiaki, SAKAGAMI Norimitsu, KAN Nobuhiro, MIYAGI Hiroki, and YAMAMOTO Yuji
2013,03 Research and Future Prospects of Maritime Cultural Heritages in Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa:
Preliminary Report of research at Yarabe Under-water site in Ishigaki Island. . The Bulletin of the
Yaeyama Museum 22 :20-24.(reviewed).
・MOTOMURA Hiroyuki, HASHIMOTO Tsukasa, NISHIYAMA Kazuhiko 2012,12 Record of Oxycheilinus orientelis(Labridae) from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, with notes on distributional implication andhabitats in Japanese waters. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 67 :75-80.

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IKEJIMA Kou

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SATO Takashi( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Assistant Professor,Acoustic Group, Coastal Measurement )( Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum,Curator,Ishigaki Group, Historicalscience )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Graduate Student,Aoustic Group, Telemetory )( National Museum of Nature and Science,Project Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Associate Professor,Social Group, Socio-economic
analysis )( Research and Education Faculty, Natural Sciences Cluster, Agriculture Unit,
Kochi University,Associate Professor,Environmental Group, Mangrove study )( Department of Chemistry, University of Philippines Visayas(Philippines),Associate Professor,Environmental Group, Material Flow analysis )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Office staff,Accountant )40
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・MOTOMURA, H., KANEHIRA N. and IMAMURA H 2012,11 Redescription of a poorly known southeastern Pacificscorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin and Mandrytsa. Species Diversity
17(2) :145-150.(reviewed).
・MOTOMURA, H., R. CAUSSE and STRUTHERS C. D. 2012,11 Phenacoscorpius longilineatus, a new species of
deepwater scorpionfish from the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the first records of Phenacoscorpius
adenensis from the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Species Diversity 17(2) :151-160.
(reviewed).
・ MOTOMURA, H. and PERISTIWADY T. 2012,09 First equatorial records of Neosebastes entaxis and N.
longirostris (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae) from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biogeography 14 :31-36.(reviewed).
・KUROKURA Hisashi, TAKAGI Akira, SAKAI Yutaro, YAGI 2012,06 TUNA GOES AROUND THE WORLD ON SUSHI..
Aquaculture Economics & Management 16(2) :155-166.(reviewed).
・TAKAGI Akira, OGATA Yuka, TANAKA Hironori, KUROKURA Hisashi, NAKAMURA Satoshi. 2012,06 Processing
methods of traditional freshwater fish food in Lao P.D.R- View acculturation of Laotian food culture
from homely food in Vientiane-. Journal of international cooperation for agricultural development
12 :26-33. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・ISHIKAWA Satoshi 2012,05 Efforts of the Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Fishing Technology
for reconstruction assistance of the earthquake disaster.. Nippon Suisan Gakkishi 78(3) :488-488.
(in Japanese) Special public symposium: “Fisheries in the stricken area of the Great East Japan
Earthquake and restoration of Fishing villages”.
・MOTOMURA H., YAMASHITA M., ITOU M. I, HARAGUCHI Y. and IWATSUKI Y. 2012,04 First records of the Twotone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from Japan, and comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes:
Mullidae).. Species Diversity 17(1) :7-14.(reviewed).
・OKAMOTO Yuki, TANAKA Ueru, MIZUNO Kei, LE Van An 2012,04 Spatial Transition of Fishery Activities in
Sam-An Truyen Lagoon, Central Vietnam.. Journal of the Japanese Agricultural Systems Society 28(2) :63-71.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ISHIKAWA Satoshi, YOSHIKAWA Takashi, MATSUURA Hiroyuki, NIKI Masahito, TAGUCHI Rie, ISHIKAWA Kaneo,
SUZUKI Satoshi Database development for coastal biodiversity and environment of Hazu coastal area in
Mikawa bay, Japan No.3 - Environmental education based on fisheries information. The 2011 spring
meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, 2013,03,28-2013,03,31, Tokyo University ofMarine Science and Technology, Minato-ku Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・HAYASE Yoshimasa, TANEKURA Toshiyuki, SHAKEMA Taro, MATSUNAGA Yasuyuki, YOSHIKAWA Takashi, MATSUURA
Hiroyuki, ISHIKAWA Satoshi Database development for coastal biodiversity and environment of Hazu
coastal area in Mikawa bay, Japan No.4 – Shellfishery fauna in the tidal zone. The 2011 spring
meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, 2013,03,28-2013,03,31, Tokyo University ofMarine Science and Technology, Minato-ku Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・EBATA Keigo, BOUTSON Anukorn, KUDOH Takatsugu, ARIMOTO Takafumi, CHNRACHKIT Isara Small scale coastal
fisheries in Rayong, Thailand. The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Spring Meeting 2013,2013,03,26-2013,03,30, Minato, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・KUDOH Takatsugu, ARIMOTO Takafumi, BABA Osamu, EBATA Keigo, BOUTSON Anukorn, MUNPRASIT Aussanee ,MANAJIT Nopporn Operation System Analysis of setnet in Rayong, Thailand, from the view point of
cost-profit simulation with fuel consumption assessment. The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
Spring Meeting 2013, 2013,03,26-2013,03,30, Minato, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・EBATA Keigo, BOUNTSON Anukorn, KUDO Takatsugu, ARIMOTO Takafumi, CHANRACHKIT Isara Field study ofsmall scale fishery in Rayong, Thailand.. The 2013 spring meeting of the Japanese Society ofFisheries Science, 2013,03,26-2013,03,30, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minatoku Tokyo. (in Japanese)

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・KAMIYAMA Ryutaro, MIYATA Tsutomu, KUROKURA Hisashi, ISHIKAWA Satoshi. Quantitative impact analysis ofsocial capitals on incentives of fisheries management in coastal area of developing country, A casestudy in Batan bay, Philippines. . The 2013 spring meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries
Science, 2013,03,26-2013,03,30, Minato-ku Tokyo. (in Japanese)・ KONO Yasuyuki A Sustainable Humanosphere Approach to Southeast Asian Studies. . International
Conference on Plural Coexistence and Asian Sustainability: Asian Experiences in theInterdisciplinary Perspectives,, 2013,03,11-2013,03,12, Singapore.
・MIYATA Tsutom Practical extraction method of fisher's household and data collection precaution,.
Regional workshop on improvement of fisheries information collection in coastal small-scale andinland fisheries of the Southeast Asia, 2013,01,28-2013,01,30, Bangkok, Thailand.
・HORI Mina Collecting small-scale inland fisheries data, case study from Cambodia. Regional workshop
on improvement of fisheries information collection in coastal small-scale and inland fisheries of
the Southeast Asia, 2013,01,28-2013,01,30, Bangkok, Thailand. .
・ MIYATA Tsutom Data collection method of fish catch-The case of fisher's association in Japan-.
Regional workshop on improvement of fisheries information collection in coastal small-scale andinland fisheries of the Southeast Asia, 2013,01,28-2013,01,30, Bangkok, Thailand. .
・ MIYAMOTO Yoshinori, MATSUSHITA Souichiro, UCHIDA Keiichi, THEPAROONART Yuttana ， ANONGPONYOSKUN
Monton，ISHIKAWA Satoshi，YAP Minlee，SASAKURA Toyoki Carrying knowledge into new fields: Trial of
acoustic surveys in coastal shallow area. Asian Fisheries Acoustics Society, 2012,2012,11,26-2012,11,27, Busan, Republic of Korea.
・MOTOMURA H Surveys on the diversity of Southeast Asian marine and freshwater fishes in the past sevenyears. International Symposium of ITP, Conservation of biodiversity in the tropical Asia,
2012,11,09-2012,11,09, Kagoshima, Japan.
・TAKAGI Akira, ISHIKAWA Satoshi, OGAWA Hisashi, MUTO Fumihito Possibility of canned Tuna species
identification. The 2012 autumn meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.,
2012,09,14-2012,09,17, National Fisheries University in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. (in Japanese)
・MOTOMURA Hiroyuki Taxonomic study of fish in Indo-Pacific Oceans . The 48th annual meeting of The
Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 2012,06,10-2012,06,10, Toho University in Funabashi, Chiba,
Japan. (in Japanese)【Poster Presentation】

・KON Koetsu, TONGNUNUI Prasert, KAWAMURA Tomohika, KUROKURA Hisashi Do allochthonous inputs represent
an important food resource for benthic macrofaunal communities in estuarine mudflats?.. The First
Asian Marine Biology Symposium, 2012, 2012,12,13-2012,12,17, Phuket, Thailand.
・HAYASE Yoshimasa, TANEKURA Toshiyuki, MATSUNAGA Yasuyuki, HASEGAWA, YAMAZAKI, NOBA, KAMIYA,YOSHIKAWA
Takashi Life cycle and morphological features of Lacuna (Lacuna) carinifera (A.. The 2012 annual
meeting of the malacological society of Japan, 2012,04,14-2012,04,14, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University
in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

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・SIMIZU Hiromu Hybrid Creation of a Subsistence Culture: Quilt-Making on Caohagan Island, Philippines.
international Conference on “Plural Coexistence and Sustainability: Asian Experiences inInterdisciplinary Perspectives,” jointly sponsored by CSEAS and School of Humanities and Social
Sciences, Nanyang Technological University,, 2013,03,11-2013,03,12, HSS Conference Room, Kyoto.

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・KUDO Takatsugu, ARIMOTO Takafumi, BABA Osamu, EBATA Keigo, BOUNTSON Anukorn, MUNPRASIT Aussanee,
MANAJIT Nopporn Impact analysis of set-net fishery installation into Thailand on fishermen incomesand environment.. The 2013 spring meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science,
2013,03,26-2012,03,30, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato-ku Tokyo. (inJapanese)

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-04
Project Name: Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia
Abbreviated Title: The RIHN Ecohealth Project
Project Leader: MOJI, Kazuhiko
Research Axis: Resources
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/ecohealth/
Key Words: ecohealth, environmental change, infectious disease, malaria, liver fluke, filariasis, water-borne diseases, tropicalmonsoon Asia

○ Research Subject and Objectives
We naturally and naively think that both environment and health are important. We imaginably andinstinctively know that they are mutually linked positively; good health is being sustained by soundenvironment, and sound environment is indispensable for good health. But, the contrary happened in thepast if we see the phenomena in the global level as shown below. The profound issue of "global healthand global environment" is the lack of novel health concept suitable for the era of global
environmental changes. We are stuck in the 20th century's health and development model. This RIHN
project would like to propose "ecohealth" as the novel concept of environment and health for the future
relation of humanity and nature.
In the last 200 years or so, especially in the 20th century, human health and hygiene indicators suchas life expectancy and sanitation coverage improved dramatically (Riley, 2001), while the global
environment has been deteriorated under the name of "development". Life expectancy is longer in thedeveloped countries than the developing (or under-developed) countries, whereas ecological footprint orburden to the local, regional, and global environment is much bigger in the developed countries.
According to the 20th-century's health and development model, development was thought as the solution
for ill-health and poor hygiene. In this model, to be developed, to be industrialized, to be marketoriented, to be rich, to be clean, and to be healthy are thought as the inseparable, achievable anddesirable goal, progress, and virtue for the human society as well as for the human life.
Innovation in science and technology, especially in the medical field, promoted this model. The modern
health concept, that health is scientifically and objectively measurable, thus universal, pervaded .
With the modern health concept, people started to be aware of their health, and put the value on it.
Diseases became the problem which should be treated scientifically by trained specialist. Laymen were
not allowed to raise objections against the decision of specialists. Then, the medical-oriented
approach dominated the national and international health realm. Even the "Health for All by the Year2000" and the "Primary Health Care (PHC)" advocated by World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF rely
too much on the universal medical measures. The world believed that there is the universal and common
goal of human health, and that the measures to attain it should be same. Control of infectious diseases
such as malaria and filariasis was conducted by the standardized method all over the world. The
medical-oriented approach based on the modern health concept was very successful in some parts and lesssuccessful in other aspects and areas. The outcome is the present world health situation.
While we (or some of us) are enjoying prosperity and health, there are large and ever-widening healthdivide/gap between rich and poor countries, and between rich and poor people within a country. To makethings worse, the medical-oriented approach, being once thought as successful in the well-off
countries, started to be less successful. With the demographic and societal changes, medical expense is
rapidly increasing, and the medical service provision system is no more sustainable without further
economic development. Should we count on further economic development? Does wealth enhance health indeveloped countries? The effect seems doubtful, witnessing the worldwide pandemic of obesity and otherlifestyle-related diseases.

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The RIHN Ecohealth Project "Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia" has conducted
field researches in tropical monsoon Asia In summary, the field findings would be interpreted asfollows: The health profile of a human population is a product of the human ecosystem (socialecological system). Therefore, environment and health should not be separately studies. It should berecognized as an entity of ecohealth. From this viewpoint, ecohealth is unique for each ecosystem andeach population. This means that strategies to promote good health should be unique for each ecosystem/
environment. This view is very different from the universal goal and strategy of medical-oriented
health.
What is needed now is, while understanding the diversity and uniqueness of local and regional
ecohealth, to pursue the universal goal of sustainable global health for all. The project could notreach to this point. The project, however, accumulated the field data to elucidate the linkages between
environmental changes and human infectious diseases in various setting of the tropical monsoon Asia. We
think that this diversity of ecohealth itself characterizes the tropical monsoon Asia. The RIHN
Ecohealth Project established good platforms and networks of ecohealth in this region. Using theseplatforms and networks, the project members both inside and outside Japan shall expand and deepen thescientific understanding and education/communication of ecohealth in this region.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
The project has conducted field researches in Lao PDR, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and southern China incollaboration with various government and non-government institutions and projects. Main topics studiedin Lao PDR were liver fluke and malaria infection in Savannakhet province. In the final report, we
focused on conferences and meetings where the project results were presented.
Ⅰ. Studies in Lao P.D.R. : 1) National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health (NIOPH) and
Savannakhet (SVK) Provincial Health Department were the major counterparts In Lao P.D.R. Japanese
Consortium of Lao Health Research (JC-HR- Lao) was established and meetings were held 3 times in Japan
with the participation of Lao counterparts 2) Since 2007 (the PR period), NIOPH organized the National
Health Research Forum (NHRF) annually in collaboration with the RIHN Ecohealth Project. The NHRF is thefirst annual international gathering in the field of public health in Lao, offering the very unique andgood opportunities especially for young Lao researchers and health staff. The number of participants
were around 150. 3) The 6th NHRF was held in Savannakhet in September 2012. Many young researchers from
NIOPH and health staff from the district level of SVK province participated in the forum. Some madeposter presentation. 4) Results of the project study in the Lahanam HDSS (Health and Demographic
Surveillance System) covering 7,000 people, and in the Sepon HDSS covering 4,500 people were reported.
5) By introducing the finger-vein bio-metric identification to the HDSSs (2012), linkage among various
epidemiological data sets became feasible both in Lahanam and Sepon. 6) These HDSS sites are the firsttwo HDSSs in Lao, and offering the study fields for PhD and Master course students both from Lao P.D.R.
and Japan. 7) Follow-up parasitological stool examination for school children/students and their

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Medical science, which is the foundation of the modern health concept, operationally see a livingorganism as an individual entity relatively independent from environment. it is prone to neglect
personal historical experiences. Otherwise, medical science cannot deal it objectively. Medical scienceexamines human itself with the same manner as examining cells, tissues, organs, or systems. We need not
to blame medical science because of these. But, health concept in the 21st Century should not be based
only on the medical science. As human health is related strongly with their ecosystem/environment, weshould see human health and the ecosystem/environment as an integrated entity. This is the concept of"ecohealth"

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Limitation of the 20th-century's health and development model is now well-recognized. It does not pay
attention to the environmental costs. It does not have the long-term sustainable view of the global
level. Facing with the global environmental change (GEC), we need to change our way of life to mitigate
GEC and adapt our societies to the coming GEC. We need to have the 21st-century's health andenvironment model. In order to do so the RIHN Ecohealth Project thought that we need to rethink themodern health concept itself.

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parents in Lahanam was conducted together with ecohealth education in schools. The same operation will
be done in Sepon in March 2013. 8) Environmental liver fluke egg contamination study was advanced
applying the environmental DNA analysis and the water analysis for E.coli. 9 ) Hazard map of potential
Ov infection based on distribution of intermediate host snails in the water body was advanced. 10)
Village health volunteers and health staff are getting active through the mobile-phone network andtraining/communication meetings. The fund for constructing the Sepon VHV training center is underreview in MOFA, Japan. 11) Fact-finding investigation for bed-net use was conducted. 12) In thenational level, in collaboration with Lao National University Faculty of Education, ecohealthcurriculum and proposed and pre-tested. 13) The national first study on HIV and sexual behavior of sex
workers were done in SVK in collaboration with National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM).
The Asia HIV/AIDS Research Network Meetings were held in 2011 and 2013. 14) Water quality map making
was started in SVK covering all the health centers. 15) Research funds for continuing the similar
studies were obtained. Then, the ecohealth study in SVK based on HDSS will continue.
Ⅱ. Studies in Vietnam (with the Khan Phu Malaria Research Center, Quang Tri Province)
1) The RIHN Ecohealth Project supported the multidisciplinary study in Khan Phu Malaria (ACHIEVEMENTS
IN FULL RESEARCH, CONTINUED 1)
Research Center, by hosting the first Vietnam-Japan symposium on monkey forest malaria in 2010. Then,the JSPS AA-platform program was started. The two project collaborated and advanced the integrated
malaria study in this area. The 2nd symposium was held in Nha Tran in February 2012 and the third one
in Inuyama in December 2012. 2) The Border malaria control and joint research is now active between
Sepon, SVK, Lao P.D.R. and Quang Tri, Vietnam. 3) Malaria study in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam wasconducted and data on Lao patients were also collected. 4) Entomological study collaboration wasstarted between Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam. 5) DNA of monkey malaria Pk was found in Vietnam and in Lao.
But, we could not find monkey malaria Pk itself from human in these countries. This is very different
from east Malaysia. 6) The Japan-Vietnam (and Lao) research team will continue to make this research
after finishing the RIHN project.
Ⅲ. Bangladesh: Climate change and human health : Bangladesh International Symposium on Neglected
Tropical Diseases (NTDs) were held in 2008, 2010, and 2012 in Dhaka. The project contributed much forthis. 2) Japanese Consortium for Bangladesh Health Research (JC-HR-Bangladesh) was established in 2012
with the name change from Filaria-Free Bangladesh (established in 2008). 3) The collaborative researchwith ICDDR,B (International Center for Diarrhea Disease Research, Bangladesh) on climate/weather andhealth was advanced. 4) Filariasis study was advanced in north-western part of Bangladesh. Savar
Filaria and General Hospital was open in the suburb of Dhaka. Further collaborative study on ecohealthis planned there. 5) Ecohealth environmental community activity named "Beautiful Bangladesh Ecohealth
Initiative" to control mosquitoes and flies was started. The Initiative are involving filariasis
victims/patients as community workers. 6) The project collaborated with the SATREPS Leishmaniasis
Project in Bangladesh. A RIHN researcher will join to this project after finishing this project.
Ⅳ. Studies in China : Biannual International Congress on Ecohealth (Ecohealth 2012) was held in
October 2012 in Kunming, China. The project participated in it as the only group from Japan. 2)
Ecohealth community monitoring was conducted in 10 villages in Yunnan in collaboration with YHDRA,
Yunnan Health and Development Research Association. A book was published. 3) Collaboration with Chinese
CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Hainan
Provincial CDC, Fujian Medical University, Yunnan University, Kunming Medical University was promoted.
The project results were reported at the first international forum for tropical diseases and the 4thinternational forum for sustainable vector management. Three group of the CDC delegates visited RIHN.
4) Other infectious disease network (mainly on HIV/AIDS) with Beijing, Shanghai, Fujian were made. 5)
The history team collected data/reports on disease control in China (Schistosomiasis et al .)Ⅴ. Ecohealth profile of the tropical monsoon Asia and global environmental change: 1) The project isestablishing a network of ecohealth research in the Greater Mekong Sub-regions. 2) Through thisnetwork, we will continue to find out ways to provide solution for "health and ecosystem/environment"

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Research Projectsof resource-poor people to increase their capability and preparedness for coming local and global
environmental changes.

○Project Members○ MASCI-TAYLOR,
Nicholas CG○ KOBAYASHI, Shigeo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),professor,project leader:human ecology and population health )( Cambridge University, UK,professor,bio-anthropology )Research Projects( Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area
Studies,professor,agro-forestry )○ IIJIMA, Wataru( Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Letters,professor,history, history of
disease control policies in East and Southeast Asia )○ AHMED, Kamurddin( Oita University Institute of Scientific Research,associate professor,molecularepidemiology )○ HASHIZUME, Masahiro ( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,assistantprofessor,environmental epidemiology, climate change and health )○ SUNAHARA, Toshihiko ( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,assistant professor,vector
ecology and entomology )○ YAMAMOTO, Taro( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,professor,international
health )○ KOBAYASHI, Jun( National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM),group head,parasitology
and international health policy )○ BOUPHA, Boungnong( National Institute of Public Health (NIOPH), Lao PDR,director/professor,publichealth policy )○ KOUNNAVONG,( Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences/NIOPH,seniorSengchanhresearcher,maternal and child health and nutrition )○ PONGVONGSA,( Savannakhet Malaria Station, Lao PDR,director,malaria and parasitology )Tiengkham○ ISLAM, Sirajul( ICDDR, B, Bangladesh,department head,environmental microbiology )○ HUNTER, Paul( University of East Anglia, UK,professor,environmental epidemiology )○ HOSSAIN, Moazzem( Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh/ IACIB,director,
professor,epidemiology and cotrol of neglected tropical diseases )○ RAHMAN, Mamudur( IEDCR, Bangladesh,director, professor,epidemiology )○ TOMITA, Shinsuke( University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,assistantprofessor,area study of Southeast Asia )○ ASAKURA, Takashi( Tokyo Gakugei University,professor,health sociology )○ TOJO, Bunpei( RIHN,project researcher,area study and GIS )○ CAI, Guoxi( RIHN,project researcher,social epidemiology )○ NISHIMOTO, Futoshi ( RIHN,project researcher,social anthropology )○ KANEKO, Satoshi( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,professor,epidemiology )○ ITO, Makoto( Aichi Medical University,professor,parasitology )FUKUSHI, Yuki
( RIHN,project researcher,Chinese history of hygiene system )JIANG, HongWei( RIHN,project researcher,human ecology )IWASA, Mithuhiro( National Museum of Ethnology,research fellow,medical anthropology and ethics )ICHIKAWA, TOMO
( Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Lecturer,Japanese history of hygiene system )IWASAKI, Shinpei( RIHN/JSPS,posdoc researcher,environmental study )WATANABE, Chiho( University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine,professor,environmental
toxiology and human ecology )MURAYAMA, Nobuko( Niigata University of Health and Welfare,professor,public health nutrition andhuman ecology )TAKAGI, Masahiro( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,professor,medical
entomology )○ NAKAZAWA, Shusuke( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,assistantprofessor,malariology )MAENO, Yoshimasa( Fujita Health University,associate professor,moleculer biology )WATANABE, Hisami( Ryukyu University,professor,environmental immunology )TSUZUKI, Ataru( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,posdoc researcher,entomology
and public health )RIHN◎ MOJI, Kazuhiko

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ABE, Tomoko( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,posdoc researcher,publichealth nursing of malaria )KANO, Shigeyuki( NCGM Research Institute,department head,malariology )IWAGAMI, Moritoshi ( NCGM Research Institute,research fellow,malariology )XANGSAYARATH,( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine/NIOPH,grad
Phonepadith
student,malariology )SOURAXAY, Phrommala ( National Institute of Public Health, Lao PDR,deputy director,public healthmanagement )PANOM, Phongmany( Savannakhet Provincial Health Department, Lao PDR,director,public healthadministiration )SAMLANE, Phompida( Center Of Malariology, Parasitology And Entomology, Lao
PDR,director,malariology )CRAVIOTO, Alejandro ( ICDDR, B, Bangladesh,director/professor,microbiology )CAIRNCROSS, Sandy( London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,professor,tropical environment
health )WAGATSUMA, Yukiko( Tsukuba University Graduate School of Comprehensive Human
Sciences,professor,epidemiology and international health )HAYASHI, Taiichi( Kyoto University Diseaster Prevention Research Institute,associate
professor,meteorology )TERAO, Toru
( Kagawa University,associate professor,meteorology )MURATA, Fumie( Kochi University,assistant professor,meteorology )TANIMURA, Susumu( Hyogo Prefectural University,associate professor,spatial epidemiology )GOTO, Kensuke( Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine,assistant professor,disaster
information studies )TOMOKAWA, Sachi( Shinshu University,assistant professor,health education and school health )FARUQUE, A.S.G.
( ICDDR, Bangladesh,senior researcher,clinical chemistry )NONAKA, Daisuke( University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine,assistantprofessor,international health and malariology )SATO, Megumi( Niigata University,assistant professor,parasitology and helminthology )AOYAGI, Kiyoshi( Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,Professor,Hygieneand Public health )MORITA, Eitaro( Asia Health and Education Fund (AHEF),Secretary general,international
cooperation )KITAMURA, Hitoshi( AHEF,President,international cooperation )ZHANG Konglai( Union Medical Colledge, Beijing, China,Professor,public health )ZHANG Kaining( Yunnan Health and Development Research Association, China,Professor,publichealth )ZHOU Qiong( Yunnan University,Professor,environmental history )LI Yushang( Shanghai JiaoTong University,Professor,environmental history )MORINAKA, Koichi( Non Profit Organization Asia Health and Education Fund,Member,International
medical cooperation, Project management )○ Future Themes
Activities scheduled in FY2013: CR-1 will be conducted.
Other related projects are as follows:
1) DIAS-GRENEei Ecohealth Project (2012-2015) with the University of Tokyo2) Geo/Eco-health Project on Water Quality in Lao P.D.R.

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On October 15-16, We shall join the 7th National Health Research Forum in Vientiane with NIOPH, and
JCHR-Lao P.D.R.

○Papers・Masahiro Hashizume, Luis Fernando Chaves, A. S. G. Faruque, Md Yunus, Kim Streatfield, Kazuhiko Moji
2013,03 A Differential Effect of Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino on Cholera Dynamics in Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 8(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0060001.
・Miao Miao, Zenglei Wang, Zhaoqing Yang, Lili Yuan, Daniel M. Parker, Chaturong Putaporntip, Somchai
Jongwutiwes, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Kazuhiko Moji, Trinh Dinh Tuong, Tomoko
Abe, Shusuke Nakazawa, Myat Phone Kyaw, Guiyun Yan, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, Jetsumon
Sattabongkot, Jianbing Mu, Xin-zhuan Su, Osamu Kaneko, Liwang Cui 2013,03 Genetic Diversity and Lackof Artemisinin Selection Signature on the Plasmodium falciparum ATP6 in the Greater Mekong
Subregion. PLoS One. 8(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0059192.
・Sachi Tomokawa1, Toshio Kobayashi2, Tiengkham Pongvongsa3, Bangon Nisaygnang4, Eiko Kaneda5, Sumihisa
Honda6 2012,05 RISK FACTORS FOR OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI INFECTION AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN IN LAO PDR.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 43(3) :574-585.

Research Projects【Original Articles】

RIHN●Achievements

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-05
Project Name: A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies: To Combat Livelihood Degradation for the
Post-oil Era
Abbreviated Title: Arab subsistence project
Project Leader: NAWATA Hiroshi
Research Axis: Resources
URL: http://arab-subsistence.jzz.jp/
Key Words: Arab societies, Alien invasive species control, Environmental impact assessment, Human life support
mechanisms, Post-oil era, Universal access to scientific data

○ Research Subject and Objectives【 Research Objectives 】
This project will examine life support mechanisms and self-sufficient modes of production among
Arab peoples who have survived in dryland environments for more than a millennium. Using the research
results, we will propose a scientific framework to strengthen subsistence productivity and combat
livelihood degradation in local Arab communities in preparation for the post-oil era.
【 Background 】
Japan and the oil-rich countries of the Middle East have put excessive pressures on the earth’s
energy, water, and food resources. In prioritizing economic prosperity, these countries have exploited
irreplaceable resources, such as fossil fuel and fossil water. Schemes to plant alien species have also
placed stress on local ecosystems. This pattern of development has increased social and economic
differences within the Middle East just as the region faces a turning point in modern oil-basedindustrial development. Fossil fuel–based interdependencies must now be transformed into new relations
that can support viable future societies.
This project focuses on human subsistence ecosystems of the region: low energy-intensity lifesupport mechanisms and modes of production, such as hunting, gathering, fishing, herding, farming, andforestry. In doing so it also reflects on the role of advanced technologies in economic development,
and measures adopted thus far to combat desertification. Field research investigates keystone species,
ecotones, and traditional knowledge and examines the sustainability of subsistence economies undersite-specific conditions.
【 Research Methods 】
Field surveys are conducted in semi-arid lands between the Nile River and the Red Sea in Sudan,
with the Red Sea coast, Butana area, and Nile River areas as the main survey areas. Additional surveys
will be conducted at the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia, and a Saharanoasis in Algeria. We will compare keystone species, ecotones, and traditional knowledge and examine
differences in the sustainability of subsistence economies under site-specific conditions.
We will develop and implement our study of human subsistence ecosystems around three main areas:
1) comprehensive measures to control the alien invasive species mesquite
2) assessment of the environmental effects of development programs in coastal zones of the arid tropics
to prevent the emergence of new environmental problems3) sharing of research results to support local decision making.
Our research method combines two main approaches:(1) analysis of subsistence ecosystems, focusing on keystone species such as camels, date palm, dugong,mangrove, and coral reefs

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Research Projects(2) examination of the sustainability and fragility of Arab societies, focusing on the ecotones such as
wadi beds, riverbanks, mountainsides, and seashores.

(1) Alien invasive species control group
In the1980s, mesquite (Prosopis spp.) was considered an ideal tree for combating desertification
due to its high capacity to stabilize sand dunes, survive inhospitable environments, and provide fuel,timber, fodder, and edible pods. However, although mesquite seedlings failed to establish on sanddunes, they became well established within oases, where they lowered water tables and suppressed native
vegetation. The invasion of mesquite has not only changed regional ecosystems, but has also led tolivelihood degradation in local communities.
The interdisciplinary research teams will develop comprehensive measures to control this invasive
species. These teams will be comprised of specialists from various backgrounds including scientists
based at universities and institutions; members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);consultants;project managers of international organizations and development institutions; and local
people with various social roles, including tribal leaders, technicians, and villagers.
(2) Coastal zone environmental impact assessment group
Mangrove ecosystems in the coastal zones of the arid tropics can be important sources of energy forsurrounding terrestrial ecosystems. These areas are rich in biodiversity, and great potential exists
for seafood and pastoral food production by reforesting mangroves to sustain fish nurseries and provide
safe foraging sites. One of the most interesting aspects of food habits along the coastal zone of thearid tropics is the local dependence on hunting, gathering,and fishing of sea products (fish,shellfish, dugong, dolphin, and sea turtles). Therefore, in terms of arid land food production, we
should consider the potential of sea product development as a principal element of future diets.
On the other hand, the conversion of sea water to fresh water in coastal zones presents a large
development frontier. However, it may also lead to environmental degradation as highly concentrated
saline water is released into the sea. Many coastal towns and cities have developed solar-powered
desalination plants, which have made agriculture and forestation possible in remote areas. We will
examine this issue and compile information to help guard against new environmental problems arisingfrom development.
(3) Support for local decision making groupResearchers must widen the public domain for scientific findings and provide universal andequitable access to scientific data and documents. However, relatively few research results areaccessible to local people in local languages, with the exception of some brochures and books publishedand distributed by international organizations.
This situation reduces the usefulness of research results in local decision making as well as innational policy development. Thus, to support local decision making, we plan to provide our research
information through print and digital devices in Japanese (to create a bridge between Japanese and Arabsocieties), English (the common language of science communities), and Arabic (the common language of
local communities in the study region).
(4) Local ecosystems comparative studies group
In human subsistence ecosystems (social ecosystems) in Arab societies, camels, date palm, dugong,mangrove, and coral (reefs) are assumed to be key stone species. These species support diverse
communities, and their extinction could lead to the disappearance of other species, including even

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The members of this project include social and natural scientists, members of local NGOs andproject managers, who are divided into four study groups: 1) Alien invasive species control group, 2)
Coastal zone environmental impact assessment group, 3) Support for local decision making group, and 4)
Local ecosystems comparative studies group.

