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Outreach Program and Events   RIHN International Symposium  RIHN Forum   RIHN Public Seminars   RIHN Kids Seminar   RIHN Open House  RIHN Area Seminars  RIHN Tokyo Seminar   The Earth Forum Kyoto 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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Appendices
1. Number and Affiliation of Project Members
2. Research Fields of Project Members
3. Research Project Sites

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Message from the Director-General
The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature was established in April 2001 by the Government of Japan topromote integrated research in the field of global environmental studies. As a national institute, RIHN solicits,
develops, hosts, and funds fixed-term research projects on pressing areas of interaction between humanity and nature.
RIHN thus promotes coordinated, problem-centered, context-specific, and multi-dimensional science. RIHN projects
can last from three to five years; they are always multidisciplinary and employ multiple methodologies, and they aresupposed to offer solutions to the problems under through trans-disciplinary approach with various stakeholders of
the society.
As of the end of FY2014 RIHN has completed twenty-six research projects, each of which has establishedextensive research networks in order to make important contributions in its area of specialization. FY2014 is the final
year of the phase II of the interim plan of RIHN, and we overviewed the overall activities of the institute and publishedthe report of the external review. Based on this report we have been planning the new structure of the institute,
including the research strategy, project styles, supporting center etc. for the phase III of the interim plan of RIHN
starting from FY2015.
As part of RIHN’s international activities, RIHN has established the Asian Regional Centre for Future Earth,which is expected to promote the overall research and capacity buildings of Future Earth in Asia.
This annual report describes the updated outcome of these activities of RIHN for the FY2014. I do hope thisannual report will help you to understand the overall activity within the FY2014.
With best regards,
YASUNARI Tetsuzo
Director-General
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

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Research Activities

Research Activities●Full Research
Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 5

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 12

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 21

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 29

Project No.
Project Name

E-05-Init (Project leader: SATO Tetsu)
p. 36
Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated
Local Environmental Knowledge

Project No.
Project Name

R-08 Init (Project leader: TANIGUCHI Makoto)p. 50
Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Project No.
Project Name

R-09 (Project leader: HABU Junko)Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-scale Economies: Approaches
from Historical Ecology

p. 57

Project No.
Project Name

H-05 (Project leader: NAKATSUKA Takeshi)
Societal Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrating Palaeoclimatological Datawith Historical and Archaeological Evidences

p. 71●Pre Research
1. OKUDA Noboru (RIHN)
Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling and Human Well-being in Social-ecological Systems●Individual Collaboration FS
1. UBUKATA Fumikazu (Okayama University)
Understanding “Securitization of Nature”: History, Mechanism and Impact to Society and Nature
2. ONISHI Masayuki (RIHN)
Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific: Towards Dynamic Transmission of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
3. KAJITANI Shinji (The University of Tokyo)
Rebuilding Local Communities through the Creation of Local Standards and Reconstruction of the Theory of
Fudo
4. KANEKO Nobuhiro (Yokohama National University)
Designing Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry after Fukushima Accident
5. TANAKA Masakazu (Kyoto University)
A Transdisciplinary Study of Military Environmental Problems

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6. FUNAKAWA Shinya (Kyoto University)
Integrating Environmental Wisdom in Local Agriculture: Overcoming Environmental Degradation Associatedwith the Rapid Expansion of Global Agriculture●Institutional Collaboration FS
1. MIZUNO Kosuke
Toward the Regeneration of Tropical Peat Land Societies: Establishment of an International Research Network
and Proposal of its Future●Initiative-based FS
1. HANDOH Itsuki C. (RIHN)
Co-development of Environmental Perception-Yielding Omniform Network towards Living with Chemical
Imbalance Manifested as Environmental Risks in the Anthropocene in Peace
2. MCGREEVY, Steven Robert (RIHN)
Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption: Agrifood Systems in Transition●Incubation Studies
1. ICHIE Tomoaki (Kochi University)
Study on the system for conservation and use of tropical forest●Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants
1. SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Hokkaido University / RIHN)
Operation of the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network
p. 81
2. MOJI Kazuhiko (Nagasaki University)
Co-hosting of the 8th National Health Research Forum of Lao P.D.R., and the 2nd Xepon Workshop
p. 81
3. KUBOTA, Jumpei (RIHN)
Network Development for establishing an integrated management model of R. Syr Darya with special
emphasis on environmental preservation
p. 81
4. OKUMIYA Kiyohito (Kyoto University)
The establishment of the occasion on opinion and information exchange aimed for rural development,
environmental conservation and health promotion in highland mountainous village
p. 82
5. KADA Ryohei (Shijonawate Gakuen University)
Evaluation of Social Experiment for Sustainable Risk Management
p. 82
6. NAWATA Hiroshi (Akita University)
Developing a new framework for forest resource management in semi-arid land: by seeking an appropriate
way of utilization of indigenous and alien species in eastern Sudan
p. 82