RIHN【 Project Organization 】

50
RIHN Annual Report 2012human communities.The survival of these species likely depends greatly on wise uses of combinations ofenvironmental factors in ecotones, a socio-ecological niche in dryland environments of the Middle East.
The study group on human subsistence ecosystems in Arab societies will examine Arab communities andIslamic civilization from the viewpoint of energy flow.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
Major Achievements:
Suggestions for resource management in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) through studies on fishing culture
and behavioral characteristics of dugongs
The local people have historically depended on sea products (fish, shellfish, dugong, dolphin, andsea turtles) for their diet in unique coastal ecosystem of the arid tropics: coexistence of mangrove
forests (dominant species: Avicennia marina) and coral reefs and complex relationship of the both. On
the other hand, the coastal zones presents a large development frontier, therefore, it may also lead toenvironmental degradation such as destruction of mangrove forests, coral reefs, and seagrass beds andreleasing highly concentrated saline water into the sea. In order to suggest frame works for a newenvironmental assessment with community participating for prevention of global environmental problems,
we have conducted multi-principal studies focusing on mangroves, coral reef, camels, dugongs, andfishing culture in the coastal areas of Sudan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, surrounding the Red Sea.
We have conducted surveys on fishing culture in Dungonab Bay in one of the MPAs in Sudan and havefound that the local fishermen were catching fishes based on accurate recognition of their subsistence
space and detailed understanding of ecology of the target fish. The fishermen find 77 fishing grounds
accurately by using both maps and marine charts. Besides, it was suggested that fishing restriction due
to harsh environmental conditions such as strong winds for half a year and hot temperature in summer
may control over harvesting of the marine resources. On the other hand, there is a growing concern
about over fishing of sea cucumbers which are coastal stationary species that inhabit shallow waters,
because they are easily taken and traded at high price. It is also concerned that mangrove trees areused for processing the sea cucumbers.
Biologging studies of dugongs revealed behavioral characteristics of their space use. Dugongs
stayed in the shallow waters less than 4 m for more than 96 % of their time, sometimes showing rapid
dives down to 40 m. Strong site fidelity was also suggested because the animal repeatedly visited a
specific feeding ground. Vocal communication is expected to be revealed by further analysis.
Most of the fishing grounds and the dugong habitats in Dungonab Bay did not overlap. It was shownthat by catch of the dugongs in gill nets can be avoided by time-spatial segregation of fishermen anddugongs (Fig. 3).
We clarified precautions for development and resource management prior to waves of public projects
and development. Accumulation of academic data by this projectcontributes to concrete input offramework and contents of management of MPA, and at the same time, it can be used ad reference forassessment of environmental impact in the whole area of Red Sea and also coastal areas of arid
tropics.

○Project Members◎ Nawata, Hiroshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Cultural
anthropology, Social ecology )○ Sakata, Takashi( Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ishinomaki Senshu
University,Professor,Nutrient physiology )○ Hoshino, Buho
( College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen
University,Professor,Remote sensing and GIS )○ Babiker, Abdel Gabar( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Professor,Bio-chemistry )E.T.
Yasuda, Hiroshi( Tottori University,Associate professor,Hydrology )Inoue, Tomoe( Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University,Researcher,Plant physiology )Ushida, Kazunari( Kyoto Prefectural University,Professor,Microbial ecology and physiology )Hakoyama, Fumiko( Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University,Part-time
lecturer,Development studies )51
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Fujii, Yoshiharu( Graduate school of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo University,Professor,Biochemistry )( Ishinomaki Senshu University,Associate professor,Plant physiology )( Tottori University,Project researcher,Hydrology )RIHN
Research Projects

Yoda, Kiyotsugu
Abdel Basit,
Muhammad
El-Fatih, Muhammad ( Agricultural Research Cooperation,Researcher,Biochemistry )Abdel Magid, Afaf A.( Agricultural Research Cooperation,Researcher,Biochemistry )ElKhalifa, Abdel( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Forest/
Wadoud A.
products/ Charcoal )Eldoma, Ahmed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Tree
Mohamed Adamphysiology )Taha, Awad K.
( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Entomologist /Biological control )Mohamed, Abdalla( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Entomologist /A.H.
Biological control )Elrasheed, Mutasim ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Agricultural
Mekki Mahmoud
Economist/ Environmental economics )Hussin, Mohamed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Agricultural
Badawi
Extension/ Extension education )Makki, Hattim Makki ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food
Mohamedtechnology )Ahmed, Ahmed Elawad ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food quality andElfaki Mohamedsafety )Ati, Shadia Abdel( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Physiology ofdigestion and nutrition )Ahmed Idris, Yousif ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food
Mohamedtechnology )Gaiballa, Abdelaziz ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Professor,Remote sensing and range
Karamalla
management )El Tayeb, Nagat( Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan,Manager of research section,Weed science )MubarakIbrahim, Mobamed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Forestry )Elgamri A.
Mohamedain, Mahgoub,( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Lecturer,Remote sensing and GIS )Suliman○ Miyamoto, Chiharu( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Trustee,Plantation )○ Yoshikawa, Ken( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Professor,Forest
ecology )Arai, Nobuaki( Kyoto University,Professor,Aquatic bioinformatics )Kishi, Akira( Shin-nippon Environmental Research Co. Ltd.,President,Marine biology )Ichikawa, Kotaro( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Bioacoustics )Kogo, Kiyomi( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Senior researcher,Plantation )Kogo, Motohiko( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Chairman,Plantation )Suda, Seiji( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,President,Plantation )Takayama, Haruo( Kajima Technical Research Institute,Chief Research Engineer,Plant ecology )Nakashima, Atsushi ( Wakayama University,Professor,Plant ecology )Nakamura, Ryo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Cultural
anthropology )Hori , Nobuyuki( Nara University,Professor,Geography )Matsuo, Naoko( Mie University,Assistant professor,Forest hydrology )Miyagi, Toyohiko( Touhoku Gakuin University,Professor,Environmental topography )Teraminami, Tomohiro( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Graduate
student,Plant physiology )Al-Wetaid, Abdullah ( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
H.
Arabia,Manager of Department of Plant Studies,Plant ecology )Sambus, Anas Zubeir ( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Manager of Marine Research,Marine biology )Tarik, Al-Abbasi( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Director of Terrestrial Researches,Plant ecology )52
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Khushaim, Omar

( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Director of Marine Research,Marine biology )( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,General Manager,Geology )Mohamed, Abbas
TahoonAmgad Ali El-Shaffai( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,Assistant General Manager,Ocean )Tamer, Mahmoud( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,Assistant General Manager,Botany )Abdelwahab, Afefe( Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt,Environmental
Abdelwahab
Researcher,Agronomy )○ Laureano, Pietro( Traditional Knowledge World Bank, Italy,Director,Architecture )○ Abu Sin, Abdalla M. ( Gezira University,Trustee,Agro-economics )A.
○ Shinoda, Kenichi( National Museum of Nature and Science,Head of the Division & Curator of theCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research,Physical Anthropology )Watanabe, Tsugihiro ( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Agricultural engineering )Manger, Leif
( Bergen University,Professor,Social anthropology )Abdel Hadi A, W. M. ( Agricultural Research Cooperation, Sudan,Associate Professor,Water management )MohamedOnuma, Hiroyasu( Appropriate Agriculture International Co.,President,Village development )Kodama, Kanako( Chiba University,Associate professor,Cultural anthropology )Takaki, Keiko( Obirin University,Professor,Cultural anthropology )Meziani, Rim( Abu Dhabi University,Assistant professor,Urban planning )Abdel Bagi M. Ali( Agricultural Research Cooperation, Sudan,Professor,Plant physiology )Okamoto, Yoko
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research associates )Wan, Na( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research
associates,Humanity )Mizuma, Sakiko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research associates )○ Kawatoko, Mutsuo( Research Institute for Islamic Archaeology and Culture,Director,Islamicarchaeology )○ Benkhalifa,( Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba Algérie,Lecturer,Fungology )Abdrahmane◎ Ishiyama, Shun( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Cultural
anthropology )Kume, Takashi( Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University,Associate professor,Hydrology )Nagasawa, Ryota( Tottori University,Professor,landscape ecology )Kubota, Junpei( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Forest hydrology )Suzuki, Hideaki( The Toyo Bunko,Research fellow,History )Nishimoto, Shin'ichi( Cyber University,Professor,Architecture )Ota, Keiko( University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy,Research fellow,History )Ozaki, Kikuko( National Defense Academy of Japan,Associate professor,Islamic culture,
History )Kikuchi, Hiroko( Kitakami City Archaeological Operation Center,Research fellow,Archaeology )Sakamoto, Tsubasa( Waseda University,Graduate student,Archeology )Shimada, Yoshihito ( Nagoya University,Professor,Religious anthropology )Shindo, Yoko
( College of Literture, Aoyama Gakuin Unversity,Part-time lecturer,Islamicarchaeology )Takahashi, Nobuo( Hanamaki City Museum,Director,Archaeology )Maruyama, Daisuke( Kyoto University,Graduate student,Cultural anthropology )Yasuoka, Yoshifumi ( Vienna University of Technology,Graduate student,Architectural History )Ishikawa, Hiroki( Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,Assistant professor,History )Shinoda, Ken'ichi( Department of Anthropology, Division of Human Evolution, National Museum of
Nature and Science,Head of the Division,Natural taxonomy )Sekihiro, Naoyo( Kyoto Prefecture Research Center for Archaeological
Properties,Researcher,Archeology )Seo, Akihiro( Ryukoku University,Academic affairs assistant,Plant taxonomy )Endo, Hitoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Visiting researcher,Archeology )El-Hadj, Hamadi( Aulef Junior High school,Teacher,Education )ahmad
Hutiyah, Muhammad( Adrar University,Professor,History )53
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Challenges for the last year of this project is to present a persuasive contention by connecting
the particular factual data and integrate the result of analysis for “Human subsistence ecosystems in
Arab societies”. We will reveal human subsistence ecosystems in the seaside such as relationshipbetween mangrove, coral reef, camels, dugongs, and fishing culture through our previous studies, and bycomparing trees (wild species: A. marina, cultivated species: date palm, and alien invasive species:
Prosopis), we will reevaluate them as new resources for energy and food.
These research results will be exhibited as “Surviving in the desert (tentative)” at National
Museum of Nature and Science. Last year, we have compiled a book “Human Resource and Engineering in
the Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries of the Middle
East” (RIHN Book series, Showado) and volume 1 and 2 of multilingual books (in Arabic, English,
French, and Swahili) as Arab Subsistence Monograph Series (Shoukadoh Book Sellers). We will also
compile a series of books in Japanese “Human subsistence in Arab Societies” (10 volumes, Rinsen BookCo.), and a book “Knowledge for sharing water in the desert (tentative)” (National Museum of Natureand Science, Tokai University Press) to conclude the study results and pass them on to the local
society.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Nawata, H. 2013,03 “Meeting point of the Yellow belt and the Blue belt- Coastal zone of the arid
tropics as corridors of early human dispersal out of Africa”. Sato, Y. and Taniguchi, M. (ed.)
Environmental history of the Yellow belt. Civilization and Environmental history series of the RIHN.
Koubundou, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, pp.168-190. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2013,03 "A viable future lifestyle without oil". Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Human
Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and OilRich Countries of the Middle East. RIHN Book Series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.215-228.
(in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2013,03 “A view at the top of oil era –What have we lost and what should we preserve?”.
Nawata, H. and Ishiyama, S. (ed.) Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at
Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Book series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto,
Japan, pp.13-58. (in Japanese)
・Kishi, A., and Anas Zubeir Sambas 2013,02 "Conservation Plan for Dugong along the Northeastern Coastof the Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier
Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku,
Kyoto, Japan, pp.28-30.(in English and Arabic)

Research Projects○ Future Themes

RIHN

Wassila, Benslimane ( Ecole Normale Supérieure Kouba Algérie,Part-time teacher,Biology )Tamoud, Benfetima( Centre National de développement des Ressources Biologiques,
Algérie,Researcher,Biology )Hafiz Qoura Mohamed ( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Archaeology )Fathy
Yoshimori, Ichido( Okayama University,Graduate student,Forest ecology )Mohamed El Amin
( Red Sea University,Professor,Fisheries science, Marine resource management )Hamza EL Amin
Ahmed AbdelAziz( Red Sea University,Professor,Agriculture, immunology, )Ahmed
Abdelgadir Dafaalla ( Red Sea University,Professor,Marine biology )Elhag Mohamed
Abdelmoneim( Red Sea University,Lecturer,Marine biology )Karamalla Gaiballa
Adir
Nishida, Harufumi( Chuo University,Professor,Plant systematics, Palaeophytology )Ishihara, Aiko
( Okayama University,Graduate student,Forest ecology )54
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・Ichikawa, K. 2013,02 "Notes on the aerial surveys". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier
Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku,
Kyoto, pp.31.
・Onuma, H. 2013,02 "The Master Plan for the Restoration, Conservation, and Management of Mangrove in
the Sultanate of Oman". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab
Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.18-21.(inEnglish and Arabic)
・Nawata, H. 2013,01 "Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era: A
Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R.
(ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.9-18.(in English andArabic)・Nakamura, R. 2013,01 "Utumiaji wa Mikoko katika Kilwa Kisiwani, Kusini mwa Mwambao wa Kiswahili,
Tanzania (Direct and Environmental Uses of Mangrove Resources on Kilwa Island, Southern Swahili
Coast, Tanzania)". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of
Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book
Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.103-132.(in Swahili, English, and Arabic)
・Ishiyama,S. 2013,01 Déforestation et foyer amélioré au sub-Sahara: Efficacité sous les conditions
pratiquesdans les ménages. Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) Exploitation andConservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 1.
Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.75-101. (in French) (in French, English, andArabic)・ Nawata, H. 2013,01 "About Research Project". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.)
Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.6-8.(in English andArabic)・Nawata, H., Muhammad Ahmad 'Asiri, Rabi' 'Abd al-Rahmand Hananin', and Tariq Muhammad al-'Abbasi'
2013,01 "Traditional Natural Resource Use and Conservation of Juniper Woodlands in the Arabian
Peninsula: A Case Analysis of Raydah Nature Reserve". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R.
(ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.19-74.(in English andArabic)・ Nawata, H. 2013,01 "Preface". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) Exploitation andConservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 1.
Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.4-5.(in English and Arabic)
・Ishiyama, S. 2013,03 "Environmental Change and Dynamism of Livelihood -Goumanché, an agricultural
People of African semi-arid land". Sato, Y. and Taniguchi, M. (ed.) Environmental history of the
Yellow belt. Civilization and Environmental history series of the RIHN. Kobundo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
Japan, pp.98-111. (in Japanese)
・ Ishiyama, S. 2013,03 "Is it possible to prescribe against the global environmental problem ?".
Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at
Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries of the Middle East. RIHN Book Series.
Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.1-11. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2013,03 "Thinking energy problem from rural life". Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and
Oil-Rich Countries of the Middle East. RIHN Book Series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
169-198. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2013,02 "Preface". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation.
Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.4-5.(inEnglish and Arabic)
・Nawata H. 2013,02 "About Research Project". Nawata H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research andConservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.6-9.

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・Nawata H. 2013,02 "Relationships between Humans and One-humped Camels in the Coastal Zones of theArid Tropics: An Anthropological Case Analysis of the Beja on the Red Sea Coast of Eastern Sudan".
Nawata H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph
Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.42-47.(in English and Arabic)

・ Shoji, T. 2013,02 "A Handbook for an Avicennia marina Nursery and Transplantation: Technical
Guidelines for Afforestation". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research andConservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto,
Japan, pp.20-21.(in English and Arabic)
・Suda, S. 2013,02 "Method for Mangrove Afforestation in Qatar". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves:
Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers,
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.16-17.(in English and Arabic)
・Yoshikawa, K. 2013,02 "Ecological and Genetical Studies of Mangrove (Avicennia marina) Forests in the
Sultanate of Oman". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab
Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.36-37.(inEnglish and Arabic)・Miyagi, T. 2013,02 "Long-term Maintenance of Arid Mangroves: Mangrove Distribution and Use in Iranand Pakistan". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab
Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.32-34.(inEnglish and Arabic)
・Nakamura, R. 2013,02 "Mangrove Use on the Kilwa Island, Southern Swahili Coast in Tanzania". Nawata,
H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series,
2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.38-41.(in English and Arabic)
・Tamaei, S. 2013,02 "Study of Gray Mangrove (Avicennia marina) Afforestation for Greening a Desert
Coast: Gray Mangrove Afforestation on the Banks of an Artificial Channel across a Sabkha andEstablished Biotic Community". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research andConservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto,
Japan, pp.22-27.(in English and Arabic)・Miyamoto, C, and Abdullah Al-Wetaid 2013,02 "An Inspection of the Status of Coastal Mangroves of theSouthern Red Sea". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab
Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.14-15.(inEnglish and Arabic)
・Nawata, H., N. Koga, A. A. Elkhalifa, and A. Eldoma 2012,12 "Use of the alien invasive species
mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) for wood fuel/charcoal to support local incomes and improve energy
efficiency in an arid land of Sudan". A Mendez-Vilas (ed.) Fuelling the future: Advances in scienceand technologies for energy generation, transmission and storage. Brown Walker Press, Florida, pp.
128-132.
○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,03 Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look
at Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries of the Middle East. RIHN Book series.
Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 231pp. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. (ed.) 2013,02 Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 132pp. (in English andArabic).

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・ Kogo, M., C. Miyamoto, and S. Suda 2013,02 "Study and Activities on Mangrove Afforestation in
Arabia". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.10-13.(in English andArabic)RIHN

・Nawata H. 2013,02 "Coastal Resource Use by Camel Pastoralist: A Case Study of Gathering and Fishing
Activities among the Beja in Eastern Sudan". Nawata H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Researchand Conservation. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
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・Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) 2013,01 Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East
Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers,
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 248pp. (in Arabic, English, French, and Swahili).
・Nawata, H. (ed.) 2012,09 Investigative Report (2nd edition): a Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems
in Arab Societies Along the Red Sea in Sudan (2011-2013). RIHN, Kyoto, Japan, 104pp.
○Papers【Original Articles】

・Yasuda, H., T. Kawai, Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, H. Nawata 2012,12 "Seasonal variation of
precipitation time series in arid Sudan". Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(2) :357-361. (in Japanese)(reviewed).
・ Yasuda, H., T. Kawai, Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, H. Nawata 2012,12 "Cyclic pattern of
precipitation time series in arid Sudan". Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(2) :363-367. (in Japanese)(reviewed).
・Yasuda, H., Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, T. Inoue, K. Yoda, T. Kawai, W. Tsuji, H. Nawata, T.
Saito 2012,09 "Groundwater uptake of alien invasive plant, mesquite in arid environment: Double peak
pattern of diurnal groundwater level fluctuation due to the midday depression phenomenon". Journalof Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 25(5) :315-321. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Hoshino, B., Abdelaziz Karamalla, Mohamed Abd Elbasit, K. Manayeva, K. Yoda, Mahgoub Suliman, Mohamed
Elgamri, H. Nawata, H. Yasuda 2012,06 "Evaluating the invasion strategy of mesquite (Prosopis
juliflora) in eastern Sudan using remotely sensing technique". Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(1) :1-4.(reviewed).
・Mohamed A. M. Abd Elbasit, H. Yasuda, K. Yoda, Ahmed M. Eldoma, H. Nawata, B. Hoshino, Magzoub K.
Magzoub 2012,06 "Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) Water Uptake under Different Simulated Drought
Conditions". Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(1) :5-8.(reviewed).
・ Nawata, H. 2012,06 " To Combat a Negative Heritage of Combating Desertification: Developing
Comprehensive Measures to Control the Alien Species Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) in Sudan". Journalof Arid Land Studies 22(1) :9-12.(reviewed).
・Yoda, K., Mohamed A. M. ABD ELBASIT., Hoshino, B., Yasuda, H. and Nawata, H. 2012,06 "Root systemdevelopment of Prosopis seedlings under different soil moisture conditions". Journal of Arid Land
Studies 22(1) :13-16.(reviewed).
・Ozaki, K. 2012,05 "Food and Medicine in the Arab Islamic World". Journal of Oriental Studies 51(1) :63-91. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Ichikawa, K., T. Akamatsu, T. Shinke, N. Arai, and K. Adulyanukosol Clumped distribution of
vocalising dugongs (Dugong dugon) monitored by passive acoustic and visual observations in Thaiwaters. Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and the Environment, 2012,11,21-2012,11,23,
Perth, Australia.
・Nakamura, R. Multi-ethnic Coexistence in a Swahili Maritime Society as seen through Basic Ecology and
Fishing Cultures of Kilwa Island, Tanzania. Workshop on Afro-Eurasian Dry Lands in the Central
Eurasian Studies Society 2012 Annual Conference, 2012,10,17-2012,10,18, Indiana University, Indiana,
USA.
・ Nawata, H., N. Koga, A.A.ElKhalifa, and A ElDoma A Method for Wood Fuel/Charcoal of the Alien
Invasive Species Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) to Support Local Incomes with Better Energy
Efficiency in Arid Land of Sudan. The Energy & Materials Research Conference, June 2012,
Torremolinos, Spain.
・Ichikawa, K., T. Akamatsu, K. Adulyanukosol, G. Damiani, J. Lanyon, and H. Nawata Intraspecificvariation in vocal repertoire among dugong populations. THE ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG KONG,
2012,05,13-2012,05,18, Hong Kong.

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・Kogo, M. Why seaside?. Mangrove paleontological research organization, 2010,09,18-92012020, RIHN,
Kyoto.
【Poster Presentation】

・ Ishiyama, S., H. Nawata, Mutasim Mekki Mahmoud Elrasheed, and Mussab Hassan Abbass A Study ofTraditional Rainfed Agriculture in African Semiarid Area. 23rd Annual meeting of The Japanese
Association for Arid Land Studies, 2012,05,26-2012,05,27, ObihiroCity, Hokkaido, Japan. (inJapanese)【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Nawata, H. A Bridge between 'Knowledge' in Japan and 'Tradtion' in Sudan: To combat a negative
heritage of combating desertification. International Biennial of Cultural and Landscape Heritage,
November 2012, Florence, Italy.

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・Nawata, H., S. Nishimoto, Y. Yasuoka, A. Yasuoka, and Y. Shindo Architectural and Anthropological
Survey on Coral Buildings in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, July
2012, Cairns, Australia.

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・Ishiyama, S. Humanistic Approaches of Arab Subsistence Project, RIHN - A case of Algerian Sahara
field Survey. International Workshop on Humanistic Approaches towards Global Environmental Change,
2013,03,16-2013,03,17, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-06
Project Name: Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian Watersheds
Abbreviated Title: LakeHEAD (Food Risk Project)
Project Leader: KADA Ryohei
Research Axis: Resources Program
URL: html http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn/project/R-06.html
Key Words: Ecological risk, Food and health security, Watershed management, Payment for Ecosystem Services, GIS based
Risk Mapping○ Research Subject and Objectives
This research project investigates the direct and complex links between environmental change,
ecological degradation, food availability and quality, and human health. Research is conducted at Santa
Rosa Watershed and other sites in the Laguna Lake region, a highly populated and variegated region inwhich rich ecological resources are threatened by rapid land use change, urbanization andindustrialization. Study sites are representative of the challenges facing many other Asian watersheds.
The project has four principal objectives: 1) to document the current levels and pathways of heavy
metals pollution in the aquatic resources of Laguna Lake; 2) to investigate the health condition of
local residents and their perception of food risks; 3) to analyze the ecological effects ofagrochemical inputs, and their cumulative impact on food production and relation to subsequent
ecosystem deterioration; and 4) to describe land use changes in the Laguna Lake area and their impact
on water and material cycles, including impacts on sedimentation, groundwater level, and its quality.
Research Organization
Five research teams are comprised mainly of researchers at RIHN, Yokohama National University andUniversity of the Philippines; they work in collaboration with government agencies such as the Laguna
Lake Development Authorities (LLDA) and local government units. The Environmental Risk Assessment Team
identifies the exact sources of, and factors responsible for, particular pollutants in the food chain,utilizing stable isotope and other analytical techniques. The Socio-Economic Evaluation Team explores
how market- and nonmarket-based instruments can be used to improve water quality, food security andpublic health. The Health Risk Evaluation Team describes human nutrition, history of disease, and life
expectancy in the region, especially in relation to socio-economic dynamics. The Payment for Ecosystem
Services (PES) Team investigates the design of ecosystem service payment programs. The GIS-based Risk
Mapping Team supports the entire research project by creating a spatially-explicit database of key
variables associated with risk in the food chain.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
The major research outcome in its first year of the Full Research can be summarized as follows:
The Environmental Risk Assessment Team has created water quality maps for the Laguna Lake and its
watersheds. The maps show that heavy metals are markedly high in the western region as compared to theeastern region likely reflecting the urbanization in the western region. The pathways of heavy metals
from source to food will be investigated by analyzing lead stable isotope compositions of water,
sediment and edible fish/water plant samples which would be used as a ‘tracer’ of heavy metals.
The Socio-Economic Evaluation Team will grapple with the following research subjects: (i) consumer
behavior and perception of food & health risk; (ii) economic and environmental values by agricultural/agro-forest land use; (iii) waste management and community development; (iv) long-term comparison offood & health security. Several household and farm surveys have been conducted in the Sta. Rosa Subwatershed and control area since last fall. With the collected data and information, we will employ
statistical and econometric approaches.
The Health Risk Evaluation Team has completed the baseline evaluation to clarify the type and severityof environmental exposures affecting human health. Description of the health status of households anddietary diversity in the Santa Rosa sub-water shed area has also completed. A pilot study on healthassessment of environmental pollutants exposure among community residents near Laguna Lake area was

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done. Further analysis of community exposure to environmental pollutants and risk communication
strategies will be formulated.

○Project Members◎ KADA Ryohei○ MASUDA Tadayoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Environmental Economics )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Researcher,Agricultural
Resource Economics )○ YAOTA Kiyoyuki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Spatial Econometrics,
GIS, Remote Sensing )○ SAITO Satoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Stable Isotope Earth
Science )○ NAKANO Takanori( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Isotopic Environmental
Science )○ ARIMA Makoto( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,,Professor,Earth Science )○ YUMOTO Takakazu( Primate Research Institute Kyoto University,Professor,Forest Ecology )○ RAZAFINDRABE Bam H.N( University of the Ryukyus,Associate Professor,Disaster Risk Management )○ MASUNAGA Shigeki( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Environmental Chemistry )○ MIZUSHIMA Shunsaku ( Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Yokohama City
University,Professor,Preventive Epidemiology )○ TANAKA Katsuya( Research Center for Sustainability and Environment, Shiga University,Associate
Professor,Resource Economics )NAKAI Satoshi( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Environmental Risk Epidemiology; Epidemiological Evaluationof Chemicals )NAGAI Takashi( National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences,Researcher,Organic Chemistry
Risk Analysis )○ TAN, J. Galvez( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Professor,Public
Health )○ RANOLA, R.F.
( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Resource Economics )○ CONCEPCION, R.N.
( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos,Visiting
Professor,Environmental & Resource Economics )○ BORJA, A,C.SANTOS( Research Department, Lake Laguna Development Authority,Director,Biological
Limnology )MOLINA, V.B.
( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Associate
Professor,Public Health )PANGANIBAN L.C.R.
( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Associate
Professor,Environmental Epidemiology )ZAFARALLA Macrina T.( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Biology, Water Quality Assessment )MACANDOG Damasa( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Plant Ecology, Evaluation of Soil Erosion )○ Future Themes
Including the Pre-Research (PR) period, almost two years have passed since this project started.
Through the field work, laboratory experiment, interviews and discussions with stakeholders as well ashousehold, farm, and biomedical surveys, each team is submitting rigorous or preliminary research
results. In the second year of 2012/2013, the Community Forum 2012 was held as a community-based social

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The GIS risk analysis team constructed “spatial analysis data map” which were aggregated spatial data
(paper maps, satellite images) and various information from other teams. Furthermore we created newfactors (land use and land use changes) and applied spatial analysis. We plan to construct efficient
information-sharing structure in a local community in the current fiscal year.

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PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services) Analysis Team estimates the farmers’ adoption decisions ofagroforestry and derives regional supply of ecosystem services from agriculture. We also evaluate
people’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) for enhancing ecosystem services in the region. Combining theseresults, we will eventually conduct policy simulations and derive the PES scheme, desirable for both
ecological services and people’s livelihood in the region.

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experiment in September in Laguna, the research site, and it worked as a showcase of our research
activities. The feedback from the local stakeholders will be utilized for the interdisciplinary study
next year.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Ryohei kada 2012 Why is change to satoyama and satoumi a concern?. Satoyama- Satoumi Ecosystems andHuman Well-Being Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes of Japan. United Nations University Press,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, pp.125-154.
○Papers【Original Articles】

・Saito, S., Arima, M., Nakajima, T., Tani, K. , Miyazaki, T., Senda, R., Chang, C., Takahashi, T.,
Hirahara, Y. and Kimura, J.-I. 2012 Petrogenesis of the Kaikomagatake granitoid pluton in the Izu
Collision Zone, central Japan: implications for transformation of juvenile oceanic arc into mature
continental crust. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 163 :611-629.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Ryohei Kada & Tadayoshi Masuda Managing Environmental Risks for Food and Health Security in Southeast
Asian Watersheds. International Conference "Climate Change & Natural Disasters in Asia: Emerging
Food Security and Eco-Health Issues", 2013,03,14-2013,03,15, Monash University Sunway campus,
Malaysia .
・ Katsuya Tanaka The Cost-Effective Design of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Philippines.
International Conference "Climate Change & Natural Disasters in Asia: Emerging Food Security and
Eco-Health Issues", 2013,03,14-2013,03,15, Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia .
・Jaime Z. Galvez Tan A Baseline Description of the Health Status and Food Security of Households in
the Santa Rosa Sub-watershed Area. International Conference "Climate Change & Natural Disasters in
Asia: Emerging Food Security and Eco-Health Issues", 2013,03,14-2013,03,15, Monash University Sunway
campus, Malaysia .
・ Roberto F. Ranola Building Disaster Resilience to Address Household Food Security: The Case in
Silang-Sta. Rosa Subwatershed. Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia , 2013,03,14-2013,03,15,
Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia . .
・Rogelio N. Concepcion Community-Based Exchange of Knowledge, Learning and Communication of Ecological
Risks Amidst Climate Change: Yaman ng Lawa Project. International Conference "Climate Change &Natural Disasters in Asia: Emerging Food Security and Eco-Health Issues",, 2013,03,14-2013,03,15,
Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia .
・D.B. Magcale-Macandog, A.P.O. de Guia, D. C. Pagaduan, M.A. Bragais, R.L.P. Mojica, R. Castillo, J.
Llamas, and W. Reyes Land Use and Biodiversity Changes in the Sta. Rosa-Silang Subwatershed and its
Implications
to
Food
Security..
2012
ISSAASInternational
SymposiumandCongress,
2012,11,13-2012,11,16, Bicol University, Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines.
・ Damasa M. Macandog, Maria Francesca O. Tan, and Dalton Erick S. Baltazar Biophysical Profile andEnvironmental Impacts of Agricultural and Agroforestry Systems an Silang-Sta. Rosa Subwatershed..
2012 ISSAAS International Symposium and Congress, 2012,11,13-2012,11,16, Bicol University, Legazpi
City, Albay, Philippines.
・ Bam H.N. Razafindrabe Community Resilience to Flood Disasters - Case Study of Santa Rosa
Subwatershed. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

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・Rañola, Roberto Jr Impact of Environmental Hazards and Risks on the Environment and Food Security: A
Framework. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

・Lynn R. Panganiban Risk Factors to Heavy Metal Poisoning Among Residents in Four Communities in Santa
Rosa City, Laguna. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

・ Macrina T. Zafaralla Degraded Creek Habitat Restoration through Use of an Aquatic
MacrophyteBiosorption
System(AMBS):
Biodiversity
Evaluation.
Community
Forum
2012,
2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Katsuya Tanaka Payment for Ecosystem Services Through Agroforestry in the Philippines. Community
Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・ Victorio B. Molina HEALTH RISKS FROM HEAVY . Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP,
Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Fe M. Ranola. RF Ranola, Jr., JT Dizon, MC Casin, MFO Tan and DES Baltazar Food Insecurity ofHouseholds in Downstream Watershed Communities in the Laguna Lake Region. Community Forum 2012,2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Fe M. Ranola Food Insecurity of Households in Watershed Communities in the Laguna Lake Region.
Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Satoshi (Tetsu) Saito Present levels of heavy metals in river and lake waters and bottom sedimentsin the Laguna de Bay watershed. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City,
Philippines.
・Kiyoyuki YAOTA1 Spatial Data Integration for Risk Identification and Awareness (Linking Science toCommunity). Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Rogelio N. Concepcion “Yaman ng Lawa” Community-based Ecology Learning Center. Community Forum2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Tadayoshi Masuda Where and How Are Food & Health Risks Distributed? From Household Surveys in the
Santa Rosa Sub-Watershed, Laguna, the Philippines. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP,
Tagaytay City, Philippines.
【Poster Presentation】

・Dr. Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog Impact of land-use change on plant, mammal and bird diversity and its
implications on food security in the Sta. Rosa-Silang subwatershed. Community Forum 2012,2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.
・Dr. Macrina T. Zafaralla Degraded Creek Habitat Restoration Through Use of an Aquatic Macrophyte Biosorption System. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

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・Noel R. Juban Baseline Assessment of Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies in Households in the Santa
Rosa Sub-watershed Area. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay City,
Philippines.