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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
Since the end of the 20th century we have seen a rapid increase in the size of urban populations indeveloping countries as these countries simultaneously experience high rates of economic growth. These
two phenomena have unleashed a multitude of problems in these countries, such as waste and garbage
issues, air pollution, traffic congestion, food shortages, and/or rampant consumerism. These problems
afflicting the enormous cities in these countries have started to spill over and impact on thedeveloped world and the planet as a whole. We do not necessarily have a detailed understanding,however, of how this emergence of supersized cities in developing countries, along with what ishappening inside them, relates to global environmental problems; of which particular global
environmental problems to which they relate; the damage being caused by those global environmental
problems as a result; or what measures to take to deal with those problems. Many research institutions
are currently taking tentative steps to conduct research into supersized cities in relation to global
environmental problems. Much of this research, however, is focused on macro, indirect observations
using remote sensing and similar methods, or alternatively is oriented to stereotypical solutions of
the “low-carbon city” sort, which place disproportionate importance on the use of science andtechnology.
This was the background to start of this project towards the end of the last century, which had as
its objectives the development and presentation to communities of reconciliatory proposals that enhance
the futurability of both the global environment and the enormous megacities within some developing
countries by promoting improvements to the local environments of the residents of those cities while
helping to achieve solutions for global environmental problems.
b) Research methods and organization
In order to escape from the constrictive approach of looking for more of the existing sort ofpartial ‘optimal’ solutions for megacities, for this project we set two principal directions for our
research. The first was to set a whole region (in this case, Jakarta) as our case study. The second wasto start by building an awareness of the object of our research (the megacity), and then proceed toengaging in interventions in local communities using the findings from that process of building
awareness – in sum an approach of engaging in “theoretical” science, followed by “practical”
science, followed by interventions.
The first direction of our research was comprised of three aspects: 1) conducting specific research
on a megacity itself (by conducting field work in Jakarta as our megacity case study); 2) understanding
megacities in relation to the global environment (determining their CSI grouping); and 3) analyzing how
the case study connected to issues at the global level (the All World Cities Whole History Group).
The second research direction involved: 1) analyzing the megacity from different angles (by aNatural Environment Group, Built Environment Group, Economy Group, and History Group); 2) integrating
the findings of that analysis (by an Integration Group and a Scenario Group); and 3) developing andverifying methods for interventions in communities (by an Integration Group and a Scenario Group).
Nine years (IS-FS1-FS2-PR-F1-F2-F3-F4-F5) were spent on this project. These nine years were divided
into four phases, and using the track and field sport of the triple-jump as an analogy, these phases
could be described respectively as a running approach phase (IS-FS1-FS2), followed by a hop (PR-F1),

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step (F2, F3, F4), and jump (F3, F4, F5) phase. In the running approach phase we undertook a broad
discussion of the relationship between cities and the global environment; during the hop phase we
focused on the problems of megacities; in the step phase we went on an exploration to achieve
integration; and in the final jump phase we integrated the different findings in pursuit of theoriginality of this project.

○ Progress and Results in 2014
Already four years have passed since FR1 of this project. Here we detail the results we have achieved
to date through research in this project and areas where we have yet to achieve results based on thefour questions we stated at the beginning (in RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND).
0)

Research Premises

To establish coherence throughout the project, we reviewed the (1) definition of a city as a premisefor this research, and determined it to be an area having a population density of 2,000 or more persquare kilometer. Because this definition of a city was based on a current population standard,
however, we had to give further thought about the extent to which it could be historically
retrospective. As a unit for urban analyses, we also developed (2) residentialenvironment types thatclassified urban built-up areas of 250m x 250m according to population density, building height, andplanned/unplanned. This made it possible to analyze cities in greater detail than existing land
usemaps. Moreover, because the existing definition of a megacity as a city with apopulation of 10
million and over was not clear, we undertook the task of redefining what a (3) megacity signified. On
the basis of this new definition, we found that in cities with populations of four million and over incomparison with cities with populations of less than four million, the diversity of residential
environment types found in those cities varied. Inaddition to recognizing the 18 existing cities withpopulations of 10 millionor more as megacities, we also found that 35 cities with populations of four
million or more and not more than 10 million are similar in character to megacities.
1)

What kinds of impacts do cities have on the globalenvironment?