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・ Jaime Z. Galvez Tan Baseline Description of Health Status and Health-related Factors of Households
in the Sta. Rosa Sub-watershed Area. Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, DAP, Tagaytay
City, Philippines.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-07
Project Name: Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia
Abbreviated Title: Desertification in Afro-Eurasia
Project Leader: TANAKA Ueru
Research Axis: Resources
URL: http://www.kazehitotsuchi.com/
Key Words: Afro-Eurasia, Desertification, Poverty, Vulnerable people, Livelihood, Human-environment interrelations,
Practical techniques for desertification control, Socio-ecological adaptability, Development assistance○ Research Subject and Objectives
Research objectives
The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) to identify socio-ecological characteristics
and types of desertification un some targeted areia of Semi-arid Afro-Eirasia as a premise to solve/
mitigate the problems related to desertification; 2) to re-exsamine techniques/approaches to cope withdesertification and to enhance rural development assistance; 3) to understand mechanisms and processesof socio-ecological adaptation being functioned under enviromental and demographic changes; 4) to seek
sfeasible and practical techniques/approaches to prevent /mitigate desertificaion; and 5) to propose
integrative/holistic solutions to encourage ways of improving livelihood security for the people wholive with uncertainty and fragility in socil-ecological environment.
BackgroundIn ratifying the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 1994, the international
community, including Japan, signed its commitment to solve the problems related to desertification. So
far, there have been many efforts made by international organization, local government and NGOs,
however, the problems still remain unsolved and become more serious year by year. Why desertification
have not been prevented and even became worse? It may be explained from its causes and its linkages
with poverty. As defined in UNCCD (1994), the causes of desertification are both climatic factors andhuman activities. If the latter are carefully focused, the causes are the daily activities to support
people’s livelihood and basic needs for survival, such as cropping, animal husbandry and gathering offuel woods. Nobody can force them to stop the livelihood activities of local people for desertification
control. Difficulty of desertification control may also be explained from its complexity. Climatic
factors include short and uneven distribution of rainfall, excess rain and flooding, and wind.
Livelihood activities are varied under different landscape, soils, vegetation, food customs, traditionsof techniques, socio-economic condition and so on. Susceptibility of land resources and ecosystems
under the pressure of human activities and the impact of climatic factors are also different for eachplace. Thus, desertification can be considered as a sum of these combinations.
Perception and contribution to global environmental problems
Desertification is one of the problems at global concern and, at the same time, the phenomena ofdesertification are the combinations of accumulated causes and consequences at local and human-scale
under complex socio-ecological environments. This means that solutions should be designed by the
combination of the actions at local and human-scale.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
Sahel region of West Africa is one of the frontlines of desertification. Due to the increase ofhuman impact, traditional fallow cultivation, which maintains soil fertility and prevents soil erosion,
is no more standing. Prolonged exposure of land surface accelerates soil erosion and, thus, thedecrease of soil fertility. Nearly 20 years have passed since the ratification of UNCCD (1994) byinternational communities. Several efforts have been poured to desertification control and ruraldevelopment, however, most of them are not necessarily adopted and extended to local level. Why it
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Coping activities as socio-ecological adaptations

Fallow-band system
Design: Fallow-band system was designed to improve crop performance, both growth and grain yield,
and to reduce wind erosion. At the beginning of rainy season, the bands with 5 m width and stretchingfrom the north to the south are set at the interval of 30 m to 60 m in cultivated field. In each band,
seed of pearl millet are not sown, weeding practice is not done and, consequently, a band with wild
grasses and herbs is established. The fallow-band, left during dry season after crop harvest, captures
top soils and coarse organic matter brown by seasonal easterly wind. In the rainy season of next year,
the position of the fallow-band is shifted on the windward.
Functions: We set some plots in the experiment farm of ICRISAT-Niamey, western part of Niger, toverify the functions of the fallow-band system in wind erosion control and improvement of crop
performance. For the effect on wind erosion control, we monitored the amount of top soil and coarse
organic matter (OM) brown by wind during dry season. The amount captured by a single fallow-band
prevented 74 % of soil loss and 58 % of OM loss. For the effect on the improvement of crop
performance, difference of crop growth was clearly shown in the filed under continuous cultivation andin the field one year after the fallow-band. This drastic effect was explained by the loss oraccumulation of relatively fertile top soil and organic matter, i.e. nutrients for crop, by wind. Since
the residual effect remains for three to four years, the grain yield from the entire cultivated field,
including the one under continuous cropping and once placed under fallow-band, increases year by year.
Although the effect can not be kept with the increasing trend, the result is attractive for local
cultivators.
Extension: The technique of fallow-band system was endorsed to the JICA Grassroots Project“Formation and dissemination of practical techniques for mitigation of desertification and improvementof household income in Niger” (April 2010–March 2013). As of December 2012, the technique has been
extended and practiced by 439 households in 75 villages, 23 districts and 5 regions in Niger
Social network in a Sahelian community
We examined the dissemination of the fallow band system within the commune of Finare, in Say
District, Niger. The location of households that practiced and did not practice the technique wasplotted and the networks of information and confidence are drown as the diagram of network . Households
using the technique were located in and near Finare sub-village, where the chief of the commune lives.
A village chief is commonly designated as an access point in participatory approach by many ruraldevelopment projects. Why was the introduced technique not disseminated throughout the entire commune
despite its proven benefits? The reasons may be given by the state of the networks of information andconfidence in the commune. The sub-villages of Finare and Gardje have relatively dense network of

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We conducted the field research on the people's coping activities in the years of crisis in odrer
to identify the requisites of socio-ecological adaptation in the Sahelian condition. The Fakara area in
Western Niger receives approximately 400mm of annual rainfall, and frequently suffers drought,
irregular rainfall, and locust outbreaks. We asked cultivators and pastoralists to remember years ofcrisis since the 1970s, and the coping strategies they employed. Cultivators indentified 1973, 1984,
and 1991 as years of crisis, while pastoralists named 1984, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Household
vulnerability differed by ethnicity, as different ethnic groups typically rely on distinct livelihood
strategies. Major coping activities were sale of livestock, food aid, seasonal migrant works, borrowing
food and money, consumption of stored food, gathering of useful plants and insects, sale of fuel woods,
and donation and remittance of money from family members working abroad. Pastoralists tended to manage
within the range of their livelihood systems i.e. they would sell livestock, while, by contrast,
cultivators tended to combine plural activities and depend on external support.

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major causes of desertification are the daily activities to support people’s livelihood and basic
needs for survival, such as cropping, animal husbandry and gathering of fuel woods. This fact suggeststhat a technique should maintain beneficial effects both to satisfy needs of daily life first and,then, to control desertification. Based on such understanding, we innovated a practical technique, socalled “fallow-band system”, to improve crop performance concurrently with reduction of soil erosion
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information. Some households in Winde Gaoude and Koma are, however, isolated from the network. In
addition, the chief, though he is a point of access to the community, is not in a key node of the
network of confidence. These facts mean that the common participatory approach has some shortcomings
and room for improvement. This study further suggests that some persons or households who are in the
key nodes of the network in the community may enable future adoption of introduced techniques. This
project will investigate the further practical advantages of interweaving such analysis of social
networks into agricultural extension and rural development services.

○Project Members◎ TANAKA Ueru
○ ISHIMOTO Yudai○ SHINJO Hitoshi○ IKAZAKI Kenta○ KOBAYASHI Hirohide○ NAKAMURA Hiroshi○ MIURA Rei-ichi○ UCHIDA Satoshi
ISHIKAWA Hirohiko
SAKURAI Takeshi
MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
SASAKI Yuko
SHIMIZU Takao
TESHIROGI Koki
MIZUNO Kazuharu
OHYAMA Shuichi
SETO Shinichi( RIHN,Associate Professor,Project management, Agricultural Studies )( RIHN,Researcher,Sub-leader, Anthropology )( Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Soil Science )( Cosmopolitan University of Tokyo,Assistant Professor,Soil Science )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Architecture )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Social Economics )( Kyoto University,Lecturer,Tropical Ecosystems )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science,Proncipal
Researcher,Remote Sensing )( Kyoto University,Professor,Climatorogy )( Hitotsubashi University,Professor,Rural Economics )( RIHN,Researcher,Boundary Agriculture )( RIHN,Researcher,Rural Sociology )( RIHN,Researcher,Anthropology )( RIHN,Researcher,Geography )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Geography )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Area Studies )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Rudal Development )○ Future Themes
To achieve the research objectives, some corresponding sub-topics being conducted by the interim
evaluation (at the end of FR2) are listed as follows.
1. To identify socio-ecological characteristics and types of desertification in some targeted areas of
Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia as a premise to solve/mitigate the problems related to desertification
1-1. Collection of general information (e.g. climate, vegetation, soil, topography, demographic
statistics, household components, etc.) of the selected sites though village survey, literature review
and analyses of satellite imagery by GIS
1-2. Identification of causes and types of dominant desertification phenomena in relating with thechanges of livelihood activities under demographic and economic pressure, climatic trend andintervention from outside
2. To re-examine techniques/approaches to desertification control and rural development assistance
2-1. Collection and review of cases in the past and current projects related to desertification
control conducted in Burkina Faso, Niger, Namibia and India
2-2. Re-examination of techniques (e.g. tree planting for reforestation, water harvesting) andapproaches (e.g. participatory rapid appraisal) through the analyses of ecological suitability andaffordability in labour allocation using the case reviews mainly in Burkina Faso and Niger
3. To understand mechanisms and processes of socio-ecological adaptation being functioned underenvironmental and demographic changes in the selected sites
3-1. Identification of endogenous and exogenous socio-ecological pressures to land resources,
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3-2. Identification of “years of crisis”, its causes and the coping activities referring to theexperiences in Niger
3-3. Case study of “Cote d’Ivoir shock” affecting Burkina Faso since 2002, focusing on the impact
of demographic pressure to land resources, coping activities to mitigate/buffer the shocks
3-4. Case study of “Chronic drought and transition of local husbandly” in Burkina Faso, Niger,
Namibia and India focusing on the changes of major livelihood activities (e.g. cultivation andlivestock raising), the significance of seasonal/subsidiary jobs (e.g. migration labouring, petittrading, and gathering) to ensure livelihood security

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3-5. Case study of “Conflict and co-existence among different ethnics” in Niger and Burkina Faso
focusing on the chronological records of conflicts, the seasonal interaction (e.g. spatial and temporaluse of land resources for cultivation and grazing), the trading of local commodities at community
level, the borrow and lend over commodities and land properties, and the competition in receiving
outsider’s support

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3-6. Comparative study on socio-ecological adaptation in India, Burkina Faso, Niger and Namibia undersimilar climatic and ecological condition with differences in demographic pressure, land use systems of
livelihood activities, and ethnic interrelations
4. To seek feasible and practical techniques/approaches to prevent/mitigate desertification
4-1. Collection and identification of indigenous/conventional techniques related to prevent/mitigate
desertification, to improve land productivity and to restore degraded ecosystems
4-2. Action research for “Technology transfer within Africa” with on-site experiments in selectedsite of Burkina Faso, Niger and Namibia to restore deforested land using the combination of Zai(indigenous tree planting pit) and Diguette (line of stones and/or grass), and to prevent landdegradation due to wind erosion using the technique of “fallow-band system”
4-3. Action research for “Identifying pre-requisites and processes of indigenization” in selectedsites of Niger using some transferred techniques as tracer(s) to depict the information dissemination
channels within and outside the community, to find the appealing points and processes for decisionmaking, acceptance, modification and succession of new technique(s)5. To propose integrative/holistic solutions to encourage ways of improving livelihood security for thepeople who live with uncertainty and fragility in socio-ecological environment
5-1. Proposition of some packages of feasible and practical techniques effective to prevent/mitigate
desertification phenomena (especially concerning to wind erosion in the Sahel of Niger), to restore
degraded land and ecosystems, and to improve livelihood security through increasing household income
sources and stabilizing agricultural/livestock production●Achievements○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Koki TESHIROGI Natural environments and livestock farming in arid land, Namibia.. RIHN-HUAF
Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia, 2013,03,06, Hue, Vietnam.
・Yuko SASAKI Technology dissemination and social networks at rural areas in the Sahel, West Africa. .
RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia", 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue
University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam.
・ Takao SHIMIZU Protecting environment and human life in Sahel : A case study of “Planting
Andropogon”on Fakara, Republic of Niger.. RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development
Assistance with Asia", 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue Univ. of Agri. and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam.
・Takao SHIMIZU 〝Taribé and “Street Children” in Ouagadougou: how students of Qur’anic school became“Street Children”?. . International Union for Ethnological and Anthropological Sciences “Children
and youth in the changing world”, 2012,10,26-2012,10,30, Bhubaneswar, India..

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・Ueru,TANAKA, Yuko SASAKI, Takao SHIMIZU, Kenta IKAZAKI Practical techniques and extension method fordesertification control in the Sahel, West Africa.. International Symposium on Sustainability/
Survivability Science for Resilient Society Adaptable to Extreme Weather Condition,
2012,08,03-2012,08,04, Obaku Plaza, Uji, Kyoto.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: E-05-Init

Abbreviated Title: ILEK project
Project Leader: SATO Tetsu
URL: http://en.ilekcrp.org/index.html
Key Words: knowledge production, adaptive governance, residential research, multi-scale translator,meta-analysis○ Research Subject and Objectives
Research purpose:
Diverse ecosystem services should be managed as commons by collaboration of various stakeholders withdifferent values and interests. Through the accumulation and meta-analysis of diverse case studies fromall over the world, we examine mechanisms to facilitate production and utilization of the integrated
knowledge base for the stakeholder driven creation and sustainable management of such commons. The
project aims to clarify the process and mechanisms for local stakeholders to effectively integrate andutilize scientific as well as various types of local knowledge to achieve adaptive governance of local
communities. Roles and functions of diverse multi-scale translators mediating knowledge flow acrossdifferent scale levels from global to local are analyzed in detail to elucidate multi-scale mechanisms
to solve global environmental problems. These results will contribute to formation of science forsociety to produce knowledge bases to be utilized by stakeholders (knowledge users), and social systems
for effective use of science to solve global environmental problems.
Background of research:
Bottom-up approaches driven by divers stakeholders of local communities are essential to solve diverse
global environment problems including worldwide degradation of ecosystem services which comes up to thesurface on the basis of locally specific problem structures. Scientific as well as various types of
local knowledge systems are required for the stakeholders to effectively manage ecosystem services.
Studies have been accumulated to describe characteristics and structures of these knowledge bases, but
design-oriented analyses of production and circulation mechanisms of knowledge to contribute toadaptive governance of ecosystem services have not been conducted in detail. This research focuses on
the roles and functions of residential researchers and bilateral knowledge translators as important
actors to provide knowledge basis for decision makings and actions by local stakeholders, andproduction and circulation of the Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK), a transdisciplinary
blend of science and various types of local knowledge, to understand mechanisms to facilitate
collaboration of diverse actors to achieve adaptive governance of local communities to design
sustainable future.
Contribution to solutions of globalenvironmental problems:This research contributes to bottom-up solutions of diverse global environmental problems by clarifying
adaptive governance systems of ecosystem services supported by production and circulation of theIntegrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK). It aims to clarify theory and approaches of solutionsof global environmental problems from the viewpoints of knowledge users (stakeholders) to establish
adaptive governance systems of diverse ecosystem services by effectively integrating scientificknowledge and various types of local knowledge deeply embedded in everyday life.

○ Progress and Results in 2012
Research plan:
The research plan of this project was originally designed assuming one year pre-research (PR) periodwith the following research topics. (1) Detailed analysis of case study sites selected in the FS stage
from the viewpoints of knowledge users to establish candidates of social experiment sites. (2)Research Projects

Research Axis: Ecosophy program/OICOS initiative

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Project Name: Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local Environmental
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Accumulate examples of multi-scale knowledge translators and establish analytical frameworks. (3)Establish interactive approaches between empirical case studies and theoretical analysis. We also madea research plan for the full-research first year (FR1) as follows. (1) Promote understanding of roles
and functions of ILEK productions and circulations in the adaptive governance processes of local
commons through emergence and dynamic changes of the roles of knowledge producers in the local
communities. (2) Determine social experiment sites to start logistical setup and consensus building
among stakeholders. (3) Start up multi-scale analysis. As the FR1 has been launched immediately without
PR phase, we tried to incorporate all these research topics in this FR1.
Research methods:
This project effectively inherits research outcomes of cognitive sciences from previous RIHN projects
and integrates them with various cases of solution-oriented design science approaches from the world
involving collaborative interactions between scientists and stakeholders to produce and utilize ILEK
for creation and sustainable management of local commons. With this unique approach, the project aims
to elucidate pathways to promote science for society as well as to design social systems to digest andeffectively utilize scientific knowledge. The Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK) has been
formed in the process of bringing solutions to local environmental problems in various local
communities in the world integrating local wisdoms to manage and utilize ecosystem services in everyday
life and scientific knowledge providing cause effect relationships and predictability
Residential
researchers conducting scientific research as members of local communities and bilateral knowledgetranslators promoting knowledge circulation and utilization across the border between scientists andstakeholders play important roles in these processes. The project analyzes scientific processes andoutcomes of various cases of solution-oriented knowledge productions by residential and other types ofresearches including RIHN projects from the viewpoints of knowledge users, based on the hypothesis thatthe multiple roles and functions of these important actors to produce and circulate ILEK support theadaptive governance of local communities for sustainable futures. We have established the preliminary
conceptual models of ILEK-based adaptive governance based on the framing of local stakeholders andpotential responses of stakeholder networks. We aim to elaborate these theoretical frames from metaanalysis of case studies and modeling to produce verifiable hypothesis for designing social
experiments. We also conduct analysis of roles and functions of bilateral knowledge translators in thecontexts of multi-scale collaboration mediated by knowledge flow across multiple scale levels fromlocal to global. With the approaches integrating empirical studies, social experiments and theoreticalanalysis, the project aims to elucidate the way forwards toward solution of global environmental
problems.
Research organizations:
In the year 2012, we made particular emphasis on establishment of research group structures andmethodologies through the screening and reorganization of case study sites, accumulation of diverse
cases of multi-scale translators, and design of task forces (TFs) crosscutting research groups withparticular concepts and issues. This project is characterized by participation of researchers, either
residential or visiting, deeply committed to local communities of the case study sites to examine
dynamism of adaptive governance caused by intense interactions among stakeholders includingtransformation of researchers themselves. Therefore, we spent much effort to identify cases allowing
such approaches with dedicated researchers for the analysis of local communities and multi-scaletranslators. As the results, we have been establishing sufficient quantity and quality of case study
sites and case examples of multi-scale translators. We also designed taskforces (TFs) focusing key
concepts and issues in order to facilitate collaborations toward project ideas and goals among diverse
researchers based on the common research interests. At the end of the fiscal year 2012, we establishedan effective set of TFs including Residential Research TF and Sato-umi /Fisheries Resource Management
TF crosscutting case studies and multi-scale analysis, Environmental Governance TF connecting empiricalstudies and theoretical analysis, and Ethical Aspect of Design Oriented Science TF dealing science andsociety interfaces. On the other hands, we encountered difficulties in recruiting new post-doctoral
project researchers in the middle of the academic year, resulted in delays in establishments ofresearch integration systems and database / websites for effective information sharing.

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Research outcomes of the year 2012:○Project Members◎ SATO, Tetsu

Management Group○ ISHIHARA, Hiroe( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Local Science forEnvironment and Sustainability Team leader of Developing country team：Case study
group )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researchers,Environmental
Sociology )Research Projects

Development of meta-analysis methodologies and analytical frameworks have been progressing to integrate
diverse case studies and multi-scale analysis to elucidate adaptive governance mechanisms, based on the
results of interviews to RIHN project leaders at the FS stage and the Guideline on Collaboration
between Local Communities and Scientists published by the Local Science Network for Environment andSustainability (LSNES) established by the previous JST-RISTEX project. Adaptive governance mechanisms
driven by ILEK production and circulation (including multi-scale interactions) have been categorized
into two processes: i.e. Knowledge production and circulation bring about societal changes (1) via
transformation of decision and actions of individuals or small groups of people, or (2) directly affectsocial systems including formal and informal institutions. Adaptive governance systems werehypothesized as a mutually interactive triangle with apexes of knowledge production, decision making /action, and adaptive societal change. Preliminary criteria of adaptive governance processes were
proposed based on this conceptual model from the interview records at the FS stage and brainstormingwith the project members. Discussions have been in progress with theory group members to blush up thesecriteria to be applied in mathematical modeling. Various approaches of theoretical modeling have been
listed as candidates to describe adaptive governance systems, including theories associated withknowledge structures and cognitive dynamics (scenario analysis, participatory visioning, learning
machine model, semantic network), dynamic networks of local communities (network theories, community
ecology models) and theories to connect individual behavioral changes to societal dynamism (selforganization, dynamic game theories, evolutionary theories). The network of researchers in the project
has been well established to bridge the gap between the real world of local communities and abstract
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The project made a significant progress inthe blushing up of approaches to integrate results of diverse
case studiesthrough meta-analysis. We had opportunities to share and discuss basicapproaches ofintegration in the pre-full project meeting with Japanese projectmembers in May and the first fullproject meeting with international members inJuly. We convened the kickoff symposium of the project
titled “Community-basedKnowledge Production, Activities and Adaptive Governance” in September
tointroduce project ideas and approaches to the public. Each research groupconvened one or two researchmeetings focusing research protocols andmeta-analysis approaches, and the outcomes were shared with theentire project community.Based on the analysis and discussions regarding diverse local communities
wherethe project members were deeply involved, a total of 61 case study sites wereidentified to conductmeta-analysis and to design social experiments which is scheduledto launch in FR3. Case examples ofmulti-scale translators promotingcross-scale knowledge circulations has been accumulated, withsignificant newadditions of the Ramsar Convention, Globally Important Agricultural HeritageSystems(GIAHS) of FAO, and Barefoot Ecologist Systems in the coastal fisheriesmanagements. Multiple thematic
task forces (TFs) have been established tocrosscut existing research groups, strengthening support for
informationgathering and analysis. These TFs includes Ethical Aspects of Design-orientedScience TF
corresponding to requirements of in depth ethical analysis relatedto intensive science-society
interactions, Residential Research TF focusing onthe key concept of the project, Sato-umi / Fisheries
Resource
Management
TFdedicatedtocommunity-based
naturalresource
management,
andEnvironmentalGovernance TF conducting theoretical analysis of adaptive governance processeson the basisof case studies in the real world. Preliminary results of casestudy groups and TFs were presented in
the special sessions organized byproject members at the Japanese Society for Science and Technology
Studies(November at Hayama, Residential Research TF), Wildlife Conservation SocietyJapan (November at
Utsunomiya, wildlife management), and Pacific Congress ofMarine Science and Technology (December atKailua-Kona, Hawaii, Sato-umi TF).

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◎ KIKUCHI, Naoki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate professor,Residential
Research, Team leader of East Asia team of Case study group, and Residential
Research TF )○ KAKUMA, Shinichirou ( Extention Office for Fishery, Okinawa Prefectural Government,Chief
Officer,Fisheries Resource Management, Team leader of Bottom up team of Multiscale analysis group and Sato-umi TF )○ SAKAI, Akiko( Graduate School of Environment and Information Science, Yokohama National
University Vice-chairperson and in charge of administration office, Japanese
Coordinating Committee for MAB,Associate professor,Protected Area Management,
Team leader of Top down team of Multi-scale analysis group )○ SHIMIZU, Mayuko( Faculty of Policy Science Ryukoku University,Lecturer,Environmental Sociology )○ TAKEMURA, Shion( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researchers,LandscapeEcology )○ TOKITA, Kei( Graduate School of Information Science Nagoya University,Professor,Statistical
Physics, Team leader of Theory and modeling group )○ NAKAGAWA, Chigusa( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researchers,Environmental
Sociology )○ MATSUDA, Hiroyuki( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Resource Management, Team leader of Europe/North America
team of Case study group )○ MIYAUCHI, Tsisuke( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Professor,Environmental
Sociology, Team leader of Environmental governance TF )○ YANAKA, Shigeru( Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University,Associate professor,Rural
Sociology )○ YAMAKOSHI, Gen( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
professor,African Studies )○ YUMOTO, Takakazu( Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University,Professor,Ecology )ALEXANDRIDIS,( Univ. of the Virgin Islands （US Virgin Islands),Associate professor,Network
Konstantinos
Theory )ARICO, Salvatore( UNESCO Biodiversity Initiative (France),Director,Biodiversity Policy )CHABAY, Ilan
( Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam(Germany),Professor,Sustainability Science )○ CROSBY, Michael P( Mote Marine Laboratory (USA),President,Coastal Management )GUTSCHER, Heinz( University of Zurich (Switzerland),Professor,Social Psychology )THAMAN, Randolph( The University of the South Pacific (Fiji),Professor,Coastal Management )Case Studies Group / East Asia TeamAKAISHI, Daisuke( Suzu City Hall,Research Fellow for Society Co-existing with Nature,Satoyama
Management )IGARASHI, Tsubasa( Social Innovation Course, Doshisha University Graduate School of Policy andManagement,Masters Course Student,Satoyama Management )KAMATANI, Kaoru( Kobe Women's University,part-time lecturer,History )KIMURA, Motoko( One of Tsushima Rangers in charge of conservation of biologicaldiversity,Research fellow,Residential Research )KORIYAMA, Shiho( Graduate School of Letters, Kobe Women's University,Research Worker,Modern
Japanese History )TAKAHASHI, Toshimori( Satoyama Science Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya
University,Special-appointed Associate Professor,Satoyama Management )TERABAYASHI, Akira ( Norinchukin Research Institute,Research fellow,Environmental Sociology )○ NIITSUMA, Hiroaki( Council of Energy In My Yard, Japan(EIMY), Tohoku University,Director,Renewable
Energy )HATTORI, Shiho( Faculty of International Studies, Tenri University,Lecturer,Cultural
Anthropology )○ HOSHI（TOMITA）,Sho ( Council of Energy in My Yard, Japan(EIMY) , EIMY Yumoto Regional
Conference,Senior Researcher,Residential Research )MASUDA, Yasushi( Shiretoko Nature Foundation,Director general,Residential Research )MITSUHASHI, Hiromune( Institute of Natural and Environmental Science, University of Hyogo, Lecturer
for the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo,Lecturer,Residential
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Multi-scale Group / Top-down TeamOIKAWA, Hiroki( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Associate professor,Environmental Law )OHTANI, Ryu( The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,Research
fellow,Science and Technology Studies )OKANO, Takahiro( Kagoshima University Education Center,Special-appointed Associate
Professor,Nature Conservation Policy )KAJI, Koichi( The Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology,Professor,Wildlife Management )TANAKA, Toshinori( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Special-appointed
Assistant Professor,Nature Conservation Policy )TOBAI, Sadayoshi( WWF Japan Nature Conservation Office,Office chief,Nature Conservation Theory )TOI, Akiko( Faculty of Environmental Systems, Rakuno Gakuen
University,Professor,Environmental Law )Research Projects

Case Study Group / Developing Countries TeamONUMA, Ayumi( Faculty of Economics, Keio University,Professor,Environmental Economics )○ KAMIMURA, Masahito ( Director of Committee for the Conservation of Shiraho Sea, WWF Coral Reef
Conservation Research Center,Director,Nature Conservation Theory )KOBAYASHI, Takahiro ( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai
University,Lecturer,Environmental Sociology )SATO, Takanori( Palau International Coral Reef Center,Research Fellow,Coastal Management )SHIMAGAMI, Motoko( i-i-network, Research & Action for Community Governance,ViceRepresentative,Commons Theory )TORII, Takashi( Kagoshima University, Faculty of Fisheries,Associate professor,Fisheries
Economics )NISHINO, Hikaru( Eelgrass Support (Amamo Supporters),Representative,Coastal Management )NISHIMURA, Satoru( Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economics andHumanities,Professor,Agricultural Economics )HOSOKAI, Mizuki( One of Tsushima Rangers in charge of conservation of biologicaldiversity,Research fellow,Resource management )BRIGHOUSE, Genevieve( National Marine Sanctuary (American Samoa),Director,Nature Reserve Management )○ CASTILLA, Juan
( Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile (Chile),Professor,Fisheries
CarlosManagement )KITOLELEI, Jokim( Kagoshima University, Faculty of Fisheries,Ddoctoral course,Coastal
Management )KOHLER, Florent( Universite de Sorbonne (France),Director,Anthropology )LE TOURNEAU,( Universite de Sorbonne (France),Director,Geography )Francois-Michel