We began our research with the value judgment that whatever was beneficial for both cities and theglobal environment was desirable. Therefore, to consider beneficial measures, instead of simply
considering research that shed light on global limitations attributable to cities, we established (1) a
CSI (city sustainable index) for assessing the efficiency of cities by analyzing the impact of cities
on the environment and the social and economic benefits from cities based on a number of indicators
relating to the environment (global environment and urban environment), the economy and society. This
CSI consists of two types of indicators: restricting indicators that restrict environmental impacts
caused by cities, and maximizing indicators for strongly inducing social and economic benefits. At
present we have already conducted 18 megacity assessments using five restricting indicators and sevenmaximizing indicators. We believe this research to be the most essential research inconsidering cities
in relation to the global environment.
2)

How varied are the world’s cities in their stages of regional and economic development?

To answer this question, we undertook (1) a comparison of 18 megacities based on criteria such as
topography, climate, city configuration, type of residential environment, and methods ofcommunications, etc. As a result ofthis research, we found it was possible to classify the 18
megacities into about five types: 1) Monsoon Asia type (Tokyo, Shanghai, Jakarta, Dhaka, etc.);
2)Yellow Belt type (Beijing, Delhi, Cairo, etc.); 3) Euro-American type (NewYork, Los Angeles), 4)
Tropical Africa type (Lagos); and 5) Latin American type(Mexico City, Sao Paulo, etc.)3)

How varied should measures for mitigating impacts onthe global environment be for each region?

From our field work in greaterJakarta, we found that the monsoon Asia type of megacity is
characterized by its establishment in a rice-producing region that incorporates farmland and farming
villages as it expands outwards to mildly undulating areas, is located in areas with high temperatures,
high humidity and heavy rainfall, and has a strong sense of community. In the monsoon Asia typemegacity, four types of residential environments exist simultaneously: rural village area, urban

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4) How can we simultaneously provide solutions for global environmental problems and benefits forresidents of cities and other areas(including poverty, economies, and amenities)?

5)

How can we return our research results to society?

Rather than confining the results of our research to the academic world, we perceive the scope of thisproject as extending to the development of methods for funneling the results back to the broader
society itself. As noted earlier, local residents and local university students are involved in the (1)cooperative construction of an urban village-type community center, and we consider at present its role
as a place of education. Moreover, in Jakarta at present we are also (2) conducting and analyzing urban
environmental literacy education for elementary school students. In addition, after integratingcollected data, we have also commenced the (3) development and installation of a megacity geographicalinformation system (Megacity GIS) that can be accessed from anywhere.

○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) )Research Projects

Using data resulting from research in greater Jakarta to date, we havebeen attempting to verify anurban configuration that will be compatible with the global environment for megacities of monsoon Asia,
which are set to expand to areas including rice-producing areas in mildly undulating terrain. (1) In
our preparation of Megacity Scenario 2050, we assessed the extent of the environmental impacts of thepolycentric city, monocentric city, and city with urban sprawl respectively in efforts to contribute to
the training of local administrators. Our research to date indicates that switching to a polycentric
configuration with a historiccore has relative advantages in terms of environmental and urban
amenities. Furthermore,we are presenting (2) proposals for an eco-urban house for each of the fourtypes of residential environments with a view to mitigating environmental impacts and improving
comfort. In specific terms, we are currently formulating plans to i) actually build together withresidents an urban village-type communitycenter in a residential area of the poorest segment of the
population. We are also planning ii) a new rural village residential model and iii) high-rise
residential model that emphasize landscaping, as well as an open-space mid-rise complex residential
model.

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village area, high-rise residential area, and planned residential area types). Unlike megacities inother areas, megacities at different stages of economic development exist in monsoon Asia typemegacities. Therefore, we are beginning to believe that measures used in Tokyo may also be ofassistance in greaterJakarta, and that research results in Jakarta may have applicability in cities
such as Dhaka.