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Case Study Group / Europe-North America Team
ONISHI, Hideyuki( Department of Social System Studies, Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies,
Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts,Associate professor,Cultural
Anthropology )○ KUME, Takashi( Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University,Associate professor,Soil Hydrology )SAKURAI, Ryo( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Research fellow,Wildlife Management )TSUCHIYA, Toshiyuki ( Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology,Professor,Nature Reserve Management )FUKUNAGA, Mayumi( Research Organization for the21st Century, Osaka Prefecture
University,Associate professor,Environmental Ethics )MIURA, Shizue( The Japan-Turkey Society,Member,Local Knowledge Studies )AKCA, Erhan( Adiyaman University (Turkey),Professor,Agricultural Ecosystem )BOZAKLI, Hikmet( Agricultural Chamber of Karapinar (Turkey),President,Agricultural Ecosystem )MACHO, Gonzalo( University of Vigo (Spain),Research Fellow,Fisheries Resource Management )RAGSTER, LaVerne E. ( Univ. of the Virgin Islands （US Virgin Islands),Professor emeritus,Coastal
Management )WEBB, William( Univ. of the Virgin Islands （US Virgin Islands),Ddoctoral course,Network
Alexander
Theory )72
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MAKINO, Atsushi( Department of Integrated Human Studies, Faculty of letters, Kumamoto
University,Professor,Residential Research )BOUAMRANE, Meriem( UNESCO、Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences (France),ProgrammeSpecialist,Resource Management )DEDEURWAERDERE, Tom ( Universit? Catholique de Louvain (Belgium),Professor,Political Science )LAUSCHE, Barbara( Mote Marine Laboratory (USA),Director, Marine Policy Institute,Marine Policy )NILES, Daniel( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Assistant Professor,Knowledge
Theory )REED, Maureen G( University of Saskatchewan (Canada),Professor,Environmental Governance )Multi-scale Group / Bottom-up Team
AKAMINE, Jun( School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University,Associate
professor,Resource Management )ONO, Rintaro( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,Lecturer,Fisheries
Resource Management )○ SUGA, Yutaka( Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The Univrsity ofTokyo,Professor,Ethnology )TAKEKAWA, Daisuke( Faculty of Humanities, The University of Kitakyushu,Professor,Ecological
Anthropology )NAKAMURA, Koji
( Kanazawa University Center for Regional Collaboration,Special-appointed
Professor,Satoyama Management )FURUTA, Naoya( IUCN Jpana Project Office,Senior Project Officer,Nature Conservation Theory )MAKINO, Mitsutaku( National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research
Agency,Group Leader,Resource Management )○ YANAGI, Tetsuo( Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University,Special-appointed
Professor,Satoumi Studies )YANAGIDA, Ippei( INO,Board Member,Fisheries Resource Management )CLAUS, Annie( Yale University (USA),Ddoctoral course,Environmental NGO Analysis )Theory and Modeling GroupAKIYAMA, Eizo
( Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Tsukuba
University,Professor,Statistical Physics )OURA, Takeshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,RA,Statistical Physics )KANEKO, Kunihiko( Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo,Professor,Complex
System Science )SATAKE, Akiko( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Environmental Sciences,Associate
professor,Theoretical Biology )FUJIMOTO, Koichi( Graduate School of Science, Osaka University,Associate professor,Mathematical
Biology )MARUYAMA, Yasushi( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,Associate
professor,Environmental Sociology )MULLER, Erinn( Mote Marine Laboratory (USA),Research fellow,Coastal Management )Ethical Aspects of Design-oriented Science TF
KANZAKI, Nobutsugu ( Faculty of Education, Shiga University,Associate professor,Environmental
Ethics, TF leader )KIHIRA, Tomoki( General Education Center, Hyogo University of Health Science,Associate
professor,Environmental Ethics )KURATA, Nobuo( Hokkaido University Graduate Scholl of Letters,Professor,Environmental Ethics )TERAMOTO, Tsuyoshi ( Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Ethics )YOSHINAGA, Akihiro ( College of Sociology, Edogawa University,Lecturer,Environmental Ethics )Environmental Governance TF
OHNUMA, Susumu( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )OGATA, Seiichi( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,Research
fellow,Environmental Governance )KAIDA, Naomi( Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo,Ddoctoral
course,Environmental Governance )73
Research Projects

KADO, Kazunori
KITOH, Shuichi
KINJYOU, Tatsuya

SUGIMOTO, Ayumi
SUZUKI, Katsuya

TAKASAKI, Yuko
TAKEUCHI, Kengo
TASHIRO, Yushu
TATSUZAWA, Shirow
TOMITA, RyotoNISHIKIDO, Makoto
NINOMIYA, Sakiko
HIRAKAWA, Zenki
HIRANO, Yu-ichiro
MIKAMI, Naoyuki
MEGURO, Norio
YASUDA, Akito
YAMAMOTO, Shinji
KARIN, Ree○ Future Themes
As expected from the beginnings, importantknowledge regarding inspiring case examples from all over theworld has beenaccumulated rapidly. On the other hand, we are experiencing lacks of humanandmethodological resources for information processing, meta-analysis andtheorization to integratemassive information from diverse case studies. Wealso expect difficulties to secure human resources inmany case study sites fordata-processing and additional surveys required for meta-analysis. The
projectinvited a new project co-leader (Environmental Sociology) with sophisticatedskills of deep
interview and discourse analysis in February. We will establishan efficient research management teamwith the co-leader and newly assigned projectresearchers (Europe and North America team in Case Study
Group, and Database /Information sharing System) to promote analysis required for integration.Theory
Group and Environmental Governance TF will work together withinternational members to establish diverse
approaches and methods for multifacetedanalysis and integrations.
This project will make a significantcontribution to the quest of transdisciplinarity in the entire RIHN
research byproviding new models of co-design and co-production between science and societyespecially at
the local scales. We believe that the ILEK project will be ableto provide existing and newly developing

Research Projects

SEKI, Reiko

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KURODA, Satoru( Hokkaido University of Education Asahikawa Campus,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University ofTokyo,Professor,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Ddoctoral course,Environmental
Governance )( Department of Contemporary Culture and Society, Rikkyo University,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Governance )( Akita International University,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )( Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of
Hyogo,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )( Department of Contemporary Culture and Society, Rikkyo
University,Professor,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Ddoctoral course,Environmental
Governance )( Aomori City Namioka Primary School,Teacher,Environmental Governance )( Tokushima Prefecture Sanago Biodiversity Experience
Center,Director,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Governance )( Faculty of Agriculture,Shizuoka Universty,Assistant Professor,Environmental
Governance )( Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )( Kanto Gakuin University College of human and Environmental
Studies,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University of Research Faculty of Agriculture,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,Research Fellow,Environmental
Governance )( Hokkaido University of Institute for the Advancement of Higher
Education,Associate professor,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Field Science Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Ddoctoral
course,Environmental Governance )74
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RIHN projects with important knowledgebase and methodologies to achieve transdisciplinarity throughintensiveinteractions with stakeholders in various local communities in the world.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・Akamine Jun, 2013,03 Conserving biodiversity for cultural diversity: A multi-sited ethnography of sea
cucumber wars. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, 286pp.
・Laudjeng, H., Latjupa, S., and Shimagami M. 2012,07 Dunia Orang Tompu (World of Tompu People). INSIST
Press, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 79pp. (Other)【Chapters/Sections】

・Akiyama, E., Ishikawa, R., Kaneko, M. and Kline, J.J. 2013,03 Inductive Game Theory: A Simulation
Study of Learning a Social Situation. H. Hanappi (ed.) Game Theory. InTech, pp.55-76.
・Suga, Y. 2013,03 The Tragedy of the Conceptual Expansion of the Commons. Murota, T. & Takeshita, K.
(ed.) (ed.) Local Commons and Democratic Environmental Governance. United Nations University Press,
Tokyo, pp.3-18.
・ Fujimoto, K. & Sawai, S. 2013,01 Collective Decision-Making and Oscillatory Behaviors in Cell
Populations. Mikhailov, A. S., Ertl,G., (ed.) (ed.) Engineering Chemical Complexity. World
Scientific, Singapore, pp.279-298.
・Ishihara, H., Pascual, U. 2012,08 Capital and Collective Action in Environmental Governance: What are
the missing links?. E. Broussaeu, T. Dedeurwaedere, P. Jouvet, M. Willinger (ed.) Global
Environmental Commons：Analytical and Political Challenges in Building Governance Mechanisms. Oxford
University Press, Oxford, pp.199-221.
・Yanagi,T. 2012,04 Integrated Management in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. H.Kremer・J.Pincney (ed.)
Integrated Management of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Elsevier, pp.205-226.
・Miyazawa, Y. & Makino, M. 2012,04 Role of fisheries and ecosystem-based management: Shiretoko, Japan.
Amareswar, Galla (ed.) (ed.) World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders. UNESCO and Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, pp.253-263. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567657.027.
・Makino, M. 2012,04 Ecosystem-based fisheries management in the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage,
Japan. G. Kruse, H. Browman, K. Cochrane, D. Evans, G. Jamieson, P. Livingston, D. Woody, & C. I.
Zhang (ed.s) (ed.) Global Progress on Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management. Alaska Sea Grant,
Ancorage, pp.237-256.
・Kohler F., Le Tourneau F.M. 2012 Conservation de la biodiversité et savoirs indigènes: mise en œuvre
difficile de la Convention pour la diversité biologique au Brésil. In C. Fleury et A.C. PrévotJulliard (dirs) (ed.) L'exigence de la réconciliation - Biodiversité et société. Paris, Fayard –MNHN, Paris, pp.25-36. (in French)・Kohler F., Le Tourneau F.M. 2012 Conservation de la biodiversité et savoirs indigènes: mise en œuvre
difficile de la Convention pour la diversité biologique au Brésil. In C. Fleury et A.C. PrévotJulliard (dirs) (ed.) L'exigence de la réconciliation - Biodiversité et société. Paris, Fayard –MNHN, Paris, pp.25-36. (in French)・Kohler F., Le Tourneau F.M. 2012 Conservation de la biodiversité et savoirs indigènes: mise en œuvre
difficile de la Convention pour la diversité biologique au Brésil. In C. Fleury et A.C. PrévotJulliard (dirs) (ed.) L'exigence de la réconciliation - Biodiversité et société. Paris, Fayard –MNHN, Paris, pp.25-36. (in French)

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Research Projects○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】○Papers

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・Brondizio, E. S. and E. F. Moran (eds.) (ed.) 2012 Human-Environment Interactions: Current and Future
Directions. Dordrecht, 17. Springer Scientific Publishers, The Netherlands, 434pp.

【Original Articles】

・Tsujino, R.,Yumoto, T. 2013,03 Vascular plant species richness along environmental gradients in acool temperate to sub-alpine mountainous zone in central Japan. Journal of Plant Research 126 :203-214.(reviewed).
・ Ishihara, H., Pascual, U. 2013,03 Re-Politicizing Social Capital:Revisiting Social Capital andCollective Action in Common Pool Resource Management. UNU-IAS Working Paper Series 170.
・Masaki, N., Fujimoto, K., (equally contributed), Honda-Kitahara, M., Hada, R., & Sawai. S. 2013,03
Robustness of self-organizing chemoattractant field arising from precise pulse-induction of its
breakdown enzyme: a single cell level analysis of PDE expression in Dictyostelium. BiophysicalJournal 104 :1192-1202.(reviewed).
・Sorgog K, Saito M, Hironaka Y, Higashiura Y, Matsuda H. 2013,03 Influence of agricultural activities
on grassland arthropod in Inner Mongolia. Environment and Natural Resources Research 3 :33-41.
(reviewed).
・ Akiyama, E, 2013,01 Evolutionary Leader Game and Social Hierarch. SICE Journal of Control,
Measurement, and System Integration 6(2) :102-107.(reviewed).
・Matsuda H 2012,12 Biodiversity and fisheries resource management in the Satoumi. Global Environmental
Research 16 :181-187.(reviewed).
・Makino, M. & Sakurai, Y. 2012,12 Adaptation to climate change effects on fisheries in the Shiretoko
World Natural Heritage area, Japan. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 :1134-1140.(reviewed).
・Hayashi N, Watanabe E, Matsuda H. 2012,10 Relationship between threatened vascular plants and humanpopulation in Japan. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 35 :331-341.(reviewed).
・Reed, M.G., and Egunyu, F. 2012,09 Management effectiveness in UNESCO biosphere reserves: Learningfrom Canadian periodic reviews. Environmental Science & Policy 25 :107-117.(reviewed).
・ Ohta U, Jusup M, Mano T, Tsuruga H, Matsuda H 2012,09 Adaptive management of the brown bear
population in Hokkaido, Japan. Ecol Model 242 :20-27.(reviewed).
・Kaneko, M., Kline, J.J., Akiyama, E, 2012,07 "A Simulation Study of Learning a Structure Mike's Bike
Commuting." In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling
Methodologies . Technologies SIMULTECH 2012 :208-217.(reviewed).
・ Akiba H, Miller CA, Matsuda H. 2012,05 Public attitudes and factors influencing preference for
eradication project of raccoons in Kanagawa, Japan. Human Dimension of Wildlife 17 :1087-1209.
(reviewed).
・Hori Y, Hayashi N, Matsuda H. 2012,05 The long-term trends of satoyama capital stocks and ecosystemservices; case study on Mt. Hakusan Biosphere Reserve and its vicinity. Global Environmental
Research 16 :189-196.(reviewed).
・Goto, R., Yamakoshi, G., & Matsuzawa, T. 2012,05 A novel brood-site pollination mutualism?: The root
holoparasite Thonningia sanguinea (Balanophoraceae) and an inflorescence-feeding fly in the tropicalrainforest of West Africa. Plant Species Biology 27 :164-169.(reviewed).
・Irie, H. & Tokita, K 2012,05 Species-area relationship for power-law species abundance distribution.
International Journal of Biomathematics 5(1260024) :9.(reviewed).

Research Projects

・ Yumoto, T., Iwata, Y., Morimoto, Y. 2013,03 Evaluating cultural value of Satoyama using thepreference method. Global Environment 17(2) :105-117.(reviewed).

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○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Onishi, H. Collapse of the Soviet Union and Adaptation Strategies of the Indigenous People: land use
and livelihood strategies in two Nanai villages. Russo-Japanese Collaborative SymposiumCultural
Adaptation of the People in the Forest Areas in Northeast Asia Institute of History, Archeology andEthnography of the Far East Peoples, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
2013,03,07, Vladivostok, Russia.
・Claus, C. Anne. Re-visiting Coral Gardens and their Magic: Philosophies of Ecological Restoration in
Okinawa. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 2013, Denver CO.
・Fujimoto, K. Design principle of group-level decision making in cell populations. The 1st annual
winter Q-bio conference, 2013,02,18-2013,02,21, Hawaii, USA.
・Fujimoto, K. Design principle of group-level decision making in cell populations. The 1st annual
winter Q-bio conference, 2013,02,18-2013,02,21, Hawaii, USA.
・Yamakoshi, G. Toward humanizing nature conservation in Africa. First International CIAS Seminar on"Area Environments and Global Sustainability Challenges", 2013,02,05, Kyoto, Japan. .
・Yamakoshi, G., Ito, M. & Kobayashi, S. Diversity of agro-landscape management in the Forested Guinea,
West Africa: Importance of oil palms and raphia palms. The International Workshop on “Incentive ofLocal community for REDD and semi-domestication of non-timber forest products (Global Environment
Research Fund: E-1002, ”. Ministry of Environment: FY2010-2012), 2013,01,25-2013,01,26, Kyoto,
Japan. , .
・Reed, M.G. Enhancing ecological and social learning in Biosphere Reserves: Experiences from Canadian
Biosphere Reserves. Special lecture sponsored by the Japan Coordinating Committee for UNESCO-MAB,
2013,01,23, Yokohama, Japan.
・ Reed, M.G. Gazing through the looking glass at both ends: Studying sustainability in Canadianbiosphere reserves from the bottom up and the top down. Invited presentation to the International
Workshop on Transdisciplinary Research on Global Environmental Issues, 2013,01,21, . .
・Akamine Jun, Whale meat foodways in the contemporary Japan: From fish sausages in the 1960s to whale
tongue dishes in the 1990s. International Conference on Food and Heritage: A Perspective of
Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2013,01,03-2013,01,05, Hong Kong .
・ Sato, T. Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge supporting adaptive co-management of SATO-UMI
social-ecological systems. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.
・Shimizu, M. Residential research bridging science and practice for adaptive governance of Sato-umi.
Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.
・Tobai, S. Interaction of Multi-Scale Partnerships for Marine Biodiversity Conservation: A Case in the
Yellow Sea. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii, USA.
・Nakagawa, C. The local resource management in Japanese spiny lobster fishing. Pacific Congress on
Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.
・Fukunaga, M. Power of Storytelling: Building a Local Environmental Knowledge Platform for Sato-Umi
Governance. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii, USA.
・Makino, M. & Matsuda, H. Co-management of the marine social-ecological systems in Shiretoko World
Natural Heritage Site. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
・ Kakuma, S. Institutional Aspects of Satoumi in Coral Reefs - To Harmonize Conservation andSustainable Fisheries -. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.

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・Yanaka, S. Satoumi as a reconstruction of commons through coastal resource management by fishermen.
Case study: Practices implemented by Onna Village Fisheries Cooperative Association in Okinawa
Prefecture. Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, KailuaKona,Hawaii, USA. .

・Yanagi, T. Concept and Practices of Satoumi in Japan and Lessons Learned. Pacific Congress on Marine
Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.

・Reed, M.G. and Godmaire, H. Scaling up participatory and community-based research for policy andpractical change: Reflecting on research with Canadian biosphere reserves. Annual Institute for theSociety of Policy Scientists. Human Rights in World Public Order: Freedom, equality, and dignity.
University of Saskatchewan, 2012,10,18-2012,10,20, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
・Reed, M.G. and Massie, M. What’s left of wilderness in contemporary conservation practice?. Beyond
thecultureofnature:Rethinking
CanadianandEnvironmental
Studies
Conference,
2012,09,28-2012,09,30, Vancouver BC.
・Makino, M. Contribution of Japanese Fishery Management System to Targets 6 & 11 of Aichi Biodiversity
Targets. IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012, 2012,09,06-2012,09,15, Jeju.
・Akiyama, E. (with M. Kaneko, J. Kline, R. Ishikawa), A Simulation Study of Learning: Mike’s Bike
Commuting. International Workshop on Game Theory, Epistemic Logic, & Related Topics,
2012,08,27-2012,08,30, Tsukuba, Japan.
・Fujimoto, K. Tuning collectivity in cell fate decision. The 13th International Conference of Systems
Biology, 2012,08,19-2012,08,23, Tronto, Canada.
・Akiyama, E. Individual irrationality and lack of common knowledge of rationality in experimental
asset markets. Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET 2012), 2012,08,11, Kushiro, Japan.
・Kohler F. & Greissing A., Globalization in quilombola communities of the Amazon. 54th International
Congress of Americanists, 2012,07,15-2012,07,20, Wien, Austria.
・ Maruyama,Y & M. Nishikido, et.al., Social acceptance of Wind Energy and Social Experiment ofCommunity Power in Japan. 11th World Wind Energy Conference 2012, 2012,07,03-2012,07,05, Bonn,
Germany.
・Maruyama,Y Activities of Local Society toward Community Power. 11th World Wind Energy Conference
2012, 2012,07,03-2012,07,05, Bonn, Germany.
・Tokita, K. Adaptive species interactions promote species abundance. International Symposium,Advancesin Theory of Species Interactions: Linking Individual Behavior, Population Processes and Community
Dynamic, 2012,06,18-2012,06,19, Kyoto, Japan. .
・Reed, M.G. Embracing ecological and social learning: Biosphere reserves as exemplars of changing
conservation practices. Canadian Association of Geographers at the Congress of the Social Sciencesand Humanities, 2012,06,01, Waterloo, ON.
・Yamakoshi, G. Oil palms may stabilize the agricultural system of tropical West Africa. 13th Congressof the International Society of Ethnobiology, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, Montpelier, France. .
【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Reed, M.G, Learning to Learn: Evolving Sustainability Practices in UNESCO Biosphere. The United
Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies Yokohama, 2013,01,24, Yokohama, kanagawa.
・Matsuda, H. Living harmony with nature: fisheries co-management in Shiretoko World Heritage. Pew
Fellows in Marine Conservation Annual Meeting 2012, 2012,12,09, Panama.
・Brondizio, E. S. 3st. International workshop Building Resilience with Common Capital: Managing Shared
Resources, Meeting the challenges of a rapidly transforming world under climate and ecosystemchange. Asian Pacific Network of Global Change, 2012,12,03-2012,12,05, Kobe, Japan.

Research Projects

・Suga, Y. Into the Bullring: The Significance of "Empathy.". American Folklore Society 2012 Annual
Meeting, 2012,10,24-2012,10,27, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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・Kamimura, M. International Stone Tidal Weir Summit in Shiraho, Japan for Creating SATOUMI 2010.
Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 2012,12,10-2012,12,14, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.

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・Tokita, K., Oura, T. & Obuchi, T. Statistical mechanics of a biological community with complex
interactions. Joint Symposium of Osaka University and Groningen University on Particle-Nuclear andCondensed Matter Physics: New Challenges and Opportunities, 2012,11,26-2012,11,27, Suita, Osaka.
・Matsuda, H. Innovation for sustainable use of the sea of fertility. Techno Ocean 2012, 2012,11,19,
Kobe, Japan.
・Matsuda, H. Risk of radioactive contamination in fisheries resources. Exploring the impacts of the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents on the Ocean, 2012,11,14, Tokyo, Japan.
・ Sato, T. Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge supporting adaptive governance of local
communities. AIU International Conference on “University Leadership for Integrating Knowledge
Diversity for Sustainability, 2012,10,05-2012,10,07, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
・Matsuda, H. Fisheries co-management in Shiretoko World Heritage. 2012 International Conference ofMarine Environmental Governance, 2012,09,26, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
・ Matsuda, H. Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge and Involvement of Local Stakeholders in
Shiretoko and Yakushima World Heritages. World Conservation Congress, 2012,09,10, Jeju, Korea.
・ Tokita, K. Origin of neutrality: Why is it a good approximation?. 2012 1st China-Japan-Korea
International Conference on Mathematical Biology (CJKICMB2012), 2012,05,22-2012,05,25, Busan,
Korea. .

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Research Projects

Incubation Studies

Literacy for an alternative manner beyond the Globalism. New synthesis proposed from the city of Kyoto
OHNO Terufumi (The Kyoto University Museum)
The aim of our IS project is proposing a novel life manner practicable even for normal citizens in order to copewith the present environmental crises and coining out a method to spread this manner among society. In our IS phase,
we held two steering meetings, three symposiums and one workshop and came to the following two conclusions.
Without confronting with and gaining deep insight into the whole range of human nature, from rational to irrational, it
is impossible to make sound basis for proposing practicable life manner, which is truly friendly for environments. Such
topic is hard to be dealt with by current analytical and reductionistic research methods. Therefore, in our coming FS
phase, we organize a research group of humanities and sciences to develop an effective method to deal with even irrational domains of human nature. In our coming FS phase, we also start action plan for enforcing school system,encouraging stronger engagements of people with their local schools, as well as encouraging dialogues and debates
among pupils on environmental issues, because through our analysis, it became clear that these three points may playa key role in disseminating the life manner we propose.

Research Projects

Conflicts and Environmental Issues
TANAKA Masakazu (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
This Incubation Study (IS) aimed to understand the global impact of armed conflicts and related military activities
on natural and social environments within a framework of multi-disciplinary studies. Following the suggestion of theIS evaluation committee, I have reviewed the literature on the environmental consequences of armed conflicts andvisited major international centers in Europe, including The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Peace
Research Institute Oslo, and London University, where I met several experts in the field and exchanged opinions. I
received advice on the scientific measurement of noise and soil pollution on and around military bases in Japan, and I
invited some experts to join in future research collaborations. In January and February 2012, I organized two meetingsin Tokyo and Kyoto, respectively, where some Japanese specialists talked about the future project. I proposed a panel
for the 14th Global Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons to be held in
Yamanashi in June 2013. The panel is closely related to the IS topic.

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Biodiversity-driven nutrient cycling in social-ecological systems and their ecohealth
OKUDA Noboru (Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University)
We developed a new technique with phosphate oxygen isotopes (δ18Op) to evaluate healthiness of watershed ecosystems based on their nutrient cycling functions. The analytical system was introduced into cooperative researchfacility in RIHN. This technique was applied to the largest tributary river of the Lake Biwa Watershed to validate its
utility for studies on phosphorus cycling. The preliminary analysis revealed that the δ18Op is a useful indicator to identify anthropogenic phosphorus loadings and evaluate the relative importance of biological recycling. Using this tool,
we constructed the fundamental framework of methodology for watershed governance, which needs the common interest to be shared among a variety of stakeholders for establishment of recycling-oriented sustainable society.

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International comparison of social capital and environmental norms: Experimental economics approach
AKAI Kenju (School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
In the global environmental issues, we face many conflicts between stakeholders, nations, and cultures so that weneed a next step to overcome the conflicts. According to the human history, social capital and environmental norms are
too important to ignore to create corporate schemes for fighting the global environmental hazards. Our goal in thisstudy is to experimentally explore the international differences in the relationship between social capital and environmental norms which can become a key to cope with global environmental problems such as the global warming. We
has been discussing how to co-create a new scheme used by economics, humanics, and environmentology in the RIHN
and found the lack of economics and a need for relationship between economics and historical, cultural and social
norms to improve the social systems for the environmental problems. Based on this discussion, we applied our new
idea to SUMITOMO foundation and it was accepted. We conducted several experiments in Germany and Japan andfound that the environmental norms are not affected by the income both in two nations and “Equal” justice is preferred.
The next step is to make a team to design better social innovation to cope with environmental changes caused by natural disasters.

Scenario Design and Implementation of a Resilient Municipal Energy System: An Exploratory Case StudyKISHITA Yusuke (Center for Environmental Innovation Design for Sustainability, Osaka University)
The aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake provided humanity with an opportunity to discuss energy
systems, with a particular emphasis on resilience, among various stakeholders. Much effort is thus currently being
devoted to exploration of a desirable transition of energy systems, of which environmental-friendliness, economic
performance, and security lie at the heart of solutions towards global environmental problems. This study aimed todescribe future visions and possible transitions of resilient energy systems in the local community and, more broadly,
the local socio-ecological system. We performed an intense literature review of energy systems and resilience andextended the concept of resilience to include energy systems of interest. A method for writing backcasting scenarios
was proposed. We then organised three workshops to write scenarios focusing on energy systems and resilience of
Suita City, Osaka, Japan in the following two steps: (1) scenarios of energy systems that lead to bankruptcy of thecommunity and (2) scenarios of energy systems for a resilient community to avert the bankruptcy described in (1). The
scenario writing enabled to plan various types of measures for enhancing resilience of the community, and helped
observe perception gaps among stakeholders.

Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific — its Significance and Futurability
ONISHI Masayuki (RIHN)
This Project aims to study correlations between biodiversity and cultural diversity, and investigate the futurabilityof mechanisms which sustain such relationship, in four diversity hotspots in the Asia-Pacific.
We interpret “interaction between human and nature” as correlation between various factors constituting biological, cultural and linguistic diversities characterising each region, and investigate the complex mechanisms which
maintain such relationship, by integrating outcomes of research using quantitative and qualitative parameters. We will
also analyse social and natural factors which have contributed to the maintenance and degradation of such mechanisms
in target regions. Throughout our research, we will work in close collaboration with local people and try to find out andimplement strategies appropriate to each region to sustain such mechanisms.
Following such objectives, we have tried to form a network of local people and researchers in each target field,
and discussed the project plan with them. We have also had seminars with some of the core members of the project inorder to examine the concept of biocultural diversity and research methodologies. As a result, our research team has
had a stronger organisation now, and we have developed a better perspective on our research issues andmethodologies.

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Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants

Startup of consortium for in-situ conservation of wild rice
SATO Yo-Ichiro (RIHN)
The aim of the project for in-situ preservation of wild rice in South-East Asia is not only to conserve wild rice
plants (Oryza species) as the original species of cultivated rice, but also the agricultural system in the surrounding
areas. A conceptual plan for in-situ preservation was designed according to the conditions found at the research site.
Farmers may not fully understand the conceptual plan for in-situ preservation of wild rice, that has the potential tosimultaneously contribute to environmental preservation and economic development, because any future agriculture
development on farmers’ lands will be subject to the restrictions imposed in the area by the in-situ preservation of wildrice.
In this project, we will set up a consortium that includes farmers, citizens, administrative officers, and researchers
to discuss implementing the in-situ preservation of wild rice within a two year period. For the Sato project (H-02), we
have already signed a memorandum of agreement with the Rice Department in Thailand and National Agricultural
Forestry Research Institute in Laos. On the basis of the discussion outcomes, as part of the project for in-situ preservation of wild rice, a consortium will be set up involving the researcher and the administrative officers of Thailand andLaos.

Research Projects

Application of environmental scenarios in the revival of the disaster-stricken area
YOSHIOKA Takahito (Kyoto University)
MATSUSHIMA Kenta (Kyoto University)
The purpose of the project is the verification of the applicability of environmental scenarios, a method comprehensively checked in the RIHN project “Interactions between the environmental quality of a watershed andenvironmental consciousness”, to the reconstruction of the Tohoku area in Japan, which has suffered severely from theEast Japan great earthquake disaster.
In this year, we have conducted a workshop on the reconstruction of Kamaishi city in the northeast Honshu islandof Japan, which is administratively supported by the Netherlands embassy and Tohoku University, in order to obtainpreliminary information for the project. Citizens, staffs of the local government and companies participated in theworkshop. It involved the following aspects: (1) How do people act to reconstruct their city in a sustainable way, aso-called “a smart city”? (2) In a local society with low birthrate, high ratio of aged persons and therefore decreasing
population, targets should be identified for the creation of a locality with security, comfortable livelihoods, and effective utilization of local resources. A case study in the Netherlands presented in the workshop could be a useful reference.
(3) With the participation of citizens, government staff and local enterprises, the workshop aimed to reach a sharedunderstanding of the most important points through discussion among all stakeholders, in order to achieve the policy
objectives.

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These grants allow CR Project Leaders or team members to disseminate their research results to both the academic community and the general public, to contribute to the RIHN Archive, and to incubate new research ideas for
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Formation of a consortium on urban water in Asia
TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN)
This CR activity aims to further develop the Consortium on Urban Subsurface Environment Management in Asia
(CUSEMA) which was established by RIHN project “Human impacts on urban subsurface environment”, to share theknowledge of water problems and solutions, to compare the different stages of the problems depending on the urban
development, and to discuss with various stakeholders. This consortium started in April 2010, and the first CUSEMA
meeting was held in Manila in Oct. 2011. The consortium consists of various stakeholders including national and local
governments, private sectors, citizens, and NPO/NGO groups from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Japan, andwill be extended to other Asian countries. In this CR activity, three issues: monitoring, modeling, and making policies,
are the main targets for discussion and knowledge sharing based on the RIHN project. Results will be transferred as
optimal policies depending on the development stage of the city. Finally, the consortium will be extended to the Asian
regional scale in future.

Development of an interdisciplinary research network utilising human resources obtained in the RIHN Indus
Project 2007-2012 (H-03)
OSADA Toshiki (RIHN)
The aim of this CR is to form a new interdisciplinary network among researchers, utilising human resources
obtained in the RIHN Indus project (H-03; 2017-2012). The network will be used to nurture the seeds of a new project
which will in some way inherit the outcome of the previous RIHN projects including H-03.
We took part in the International Conference of South Asian Archaeology in Paris, in July, 2012, in order to draw
the attention of a wider audience and then to expand our network and develop seeds for both RIHN Domain-based andInitiative-based research projects. The outcomes of the Indus project presented there attracted various positive
responses, thereby providing some confidence in our interdisciplinary approach which integrates archaeology, Indology,
and palaeo-environmental investigations into reconstruction of the ecohistories of key Indus areas. We have confirmedthat our main findings such as “the Ghaggar was not a large river as the mighty Sarasvati”, which was originally presented at the Chapman meeting of American Geophysical Union, 2011 (and has now been published as Maemoku etal. (2012): Geophysical Monograph Series, 198: 97-102), appear to be one of the key drivers in growing our research
network. By and large, we believe that the network sharing our interests will develop several research seeds to launcha new RIHN project.

Research dissemination to the Communities from RIHN Project “A New Cultural and Historical Exploration
into Human-Nature relations in the Japanese Archipelago”
YUMOTO Takakazu (Kyoto University)
During the RIHN Project “A New Cultural and Historical Exploration into Human-Nature relations in the JapaneseArchipelago”, we disseminated research results every year to people who live in each study site (Hokkaido, Tohoku,
Chubu, Kinki, Kyushu, Ryukyu), and these attempts received high commendation from the PEC. However, it became
difficult to continue those dissemination activities after the finishing of the project.  In the CR activity, we tried to share
our research results and messages with a range of generations in the Ryukyu working group study site to produce newseeds for the next RIHN projects. We convened a seminar titled “Rediscover the benefits of Cycas” (8-9 December,2012) at Meio University in Nago, Okinawa, to transfer the traditional ecological knowledge on Cycas as food during
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will be published in an English report by the end of March 2013.