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Fujii, Toyonobu
Guseva, Anna
Harashina, Koji
○ Hayashi, Kengo
Hayashi, Reiko( University of Aberdeen )( NIITAG )( Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University,Associate Professor )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )( 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 )Kamiya, Akihiro( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,docotoral course )Kamiyama, Ryutaro( Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, the University of Tokyo )Kim, Jinsuk( Faculty of Economics, Keiai University )Kimura, Takeshi( Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Tsukuba )Kitagaki Ryoma( Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo )Kurihara, Shinji( College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University )McGee, Terry( 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,professor )Ota, Hiroshi( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )Shima, Norihisa( Department of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University,Associate
Professor )Shimada, Ryuto( University of Tokyo Fuculty of Letters, Graduate school of Humanity andSociology,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 for 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
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Widodo, Johaness
Yagita, Yoshie
Yamada, Kyota
Yamasaki, Seiko

Zenno, Yasushi○ Future Themes
Research Plan
FR5 (2014)
Since next fiscal year is the final year of the project, we will not only complete the objectives ofthe project, but also set new goals for the further development of the project in the future.
1. Completion ofthe project goals
1)

Assessment of the burden of cities on the global environment and benefits from cities(1) Completionof the CSI (city sustainability index): We will strive to make visible the efficiency of
all 18 megacities sothat they can be assessed according to approximately 20 indicators which people ingeneral will be able to understand.
2)

Diversity of cities(1) Comparison of the 18 megacities: We will undertake field studies of Cairo and megacities in SouthAmerica that have not yet been studied in efforts to clarify more exhaustively the characters of
megacity types.
(2) Comparison of urban efficiency according to scale of population:The majority of the world’s 290,000
cities have populations of approximately 20,000. Using the CSI for smaller cities, we will assess urban
efficiency by making comparisons of cities with varying population sizes. In doing so, we hope to beable to arrive at a relatively better understanding of the meaning of megacities.
3)

How varied should measures for mitigating impacts onglobal environment be for each region?

(1) We will clarify more exhaustively the commonalities and differences of megacities in monsoon Asia.
We will continue to undertake field research inTokyo and Osaka as we have until now, and we will
clarify the characters of megacitiesin monsoon Asia such as Dhaka, Jakarta, Manila, Tokyo, and Osaka,
as well as the logic linking these.
4)
Measures for both the mitigation of global environmental problems and benefits for urban
residents(1) Completion of a “Megacity Scenario 2050” : In autumn 2014we will hold a joint workshop based on
the Megacity Scenario 2050 in greaterJakarta with the participation of a local university andgovernment, and we will establish the direction of future cooperative measures with local communities.
(2) Realization of an eco-urban house for each type of residential environment: In Jakarta we willcontinue activities to realize new residential models with emphasis on landscaping as well as openspace mid-rise complexhousing models.
5)

Returning research results

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Yoshida, Koushi
Yoshida, Mari

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Yamashita, Tsuguta○ Yamashita, Yuko

( School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore,Associate
Professor )( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University )( hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate
Strategy,reseacher )( London school of Economic and Political Science )( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )( College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University )( College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University,Associate
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(1)
University study program: We will create aneco-urban house design program for tertiary-levelstudy.
(2)Completion of a megacity geographical information system (Megacity GIS): We will complete theMegacity GIS which will come packaged with dataof greater Jakarta data, and commence use of it.
(3)
Publication of “Global Environment and Megacities” works: We will summarize and organize theresults of the project and publish them as books.

2. New objectives for further development of the project1)
Exploring partnerships with megacities in monsoon Asia: We will create a platform forapplication of research results obtained in Jakarta to other megacities in monsoon Asia such as Dhaka,
Manila, Bangkok, and Kolkata.
2)
Efforts to disseminate eco-urban houses: We will promote efforts to disseminate eco-urban
residential designs by holding an exhibition on eco-urban housing in greater Jakarta and later takethis exhibition to other cities.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・ Fukami N., John Pile (joint translation) 2014 A history of Interior design. Kashiwa Shobo (inJapanese)【Chapters/Sections】

・ Kurihara S. 2014,07 Living Space and Identity. National Museum of Ethnology (ed.) World ethnic
encyclopedia. Maruzen, pp.458-459. (in Japanese)○Papers【Original Articles】