Research Projects

Operation of the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network
SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University)
The purpose was to operate the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network to discuss thesustainable use and conservation of the Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem. We held a joint research cruise in the Amur River
from September 25 to 30, 2012. A total of 20 researchers participated in this cruise from Japan, China, Russia andMongolia, and discussed and specified the most urgent tasks to be solved by multilateral cooperation. They are 1)
impacts of large hydropower facilities on Amur water quality and bank erosion, 2) ecological improvement and water
purification efforts by restoration of riparian wetland along rivers, 3) influence of climate change, floods and irrigation
on iron flux in water ecosystems, and 4) comparative analysis of hydrological processes in Asian big rivers. The participants propose to 1) compile the list of observation stations and scheme of official monitoring network on the Amur
Basin rivers, and 2) trace dissolved and suspended material from the headwater to the estuary. Details of the joint cruise

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Building a resilience network in Southern Africa and organization of Lusaka Workshop
UMETSU Chieko (Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University)
Southern Africa is a region that has increasingly close relationships with Asia in both economic and politicalterms. This region has also been experiencing population transfer from Asia and has changed dynamically. There is aconcern that development by foreign direct investment is causing environmental problems through exploitation ofnatural resources. The importance of the resilience of social-ecological systems in this region has been pointed out. In
the past, the Resilience Project organized the Lusaka Workshop three times (2007, 2009, 2011) and discussed pressing
issues together with researchers, government officials, and staff from NGO and international organizations. The purpose of this CR project is to expand the participants of Lusaka Workshop in Southern Africa region and organize aSouthern Africa Resilience Network to discuss resilience of social-ecological systems to environmental change suchas climate change and natural disasters. During the FY2012, we are planning to collect information and engage networks at the international meetings for organizing the 2013 Lusaka Workshop. During the FY2013, we are planning toorganize Lusaka Workshop in August and form the resilience network. During the FY2014, we will further strengthen
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The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication(CCPC)The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication (CCPC) is responsible for crossproject, crossdomain investigation, research and support that concerns the entire institute. It has three divisions. The Division of
Coordination maps out RIHN’s mid- and long-term research trajectory and facilitates the cooperative arrangements
necessary for its realization in domestic and international domains. The Division of Promotion develops andmaintains the laboratory facilities necessary for research and fieldwork, particularly in staple isotope and DNA
analyses, and builds the databases and archives of past and ongoing research. The Division of Communication decides
how the new findings and outcomes of research may be best communicated in appropriate academic and public fora.
Several recent activities are described in the pages on Research Communication. The CCPC also collaborates with theresearch department and administrative office to coordinate the task forces, working groups and administrative units
involved in RIHN’s ordinary operation and special events.
● Key Research Tasks
In RIHN’s second phase, the Core Research Hub has been established within the CCPC. It focuses on the realization of the Futurability Initiatives by conjoining the existing RIHN Domain Programmes through a set of cross-cutting
initiatives towards transdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanics of the Earth System.  At present it has nurtured
an Initiative-based Research Project, “Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management”.
● Building Research Data Networks
The CCPC plays a key role in facilitating RIHN’s environmental networking and communication, especiallybetween academic institutions, cultural institutions, and the general public. It is involved in the creation and maintenance of Asian environmental databases and project archives. It also supports the development of environmental
studies curricula in Japan’s public elementary, junior high and high schools.
The CCPC promotes cooperation between RIHN and research institutes both at home and abroad. One suchactivity is the repository for the global environmental studies (tentative name), a project to create environmental
information networking nodes among a number of research institutes.
● Facilities and Equipment
The Division of Promotion maintains eighteen laboratories in the ground level of its main building, including
specialized facilities for DNA and stable isotope analysis and mass spectrometry, as well as several rooms for chemicaland biochemical analysis, microscopy, incubation, hazardous materials, fieldwork preparation, sample preparation andcold storage.

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Outreach Programs and Events

Outreach Programs and Events
1. RIHN International Symposium
RIHN 7th International Symposium
In order to diffuse the findings of the three FR projects concluding in March 2013, the RIHN 7th International
Symposium “Complexification and Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia” was held on 24-26
October 2012 at the RIHN Lecture Hall. The details of the symposium are as follows.

<Thursday 25 October>Session 2: Physiological adaptation and recent lifestyle change in high-altitude environments
Chair: OKUMIYA Kiyohito (RIHN)· Three Patterns in Hypoxic Adaptation in the Three High-Altitude People and its Evolutional SignificanceBEALL, Cynthia M. (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
· Aging in High Altitudes: Possible Association with Adaptation Methods
SAKAMOTO Ryota (Kyoto University, Japan)· Changing Livelihood and Non-Communicable Diseases in the Kingdom of Bhutan: Physiological Adaptation andRecent Lifestyle Change in High-Altitude Environments
DOPHU, Ugen (Ministry of Health, Bhutan)· Tibetan Society and their Changing Livelihoods

Outreach Programs and Events

Session 1: Collapse and restoration of social-ecological networks
Chair: YAMAMURA Norio (RIHN/ Doshisha University, Japan)· Reshaping Neighbourhood Parks for Biodiversity and People: A Case of Unsung Socio-Ecological Systems in
Bangalore, India
DEVY, Soubadra M. (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India)· Co-benefits of Sustainable Forestry
KITAYAMA Kanehiro (Kyoto University, Japan)· Interaction of Human Activities and Ecological Resources: Focusing on the Changes of Peoples Living
Environment in Malaysia
KATO Yumi (RIHN/ JSPS)· Land Use Change and Loss of Biodiversity in Malaysian Borneo
TAKANO Takenaka Kohei (RIHN)· Relationship between Livestock and Pasture in Mongolia
KODA Ryosuke (RIHN)· Quantitative Comparison of Sustainability between Nomadic and Sedentary System in Mongolian Pasture
KATO Satoshi (RIHN)· Discussion

RIHN<Wednesday 24 October>Opening Session
Chair: UYAR, Aysun (RIHN)· Opening Remarks: TACHIMOTO Narifumi (Director-General, RIHN)· Objectives of the Symposium: NILES, Daniel (RIHN)/ ABE Ken-ichi (RIHN)· Keynote Address 1: Biodiversity and Public Health: A Complicated but Important Science-Policy Challenge
MARTENS, Pim (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)· Keynote Address 2: Theoretical Frameworks for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems
CUMMING, Graeme S. (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

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GOLDSTEIN, Melvyn C. (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
· Discussant: INAMURA Tetsuya (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)· Discussion
Session 3: Ecohealth: Ecological transformation and human health
Chairs: MOJI Kazuhiko (RIHN) & MALLEE, Hein (International Development Research Centre)· Climate, Climate Change and Human Health
HASHIZUME Masahiro (Nagasaki University, Japan)· Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma in Southeast Asia: Current Status and Prospects for Long Term Prevention
and Control
SITHITHAWORN, Paiboon (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)· Study of Land Cover Change in Relation with Malaria and Liver-Fluke Infection in Savannakhet Province, Lao
PDR
TOJO Bumpei (RIHN)· Cooking Up: a Nutrition Lens on Natural Resource Management
KRAHN, Jutta (Consultant Food, Nutrition, Natural Resources, Laos)· Discussion<Friday 26 October >Session 4: Synthesis and Summary Discussion
Chair: NILES, Daniel (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 1
SAKAI Shoko (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 2
OKUMIYA Kiyohito (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 3
MOJI Kazuhiko (RIHN)· Comments: MARTENS, Pim (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
CUMMING, Graeme S. (University of Cape Town, South Africa)· Summary Discussion· Closing Remarks
SATO Yo-Ichiro (Deputy Director-General/ Director of CCPC, RIHN)
2. RIHN Forum“What are global environmental problems?” “What are integrated global environmental studies?” “What will be
the outcomes of such studies?” “What is the future of global environmental problems?” “Will it be possible to solve
such problems?”
The RIHN Forum is intended to help us to address such fundamental questions and to animate discussion of up-to
date environmental topics. The eleventh forum was held in fiscal 2012 as below.
The 11th RIHN Forum
Date: 8 July, 2012
Theme: Creating Connections
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center

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3. RIHN Public Seminars
In order to present RIHN research activity in a manner that accessible to the general public, since November 2004,
RIHN has offered public lectures. Four seminars were held in 2012 at the RIHN lecture hall and the Heartpia Kyoto.
RIHN staff offer accessible explanations of global environmental problems, and the Public Seminars havestimulated engrossing discussions of contemporary environmental concerns.

The 48th Public Seminar

The 49th Public Seminar

4. RIHN Kids Seminar
In order to enhance community relations, RIHN has held public lectures for children in neighboring elementary
schools since 2010. The fiscal year 2012 seminar was held as below.
The 3rd Kids Seminar
Date: 3 August, 2012
Venue: RIHN
Theme: What is “Albedo” ?
HIYAMA Tetsuya (RIHN)
5. RIHN Open House
In order to introduce RIHN’s research projects and facilities to the surrounding community, RIHN has opened ourbuildings to the public once a year since 2011. Several interesting events such as joint experiments, public talks,
exhibitions, and games were conducted in order to deepen our interaction with local citizens in fiscal 2012.
Date: 3 August, 2012
Venue: RIHN

Outreach Programs and Events

The 47th Public Seminar

11 May, 2012
Search for a new Image of the Indus Civilization
MAEMOKU Hideaki (Hiroshima University)
OSADA Toshiki (RIHN)
22 June, 2012
Environmental Destruction in Southeast Asia and the Future of Our Food
KADA Ryohei (RIHN)KURATA Takashi (RIHN)
18 January, 2013
We stay with Africa — a case of some technical inovations for desertification control —TANAKA Ueru (RIHN)
15 February, 2013
Living a nature you know as yourself
NAKANO Tamio (Workshop coordinator/ Doshisha University)

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6. RIHN Area Seminars
The RIHN Area Seminars offer an opportunity for RIHN research staff to gather with regional intellectuals andlocal citizens to consider problems related to the environment and culture of each area of Japan. The first seminar washeld in 2005. In fiscal year 2012, two seminars were held as follows.
The 11th RIHN Area Seminar
East Asian “Environmental” Security: Calling for a Transboundary Solution
Date: 10 June, 2012
Venue: ELGALA Hall (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka)
The 12th RIHN Area Seminar
Co-Creation of well-being: Commons
Date: 13 October, 2012
Venue: Fujiyoshida Public Hall (Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi)
7. RIHN Tokyo Seminar
In order to gain the attention of researchers and the general public and to promote research cooperation anddevelopment, RIHN periodically holds seminars in Tokyo. We invite renowned Japanese researchers as well as public
officials to discuss RIHN research project objectives and findings. The seminar was held in fiscal 2012 as below.
4th Tokyo Seminar (20th NIHU Public Lecture and Symposium)“Commons and the Co-Creation of Well-being”
Date: 25 January, 2013
Venue: Yurakucho Asahi Hall
8. Nichibunken- RIHN joint Symposium
Nichibunken and RIHN develop collaborative publications and seminars in order to explore the frontier of studies
of human culture in relation to global environmental issues.
“To whom do culture and the environment belong?”
Date: 14 September, 2012
Venue: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
9. The Earth Forum Kyoto; Special Session and International Symposium
RIHN, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto University, and Kyoto Prefectural University co-host this forum inorder to clearly convey our message of the importance of environmental issues to the world. The forum was held in
fiscal 2012 as below.
The Earth Forum Kyoto“Spreading the Wisdom and Culture of Kyoto to the World: Toward a Global Commons”
Special Session: 16 February, 2013
International Symposium: 17 February, 2013
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10. The Earth Hall of Fame KYOTO
The Earth Forum Kyoto invites world-renowned experts and activists to discuss the environmental and culturalbases of more responsible human societies. The Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto Award is given to those who have madeexemplary contributions to the protection of the global environment. Organizers of the event are the International
Institute for Advanced Studies, the Kyoto International Conference Centre, and RIHN.

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6 September, 2012
“Yaman ng Lawa” Community-based Lake Ecology Learning Centre
CONCEPCION, Rogelio Navea (RIHN/ University of the Philippines Los Baños)
25 September, 2012
Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation, and Food Prices: Evidence from Israel
KIMHI, Ayal (RIHN/ Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
28 November, 2012
Pastoralism and Camel Herding in Sudan
GAIBALLA ADIER, Abdelaziz Karamalla (RIHN/ Sudan University of Science and Technology)
29 January, 2013
Carcinogenic Health Risk of Arsenic Biomagnification in Five Commercially Important Fish from
Laguna De Bay, Philippines
MOLINA, Victorio Bolanos (RIHN/ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Collegeof Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila )29 January, 2013
Changes in permafrost dynamics and the influence on landscapes and social adaptation in Eastern
Siberia
FEDOROV, Alexander (RIHN/ Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of Russian Academyof Sciences)
28 March, 2013
Science and policy interface on environmental sustainability in Mongolia: social turbulence andclimate stress
ZAMBA, Batjargal (RIHN/ Consultant, World Meteorological Organization)

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11. RIHN Seminars
RIHN Seminars are invited talks by esteemed Japanese or foreign researchers. The seminars provide opportunities
for RIHN scientists to learn of the latest topics and research directions in a variety of fields; they also often are a firststep toward future research collaborations between RIHN researchers and those of other institutions. Seminars are held
several times a year.

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The 2012 recipients of the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto Award:
SHIVA, Vandana (Environmental Philosopher, Physicist)
LOVINS, Amory B. (Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute)

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12. Lunch Seminars (Danwakai)
Lunch Seminars allow all RIHN research staff, including visiting professors, part-time researchers, foreign
researchers and so on, to freely present their individual research to their colleagues in an informal and supportive
forum. As these seminars promote creative thinking and constructive debates, they are held on a biweekly basis.
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In search of the new alternative for our lifestyle: <MINGEI>KURATA Takashi (Associate Professor)
8 May, 2012
A Quantitative Prediction for Ecological and Economical Sustainability Under Different Scenarios in
Mongolian Nomadic Pastoral Systems
KATO Satoshi (Project Researcher)
22 May, 2012
The function of deer as an ecosystem engineer and relationship with human activity: Summary of studies in Yakushima (Japan) and Mongolia
KODA Ryosuke (Project Researcher)
5 June, 2012
Chemical compositions of water and sediment samples from the Laguna Lake Watershed, Philippines
SAITO Tetsu (Project Researcher)
19 June, 2012
Is there any impact of global warming on variation of Lena River discharge ?
OSHIMA Kazuhiro (Project Researcher)
3 July, 2012
Discussion on residential research: from the perspective of its academic and practical roles
SHIMIZU Mayuko (Assistant Professor)
17 July, 2012
Situ, a green open space in Jakarta
MEUTIA, Ami Aminah (Project Researcher)
21 August, 2012
Inquire about What is “Organizational theory”?
KATO Hisaaki (Project Research Associate)
4 September, 2012
Organization of Islam and livelihood in “deserting” Sahel
SHIMIZU Takao (Project Researcher)
11 September, 2012
What Happens to World Food Prices?
KIMHI, Ayal (Visiting Research Fellow)
18 September, 2012
Stable isotope analysis on the Jomon skeletal remains to reveal diet and migration
KUSAKA Soichiro (Visiting Researcher)
2 October, 2012
Water Resources Modeling as a tool for Integrated Water Resources Management
IMAGAWA Chie (Project Researcher)
16 October, 2012
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No.208No.209No.21013. RIHN Annual Open Meeting
Each December, RIHN research and office staff and outside research collaborators gather to review the year’s
progress. All project leaders present their research findings and accomplishments and receive questions from the floor.
Attracting over 371 attendees in its three-day duration, the annual meeting generates dialogue between RIHN
researchers and improves general awareness of RIHN’s progress and evolution within the larger fields of environmental
research.
Date: 5-7 December, 2012
Venue: Co-op inn Kyoto
14. Press Conferences
RIHN periodically holds official press conferences in order to release information on its academic activities,
research projects, symposia, publications and latest environmental findings. As a public institution with a publicmandate, such activities provide an important link between RIHN and the citizenry. Four press conferences were heldin fiscal 2012.

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No.206IWASAKI Shinpei (Visiting Researcher)
30 October, 2012
Environmental Changes and Food-Health Risks: From Fieldwork in the Philippines and Malaysia
MASUDA Tadayoshi (Senior Project Researcher)
20 November, 2012
The efficient utilization of spatial information in hilly and mountainous farming area in Japan: A casestudy of countermeasures for reducing wild beast damages
YAOTA Kiyoyuki (Project Researcher)
18 December, 2012
Micro-scale relationships between livestock herding route and vegetation in Namibia
TESHIROGI Koki (Project Researcher)
15 January, 2013
Geochemistry of mineral resources and environment – part 2
NAKANO Takanori (Professor)
22 January, 2013
Utilization and environment of fishery area in coastal area, central Vietnam
OKAMOTO Yuki (Project Researcher)
12 February, 2013
On Invisible Catastrophes; Fukushima-Tokyo/ Auschwitz-Berlin
TERADA Masahiro (Associate Professor)
5 March, 2013
Sr–Nd–Pb isotope compositions and granite petrogenesis
SHIN Kicheol (Assistant Professor)

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15. Publications
15-1. RIHN Series
The RIHN Series was developed to publish books introducing RIHN’s research results to the general public. The
following titles were published in fiscal year 2012.
Seibutsutayousei Kodomotachini Doutsutaeruka? (How to teach children about biodiversity?)
Edited by ABE Ken-ichi, Showado, October 2012 (in Japanese).
Posuto Sekiyujidai no Hitodukuri Monodukuri – Nihon to Genyukoku no Miraizou wo Motomete (Human resource
development and manufacturing in the post-oil era: Pursuit for a future vision of Japan and oil-producing countries)
Edited by ISHIYAMA Shun, NAWATA Hiroshi, Showado, March 2013 (in Japanese).
15-2. RIHN Book Series (in English)
This series introduces the fruit of research findings by RIHN to the international science community. The following title was published in fiscal 2012.
The Dilemma of Boundaries: Toward a New Concept of Catchment
Edited by TANIGUCHI Makoto, SHIRAIWA Takayuki, Springer, May 201215-3. RIHN News: Humanity & Nature Newsletter
This periodical communicates RIHN identity and latest news to specific research communities. The newsletter ispublished in an A4 format with easy-to read content. Issues 36-41 were published in fiscal 2012.

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ABE Ken-ichi
AKITSU Motoki
ARIMA Makoto
CONCEPTION, Rogelio Navea
ENDO Hitoshi
FEDOROV, Alexander
FUJISAWA Satoko
FUJITA Noboru
FUJIWARA Junko
FUKUSHI Yuki
FUKUSHIMA Atsuko
GAIBALLA ADIER, Abdelaziz Karamalla
HABU Junko
HAFIZ KOURA, Hafiz Mohamed Fathy
HAMASAKI Hironori
HANDOH Itsuki C.
HASHIMOTO Watanabe Satoko
HAYASHI Kengo
HIMIYAMA Yukio
HIYAMA Tetsuya
ICHIKAWA Kotaro
IIJIMA Wataru
IMAGAWA Chie
IMAMURA Aoi
ISHIHARA Hiroe
ISHIKAWA Mamoru
ISHIKAWA Satoshi
ISHIMOTO Yudai
ISHIYAMA ShunJIANG, Hong-wei
KADA Ryohei
KATO Hisaaki
KATO Satoshi
KATO Tsuyoshi
KAWASAKI Masahiro
KIHIRA Tomoe
KIKUCHI Naoki
KIMHI, Ayal
KINOSHITA Tetsuya
KITAGAWA Hideki
KITAMURA Naoko
KODA Ryosuke
KOSAKA Yasuyuki
KOU, Xin
KOYAMA Masami
KOYAMA Shuzo
KUBOTA Jumpei
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
KURATA Takashi
KUSAKA Soichiro

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LEKPRICHAKUL, Thamana
MALLEE, Hein
MASUDA Tadayoshi
MATSUDA Hiroko
MCGREEVY, Steven Robert
MEUTIA, Ami Aminah
MIMURA Yutaka
MINAMOTO Toshifumi
MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
MIZUMA Sakiko
MOJI Kazuhiko
MOLINA, Victorio Bolanos
MORI Soichi
MURAMATSU Koichi
MURAMATSU ShinNAITO Daisuke
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
NAKAGAWA Chigusa
NAKAJIMA Tsuneo
NAKAMURA Oki
NAKAMURA Ryo
NAKANO Takanori
NAKATSUKA Takeshi
NAWATA Hiroshi
NILES, Daniel Ely
NISHIMOTO Futoshi
NOSE Mitsuhiro
OGAWA Hisashi
OKAMOTO Takako
OKAMOTO Yoko
OKAMOTO Yuki
OKUMIYA Kiyohito
ONISHI Masayuki
OSADA Toshiki
OSHIMA Kazuhiro
SAITO Satoshi
SAKAI Shoko
SAKAI Toru
SASAKI Yuko
SATO Tetsu
SATO Yo-Ichiro
SEKINO Tatsuki
SHIMIZU Hiromi
SHIMIZU Mayuko
SHIMIZU Takao
SHIN Kicheol
SHIRAIWA Takayuki
TACHIMOTO Narifumi
TAKAGI Akira
TAKANO Takenaka Kohei

Visiting Researcher
Professor
Senior Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Assistant Professor
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Senior Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Research Associate
Professor
Visiting Research Fellow
Visiting Professor
Visiting Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Visiting Professor
Project Researcher
Visiting Professor
Visiting Researcher
Project Researcher
Professor
Visiting Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Research Associate
Project Research Associate
Project Researcher
Associate Professor
Visiting Researcher
Visiting Professor
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Associate Professor
Senior Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Professor
Deputy Director-General, Professor
Associate Professor
Project Research Associate
Assistant Professor
Project Researcher
Assistant Professor
Visiting Associate Professor
Director-General
Senior Project Researcher
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TANAKA Ueru
Associate Professor
TANIGUCHI Makoto
Professor
TERADA Masahiro
Associate Professor
TESHIROGI Koki
Project Researcher
TOJO Bumpei
Project Researcher
TOMITA Shinsuke
Visiting Associate Professor
UCHIBORI Motomitsu
Visiting Professor
UCHIYAMA Junzo
Visiting Associate Professor
UMETSU Chieko
Visiting Associate Professor
UYAR, Aysun
Assistant Professor
WALEED, Hassan Mohamed Abou El Hassan Visiting Researcher
WANG, Keng
Visiting Research Fellow
WANG, Na
Project Research Associate
WATANABE Mitsuko
Visiting Researcher
WATANABE Tsugihiro
Professor
YAP, Minlee
Project Researcher
YAMAMURA Norio
Visiting Professor
YAMASAKI Eri
Visiting Researcher
YAOTA Kiyoyuki
Project Researcher
YASUTOMI Natsuko
Assistant Professor
YOSHINAGA Kazumi
Project Researcher
ZAMBA, Batjargal
Visiting Research Fellow

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ABE Ken-ichi
Professor

Born in 1958.
[Academic Career]
Department of Tropical Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course(1989)
Department of Agriculture Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University(1984)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2008)
Associate Professor, Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University(2006)
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University of Advanced
Studies(2000)
Associate Professor, Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology(1999)
Assistant Professor, Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology(1996)
Assistant Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(1989)[Higher Degrees]
M. Agr. (Kyoto University, 1987)[Fields of Specialization]
Area Study
Environmental Anthropology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japan Society of Tropical Ecology
The International Society of Volunteer Studies in JapanThe Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies
The Society of the Biosophia Studies―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ABE Ken-ichi What Should We Do? An Anthropologist in Tsunami Affected Areas, Tohoku, Northeast Japan.
The 111th the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual meeting, 2012,11,15-2012,11,17, San
Francisco, USA.

FUKUSHI Yuki
Research fellow of RIHN Initiative for Chinese Environmental Issues[Academic Career]
Department of education, Faculty of social studies,Tokyo Gakugei University, M.Course(2000)
Department of sociology, faculty of social sciences,Hitotsubashi University, D.Course(2007)[Professional Career]
Research fellow of JSPS(2007)
Project Researcher, RIHN (2010)
Research Fellow of NIHU Center for Area Studies(2012)97
Individual Achievements[Higher Degrees]
D.Social Sciences(Hitotsubashi University,2007)
M.Arts(Tokyo Gakugei University,2000)[Fields of Specialization]
History(Modern and Contemporary China)[Academic Society Memberships]
The Socio-Ecinomic History Society
The Historical Sciences Society of JapanThe Japan Association for Modern China Studies
Asian Society for Social History of Medicine―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]

Project Researcher

Born in 1979 年.
[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Doctoral Course (2008-2010)
The Okuma School of Public Management, Waseda University, Master Course (2003-2005)
College of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University (1998-2003)[Professional Career]
Project Researcher, Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL), Graduate School ofEngineering, University of Tokyo (2010)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Ritsumeikan University, 2011)
MSc (Waseda University, 2005)[Fields of Specialization]
Policy Science
International Public Policy
Water Resources Management/Water Governance/Water Security[Academic Society Memberships]
Public Policy Studies Association JAPANJapan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy
Japan Association of Global GovernanceIndividual Achievements

HAMASAKI Hironori

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・Yuki FUKUSHI Hygienic Behavior in Modern Shanghai. the 6th conference for the Asian Society for theHistory of Medicine, 2012,12,13-2012,12,15, Keio University, tokyo.

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―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Hamasaki, H., H. Katayama 2013,03 Environmental Leadership Development: A Cambodian Case.. Mino, T.,
K. Hanaki (ed.) Environmental Leadership Capacity Building in Higher Education - Experience andLessons from Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders.. Springer, Tokyo, pp.109-118.

[Papers][Review Articles]
・ Hamasaki, H. and K. Nakagami 2012,10 New Paradigm of water management - Water security, water
governance, and integrated management. Journal of Environmental Conservation Engineering 41(10) :8-13. (in Japanese)[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Kato, H., H. Hamasaki, S. Watanabe, et al. Reframing Integrated Water Resources Managaement based on
the origination of ordinary people: Field studies in Bali and South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The 8th
Convention of the Association of Policy Informatics, 2012,12,01, Chiba University of Commerce,
Ichikawa City, Chiba. (in Japanese)
・H. Hamasaki Water Governance in Lake Biwa and Yodo River Basin in perspective of decentralization of
power to local governments. International Conference on Sustainability Science in Asia,
2012,11,11-2012,11,13, Bali, Indonesia.
・Kato, H., C. Imagawa, H. Hamasaki, et al. Policy implication of knowledge fusion between local water
resources management and global water circulation model: Main idea from Northern part of Bali. The
20th Convention of Japan Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, 2012,11,03-2012,11,04, Zamami
Village, Okinawa. (in Japanese)・Imagawa, C., N. Hanasaki, H. Kato, H. Hamasaki, et al. Attempts of uncertainty analysis towards
global water resources model estimation for water resources assessment. The 20th Convention of Japan
Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, 2012,11,03-2012,11,04, Zamami Village, Okinawa. (inJapanese)
・Kato, H., H. Hamasaki, et al. "Wisdom of land and water" for Integrated Water Resources Management:
Attempts at designing methodology necessary for re-consideration. The 12th Annual Convention of theSociety of Environmental Conservation Engineering, 2012,09,03, Ritsumeikan Biwako Kusatsu Campus,
Kusatsu City, Shiga. (in Japanese)
・Nakagami, K., H. Hamasaki and M. Akiyama Re-consider the basin governance in the Lake Biwa and Yodo
River. The 12th Annual Convention of the Society of Environmental Conservation Engineering,
2012,09,03, Ritsumeikan Biwako Kusatsu Campus, Kusatsu City, Shiga. (in Japanese)
・Sata, M., H. Hamasaki and H. Katayama Quantifying risk factors of water bourne disease and current
status of water use by infants in developing countries through the fusion of qualitative andquantitative survey. Annual Convention in 2012 of Public Policy Studies Association Japan,
2012,06,16-2012,06,07, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. (in Japanese)[Poster Presentation]
・Hamasaki, H., H. Kato and T. Nakagiri Possibilities of approach integrating 'hardware' and 'software'
for sustainable water resources management - the case of Bali, Indonesia. The 4th International
Water Association Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals Conference, 2012,12,07-2012,12,10, Minatoku, Tokyo.
・Hamasaki, H., H. Kato, et al. Rethinking integrated water resources management (IWRM): Need forreframing IWRM for futurability. 10th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment(SEAWE), 2012,11,08-2012,11,10, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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・Jana, A., Hashimoto, Y., Kyounjin, A., and Hamasaki, H. Capacity Development towards Sustainable
Water
Managementin
Rural
Cambodia.
International
WatersScience
Conference
2012,
2012,09,24-2012,09,26, Bangkok, Thailand.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Hamasaki, H. Water Security in the Mekong River Basin - From Governance Aspect. International
Conference on Water Security, 2013,02,07-2013,02,08, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Beppu,
Oita.
・Hamasaki, H. Policy implication for international cooperation and business on water. Special Session
on "International Cooperation & Water Business" at The 4th International Water Association AsiaPacific Young Water Professionals Conference 2012, 2012,12,09, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

HANDOH Itsuki C.
Associate Professor[Academic Career][Professional Career]
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2011)
Assistant Professor, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University (2007)
Visiting Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2007)
Senior Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2006)
Consultant, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom(2005)
Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics & Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation
Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom (2004)
Senior Research Associate, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
United Kingdom (2001)
Teaching Assistant, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United
Kingdom (1998)
Research Assistant in Physics and Environmental Modelling, Departmentof Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries (1996)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (University of East Anglia, 2002)[Fields of Specialization]
Earth Systems Science
Transdisciplinary Mathematical Modelling[Academic Society Memberships]
American Geophysical Union
Society for Risk Analysis

Individual Achievements

School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, D. Course (2000)
Department of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries (1996)

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―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kawaguchi, M., Sugahara, S., Watanabe, Y., Irie, K, Ishida, M., Kurokawa, D., Kitamura, S.I., Takata,
H., Handoh, I.C., Nakayama, K., and Murakami, Y. 2012 Nervous system disruption and concomitant
behavioral abnormality in early-hatched pufferfish larvae exposed to heavy oil. Environmental
Science and Pollution Research 19(7) :2488-2497.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Handoh, I.C. Transforming a regional socio-ecological system within Planetary Boundaries. The 1st
Asia Future Conference, 2013,03,08-2013,03,10, Bangkok.
・ Handoh, I.C., and Kawai, T. A transdisciplinary risk assessment framework to define Planetary
Boundaries for Chemical Pollution. World Congress on Risk 2012, 2012,07,18-2012,07,20, Sydney.

HASHIMOTO WATANABE Satoko
Project Researcher

Born in 1983.
[Academic Career]
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course(2012)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course(2008)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course(2006)[Professional Career]
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotionof Science(2010)[Higher Degrees]
D. Agr.(Kyoto University, 2012)
M. Agr.(Kyoto University, 2008)[Fields of Specialization]
Soil science
Hydrology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering
Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Japanese Society of Soil Physics

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Satoko Watanabe, Kimihito Nakamura, Chan Seok Ryu, Michihisa Iida and Shigeto Kawashima
2012,04
Effects of different application timings of methane fermentation digested liquid to paddy plots on
soil nitrogen and rice yield. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 58(2) :224-237. DOI:
10.1080/00380768.2012.661949.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・ Hironori Hamasaki, Hisaaki Kato, Chie Imagawa and Satoko Watanabe Rethinking integrated water
resources management (IWRM): Need for reframing IWRM for futurability. 10th International Symposium
on Southeast Asian Water Environment in Hanoi, 2012,11,08-2012,11,10, Vietnam, Hanoi.

Associate Professor[Academic Career]
1986-1990: College of Natural Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1990-1995: Graduate School of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba[Professional Career]
1995-1995: JSPS Research Fellow, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
1995-2001: Assist. Prof., Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya Univ.
2001-2001: Assist. Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya Univ.
2002-2010: Assoc. Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya Univ.
2010- : Assoc. Prof., Research Institute for Humanity and Nature[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(Science), University of Tsukuba, 1995

[Fields of Specialization]
Ecohydrology, Hydrometeorology―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Yoshida, R., Sawada, M., Yamazaki, T., Ohta, T. and Hiyama, T. 2013,02 Influence of land cover change
on regional water cycles in Eastern Siberia. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 52 :484-497. DOI:10.1175/JAMC-D-12-043.1.(reviewed).
・Li, W., Hiyama, T. and Kobayashi, N. 2013,01 Seasonal variations of the surface fluxes and surface
parameters over the Loess Plateau in China. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences 3 :111-120. DOI:
10.4236/acs.2013.31013.(reviewed).

Individual Achievements

Born in 1967.

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HIYAMA Tetsuya

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・Brutsaert, W. and Hiyama, T. 2012,11 The determination of permafrost thawing trends from long-term
streamflow measurements with an application in eastern Siberia. Journal of Geophysical Research
117(D22110). DOI:10.1029/2012JD018344.(reviewed).
・Hossen, M.S., Mano, M., Miyata, A., Baten, A. and Hiyama, T. 2012,04 Surface energy partitioning andevapotranspiration over a double-cropping paddy field in Bangladesh.. Hydrological Processes 26 :
1311-1320. DOI:10.1002/hyp.8232.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Takakura, H., Yoshikawa, Y., Watanabe, M., Sakai, T. and Hiyama, T. Ice movement in the Lena riverand the typology of spring flood: An interpretation of local sources integrated with satellite
imagery using a multidisciplinary approach. Third International Symposium on the Arctic Research(ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Saigusa, N., Suzuki, R., Hiyama, T. and Hayashi, K. Cross-disciplinary research collaboration forearly detection of biological feedbacks. Third International Symposium on the Arctic Research(ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・ Hiyama, T. Waterlogging risk in Eastern Siberia: A case study in the permafrost region. World
Congress on Risk 2012: Risk and Development in a Changing World, 2012,07,17-2012,07,20, Sydney
Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia.
・Oshima, K. and Hiyama, T. Seasonal and interannual variations of the Lena River discharge and theirrelationships to atmospheric water cycle. 日本地球惑星科学連合 2012 年大会, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, 千葉・幕張.
・ Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., Gagarin, L. and Yamaguchi, Y. Monitoringpermafrost degradation in Siberia using microwave remote sensing sensor. 日本地球惑星科学連合 2012 年
大会, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, 千葉・幕張.
・Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Kolesnikov, A., Gagarin, L. and Shepelev, V. Age estimation of permafrost
groundwater in Eastern Siberia. 日本地球惑星科学連合 2012 年大会, 2012,05,20-2012,05,25, 千葉・幕張.

[Poster Presentation]
・Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Gagarin, L. and Kolesnikov, A. Age estimation of supra-permafrost and intrapermafrost groundwater in Yakutsk region, Eastern Siberia. Third International Symposium on the
Arctic Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・ Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., Fujiwara, J., Gotovtsev, S., Gagarin, L. and Yamaguchi, Y. Permafrost
degradation and flood occurrence in the Far North of Siberia. Third International Symposium on the
Arctic Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Oshima, K., Iijima, Y., Hori, M. E., Inoue, J. and Hiyama, T. Changes in the Lena river discharge andnet precipitation over the basin during 2005-2008. Third International Symposium on the Arctic
Research (ISAR-3), 2013,01,14-2013,01,17, Tokyo.
・Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Kolesnikov, A., Gagarin, L. and Shepelev, V. Estimation of residence time ofpermafrost groundwater in the Yakutsk region, eastern Siberia. 3rd International Conference on
Forest and Water in a changing environment, 2012,09,18-2012,09,20, FIT Hall, Fukuoka, Japan.

ICHIKAWA Kotaro
Project Researcher

Born in 1978.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University(B.S. 1999-2003)

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Biosphere Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University(M.S. 2003-2005)
Biosphere Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University(Ph. D. 2005-2007)[Professional Career]
2005.4-2007.9. Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)2007.10.-2008.3 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)2008.4-2010.9 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)2010.10- Project researcher at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature[Higher Degrees]
Bachelor of Agriculture (Kyoto University, 2003)
Master of Informatics (Kyoto University, 2005)
Doctor of Philosophy of Informatics (Kyoto University, 2007)[Fields of Specialization]
Bioacoustics[Academic Society Memberships]
Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
Acouctical Society of America
Advanced Marined Science and Technology[Awards]
1. TOP 10 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE SAME DOMAIN SINCE YOUR PUBLICATION (2010), BioMedLib, Ichikawa K,
Akamatsu T, Shinke T, Sasamori K, Miyauchi Y, Abe Y, Adulyanukosol K, Arai N: Detection probability ofーチームの一員として受賞）
3. Poster award (2004): Kotaro Ichikawa, Tomonari Akamatsu, Tomio Shinke, Nobuaki Arai, Chika
Tsutsumi & Kanjana Adulyanukosol, Acoustical monitoring of dugong,
10-12, 2004

OCEANS’04/TECHNO-OCEAN, November―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kotaro Ichikawa, Tomonari Akamatsu, Tomio Shinke, Nobuaki Arai and Kanjana Adulyanukosol 2012,11
Clumped distribution of vocalising dugongs (Dugong dugon) monitored by passive acoustic and visualobservations in Thai waters. Proceedings of Acoustics 2012-Fremantle :130-133.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Ichikawa, Kotaro, Akamatsu, Tomonari, Shinke, Tomio, Arai, Nobuaki, Adulyanukosol, Kanjana. Clumped
distribution of vocalising dugongs (Dugong dugon) monitored by passive acoustic and visualobservations in Thai waters. Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and the Environment,
2012,11,21-2012,11,23, Perth, Australia.
・Kotaro Ichikawa, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kanjana Adulyanukosol, Giovanni Damiani, Janet Lanyon, Hiroshi
Nawata Intraspecific variation in vocal repertoire among dugong populations. THE ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG
KONG, 2012,05,13-2012,05,18, Hong Kong.

Individual Achievements

vocalizing dugongs during playback of conspecific calls. J Acoust Soc Am; 2009 Oct;126(4):1954-9,
September 10, 2010.
2. 海洋理工学会平成 19 年度業績賞 (2008), 海洋理工学会, 5 月 16 日（京都大学情報学研究科バイオテレメトリ

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Japanese Society of Biologging Science

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[Poster Presentation]
・Masahiro Nakagawa, Kotaro Ichikawa, Toyoki Sasakura, Hiromichi Mitamura and Nobuaki Arai Development
and evaluation of ultrasonic transmitter using frequency modulation for biotelemetry. The 1stDesign
Symposium on Conservation of Ecosystem (SEASTAR2000), 2013,03,18-2013,03,19, Kyoto University,
Japan.
・Sakura Komiyama, Kotaro Ichikawa and Nobuaki Arai Individual difference of dugong vocalization. The
1stDesign Symposium on Conservation of Ecosystem (SEASTAR2000), 2013,03,18-2013,03,19, Kyoto
University, Japan.
・Kazunori Kikuchi, Kotaro Ichikawa, Ko Fujioka, Hiromu Fukuda, Hiromichi Mitamura and Nobuaki Arai
Development of a fine-scale acoustic positioning and temeletry system for schooling behavior of
bluefintuna.
The
1stDesign
SymposiumonConservationof
Ecosystem(SEASTAR2000),
2013,03,18-2013,03,19, Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto, Japan.
・Yuuki Matsuo, Kotaro Ichikawa, Noriko Mizobata, Kozue Kinoshita and Nobuaki Arai Cyclic change of
dugng's vocal behavior. The 1stDesign Symposium on Conservation of Ecosystem (SEASTAR2000),
2013,03,18-2013,03,19, .

IMAGAWA Chie
Project Researcher[Higher Degrees]
D.Agr. (Kyoto University, 2012)[Fields of Specialization]
Water Resources Management
Hydrology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering
International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering
Japan Rainwater Catchment Systems Association―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Chono, S., Maeda, S., Kawachi, T., Imagawa, C., Buma, N., Takeuchi, J. 2012,06 Optimization model for
cropping-plan placement in paddy fields considering agricultural profit and nitrogen load managementin Japan. Paddy and Water Environment 10(2) :113-120. DOI:10.1007/s10333-011-0272-4.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・IMAGAWA Chie, HANDOH Itsuki C., TAKEUCHI Junichiro A Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of the Modelled
Surface- and Ground-Water Flows in an Agricultural Watershed. PAWEES 2012 International Conference,
2012,11,27-2012,11,29, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
・加藤久明, 濱崎宏則, 渡部慧子, 今川智絵, 中桐貴生 生活起点発想に基づく統合的水資源管理の再構築: インド
ネシア・バリ島ならびにスラウェシ島における当事者起点のフィールド研究. 政策情報学会第 8 回研究大会,
2012,12,01-2012,12,01, 千葉県市川市, 千葉商科大学. (in Japanese)

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・加藤久明, 今川智絵, 濱崎宏則, 渡部慧子 地域レベルの水資源管理と全球水循環モデルが持つ知見の融合が持つ
政策的意義：バリ島北部を中心に. 第 20 回日本雨水資源化システム学会大会, 2012,11,03-2012,11,04, 沖縄県
座間味村離島振興総合センター. (in Japanese)・今川智絵, 花崎直太, 加藤久明, 濱崎宏則, 渡部慧子, 半藤逸樹 水資源アセスメントのための全球水資源モデル
予測に対する不確実性解析の試み. 第 20 回日本雨水資源化システム学会大会, 2012,11,03-2012,11,04, 沖縄県
座間味村離島振興総合センター. (in Japanese)[Poster Presentation]
・ Hironori Hamasaki, Hisaaki Kato, Chie Imagawa and Satoko Watanabe Rethinking integrated water
resources management (IWRM): Need for reframing IWRM for futurability. 10th International Symposium
on Southeast Asian Water Environment in Hanoi, 2012,11,08-2012,11,10, Vietnam, Hanoi.

ISHIHARA Hiroe
Project Researcher[Professional Career][Higher Degrees]
M.A. in Sociology (Hitotsubashi University, 2001)
M.Phil in Environmental Policy (University of Cambridge, 2006)[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental Sociology
Ecological Economics[Academic Society Memberships]
International Association of Study of Commons[Awards]
Japan Joint World Bank Scholarship (2007-2009)
Research Funds from Toyota Foundation (2011)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Hiroe Ishihara, Unai Pascual 2012,08 Capital and Collective Action in Environmental Governance: What
are the missing links?. E. Broussaeu, T. Dedeurwaedere, P. Jouvet, M. Willinger (ed.) Global
Environmental Commons：Analytical and Political Challenges in Building Governance Mechanisms. Oxford
University Press, Oxford, pp.199-221.

[Papers][Original Articles]・Hiroe Ishihara, Unai Pascual 2013,03 Re-Politicizing Social Capital:Revisiting Social Capital andCollective Action in Common Pool Resource Management. UNU-IAS Working Paper Series 170.

Individual Achievements

Programme Officer, United Nations Development Programme, Yemen Office
Ph.D. Fellow, United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies

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・Hiroe Ishihara, Unai Pascual 2012,08 Institutions and Agency in Creating Collective Action for Common
Pool Resources. University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy, Environmental Economics andPolicy Research, Discussion Paper Series .

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Hiroe Ishihara Institutions and Agency in Creating Collective Action for Common Pool Resources.
Design and Dynamics of Institutions for Collective Action'. A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012),
2012,11,29-2012,12,01, .

ISHIKAWA Satoshi
Associate Professor

Born in 1967.
[Academic Career]
Bachelor, National Fisheries University (1993)
Master’s, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University (1995)
Dr, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (1998)[Professional Career]
Research Associate, The University of Tokyo (1998.4-2000.12)
Researcher, Fisheries and Aquaculture International Co. Ltd. (2001.1-2003.10)
Researcher, Japan Science Agency (2003.11-2006.3)
Associate Professor, Tokai University (2006.4-)[Higher Degrees]
Agricultural Doctor[Fields of Specialization]
Fisheries Science, Conservation Ecology, Rural Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
The Ichthyological Society of JapanThe Society of Biosophia Studies
The society for the study of Laos Aquaculture[Awards]
1. The Best Article Award 2004 of The Ichthyological Society of Japan.
２. The Best Article Award 2007 of The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.

―Achievements―[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・MOTOMURA Hiroyuki and ISHIKAWA Satoshi (ed.) 2013,03 Fish Collection Building and Procedures Manual.
English Edition. . The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima and the Research Institute for
Humanity, Kagoshima, Kyoto, 70pp.

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・Hiroyuki Motomura・Satoshi Ishikawa (ed.) 2013,02 Fish Collection Building and Procedures Manual.
English Edition. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima and the Research Institute for Humanity,
Kagoshima, 70pp.

[Papers][Original Articles]
・SHIKAWA Satoshi 2012,05 Efforts of the Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Fishing Technology
for reconstruction assistance of the earthquake disaster. . Nippon Suisan Gakkishi 78(3) :488-488.
(in Japanese) Special public symposium: “Fisheries in the stricken area of the Great East Japan
Earthquake and restoration of Fishing villages”.
・Kuniko Hanamori, Satoshi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Saito, Katsunori Tanaka, Yo-Ichiro Sato, Yoshihiro Okada
2012,09 Making divergent marker of tropical and temperate types of Oryza sativa L. var. japonica
based on insertion/deletion DNA region and its utilization of carbonated rice from ToroⅠsite.
Journal of The School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University 9(3) :19-25. (in Japanese)(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・KAMIYAMA Ryutaro, MIYATA Tsutomu, KUROKURA Hisashi, ISHIKAWA Satoshi. Quantitative impact analysis ofsocial capitals on incentives of fisheries management in coastal area of developing country, A casestudy in Batan bay, Philippines. . The 2013 spring meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries
Science., 2013,03,26-2013,03,30, Minato-ku Tokyo. (in Japanese)

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・ISHIKAWA, Satoshi “ Area Capability” as a new concept of rural development harmonizing ecosystem
health and welfare building. BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology,
2012,09,20-2012,09,23, Dalian, China.

Individual Achievements

・TAKAGI Akira, ISHIKAWA Satoshi, OGAWA Hisashi, MUTO Fumihito. Possibility of canned Tuna species
identification. The 2012 autumn meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science,
2012,09,14-2012,09,17, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ISHIKAWA,Satoshi Co-design, Co-produce of local people, researchers, and governments for sustainable
rural development in Southeast Asian Coastal zone. The International Forum on Ecosystem
Adaptability, Ecosystem Adaptability GCOE, Tohoku University, 2012,12,12-2012,12,13, Sendai, Japan.

ISHIYAMA Shun
Project Researcher

Born in 1965.
[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Letters(Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences), Nagoya University,
D. Course (2006)
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University,M.A.Cource(2000)
Tokyo University of Agriculture (1989)[Professional Career]
Staff, NGO Action for Greening Sahel(1993）
Staff, NPO Mori no Enerugi Foramu（2004）
Lecturer(Part-time), Fukui Prefectural University（2006）
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Project researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2008-)[Higher Degrees]
M.A.(Shizuoka University, 2000)
B.A.(Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1989)[Fields of Specialization]
Cultural Anthropology
Development Anthropology[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Association for African Studies
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies
Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]
・ISHIYAMA,S. 2013,03 Déforestation et foyer amélioré au sub-Sahara: Efficacité sous les conditions
pratiquesdans les ménages. Hiroshi NAWATA ・ Shun ISHIYAMA, Ryo NAKAMURA (ed.) Exploitation andConservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. ArAb Subsistence Monograph Series, Volume
1. Shokadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.75-101. (in French)
・ISHIYAMA, S. 2013,03 Deforestation and improving cooking stoves in sub-Sahara: Effectiveness underpractical condition in households. Hiroshi NAWATA, Shun ISHIYAMA, Ryo NAKAMURA (ed.) Exploitation
and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series,
Volume 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.75-91. (Other) in Arabic
・ISHIYAMA,S. 2013,03 Deforestation and improving in sub-Saharan cooking stoves:Effectiveness underpractical condition in households. Hiroshi NAWATA,Shun ISHIYAMA, Ryo NAKAMURA (ed.) Exploitation andConservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, Volume
1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.75-101.
・ISHIYAMA, S. 2013,03 Thinking energy problem from rural life. Human Resource and Engineering in the
Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Series.
Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.169-198. (in Japanese)・ ISHIYAMA, S. 2013,03 Is it possible to prescribe against the global environmental problem ?.
ISHIYAMA, S. (ed.) Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future
Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan,, pp.1-11.
(in Japanese)
・ISHIYAMA, S 2012,11 Abéché, Am Timan, Le Chari, Lac Tchad, Tibesti Massif, Bhar el Ghazal, Bardai;
Faya Largeau, Ouadaï. Takeuchi, K. (ed.) Geographical Dictionary of the World 3, Africa and Middle
East. Asakura Shoten, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, pp.59, 63, 493-494, 607-608,632, 782-783, 785, 823,
1127. (in Japanese)[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・ISHIYAMA, S. , NAWATA, H. (ed.) 2013,03 Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at
Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto,
Japan, 231pp. (in Japanese)

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ISHIYAMA, S. Humanistic Approaches of Arab Subsistence Project, RIHN - A case of Algerian Sahara
field Survey. International Workshop on Humanistic Approaches towards Global Environmental Change,
2013,03,16-2013,03,17, Kyoto, japan.
・ ISHIYAMA, S. Livelihood of Sahelian Farmer under the Environmental Variation. The Japanese
Association for Arid Land Studies, sectional meeting, 2012,12,08, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. (inJapanese)
・Ishiyama, S. Changes of Oasis Life in Algerian Sahara -Water Supply, Farm Expansion and Habitations
Movement, A Case Study of In Belbel. Colloque International sur La Foggara, 2011,04,09-2100,04,11,
Algeria, Adrar.

[Poster Presentation]
・Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA, Mutasim Mekki Mahmoud Elrasheed , Mussab Hassan Abbass A Study ofTraditional Rainfed Agriculture in African Semiarid Area. 23rd Annual meeting of The Japanese
Association for Arid Land Studies, 2012,05,26-2012,05,27, ObihiroCity, Hokkaido, Japan. (inJapanese)

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KODA Ryosuke

Born in 1983.
[Higher Degrees]
PhD. (Kyoto University, 2011)[Fields of Specialization]
Forest Ecology
Mammalogy―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Amartuvshin N, Fujita N. 2012 Soil alkalization by overgrazing can delay therecovery of pastureland. Batjargal Z, Fujita N, Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network
in Mongolia. , Ulaanbaatar, pp.95-102. (in Mongolian) ISBN 978-99962-0-859-1
・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Amartuvshin N, Fujita N. 2012 How much amount of pasture plants does one
livestock eat in a day?. Batjargal Z, Fujita N, Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network
in Mongolia. , Ulaanbaatar, pp.243-246. (in Mongolian) ISBN 978-99962-0-859-1
・Koda R, Amartuvshin S, Fujita N. 2012 Present status of wild animals: a case study of red deer
population in Hustai National Park. Batjargal Z, Fujita N, Yamamura N (ed.) Pastoralism andEcosystem Network in Mongolia. , Ulaanbaatar, pp.247-253. (in Mongolian) ISBN 978-99962-0-859-1

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Project Researcher

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[Papers][Original Articles]
・Koda R, Kawamura T 2012,12 Population density of Cervus nippon yakushimae in the grassland area of
Pseudosasa owatarii. Mammalian Science 52(2) :223-227. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Koda R Relationship between livestock and pasture in Mongolia. RIHN 7th International Symposium“Complexification and Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia”,
2012,10,24-2012,10,26, RIHN, Kyoto, Japan.
・Koda R. Relationship among livestock grazing, pasture plants, and soil alkalization. International
Symposium ” Pastoralism and Ecosystem Network in Mongolia”, 2012,09,11-2012,09,11, Elite Center,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
・Koda R. Function of deer as a driver of forest vegetation in the evergreen broad-leaved forests on
Yakushima Island. The 55th Symposium of IAVS, 2012,07,23-2012,07,28, Hyundai Hotel Mokpo, Mokpo,
Korea.

KUMAZAWA Terukazu
Assistant Professor

Born in 1974 年.
[Higher Degrees]
Dr of Engineering[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental planning
Regional informatics―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Keishiro Hara, Terukazu Kumazawa, Michinori Uwasu, Helmut Yabar Sustainability Indicator System with
Visualized Causal-Links Information - Application of Ontology and a Case Study. The 10th
International Conference on EcoBalance (EcoBalance 2012), 2012,11,20-2012,11,23, Yokohama, Kanagawa,Japan.

MASUDA Tadayoshi
Senior Project Researcher[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics (University of Hawaii, 2007)
M.A. in Food Research / International Development Policy (Stanford University, 1997)

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Individual Achievements

B.A. in Agricultural and Forestry Economics (Kyoto University, 1989)[Fields of Specialization]
Agricultural and Resource Economics[Academic Society Memberships]
International Association of Agricultural Economics
International Food & Agribusiness Management Association
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Western Agricultural Economics Association[Awards]
Best Paper Award. (2012) International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 22nd
Annual World Forum and Symposium, Shanghai, China.
Graduate Student Teaching Award of Merit. (2003) North American College and Teachers of Agriculture
and the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources.
Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society of Agriculture). (2002)―Achievements―

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・Masuda, Tadayoshi and P.D. Goldsmith. China's Meat and Egg Production and Soybean Meal Demand For
Feed: An Elasticity Analysis and Long-term Projections. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at
the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 22nd. Annual World Forum andSymposium, 2012,06,09-2012,06,14, Shanghai, China.

MCGREEVY, Steven
Assistant Professor

Born in 1978.
[Academic Career]
Division of Natural Resource Economics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University (2008)
College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota (2002)
St. John's University- Collegeville, MN (1997)[Professional Career]
Lecturer, Seisen Jogakuin College (2007)
Monbukagakusho Scholar, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University (2009)
Lecturer, Nagano National College of Technology (2011)
Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2013~)[Higher Degrees]
D.Ag. (Kyoto University, 2012)

Individual Achievements

・Masuda, Tadayoshi and P.D. Goldsmith. 2012,09 China's Meat and Egg Production and Soybean Meal Demandfor Feed: An Elasticity Analysis and Long-Term Projections. International Food and Agribusiness
Management Review. 15(3) :35-54.(reviewed).

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M.LS. (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2004)
B.A.: Major- Biology; Minor- Environmental Studies (St. John's University- Collegeville, MN, 2000)[Fields of Specialization]
Rural Sustainable Development
Sustainable Agriculture
Socio-ecological Systems[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Biochar Association
International Biochar Initiative
Japanese Association for Rural Studies
Rural Sociology SocietyInternational Association for the Study of the Commons―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]
・McGreevy, Steven R. 2012 Revitalizing Sustainable Socio-ecological Landscapes: An Examination ofOrganic Farming, Renewable Energy, and Carbon Sequestration Activities in Rural Japan (PhD
Dissertation). Kyoto University[Chapters/Sections]・ McGreevy, Steven R. 2012 Climate-friendly Farming Production and Biochar: Towards Revitalizing
Satoyama and Farming. Suzuki, Tatsuya & Hiroya Ushio (ed.) Satoyama Governance. Koyoshobo
Publishers, pp.169-181. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・McGreevy, Steven R. 2012,09 Lost in translation: Incomer organic farmers, local knowledge, and therevitalization of upland Japanese hamlets. Agriculture and Human Values 26(3) :393-412. DOI:10.1007/
s10460-011-9347-5.(reviewed).

MINAMOTO Toshifumi
Senior Project Researcher

Born in 1973.
[Academic Career]
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, D. Course (2003)
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, M. Course (1999)
Faculty of Science, Kyoto University (1997)[Professional Career]
Senior Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2007)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology (2005)
COE Research Fellow, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University (2003)

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Individual Achievements[Higher Degrees]
D. Sc (Kyoto University, 2003)
M. Sc (Kyoto University, 1999)[Fields of Specialization]
Molecular Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Animal Physiology
Chronobiology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Zoological Society of Japan
Japanese Society for Chronobiology
Ecological Society of JapanThe Japanese Society of Limnology―Achievements―[Original Articles]

・ Minamoto, T., Honjo, M. N., Yamanaka, H., Uchii, K., Kawabata, Z. 2012,08 Nationwide Cyprinid
herpesvirus 3 contamination in natural rivers of Japan. Res. Vet. Sci. 93(1) :508-514. DOI:10.1016/
j.rvsc.2011.06.004.(reviewed).
・Yamanaka, H., Minamoto, T., Wu, D., Kong, H., Wei, Z.-H., Liu, B., Kawabata, Z. 2012,06 Spatialtemporal analysis of water temperatures during spring in Lake Erhai, China: implications forfisheries. Inland Waters 2(3) :129-136. DOI:10.5268/IW-2.3.455.(reviewed).
・Takahara, T., Minamoto, T., Yamanaka, H., Doi, H., Kawabata, Z. 2012,04 Estimation of fish biomass
using environmental DNA. PLoS ONE 7(4) :e35868. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0035868.(reviewed).
・Minamoto, T., Fuchikawa, T., Shimizu, I. 2012,04 Expression of spliced variants of period mRNA in theJapanesehoneybeeApisceranajaponica.
Biol.
RhythmRes.
43(2):125-135.
DOI:
10.1080/09291016.2010.537447.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Uchii, K., Minamoto, T., Kawabata, Z. Persistence of an emerging Cyprnid herpesvirus 3 in a wild hostpopulation. Joint Meeting of The 59th Annual Meeting of ESJ and The 5th EAFES International
Congress, 2012,03,17-2102,03,21, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan. (in Japanese)[Poster Presentation]
・ Minamoto, T., Honjo, M. N., Kawabata, Z. Monitoring of fish pathogenic viruses in freshwater
environments. EcoHealth2012 (The 4th Biennial Conference of the International Association for
Ecology & Health), 2012,10,15-2012,10,18, Kunming City, China.

Individual Achievements

・Minamoto, T.*, Yamanaka, H.*, Takahara, T., Honjo, M. N., Kawabata, Z. (*equal contribution) 2012,08
Surveillance of fish species composition using environmental DNA. Limnology 13(2) :193-197. DOI:
10.1007/s10201-011-0362-4.(reviewed).

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MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
Project Researcher

Born in 1975.
[Academic Career]
Depertment of Soil Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D.Course(2007)
Division of Environmental Dynamics, Environmental Science Graduate School, The University of Shiga
Prefecture, M.Course(2001)
Department of Biological Resources Management, School of Environmental Science, The University of
Shiga Prefecture(1999)[Professional Career]
Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2007)
JSPS Research Fellow(2003)[Higher Degrees]
M.Environmental Science.(The University of Shiga Prefecture,2001)[Fields of Specialization]
Soil Science[Academic Society Memberships]
Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Japanese Society of Regional and Agricultural Development
The Japanese Agricultural Systems Society―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・H. Miyazaki, Y. Ishimoto, M. Yamashita, U. Tanaka, C. Umetsu Coping behaviors with extremely heavy
rainfalls in Southern Zambia - Comparison between 2007/08 and 2009/10 -. RIHN-HUAF Collaboration
Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia, 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue University ofAgriculture and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam.

MOJI Kazuhiko
Professor

Born in 1953.
[Academic Career]
Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo,D.Course(1983)
Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo,M.Course(1980)
Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo(1976)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2007)
Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2006)
Head, Research Center of Tropical Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical
Medicine(2006)

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Individual Achievements

Professor, Research Cener of Tropical Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical
Medicine(2002)
Professor, School of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine(2001)
Professor, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University(1999)
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University School Medicine(1987)
Instructor, Department of Human Ecology, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, University ofTokyo(1983)[Higher Degrees]
D. (The University of Tokyo,1983)
M. (The University of Tokyo,1980)[Fields of Specialization]
Human Ecology,Population Health in the Tropics[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine,The Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology―Achievements―

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・Miao Miao, Zenglei Wang, Zhaoqing Yang, Lili Yuan, Daniel M. Parker, Chaturong Putaporntip, Somchai
Jongwutiwes, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Kazuhiko Moji, Trinh Dinh Tuong, Tomoko
Abe, Shusuke Nakazawa, Myat Phone Kyaw, Guiyun Yan, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, Jetsumon
Sattabongkot, Jianbing Mu, Xin-zhuan Su, Osamu Kaneko, Liwang Cui 2013,03 Genetic Diversity and Lackof Artemisinin Selection Signature on the Plasmodium falciparum ATP6 in the Greater Mekong
Subregion. PLoS One. 8(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0059192.
・ Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Hoang Ha, Le Thanh, Ron P Marchand, Daisuke Nonaka, Bumpei Tojo, Panom
Phongmany, Kazuhiko Moji, Jun Kobayashi 2012,08 Joint malaria surveys lead towards improved crossborder cooperation between Savannakhet province, Laos and Quang Tri province, Vietnam. Malar J. .
DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-11-262.
・Sachi Tomokawa1, Toshio Kobayashi2, Tiengkham Pongvongsa3, Bangon Nisaygnang4, Eiko Kaneda5, Sumihisa
Honda6 2012,05 RISK FACTORS FOR OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI INFECTION AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN IN LAO PDR.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 43(3) :574-585.

NAKAMURA Ryo
Project Researcher

Born in 1976.
[Academic Career]Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (Cultural Anthropology), Nagoya University, D.
Course (2008)
Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (Cultural Anthropology), Nagoya University, M.A.
Course (2003)
Shizuoka University, B.A. Course (2000)

Individual Achievements

・Masahiro Hashizume, Luis Fernando Chaves, A. S. G. Faruque, Md Yunus, Kim Streatfield, Kazuhiko Moji
2013,03 A Differential Effect of Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino on Cholera Dynamics in Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 8(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0060001.

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[Professional Career]
Project researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2008-)
Part-time staff, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2008)
Tutor, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2006)
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2003-2007)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Nagoya University, 2008)
M.A. (Nagoya University, 2003)
B.A. (Shizuoka University, 2000)[Fields of Specialization]
Cultural Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Comparative Study on Swahili Maritime Societies[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Association for African Studies (2003-)
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (2008-)
Japan Association for Religious Studies (2008-)
Japan Association for Middle East Studies (2009-)
Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies (2011-)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]
・NAKAMURA, Ryo 2013,02 "Mangrove Use on the Kilwa Island, Southern Swahili Coast in Tanzania". Hiroshi
NAWATA (ed.) Dryland Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, Volume 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers,
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.38-41.(in English and Arabic)
・NAKAMURA, Ryo 2013,01 "Utumiaji wa Mikoko katika Kilwa Kisiwani, Kusini mwa Mwambao wa Kiswahili,
Tanzania (Direct and Environmental Uses of Mangrove Resources on Kilwa Island, Southern Swahili
Coast, Tanzania)". Hiroshi NAWATA・Shun ISHIYAMA・Ryo NAKAMURA (ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of
Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, Volume 1. ShoukadohBook Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.103-132.(in Swahili, English, and Arabic)[Papers][Original Articles]
・NAKAMURA, Ryo 2013,03 "Utumiaji wa mikoko katika Kilwa Kisiwani, kusini mwa mwambao wa kiswahili,
Tanzania" (in Swahili with English abstract). African Religious Dynamics 1 :111-125.
・NAKAMURA, Ryo 2013,03 "Maritime Anthropology on Fishery in Jizan and Farasan Islands, Southern Partof the Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (13 March to 29 March, 2013)". A Study of Human
Impacts on Mangrove Habitats along the Northern and Southern Parts of the Red Sea Coast in theKingdom of Saudi Arabia (2011-2013) :1-22.
・NAKAMURA, Ryo 2013,02 "Fishing Culture of Kilwa Island on the Southern Swahili Coast, Tanzania: Bantu
Inland-sea Fishery and Arab Open-sea Fishery". Islamic Africa Studies 5 :135-162. (in Japanese)
・NAKAMURA, Ryo and Adel Mohamed Saleh 2012,08 "Maritime Anthropology along the Red Sea in Sudan:
Fishing Culture in Dungonab and Boat Culture in Suakin". Hiroshi Nawata (ed.) Investigative Report:
A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies (2011-2013). pp.73-86.