・Fukami N. 2015 Historic Coral Mosques in Maldives: A Comparative Architectural Study along the Indian
Ocean. The 21th Annual Meeting of Japan Sociaty for Hellenistic-Islam Archaeological Studies :152-172.
・Kurihara S. 2015 THE CHANGE OF THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATION AND ITS MEANING OF COURTYARD SPACES IN A
CHINESE TRADITIONAL COURTYARD- STYLE HOUSE “SI-HE-YUAN” AS INTERPRETED FROM THE CHINESE MOVIE“SUNFLOWER” (accepted). AIJ Journal of Technology and Design .
・Abe, R., Kato, H. 2014,12 The impact of built environment on gasoline consumption in a developing
megacity: Evidence from the Jakarta Metropolitan Area, Transportation Research Record: . Journal of
the Transportation Research Board .(accepted)..
・Henny, C. and A.A. Meutia. 2014,10 ‘Urban lake in megacity Jakarta: Risk and management for futuresustainability’ . Procedia Enironmental Sciences (20) :737-746.
・Hayashi R. 2014 A Perspective on International Migration - Is there any Japanese model?. Journal of
Population Problems 70(3) :192-206. (in Japanese)
・FUKAMI N. 2014 History of Medieval Islamic Architecture in South Asia: Digital Archive, Institute forAdvanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo, Diversity of Islam and India: NIHU Program.
Collaboration Studies between IAS and INDAS, Kyoto University .
・ Hayashi R. 2014 International Comparison of Migration – A construction of Model-mobility Using
Japanese Indicators. Journal of Population Problems 70(1) :1-20. (in Japanese)・ Murakami A., Kurihara S. and Harashina K. 2014 Relationships between thermal environment andresidents’ usage of outdoor spaces in a kampung in Jakarta, Indonesia. Journal of the City Planning
Institute of Japan 49(1) :65-70.

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・Fukami N. 2014 The beauty of Islamic Architecture and the formation of living spaces. Journal ofIslamic Sciences (10) :83-92.
○Research Presentations

・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Cultural Relations of along Indian Ocean from the mosque architecture’, . Human
migration and Habitat culture, , 2015,03,07, Architectural Institute of Japan Building .

・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Conservation of Cultural Property in Maldives’. “ SE Asia and South Asia session
meeting, Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage”,, 2015,02,06,
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo .
・ Takada, Y., Abe, R., Kato, H. Relationship between built environment and resident gasoline
consumption in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area: Residential self-selection and the Structural Equation
Modeling approach,. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 2015 Annual Meeting, Washington
DC (U.S.)., January 2015, .
・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘The Gardens as a Paradise in Arid zone: From the vision of Persian Architecture’.
“Workshop of Turkish Culture, Mukogawa Women’s University”, 2014,12,19, Koshien Hall.
・HAYASHI, Reiko "Long-term care of older persons - The case of Japan",. UN ESCAPRegional expert
consultation on long-term care of older persons, , 2014,12,09-2014,12,10, Bangkok, Thailand.
・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Historical Islamic Architecture in Danger’. “ The Convulsion and the Calm of Islam:
Serious Chaos or predawn?”, 2014,11,30, Waseda University .
・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘The Study for the living diversity in historical cities: Penang and Malacca as theWorld Heritage city’. “Workshop of The Kajima Foundation”, 2014,11,27, Kajima KI Bldg. .
・Y.Uemura "Trade and Shipping in Batavia in the late colonial era". "Urban Development and Social
Integration: Long Term Perspective" , 2014,11,24, Faculty of Engineering, Univeritas Indonesia,
Depok, Indonesia.
・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Habitation and Livelihood of Muslim’,, . Extension lecture of Kanazawa University,
2014,11,15, Satellite Plaza.
・HAYASHI, Reiko "Demographic changes and social impact - The case of Japan". Joint Research Network
Forum on Ageing and Health in Asia, , 2014,11,11, Ito International Research Center.
・ FUKAMI, Naoko ‘ The information of Islamic Architecture in Cairo-The Database of OIAS, Waseda
University. “The 3rd seminar of Coptic and Islamic Material Culture”, 2014,11,08, the Universityof Tokyo .
・Takada, Y., Abe, R., Kato, H. How does built environment influence household energy consumption in adeveloping megacity?: Evidence from the Jakarta Metropolitan Area,. Proceedings of the 1st
International Conference of IASUR., October 2014, .
・ Yamashita, T., Mori K., Uchiyama Y., Mimura Y., Hayashi K., and Fujii T. Development andVisualization of City Sustainability Index: How can we measure urban sustainability?. Environmental
Economics and Policy Studies., 2014,09,13-2014,09,14, Hosei University. (in Japanese)
・ FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Islamic cities and Megacities: Studying regions and history ’ , . RIHN 9th
International Symposium:Living in the Megacity, , 2014,06,25, .
・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Rehabilitation from the disasters based on the Cultural heritage: Western Indian
Earthquake in 2001 and Hadramaut Flood in 2008 ’ . Forum of the overseas scientific researchcoordination, 2014,06,18, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
【Poster Presentation】