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・NAKAMURA, Ryo "Multi-ethnic Coexistence in a Swahili Maritime Society as seen through Basic Ecology
and Fishing Cultures of Kilwa Island, Tanzania". Workshop on Afro-Eurasian Dry Lands in the Central
Eurasian Studies Society 2012 Annual Conference, 2012,10,17-2012,10,18, Indiana University, Indiana,
USA.

NAKANO Takanori
Professor

Born in 1950.
[Academic Career]

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Education(1974)[Professional Career]

Assistant Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba(1982)[Higher Degrees]D.Sc(University of Tsukuba, 1982)
M.Sc.(Tokyo University of Education, 1977)[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental Resource Geology
Isotope Geochemistry[Academic Society Memberships]
The Society of Resource Geology
The Geological Society of Japan
Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences
The Society of Economic Geologist[Awards]
Ecological Research Award(2009)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・ 2012,06 Geochemical dilemma in coastal aquifer system:lesson from history. Makoto Taniguchi,
Takayuki Shiraiwa (ed.) The Dilemma of Boundaries Toward a New Concept of Catchment. Global
Environmental Studies. Springer, pp.19-24.

Individual Achievements

Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2004)
Associate Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba(1992)

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Tsukuba, D.Course(1982)
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Education, M.Course(1977)

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[Papers][Original Articles]
・ Shikazono, N., Tatewaki, K., Mohiuddin,K. M., Nakano, T., Zakir, H.M. 2012 Sources, spatial
variation, and speciation of heavy metals in sediments of the Tamagawa River in Central Japan..
Environmental Geochemistry and Health 34 :13-26. DOI:10.1007/s10653-011-9409-z.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Takanori Nakano Connection of an ecosystem and yellow sand traced by using a stable isotope. RIHN
Global environmental studies lecture, 2013,03,14, Beijing University, Beijing. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Business of an environmental map; Creation of isotope environmental studies for the
Future Asia. The 2nd isotope environmental studies symposium, 2013,02,18-2013,02,19, RIHN. (inJapanese)・Takanori Nakano Business of an asian environmental map; Environmental diagnosis using a multi-item
map of water. The 2nd isotope environmental studies symposium, 2013,02,18-2013,02,19, RIHN. (inJapanese)・Takanori Nakano Environmental traceability research using a stable isotope technique. Reconstruction
assistance seminar, 2013,01,28, Taihaku campus, Miyagi University. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Survey result report about the water vein of Mt. Chokai 'Explore the undergroundwater vein of Mt. Yoshide from the water quality map. Mt. Chokai forum, 2012,12,24, Yukari Chokai
culture hall. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Environmental map business in Asia. , 2012,12,21, Chiba university. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Environmental map business in Asia starting from Tohoku area `Ecosystem service that
produces delicious water'. , 2012,10,31, Tohoku University. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Water quality map creation project by multi-element and isotope: Development ofgroundwater management based on the circulation. Workshop on the water circulation, 2012,07,13,
Japan Riverfront Research Center( Cyuo-ku, Tokyo). (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Deployment to make a map of multi-element and isptope of water and to determine theorigin. The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, the 7th Display and Origin analysis technology
research meeting "The origin estimation technique with isotope ratio of heavy elements", 2012,07,04,
Tiara Koto small hall, Koto-ku, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano(RIHN), Daizo Ishiyama(Akita University) The proposal of the resource geology-type
environmental research system by creating a multi-item map water quality . The 62th society ofresource geology, 2012,06,27-2012,06,29, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo(Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo).
(in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Explore the connection of yellow sand and ecosystem. The 11th RIHN Area Collaboration
Seminar 'Environment' security of East Asia beyond the theory of Windward and Leewind, 2012,06,10,
ELGALA Hall, Cyuo-ku, Fukuoka city. (in Japanese)[Poster Presentation]
・Tatsuya Yodose, Hitoshi Chiba, Takanori Nakano, Seiji Maruyama The origin of atmospheric fallout in
Chugoku area from a standpoint of sulfur isotope raito and hydrogen and oxgen isotope ratios. The
2nd isotope environmental studies symposium, 2013,02,18-2013,02,19, RIHN. (in Japanese)・Maki Morimoto, Seiji Maruyama, Osamu Abe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Takanori Nakano The examination of themeasurement condition and performance evaluation of Gas Bench2 - DELTA V Plus(RIHN) towards carbon
and oxygen isotope ratio mesurements of carbonate samples . The 2nd isotope environmental studies
symposium, 2013,02,18-2013,02,19, RIHN. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Use of multiple-isotope analytical system into aquatic ecosystem. Aquatic Sciences
Meeting: Voyages of Discovery, 2012,07,12, Biwako Hall Center for the performing arts, Shiga, Otsucity, Shiga prefecture.

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・ Daizo Ishiyama(Akita University), Takanori Nakano(RIHN) etc. The characteristic of the chemicalcomposition of river water in Akita prefecture-a research example on the proposal of the resource
geology-type environmental research system by creating a multi-item map water quality-. The 62th
society of resource geology, 2012,06,27-2012,06,29, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo(Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo). (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Water-quality diagnosis of Sabanakett district in central Laos. Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2012 , 2012,05,20-2012,05,24, Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall. (inJapanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Takanori Nakano Spring water ecosystem conservation network starting with making water quality map ofSaijo. National convention of spring water conservation forum in Saijo -Along with water until now
and also in the future-, 2012,10,12-2012,10,12, Saijo City Synthesis Culture Hall. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano The project for an environmental geochemistry map in Asia area. Annual Meeting of GSJ
2012, 2012,09,11-2012,09,13, Hakozaki Campas, Kyusyu University. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Development of multi-tracer of water toward Asian geo-isoscape study. Japan Geosience
Union Meeting 2012, 2012,05,20-2012,05,24, Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall ( Chibacity). (in Japanese)

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NAWATA Hiroshi

Born in 1968.
[Academic Career]
Human and Environmental Studies (Cultural Anthropology),Kyoto University,D.Course(2003)
Human and Environmental Studies (Cultural Anthropology),Kyoto University,M.A.Course(1997)
African and Asian Studies (Folklore),University of Khartoum,Sudan,Diploma Course(1994)
Letters, Arts and Sciences (Asian History),Waseda University,B.A.Course(1992)[Professional Career]
Associate Professor, Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2008-present)
Associate Professor, Socioeconomics Division, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University(2007)
Assistant Professor, Division of Comprehensive Measures to Combat Desertification, Arid Land ResearchCenter, Tottori University(2004-2007)
Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Osaka University of Foreign Studies(2004-2005)
Part-time Lecturer, College of Economics, College of Business Administration, and College of Letters,
Ritsumeikan University(2004-2005)
Part-time Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University(2004-2005)
Part-time Lecturer, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University(2003-2004)
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University(1998-1999)
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(1997-2000)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Kyoto University,2003)
M.A. (Kyoto University, 1997)
Diploma (University of Khartoum,Sudan,1994)
B.A. (Waseda University,1992)[Fields of Specialization]
Cultural Anthropology

Individual Achievements

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Social Ecology
Middle Eastern and African Area Studies
Arid Land Studies
Human-livestock Relationship Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies
Japanese Coral Reef Society
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Japan Association for African Studies
Japan Association for Middle East Studies
Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies[Awards]
Encouragement Award of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies(2003)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,03 “Meeting point of the Yellow belt and the Blue belt: Coastal zone of the arid
tropics as corridors of early human dispersal out of Africa”. Sato, Y. and Taniguchi, M. (ed.)
Environmental history of the Yellow belt. Koubundou, Kyoto, Japan, pp.168-190. (in Japanese)・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,03 "A viable future lifestyle without oil". Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and
Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Book Series. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.215-228. (in Japanese)・ Hiroshi Nawata 2013,03 “A view at the top of oil era: What have we lost and what should we
preserve?”. Ishiyama, S. and Nawata, H. (ed.) Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A
Look at Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN series. Showado, Kyoto, Japan,
pp.13-58. (in Japanese)・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,02 “Coastal Resource Use by Camel Pastoralist: A Case Study of Gathering and
Fishing Activities among the Beja in Eastern Sudan”. Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier
Research and Conservation. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.48-65.(in English and Arabic)
・ Hiroshi Nawata 2013,02 "About Research Project". Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier
Research and Conservation . Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.6-9.(in English and Arabic)
・ Hiroshi Nawata 2013,02 "Preface". Nawata, H (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research andConservation. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.4-5.(in English and Arabic)
・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,02 “Relationships between Humans and One-humped Camels in the Coastal Zones of
the Arid Tropics: An Anthropological Case Analysis of the Beja on the Red Sea Coast of Eastern
Sudan”. Nawata, H. (ed.) Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Shoukadoh Book
Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.42-47.(in English and Arabic)
・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,01 "Preface". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) Exploitation andConservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
4-5.(in English and Arabic)
・Hiroshi Nawata,Muhammad Ahmad 'Asiri, Rabi' 'Abd al-Rahman Hasanin', and Tariq Muhammad al-'Abbasi'
2013,01 “Traditional Natural Resource Use and Conservation of Juniper Woodlands in the Arabian
Peninsula: A Case Analysis of Raydah Nature Reserve”. Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R.
(ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Shoukadoh Book
Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.19-74.(in English and Arabic)
・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,01 "About Research Project". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.)
Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Shoukadoh Book Sellers,
Kyoto, Japan, pp.6-8.(in English and Arabic)

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・Hiroshi Nawata 2013,01 "Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era: A
Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies". Nawata, H., Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R.
(ed.) Exploitation and Conservation of Middle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Shoukadoh Book
Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp.9-18.(in English and Arabic)
・Hiroshi NAWATA, N. KOGA, A.A.ELKHALIFAE, and A. ELDOMA 2012,12 Use of the alien invasive species
mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) for wood fuel/charcoal to support local incomes and improve energy
efficiency in an arid land of Sudan. A. Mendez-Vilas (ed.) Fuelling the future: Advances in scienceand technologies for energy generation, transmission and storage. Brown Walker Press, Florida, pp.
128-132.
・Hiroshi NAWATA 2012,09 Four Analytical Methods for Exploring Life on the Loess Plateau: A Theoretical
Framework for Combining Humanities and Social Sciences with Natural Science . Zheng Xiaoyun (ed.)
Current Problems of Environment and its Cultural Background. China Book Publisher, Beijing, pp.
45-75.
・Ren'ya SATO, Hiroshi NAWATA, Aosier BUHE, Ryota NAGASAWA, Ruichen JIA, Wenhui ZHANG, Qingchun HOU,
and Norikazu YAMANAKA 2012,09 Traditional Land Use on the Loess Plateau (China) and the "Grain-forGreen" Project: A Case from Ansai, Shanxi. Zheng Xiaoyun (ed.) Current Problems of Environment andits Cultural Background. China Book Publisher, Beijing, pp.76-110.

[Editing]

・Hiroshi Nawata (ed.) 2013,02 Dryland Mangroves: Frontier Research and Conservation. Arab Subsistence
Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, 132pp. (in English and Arabic).
・Hiroshi Nawata, Ishiyama, S. and Nakamura, R. (ed.) 2013,01 Exploitation and Conservation of Middle
East Tree Resources in the Oil Era. Arab Subsistence Monograph Series, 1. Shoukadoh Book Sellers,
Kyoto, 248pp. (in English, Arabic, French and Swahili).

[Papers][Original Articles]
・ Yasuda, H., T. Kawai, Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, H. Nawata 2012,12 Cyclic pattern of
precipitation time series in arid Sudan. Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(2) :363-367. (in Japanese)(reviewed).
・Yasuda, H., T. Kawai, Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, H. Nawata 2012,12 Seasonal variation of
precipitation time series in arid Sudan. Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(2) :357-361. (in Japanese)(reviewed).
・Yasuda, H., Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed, T. Inoue, K. Yoda, T. Kawai, W. Tsuji, H. Nawata and
T. Saito 2012,09 Groundwater uptake of alien invasive plant, mesquite in arid environment: Double
peak pattern of diurnal groundwater level fluctuation due to the midday depression phenomenon.
Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 25(5) :315-321. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Mohamed A.M. ABD ELBASIT, Hiroshi YASUDA, Kiyotsugu YODA, Ahmed M. ELDOMA, Hiroshi NAWATA, Buho
HOSHINO and Magzoub K. MAGZOUB 2012,06 Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) Water Uptake under Different
Simulated Drought Conditions. Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(1) :5-8.(reviewed).
・Kiyotsugu YODA, Mohamed A.M. ABD ELBASIT, Buho HOSHINO, Hiroshi NAWATA and Hiroshi YASUDA 2012,06
Root System Development of Prosopis Seedlings under differenct Soil Moisture Conditions. Journal of
Arid Land Studies 22(1) :13-16.(reviewed).
・ Hiroshi NAWATA 2012,06 To Combat a Negative Heritage of Combating Desertification: Developing
Comprehensive Measures to Control the Alien Invasive Species Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) in Sudan.
Journal of Arid Land Studies 22(1) :9-12.(reviewed).

Individual Achievements

・Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,03 Human Resource and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Look
at Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries. RIHN Book Series. Showado, Kyoto, 231pp.
(in Japanese)

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・Buho HOSHINO, Abdelaziz KARAMALLA, Mohamed A.M. ABD ELBASIT, Karina MANAYEVA, Kiyotsugu YODA, Mahgoub
SULIMAN, Mohamed ELGAMRI, Hiroshi NAWATA and Hiroshi YASUDA 2012,06 Evaluating the Invasion Strategy
of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) in Eastern Sudan Using Remotely Sensed Technique. Journal of Arid
Land Studies 22(1) :1-4.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・Hiroshi NAWATA, Shin'ichi NISHINOTO, Yoshifumi YASUOKA, Aya YASUOKA and Yoko SHINDO Architectural andAnthropological Survey on Coral Buildings in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. 12th International Coral Reef
Symposium, 2012,07,09-2012,07,13, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
・Hiroshi NAWATA, Naoki KOGA, A.A. KHALIFA and A.K. GAIBALLA A method for wood fuel/charcoal of thealien invasive species mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) to support local incomes with better energy
efficiency in arid land of Sudan. The Energy & Materials Research Conference, 2012,06,20-2012,06,22,
Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Hiroshi NAWATA A Bridge between 'Knowledge' in Japan and 'Tradtion' in Sudan: To combat a negative
heritage of combating desertification. International Biennial of Cultural and Landscape Heritage,
2012,11,03-2012,11,11, Florence, Italy.

ONISHI Masayuki
Visiting Researcher[Academic Career]Completed PhD Course, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, The Australian National University(1994)
Completed Graduate Diploma Course (TESOL), Faculty of Education, The University of Canberra (1989)
Completed Diploma Course (Bengali Language and Literature), Department of Bengali, Jadavpur University(1979)
Completed BA Course (English Language and Literature), Faculty of Arts, Tokyo University (1975)[Professional Career]
Senior Research Fellow, Indus Project, RIHN (2007)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Linguistics, Max-Planck Institute (Evolutionary Anthropology) (2005)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Linguistics, RSPAS, The Australian National University (2003)
Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Meio University (1998)
Associate Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Meio University (1997)
Research Assistant, RCLT, The Australian National University (1995)[Higher Degrees]
PhD (The Australian National University, 1995)
Graduate Diploma (The University of Canberra, 1989)[Fields of Specialization]
Linguistic Typology
Descriptive Linguistics[Academic Society Memberships]
Australian Linguistic Society
The Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea
Okinawa Center of Language Study

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]・Masayuki Onishi 2012,05 A Grammar of Motuna. OGFAUS (Outstanding Grammars from Australia), 9. Lincom
Europa, Munich, Germany, 564pp.

[Research Presentations][Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Masayuki Onishi Globalisation, Languages and Cultures — with Special Reference to the Folk Music ofNorth Bengal. Invited Lecture, Parimal Mitra Mahavidyalaya, 2012,05,26, Malbazar, Jalpaiguri, India.
(Other) In Bengali. Reported in the local newpaper Uttarbanga Sambad on 27th May..
・Masayuki Onishi Linguistic Diversity. Invited Seminar, Department of Nepali Language and Literature,
Sikkim University, 2012,05,21, Ghantok, Sikkim, India.

RIHN

SAITO Satoshi (Tetsu)
Project Researcher

Doctor of Environment Science (Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama
National University, Japan, 2004). Thesis title: Petrogenesis of the Miocene Kofu Granitic Complex;
Syn-tectonic granitoids in the Izu collision zone, central Japan.
Master of Education (Graduate School of Education, Yokohama National University, Japa, 2004). Thesis
title: Petrogenesis of the Miocene Kofu Plutonic Complex, central Japan (in Japanese).
Bachelor of Education (Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University, Japan, 1999). Thesis title:
Petrological studies of the southern Kofu Plutonic Complex (in Japanese).

[Professional Career]
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University, Japan (2004)
Research Assistant, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan(2005)
Lecturer, Hosei University Daini Junior High School, Japan (2005)
Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan(2005, 2006)
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University, Japan (2006)
Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, USA (2007)
Postdoctral Researcher, Institute for Research on Earth Evolution (IFREE), Japan Agency for MarineEarth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan (2008)
Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan (2009, 2010)[Higher Degrees]
Doctor of Environment Science (Yokohama National University, Japan, 2004)
Master of Education (Yokohama National University, Japan, 2001)
Bachelor of Education (Yokohama National University, Japan, 1999)[Fields of Specialization]
Geology

Individual Achievements[Academic Career]

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Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Isotope geochemistry[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Geoscience Union
The Geological Society of Japan
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
The Geochemical Society of Japan
American Geophysical Union―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Saito, S., Arima, M., Nakajima, T., Tani, K. , Miyazaki, T., Senda, R., Chang, C., Takahashi, T.,
Hirahara, Y. and Kimura, J.-I. 2012 Petrogenesis of the Kaikomagatake granitoid pluton in the Izu
Collision Zone, central Japan: implications for transformation of juvenile oceanic arc into mature
continental crust. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 163 :611-629.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・Saito, S., Nakano, T., Arima, M., Cabrera, R.R., Tan, M.F.O., Balon, J.L., Baltazar, D.E.S., SantosBorja, A. and Kada, R. Chemical spot maps of lake and river waters in the Laguna de Bay and its
watershed. Community Forum 2012 -Partnership in Saving Laguna de Bay-, 2012,09,27, ConferenceCenter, Development Academy of the Philippines, Tagaytay City, Philippines..
・Saito, S. and Arima, M. Spatial and temporal variations of granitoid plutons in the Izu collisionzone, central Japan: Implications for transformation of juvenile oceanic arc into mature continental
crust. ULTRA-DEEP DRILLING INTO ARC CRUST ~genesis of continental crust in volcanic arcs~ Workshop
in Hawaii, 2012,09,17-2012,09,21, Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Saito, S., Nakano, T., Arima, M., Santos-Borja, A. and Kada, R. Present levels of heavy metals inriver and lake waters and bottom sediments in the Laguna de Bay watershed. Community Forum 2012 Partnership in Saving Laguna de Bay-, 2012,09,27, Conference Center, Development Academy of thePhilippines, Tagaytay City, Philippines.

SATO Yo-Ichiro
Deputy Director-General, Professor

Born in 1952.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1977)
Department of Agronomy, Kyoto University, M. Course (1979)[Professional Career]
Assistant at Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University (1981)
Research Associate at National Institute of Genetics (1983)
Associate Professor at Shizuoka University (1994)

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Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2004)
Deputy Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2008)
Program Director - Ecohistory[Higher Degrees]
D.Agr. (Kyoto University, 1986)[Fields of Specialization]
Plant genetics[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Society of Breeding
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties
Society of Tropical Ecology
The Society of Biosophia Studies
Japanese Society for DNA Polymorphism Research
The Society for the Study of Phytogeography and Taxonomy
The Japanese Forest Society[Awards]

Seventeenth Hamada Seiryo-sho (2004)[Books][Authored/Co-authored]・ Sato Yo-Ichiro 2012,09 Think
Japanese)

about food/Shoku wo Kangaeru. Fukuinkan-shoten, Tokyo, 191pp. (in[Chapters/Sections]・ 2013,03 "Review:Interaction between the People and the Nature in Yellow Belt". Sato, Y., Taniguchi,
M. (ed.) Ecohistory of Yellow Belt from Sahel to Silk Road. Kobundo, Tokyo, pp.6-19. (in Japanese)[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Sato, Y., Taniguchi, M. (ed.) 2013,03 Ecohistory of Yellow Belt from Sahel to Silk Road . Kobundo,
Tokyo, 229pp. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・Yo-Ichiro Sato 2012,12 History of Rice Paddy Transition Over 2000 Years. Nihonshi Kenkyu (607) :1-15.
(in Japanese)[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ The movement of crops in the Old World: The role of nomadic pastoralists. Symposium on "Dispersionof People, Crops, and Language:Hokkaido and Ryukyus", 2013,02,23-2013,02,24, Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature.

Individual Achievements―Achievements―

RIHN

Ninth Matsushita Konosuke “Hana to midori no hakuran-kai kinen shorei-sho” (2001)
Seventh NHK Shizuoka broadcasting station “Akebono-sho” (2001)

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・ Pastral Scenery - transition history over 200 year. The Japanese Society for Historical Studies
annual conference 2012, 2012,10,13, Kyoto . (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Will the green silk road revive?. Public Seminar/Open house of Arid Land Research Center, Tottori
University, 2012,12,15, Tottori. (in Japanese)・

Rice and fish produced by the environment - Food culture variety and environment/cultureinteraction. Environment and Culture Kyoto Conference 2012, 2012,12,01, Kyoto. (in Japanese)

・ Crops and civilization in Afro-Eurasia. QUARIA Agora, 2012,10,25, Kyoto. (in Japanese)・ See future of rice through archaeology. 25th memorial symposium of Hamada Seiryo Prize, 2012,09,30,
Kishiwada. (in Japanese)
・ Eco-history of rice and fish. Yayoi people nurture course, 2012,07,14, Moriyama. (in Japanese)・ Ancient rice studied from DNA - History of rice. Training session for Kochi Center of Deposits andCultural Heritage, 2012,07,13, Kochi. (in Japanese)・ Dynamic”Fodo-logy". , 2012,06,09, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris. (in Japanese)・ Historyof ”Fudo”. , 2012,06,07, Université de Toulouse. (in Japanese)

・ Earthquake and Rice Cultivation. , 2012,06,06, Fondation Maison des science de l'homme. (inJapanese)・ Japanese, rice crops and rice - How genetic diversity of rice has changed? . Traditiona ｌ foodlecture, 2012,04,06, Osaka. (in Japanese)

TAKAGI Akira
Senior Project Researcher[Academic Career]BA (International Christian University,2003)[Higher Degrees]Ph.D(The University of Tokyo,2008)―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]・Hisashi Kurokura, Akira Takagi, Yutaro Sakai, Nobuyuki Yagi 2012,06 TUNA GOES AROUND THE WORLD ON
SUSHI. Aquaculture Economics & Management 16(2) :155-166.(reviewed).

TAKANO Takenaka Kohei
Project Researcher

Born in 1977.
[Academic Career]BA, Fuculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (2001)

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MA, Grad. Sch. of Environmental Earth Sci., Hokkaido University (2003)
PhD, Grad. Sch. of Environmental Earth Sci., Hokkaido University (2006)[Professional Career]PD, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Apr 2006-July 2009)
Assistant Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Aug 2009-Mar 2010)
Academic affair staff, Grad. Sch. of Biomedical Sci., Nagasaki University (Apr 2010-Mar 2011)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Hokkaido University, 2006)[Fields of Specialization]
Plant and insect ecology
Ecological genetics
Molecular philogeny
Molecular evolution[Academic Society Memberships]
Ecological Society of JapanThe Society for the Study of Species Biology

RIHN―Achievements―[Books]・ TAKANO Takenaka Kohei 2012,09 Genetic Resources. Ray Anderson (ed.) Berkshire Encyclopedia of
Sustainability Volume 7. China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability.
Berkshire, Great Barrington, MA.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・TAKANO Takenaka Kohei, ITIOKA Takao, NAKAGAWA Michiko, KISHIMOTO-YAMADA Keiko, YAMASHITA Satoshi,
TANAKA O. Hiroshi, TOKUMOTO Yuji, FUKUDA Daisuke, KAMOI Tamaki, KATO Yumi, NAGAMASU Hidetoshi,
ICHIKAWA Masahiro, MOMOSE Kuniyasu, NAKASHIZUKA Tohru and SAKAI Shoko. Land use change and loss of
biodiversity in Malaysian Borneo. RIHN 7th International Symposium "Complexification and
Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia", 2012,10,24-2012,10,26,
Kyoto.Session 1 Collapse and restoration of social-ecological networks.

TANIGUCHI Makoto
Professor

Born in 1959.
[Academic Career]
University of Tsukuba, Japan Ph.D. Hydrology (1987)
University of Tsukuba, Japan M.S. Hydrology (1984)
University of Tsukuba, Japan B.S. Geosciences (1982)[Professional Career]
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Associate Professor (2003 - 2007)
Department of Earth Sciences, Nara University of Education, Professor (2000 - 2003)

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Department of Earth Sciences, Nara University of Education, Associate Professor (1993 - 2000)
Department of Earth Sciences, Nara University of Education, Research Associate (1988 - 1990)
Division of Water Resources, CSIRO, Australia, Visiting Scientist (1987 - 1988)[Higher Degrees]
D.Sc (The University of Tsukuba,1987)
M.Sc.(The University of Tsukuba,1984)[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental dynamic analysis
Hydrology/Weather/Oceanic physics[Academic Society Memberships]
American Geophysical Union
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
International Association of Hydrogeology
Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology
Japanese Association of Hydrological Science
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
The Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
The Association of Japanese Geographers
The Japanese Society of Limnology[Awards]
Award of 7th Japanese Association of Limnology (Yoshimura Prize, 2005)
Research award from the Association of Japanese Geographers (1987)―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]
・Taniguchi, M. and Shiraiwa, T. 2012 The Dilemma of Boundaries - Toward a New Concept of Catchment-.
Global Environmental Studies, No.2. Springer, 288pp[Chapters/Sections]・Taniguchi, M. 2012 Groundwater management in Asian cities under the pressures of human impacts andclimate change. Treidel H. et al. (ed.) Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global
Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations. IAH International Contributions to Hydrogeology. CRC
Press Taylor and Francis Group.
・ Taniguchi, M. 2012 Linkages between the surface-subsurface and land-ocean boundaries for better
environmental management in Asia. Taniguchi, M. and Shiraiwa, T. (ed.) The Dilemma of Boundaries Toward a New Concept of Catchment- . Global Environmental Studies, No.2. Springer, pp.25-36.
・Taniguchi, M. and Shiraiwa, T. 2012 Introduction. Taniguchi, M. and Shiraiwa, T. (ed.) The Dilemma ofBoundaries - Toward a New Concept of Catchment- . Global Environmental Studies, No.2. Springer, pp.
3-8.
・Onishi, T., Taniguchi, M., Shiraiwa, T., Endo, T., Hanamatsu, Y. 2012 The dilemma of boundaries ofenvironmental science and policy: Moving beyond the traditional watershed concept. Taniguchi, M. andShiraiwa, T. (ed.) The Dilemma of Boundaries - Toward a New Concept of Catchment- . Global
Environmental Studies, No.2. Springer, pp.249-256.

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Individual Achievements[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Sato, Y., Taniguchi, M. (ed.) 2013,03 Ecohistory of Yellow Belt from Sahel to Silk Road. Kobundo,
229pp. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kumar Majumder, R., Shimada, J., Taniguchi, M. 2013,01 Groundwater flow systems in the Bengal Delta,
Bangladesh, inferred from subsurface temperature readings. Songklanakarin Journal of Science andTechnology 35(1) :1-8.
・Taylor, RG, B. Scanlon, P. Döll, M. Rodell, R. van Beek, Y. Wada, L. Longuevergne, M. Leblanc, J. S.
Famiglietti, M. Edmunds, L. Konikow, T.R. Green, J. Chen, M. Taniguchi, M. F. P. Bierkens, A.
MacDonald, Y. Fan, R. M. Maxwell, Y. Yechieli, J. J. Gurdak, D. M. Allen, M. Shamsudduha, K.
Hiscock, P. J.-F. Yeh, I. Holman & H. Treidel 2012 Groundwater and climate change. Nature Climate
Change . DOI:10.1038/nclimate1744.

[Research Presentations]

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・Hosono, T., Ono, M., Burnett, W.C., Tokunaga, T., Taniguchi, M., and Akimichi, T. 2012 Spatial
Distribution of Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Associated Nutrients within a Local Coastal
Area. Environmental Science and Technology 46(10) :5319-5326.(reviewed).

[Oral Presentation]

・Taniguchi, M. Sharing knowledge on water and subsurface environment management in Asia. Comparing
Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe, 2013,01,24-2013,01,25, Research Institutefor Humanity and Nature, Kyoto.
・Taniguchi, M. ”Changing concept of water boundaries and security in East Asia”. BRIT, 2012,11,14,
Fukuoka.
・Taniguchi, M. ”Progress of completed research of human impacts on urban subsurface environment”.
CUSEMA meeting, 2012,10,17-2012,10,18, Jakarta, Indonesia.
・Taniguchi, M. ”Developing human habitat: Adaptation to climate change”. STS Forum, 2012,10,08,
Kyoto International Conference Hall, Kyoto.
・Taniguchi, M. ”Coastal vulnerability under global environmental change”. RCC4, 2012,10,06, RIHN,
Kyoto.
・Taniguchi, M. "Submarine groundwater discharge and its effects on coastal ecosystem". Land-Ocean
Connectivity - From Hydrological to Ecological Understanding of Groundwater Effects in the Coastal
Zone, 2012,09,24-2012,09,27, Aber Wrac’h, France.
・ Taniguchi, M. "Coastal groundwater vulnerability due to global environmental change".
International Association of hydrogeologists Congress, 2012,09,18, Niagara Falls, Canada.

39th・ Taniguchi, M. "Subsurface Warming and Geothermal Energy". International Workshop on "Subsurface
Warming and Geothermal Energy", 2012,07,25, RIHN, Kyoto, Japan.
・Taniguchi, M. . Coastal vulnerability and social/ecological service, 2012,07,14, Piaza Omi, Shiga.
・Taniguchi, M. Submarine groundwater discharge and its effects on coastal ecosystem, SS03 GroundwaterSurface Water Interactions in Freshwater and Marine Environments. American Society of Limnology andOceanography, 2012,07,10, Biwa-ko hall, Shiga.

Individual Achievements

・Taniguchi, M. Groundwater and climate change: Problems and ideas for the better management as thewater resources. The 3rd GELK International Symposium, 2013,03,05, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto.

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Associate Professor[Higher Degrees]
M.Lit(Osaka University,1998)[Fields of Specialization]
History
Museum Anthropology
Accademic Communication―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Masahiro Terada " On Invisible Catastrophes; Fukushima-Tokyo/ Auschwitz-Berlin". 209 th RIHN lunch
seminar (Danwakai seminar):, 2013,02,12, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto . (inJapanese)・ Masahiro Terada " A museum anthropological study on the memorial museum of the Great Hanshin
Earthquake (1995) : Facts, representation, and direction". Meeting for research project "Methodological study for developping the new ethnography of creative recovery from natural
disasters", 2012,07,22, Center for South East Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Masahiro Terada "Globalization of the memory as cultural praxis : A comparison between Germany,
Indonesia, and Japan". SPA Bhopal Knowledge Exchange Series, 2013,02,26, School of Planning andArchitecture, Bhopal, India.
・Masahiro Terada " Invisiblity of the disaster ; Auschwitz -Berlin / Fukushima -Tokyo". Palimpsest ofmemories ; Our new narratives after the civil war, the terrorism, the earthquake, and the atomic
catastrophe, 2012,12,22, Kyoto. (in Japanese) Sponsored by Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto
University.

UMETSU Chieko
Visiting Associate Professor[Academic Career]
Ph.D. (Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu Hawaii USA 1995),
M.A. (International Relations, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan, 1989)[Professional Career]
Science & Math Teacher(O level), Kiriani High School, Meru, Kenya, Japan Overseas Cooperation
Volunteers, JICA. (1979)
Training Co-ordinator, Tohoku Branch Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)(1982)
Visiting Fellow, Program on Environment, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S.A.(1995)
Assistant Professor, The Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan(1997)
Visiting Scholar, Environmental Studies, Research Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
(2001)

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Individual Achievements

Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Inter-University Research InstituteCorporation, National Institutes for the Humanities, Kyoto, Japan(2002)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(University of Hawaii, 1995)
M.A.(International University of Japan, 1989)[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental and Resource Economics
Development Economics
Agricultural and Rural Development
Applied Microeconomics[Academic Society Memberships]
International Association of Agricultural Economists,
American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA),International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE),

RIHN

Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (AESJ), 1998-2009.
Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS),
Japan Society for International Development (JASID),
Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering (JSIDRE)[Awards]
IAAE-JB Research Award(2001)
Best Article Award from the Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (2003)[Research Presentations][Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Umetsu, Chieko keynote speech, “Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems for food security,”. JIRCASInternational Symposium 2012: Resilient Food Production System – Roles of Agricultural Technology
Development in Developing Regions, 2012,11,28-2012,11,29, Tsukuba International Congress Center.

UYAR, Aysun
Assistant Professor

Born in 1980.
[Academic Career]
B.Sc., Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2001)
M.Sc., Institute of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2004)
Ph.D., Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan (2008)[Professional Career]
Research assistant, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey (2001-2005)
Project assistant, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Yamaguchi University, Japan (2005-2008)
Post-doc research fellow, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University,
Kyoto, Japan (2008-2010)

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Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Ryukoku University (2009-)
Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University (2010-)
Part-time lecturer, Institute for International Education, Doshisha University (2011-)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Yamaguchi University, 2008), Yamaguchi, Japan
M.Sc. (Middle East Technical University, 2004), Ankara, Turkey
B.Sc. (Middle East Technical University, 2001), Ankara, Turkey[Fields of Specialization]
International Relations
International Political Economy,
Regionalism, Regional Integration[Academic Society Memberships]
International Studies Association (ISA)
International Political Science Association (IPSA)The Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR)
Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)
European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)Association for the Study of Political Society (ASPOS)Japan-Turkey Friendship Association[Awards]
The First Prize (Paper Contest), Institute for International Monetary Affairs (2005)
Yamaguchi University President Award (2008)―Achievements―[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Pauline Kent, Ma. Reinaruth D. Carlos, Aysun Uyar and Shincha Park (ed.) 2012 "Policy Dialogue andGovernance of Migration: Comparative Cases from Europe and Asia-Pacific". Research Series, 1.
Ryukoku University Afrasia Centre,[Papers][Original Articles]
・Aysun Uyar, 2012,11 “Anticipating Regional Environmental Cooperation: From International Relations
to Integrated Environmental and Interdisciplinary Perspectives". Japanese Review of PoliticalSociety 1 :61-72. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Review Articles]・(Newsletter) Aysun Uyar, 2012,10 “Introduction of RIHN and GEC-Japan Platform”. JSPS San Francisco
Office Newsletter 27 :8.
・(Newsletter) Aysun Uyar, 2012,04 “2011nendo EPM Benkyoukaino katsudoni tsuite (Activities of EPM
Study Meeting in 2011 Academic Year)”. RIHN Humanity and Nature Newsletter 36 :10-11. (in Japanese)・(Media) Aysun Uyar, 2012,10 “Torukono sakanashoku jijyou (Turkish Fish Cuisine)”. VESTA 88 :21-24.
(in Japanese)

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Aysun Uyar, (Seminar) Future Direction of Environmental Policy Studies at RIHN. 20th EPM Study Group,
2013,02,26, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Joerg Balsiger and Aysun Uyar, (Conference paper) Comparative Analysis of European and East AsianRegional
Environmental
Governance.
Tokyo
Conferenceon
Earth
SystemGovernance,
2013,01,28-2013,01,31, Tokyo.
・ Joerg Balsiger and Aysun Uyar, (Organization, Chair, Wrap-up) Comparing Regional Environmental
Governance in East Asia and Europe (EE-REG) Workshop. , 2013,01,24-2013,01,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・ Müge Kınacıoğlu and Aysun Uyar, (Conference paper) Changing Concept of Human Security from
Traditional to Environmental one along Socio-ecological Boundaries. BRIT XII Conference,
2012,11,13-2012,11,16, Fukuoka.
・Aysun Uyar, (Conference paper) Shifting Boundaries of Regionalism: Environmental Encounters of theEast Asian Regional Economic Cooperation. IPSA 22nd World Congress of Political Science,
2012,07,08-2012,07,12, Madrid, Spain.
・Aysun Uyar, (Seminar) International Environmental Politics of Rio+20: Where are we heading from now
on?. 16th EPM Study Group, 2012,07,06, RIHN, Kyoto. (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・(Commentator) Governance of International Migration: Perspectives of Sending Countries. University ofPhilippines Third World Studies Center – Afrasia Center Joint Seminar, 2013,02,04, Manila,
Philippines.
・(Participant) . ICSU ROAP Asia-Pacific Workshop, 2012,11,21-2012,11,23, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
・ (Chair) Panel I: Women Moving: Micro-Level Case Studies of Migrant Women. The Second AfrasianInternational Symposium, 2012,11,17-2012,11,18, Ryukoku University, Kyoto.
・(Commentator) . Panel on “Reflecting on Asian Perspectives on R2P ”, Doshisha Second International
Conference on Humanitarian Intervention, 2012,06,24-2012,06,25, Doshisha University, Kyoto.
・ (Participant) . Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 2012,06,12-2012,06,18, Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.
・(Workshop coordinator) “East Asian Environmental Security: Calling for a Transboundary Solution".
RIHN-Kyushu University Research Institute for East Asian Environments Joint Workshop,
2012,05,19-2012,05,20, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
・(Lecturer) “International Cooperation on Environment and Disaster Prevention: Examples from Tohoku
Disasters". Doshisha University JENESYS Program, 2012,05,14, Kyoto.
・(Opinion) Aysun Uyar, ORSAM Water Research Program, Expert`s Opinion. , April 2012, .
・(Research project member) Research into the Possibilities of Establishing Multicultural Societies in
the Asia Pacific Region: Conflict, Negotiation, and Migration. Afrasia Research Center, Ryukoku
University, 2011,07,15-2014,03,31, .

Individual Achievements

・Aysun Uyar, Environmental Regionalism in Regionalizing and Participating East Asia. International
Conference of Environmental Governance in China, 2012,06,02-2012,06,03, Beijing, China.

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・Aysun Uyar, (Panelist) Report on the East Asian Environmental Security: Calling for a Transboundary
Solution Workshop. 11th RIHN Regional Seminar “Environmental Security of East Asia”, 2012,06,10,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)

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WATANABE Tsugihiro
Professor

Born in 1953.
[Academic Career]
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course(1983)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course(1979)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1977)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2003)
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2001)
Associate Professor, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University (2001)
Associate Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioscience, Osaka Prefecture University (1995)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1989)
Research Assistant, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1984)
Research Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (1983)[Higher Degrees]
D.Agr. (Kyoto University, 1989)
M.Sc. (Kyoto University, 1979)[Fields of Specialization]
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering[Academic Society Memberships]
Japanese Society of Irrigation Drainage and Reclamation Engineering
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
Japanese Association for Water Resources and Environment
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
The Japanese Society for Arid Land Studies
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
International Water Resources Association
The Association of Rural Planning―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Tsugihiro Watanabe 2012,04 Wise use of water in semi-arid regions – Nurturing local knowledge of land
and water. Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies (ed.) Agro-sciences
contributing to conservation and restoration of environment. Yokendo, pp.85-100. (in Japanese)135
Individual Achievements

YAP, Minlee
Project Researcher[Academic Career]
Department of Marine Biosciences,Tokyo University of Fisheries(2006)
Graduate school of Marine System Engineering,Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology(2008)
Graduate school of Applied Marine Environmental Studies,Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology(2012)[Professional Career]
Project Researcher,Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2012.04-)[Higher Degrees]M.Sc(Tokyo Univeristy of Marine Science and Technology,2008)
PhD (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,2012)[Fields of Specialization]
Coral Reef Ecology[Academic Society Memberships]

RIHN

The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
The Japanese Coral reef Society[Papers][Original Articles]
・ Minlee Yap, Kakaskasen Andreas Roeroe, Laurentius Theodorus Xaverius Lalamentik, Mineo Okamoto
2013,03 Recruitment patterns and early growth of acroporid corals in Manado, Indonesia. Fisheries
Science Volume 79(2).
・Midori Kawabe, Hiroshi Kohno, Reiko Ikeda, Takashi Ishimaru, Osamu Baba, Naho Horimoto, Jota Kanda,
Masaji Matsuyama, Masato Moteki, Yayoi Oshima, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Minlee Yap 2013,02 Developing
partnerships with the community for coastal ESD. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher
Education Volume 14(Issue 2) :122-132.
・Mineo Okamoto, Kakaskasen A. Roeroe, Minlee Yap, Laurenthius Th.X. Lalamentic, Syuichi Fujiwara, Kumi
Oyamada 2012,07 Experimental transplantation of corals using sexual reproduction in Manado,
Indonesia. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July2012 :20A-5.(reviewed).

YAMAMURA Norio
Visting Professor

Born in 1947.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, B. Course (Graduated, 1969)
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, M. Course (Graduated, 1971)
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, D. Course (Accomplised credits for doctoral program,
1975)

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[Professional Career]
Associate Professor, Saga Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University (1978)
Professor, Saga Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University (1995)
Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University (1996)
Professor,Research Institule for Humanity and Nature (2007)[Higher Degrees]D.Sc（Kyoto University, 1977)
M.Sc.(Kyoto University, 1971)[Fields of Specialization]
Mathematical Ecology
Evolutionary biology[Academic Society Memberships]
Ecological Society of JapanThe Society of Population Ecology
Socity of Evolutionary Studies Japan
Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology
International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Japan Ethological Society[Awards]
Ecological Society of Japan Award （2007）―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]
・Yamamura, N., Fujita, N. and Maekawa, A. 2012 The Mongolian Ecosystem Network: Environmental Issues
under Climate and Social Changes.. Springer[Chapters/Sections]
・Yamamura, N 2012 Ecosystem Network as a socio-ecological system.. The Mongolian Ecosystem Network.
Springer.
・Yamamura, N., Kobayashi, Y., Ishii, R. and Saito, Y 2012 A mathematical model of population shift
between urban and rural areas. . The Mongolian Ecosystem Network.. Springer.

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Individual Achievements

YAOTA Kiyoyuki
Project Researcher

Born in 1970.

―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Kiyoyuki YAOTA, Rogelio N. CONCEPCION, Ryohei KADA Spatial Data Integration for Risk Identification
and Awareness (Linking Science to Community). Community Forum 2012, 2012,09,27-2012,09,28, Tagaytay
City, Philippines.

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YASUTOMI Natsuko
Assistant Professor[Academic Career]
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,
D.Course(2003)
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,
M.Course(1998)
Faculty of Science, Kyoto University(1997)[Professional Career]
Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2010)
Senior Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2010)
Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2009)
Researcher, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology
Agency(2003)[Higher Degrees]
D. Sc. (The University of Tokyo, 2003)
M. Sc. (The University of Tokyo, 1998)[Fields of Specialization]
Meteorology
Climatology[Academic Society Memberships]
Meteorological Society of Japan
Japan Geoscience Union
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society

Individual Achievements

Born in 1973.

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―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・ A. Yatagai, K. Kamiguchi, O. Arakawa, A. Hamada, N. Yasutomi, A. Kitoh 2012,09 APHRODITE:
Constructing a Long-term Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network ofRain Gauges. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93(9) :1401-1415. DOI:10.1175/BAMSD-11-00122.1.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・A. Yatagai, K. Kamiguchi, O. Arakawa, A. Hamada, N. Yasutomi, A. Kitoh APHRODITE: Constructing aLong-term Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network of Rain Gauges..
International Conference on Open data & Information for a changing planet, 2012,10,28-2012,10,31,
Taipei, Taiwan.
・ N. Yasutomi, A. Hamada, A. Yatagai Development of Long-term Daily Temperature Dataset Based on
Observation. AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly 2012, 2012,08,13-2012,08,17, Sentosa, Singapore.

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Title of the project

Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social
Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on
Water Environments

Megacities and the Global Environment

Project
Number

C-07

C-08

29
112

22

40

A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies : To Combat
Livelihood Degradation for the Post-oil Era

Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian
Watersheds

Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formationof Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

Food literacy in an age of globalization

Shrinking Society: Integrating Ecosystem Health and Social Welfare in East
Asia

Demarcations of environmental managements for human environmental
security in Asia-Pacific region - Nexus of thermal energy, water, and coastal
fishery -

R-05

R-06

R-07

E-05-InitFS ※(AKITSU)FS ※(IIJIMA)FS ※(TANIGUCHI)

Land Use Diversity and Autonomy in Southeast Asia

24

Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia

R-04

FS
(TOMITA)93

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

D-05

Improving Environmental Literacy and Stakeholder Communication

85

Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human Activity

D-04

(FS)
ISHIKAWA47

Human Life, Aging and Disease in High-Altitude Environments: PhysioMedical, Ecological and Cultural Adaptation in Highland Civilizations

D-03

23

32

7

95

72

50

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management

C-09-Init

68

Total

Number and Affiliation of Project Members

Appendix 1

6

1

2

7

4

5

7

7

9

9

10

8

4

5

8

5

RIHN

9

17

8

6

2

46

15

7

18

39

41

45

26

15

34

31

National

1

1

3

0

0

6

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

5

2

0

PublicUniversity / College

2

7

1

6

0

16

1

0

12

10

16

9

9

6

14

2

Private

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

2

InterUniversity
Research
Institute

1

2

3

1

0

8

1

1

5

1

4

6

0

2

0

4

PublicInstitution

0

0

2

0

0

11

3

0

9

2

0

1

2

0

3

1

PrivateInstitution

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

Others

4

4

21

2

1

19

1

8

38

23

24

1

2

16

6

18

Overseas
institution

FS ※＝ Initiative Feasibility Study

967

28

FS
The History of Human-Water Interactions in East Asian Livelihood(MURAMATSU) Complexes

Total

32

45

Reevaluating Advantages of Small-Scale Economies: Finding Alternative
Strategies to Overcome Vulnerability in Large-Scale Economies

FS(HABU)FS
Historical Adaptation to Climate Change in Japan: Integrating Palaeoclimato(NAKATSUKA) logical Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences

101

2

2

0

397

5

5

28

28

0

2

2

136

15

3

7

8

0

1

2

48

1

2

6

35

0

1

0

6

0

1

0

As of 31 March, 2013

208

5

15

0

Appendix 2

Research Fields of Project Members
The number of projects members

Project
NumberTitle of the Project

C-07

Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia:
Social Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem,with an Emphasis on Water Environments

C-08

Megacities and the Global Environment

C-09-Init

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources
Management

D-03

Human Life, Aging and Disease in High-Altitude Environments:
Physio-Medical, Ecological and Cultural Adaptation inHighland Civilizations

D-04

Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human
Activity

D-05

R-04

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia

Natural Sciences

48

11

27

23

52

47

47

Humanities andSocial Sciences

13

27

15

8

16

20

17

Multidisciplinary

2

30

8

16

4

28

21

Total

Research Background of Project Members

63(Natural Sciences) Ecohydrology, Forestry, Remote sensing and modeling, Atmospheric model, Atmospheric physics, Plant physiological ecology, Terrestrial ecosystems modeling, Conservation ecology, Forest meteorology, Ecosystem impact, Atmosphericchemistry, Meteorology, Water and energy cycle, Ecological model, Isotope hydrology, Ethology, River engineering, Hydrology, Forest meteorology, Climatology, Marine physics, Limnology, Ecology, Environmental conservation, Dendrochronology, Forest
science, Earth science, Biological ice-core analysis, Ice core study, Geochemistry, Animal physiological ecology, Frozen ground science, Cryosphere landscape, Groundwater analysis(Humanities and Social Sciences) Civil engineering, Social anthropology, Cultural anthropology, International relations, Sociology, Politics, Russian economy, Descriptive linguistics, History, Religious ethnology, Mythology, Linguistics (Sakha)(Multidisciplinary) Atmospheric chemistry, Ecohydrology

68(Natural Sciences) Infrastructure planning and management, Hydrology, Urban landscape planning, City sustainability, Remote sensing, Landscape ecology, Irrigation and drainage, Water resource planning, Architectural environmental engineering,(Humanities and Social Sciences) Japanese economic history, Business administration, Marketing and distribution, Economic history of Dutch East Indies, Religion, Soundscape studies, Regional resources management, Geographic information system,
Environmental economics, Axiology, Sociology, Food engineering, Agro informatics, Linguistic anthropology, Food culture, Asian economic history, Chinese history in the early modern ages, Chinese socio-economic history, Study of overseas Chinese,Indonesian modern history, Cultural science, History and culture, Oriental history, Food (marine products) marketing and distribution, Fisheries resource management, Consumer behavior, Commerce, Innovation research, Social science, Urban history,
Architectural history, Literacy education for urban environment(Multidisciplinary) Architectural history, Urban history, Urban policy planning, Studies of colonial architecture, Urban history in southeast Asia, Architectural history, Islamic architecture, Cultural anthropology, City planning and spatial information science,
Urban redevelopment, City planning, Western urban history, Historical demography, Planning of regional living environment, History of colonial city, Urban study in South East Asia, Chinese urban history, Environmental studies, Architect, Economic geography,
Social science, Studies of China-towns, Japanese architecture and cities, History of Urban architecture, Architectonics, Architectural planning, Workplace design, Environmental engineering

50(Natural Sciences) Hydrospheric atmospheric system, Environmental fate analysis, Natural disaster science, Water control science, Regional planning, Irrigation and drainage, Irrigation engineering, Environmental informatics, Agricultural engineering, Hydrology
for Environmental engineering, Rural planning, Theoretical ecology, Global environmental studies, Environmental hydrology, Regional environmental engineering, Global hydrology, Environmental studies, Agricultural meteorology, Soil science, Drainage
engineering, Agricultural economics, Land resource science, Eco-engineering, Hydrology, Hydraulic engineering(Humanities and Social Sciences) Cultural anthropology, Economic anthropology, Geography, History of Islamic art and culture, Archaeology, Social development study, Environmental policy, Policy science, Economic geography, Sociology, Environmental
science, Development anthropology, Agricultural economics, Environmental sociology(Multidisciplinary) Global environmental studies, Agricultural engineering, Rural planning, Marketing, Regional development planning, Regional information, Water resources and environmental engineering, Environmental assessment

47(Natural Sciences) Forest resource management, Public health, Pastoral ecology, Psychosomatic medicine, Field medicine, Nursing science, Cardiology, Chrono-medicine, Ecology of water resource, Physical geography, Ecology, Ecology of nomadic pastoralism,
Primatology, Neurology, Forest science, Food microbiology, Glaciology, Agrology, Geoecology, Meteorology, Animal husbandry, Geriatrics, Epidemiology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Ethnobotany, Resource economics, History of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, Anthropology, African area studies, History of Chinese thought, Study of nature, Tibetan Buddhism, Archaeology(Multidisciplinary) Field medicine, Geriatrics, Agroecology, Cultural anthropology, Agricultural economics, Photography, Ethnobotany, Human geography, Area studies, Agricultural management, Grassland science, Neurology, Primatology, Environmental
history, Mountain anthropology, Forest ecology

72(Natural Sciences) Theoretical ecology, Entomology, Isotope ecology, Grassland ecology, Remote sensing, Forest ecology, Environmental studies, Environmental sciences, Ecology, Physical geography, Geocryology, Interaction ecology, Environmental ecology,
Environmental sciences, Environmental physics, Mathematical ecology, Soil science, Resources and environment(Humanities and Social Sciences) Environmental sociology, Theoretical sociology, Area development studies, Agro-economics, Cultural anthropology, Area studies, Geography, Anthropology, Environmental economics, Sociology, Ecological anthropology,
Politics(Multidisciplinary) Regional planning, Global environmental studies, Nomad ecology

95(Natural Sciences) Tropical forest research, Fish ecology, Fish taxonomy, Population genetics, Genetics, Fisheries science, Ichthyology, Costal ecology, Molecular ecology, Planktology, Robotics, Resource geology, Fishing gear, Water quality analysis, Seedling
production, Genetic analysis, Marine engineering, Telemetry, Sandy beach ecosystem, Aquaculture, Ecology, Fish behavior, Marine ecology, Fisheries research, Biology, Environmental studies, Water environment studies, Environmental science, Molecularphylogenetics, Costal environmental research, Aquatic ecology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Economics, Regional development, Cultural anthropology, Fisheries economics, Regional economics, Resource management, Traditional technique, Tourism study, Sociology of ﬁshing communities, Area studies, Anthropology,
Social anthropology, Regional development studies, Village development, Sociology, Archaeology, Underwater archaeology(Multidisciplinary) Conservation ecology, Fisheries science, Cultural anthropology, International ﬁsheries development studies, Area studies, SATOUMI SATOYAMA, Software engineering, Area development studies, Ecological anthropology, Coral reef
ecology, Fish catching and environmental linkage, Fishery research, Village development

85(Natural Sciences) Infectious diseases, Epidemiology, Microbiology and immunology, Forest ecology, Insect ecology, Medical entomology, Environmental epidemiology, Climate change and diseases, Infectious disease epidemiology, Biological anthropology,
Public health, Parasitology, Environmental microbiology, Microbiology, Clinical chemistry, Environmental health, Malariology, Tropical environmental health, Disaster information studies, Community and global health, Laboratory medicine, Helminthology,
Spatial epidemiology, Meteorology, Global school health, Tropical medicine, Isotope environmental studies, Regional planning, International health, Agriculture, Ecology, Environmental toxicology, Human ecology, Immunology, Health statistics, Socioepidemiology, Limnology, Fish ecology, Animal ecology, Molecular ecology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Health and Medical Sociology, History of medicine, Area studies, Forestry, Social anthropology, Public system programming, Cultural anthropology, Medical anthropology, International cooperation, Modern Chinese history,
Community and global health, International medical cooperation, Geography, Postwar economic history and medical history, GIS(Multidisciplinary) Human ecology, Population health, Social healthcare survey, International agriculture, Social research, Health planning, Epidemiology, Public health, Fight against Malaria, Ecology, Ecological anthropology, Commons studies, Informatics,
Regional information, Community health nursing, Health policy, Southeast Asian area studies, Public health nutrition, Nursing science, Health education, Geoinformatics

R-05

A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies :To Combat Livelihood Degradation for the Post-oil Era

50

25

18

93

(Natural Sciences) Nutrient physiology, Forest ecology, Fungology, Bio-chemistry, Physical anthropology (Molecular anthropology), Aquatic biological informatics, Bioacoustics, Plant ecophysiology, Animal physiology, Biological oceanography, Foresthydrology, Soil hydrology, Plant ecology, Revegetation technology, Agricultural chemistry, Natural geography, Hydrology, Tree environmental physiology, Irrigation and drainage, Botany, Biogeography, GIS, City planning, Plant physiology, Water resource
management, Forestry, Tree physiology, Entomology, Food science, Weed science, Biology, Geology, Oceanography, Botany, Botanical phylogenetic systematics, Paleobotany(Humanities and Social Sciences) Archaeology, Agricultural economics, Information science, Cultural Anthropology, History, Islamic culture, Folklore, Area studies, Religious anthropology, Development study, Education, Agricultural education(Multidisciplinary) Cultural Anthropology, Remote sensing, Afforestation, Architectonics, Rural development, Landscape ecology, Architectural history, Environmental topography, Social anthropology, Agro-economics, Forestry, GIS, Fisheries, Marine mineral
resources, Agriculture, Genetics, Seed

R-06

Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in
Asian Watersheds

15

5

4

24

(Natural Sciences) Environmental chemistry, Plant ecology, Disaster management, Isotope environmental studies, Earth science, Environmental risk, Organic chemistry, Preventive medicine, Isotopic-geochemical study, Environmental medicine, Biology, Lakeenvironmental studies, Public health, Field epidemiology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Environmental economics, Environmental resource economics, Spatial econometrics, Resource economics(Multidisciplinary) Civil and environmental engineering, Public health, Resource economics

R-07

Desertiﬁcation and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

9

16

4

29

(Natural Sciences) Physical geology, Soil ecology, Weed science, Environmental soil science, Meteorology, Geography, Remote sensing(Humanities and Social Sciences) Area studies, Humanities, Village development studies, Social development studies, Regional development studies, Rural economics, Ethnic geography, Geography, Ethnoarchaeology, Social anthropology, Cultural anthropology,
Archaeology(Multidisciplinary) Boundary agriculture, Regional architecture, Regional development studies(Natural Sciences) Ecology, Resource management, Statistical physics, Soil hydrology, Fisheries resource management, SATOYAMA management, Theoretical biology, Mathematical biology, Costal management(Humanities and Social Sciences) Environmental sociology, Folklore, Rural sociology, Environmental ethics, Cultural anthropology, Environmental economics, Economics, Environmental administration, Environment law, International law, Study on Local
knowledge, Science ethics, Fishery resources management, Residential research, History, Governance theory, Japanese early-modern history, Resource management, Politics, Nature reserve management, Anthropology, Geography(Multidisciplinary) Regional environment science, Natural energy (Renewable energy), African studies, Residential research, SATOUMI, Nature reserve management theory, Costal management, Nature conservation, Fishery management, Network theory,
Natural reserve management, Commons, Resource management, Administration for nature conservation, Wildlife management, Ocean policy, Policy of Biodiversity, Environmental NGO, Science and technology, Complex system science, Theory of knowledge,
Agroecosystem, Ecological anthropology, Cultural anthropology, Agricultural economics, Fisheries economics, Costal management, Environmental governanceE-05-Init

Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons throughFormation of Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

15

55

42

112

FS ※
(AKITSU)

Food literacy in an age of globalization

5

1

1

7

(Natural Science) Agricultural economics, Hydrology, Environmental anthropology, Plant genetics, Plant nutrition(Humanities and Social Sciences) Human environmental geography, Material culture studies(Multidisciplinary) Forest ecology

FS ※(IIJIMA)

Shrinking Society: Integrating Ecosystem Health and Social
Welfare in East Asia

5

11

6

22

(Natural Sciences) Hydrology, Molecular ecology, Ecology, Molecular phylogenetics, Evolution, Botanical genetics, Fish ecology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Social history of medicine, Chinese modern history, Sociology, Ethics, Philosophy, Economics, Welfare policy, Organizational sociology, Political sociology, History, Development economics, Agricultural economics(Multidisciplinary) Social healthcare survey, Human ecology, Demography, Public health, Population Health, Psychology, Area studies, Geography

FS ※(TANIGUCHI)

Demarcations of environmental managements for humanenvironmental security in Asia-Paciﬁc region- Nexus of thermalenergy, water, and coastal ﬁshery -

16

15

9

40

(Natural Science) Coastal ﬁsheries, SATOUMI resources and ecosystem, Balneology, Fisheries biology, Thermal energy, Geothermal sciences, Coastal oceanography, Hydrology, Marine/Coastal geology, Geology(Humanities and Social Sciences) Social behavior, Policy process, Area studies, Public policy, Global environmental policy, Environmental economics, Integrated water management, Geothermal energy policy, Economics, Cultural anthropology, Environmental
policy, Sociology(Multidisciplinary) Hydrology, Thermal energy, Linkage model of forest, Human and coastal ecosystems, Geo-heat energy, Conservation ecosystem, Fisheries resource, Integrated water management, Linkage of water and energy, Energy policy

FS(ISHIKAWA)

Improving Environmental Literacy and Stakeholder Communication

10

12

10

32

(Natural Sciences) Environmental remediation, Ecology, Biochemical cycles, Hydrology, Literature, Air pollution, Meteorology, Stable isotope ecology, Agricultural meteorology,(Humanities and Social Sciences) Economics, Sustainability studies, Social psychology, Rural economics, Cognitive psychology, Cultural anthropology, Area studies, Agricultural economics, Ecological anthropology(Multidisciplinary) Geography, Practical environmental studies, Environmental geography, Consortium, Environmental economics and policy, Climatology/Environmental science, Science and technology studies, Social psychology, Science management

FS(TOMITA)

Land Use Diversity and Autonomy in Southeast Asia

6

6

11

23

(Natural Sciences) Hydrology, Ecology, Agroecology, Animal ecology, Agricultural and environmental physics, Demography(Humanities and Social Sciences) Resources research, Silviculture, Social anthropology, Area studies, International relations(Multidisciplinary) Area studies, Geography, Human ecology, Population health, Agriculture, Area informatics, Geoinformatics, Development studies, Agricultural economics, Political ecology, Silviculture

The number of projects members

Project
NumberTitle of the Project

FS(NAKATSUKA)

Historical Adaptation to Climate Change in Japan: Integrating
Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical and Archaeological
EvidenceFS(HABU)

Reevaluating Advantages of Small-Scale Economies: Finding
Alternative Strategies to Overcome Vulnerability in Large-Scale
Economies

3

15

FS
The History of Human-Water Interactions in East Asian(MURAMATSU) Livelihood Complexes

6
418

Total

Natural Sciences

23

Humanities andSocial Sciences

Multidisciplinary

Total

Research Background of Project Members

45(Natural Sciences) Isotopic-geochemical study, Climatology, Wood science, Dendrochronology, Wood histology, Glaciology, Paleoclimatology, Earth system dynamics, Climate modeling, Geochronology, Geodynamics, Geochemistry, Isotope meteorology,
Paleooceanography(Humanities and Social Sciences) History of Edo period (Social activities by community leaders/Society during the disaster and reconstruction), Regional social history, Preserving historical materials (for preparing a disaster), Japanese archaeology, Theoreticalarchaeology, Japanese medieval history, Prehistoric archaeology, Japanese history, Historical science (Japanese early-modern history), Japanese economic history, Historical demographic, Japanese early-modern history, Archaeology (Yayoi period, trend of ruralcommunity of archaeological remains), Historical botany(Multidisciplinary) Paleoclimatology, Dendrochronology, Chronology, Plant ecology, Historical climatology

1432(Natural Sciences) Physical anthropology, Stable isotope ecology, Global environmental oceanography, Paleoenvironment(Humanities and Social Sciences) Anthropology, Ethnology, Hunter-gatherers studies, Archaeology, Lifelong learning, Sociology, Integrated policy science, Political economy, Cultural anthropology, Urban ethnography, Paleoecology, East Asian archaeology,
Human environmental geography, Material culture studies, Dissemination and enlightenment of environmental issues(Multidisciplinary) Historical ecology, East Asian archaeology, Cultural ecology, Archaeology, Environmental anthropology, Evolutionary ecology, Zooarchaeology, Anthropology, Oceanography, Aquatic marine environmental education research, Botanicalarchaeology, Bioarhaeology, Agroecology, Environmental archaeology, Silviculture, Area studies, Political ecology

22

0

28

(Natural Sciences) Arid land revegetation, Geography, Ecology, Environmental studies, Forest hydrology, Botany(Humanities and Social Sciences) Oriental history, Environmental law and policy, Historical geography, History, Environmental economics, Cultural policy, Cultural anthropology, Area studies

316

233

967

17

5

FS ※＝ Initiative Feasibility Study
As of 31 March, 2013