・ Itagawa, S., Ichinose, T. The study of the relation between land use elements composition andOdonates diversity.. The 6th EAFES International Congress, Poster Presentations,, 2014,04,10,
HUANDAO TIDE Hotel, Haikou, China..the Standing Poster Award).

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・FUKAMI, Naoko ‘Islamic Architecture on Silk Road’,. “Culture and Architecture on Silk Road”,
2015,02,28, the Industry Club of Japan.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: C-09-Init
Project Name: Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management
Abbreviated Title: C-09-Init
Project Leader: KUBOTA Jumpei
Research Axis: Circulation
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/P-C09/
Key Words: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), local water resources governance, pro-humanistic water
resources assessment，Water Consilience○ Research Subject and Objectives
The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) was first proposed in the 1990s, at thetime of worldwide growing environmental awareness and has been recognized as a fundamental principle
for comprehensive water resources management, where in various sectors and many stakeholders are
involved. However, challenges still remain in the implementation of IWRM in local communities andeffective assessment of the influence of human activities on the water environment. IWRM has focused on
integrating sectors and organizations that govern various resources, such as surface water andgroundwater. However, there appears to be a lack of systematic flexibility, because they have insisted
on water allocation plans of the demand side rather than various requests by the users’side, andhistorical and cultural backgrounds sometimes have not been considered well. Further, local water
resources have been under joint management by water users, but there has been a switch to top-down
management by public organizations with their increasing involvement, which follows modernization andexpansion of irrigation systems. Moreover, qualitative changes are occurring within the structure ofsociety, such as hastening of private assignment of water management. Therefore, new frameworks/
guidelines have been requested for local to regional water resources management (e.g.Biswas 2004).
Furthermore, the target of IWRM is to focus on “quantity” over “quality.”Water management must
consider domestic and industrial water quality in addition to assessing water quantity for agricultural
use when assessing global water resources dynamics.
The goal of C-09-Init is to present water resources management at the local level, which is thefoundation of IWRM, to be a social implemented, and to develop the knowledge structure and ability to
implement this management among the concerned parties. In particular, C-09-Init considers a management
structure that reflects the relationship among various water users. Based on such specific content andnecessary conditions for establishing the management structure, the aim is to suggest desirable local
water resources management guidelines through the co-creation of “Wisdom of Land and Water
Management” by co-operation between science and society. The tools to implement the techniques for amore proactive discussion and to achieve specific goals will also be developed. Based on such research
results, information grounded in scientific evidence for a future study will be presented to various
stakeholders from policy makers to local end water users.
Finally, C-09-Init will present implementable resolutions to the following problems of various
stakeholders: a. changes in water resources dynamics because of changes in local water usage,
b.environmental problems of agricultural land (soil salinization and ecosystem changes), c. developmentof new water resources for increase in water demand, and d. water resources management to maximize andguarantee ecological services in targeted environments. Further, water resources governance will be cocreated by scientific and societal practices to achieve these goals. The following results will be
returned to local communities, and will be instrumental in working toward a solution for theenvironmental problems: a. efficacy evaluation for local water resources management; b. assessment of
the relationship between local water resources management and water usage/environment; c. necessary
conditions for desirable local water resources management; d. contents and rules of wisdom that support

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desirable local water resources management; e. assessment of the influence of local water resourcesmanagement on global water resources dynamics.

○ Progress and Results in 2014

Through these activities, C-09-Init aims at an assessment of the influence of man-made changes in
the hydrological cycle of the environments as well as a response to problems that have risen because ofenvironmental impacts. This is an essential topic in the Circulation Program. Moreover, with respect tolocal water and land management, C-09-Init aims to concretely work on the plans drafted in the Gaia
Initiative as an Initiative-based Project. This states that “As human societies design their futures,
they require best understandings of the Earth’s natural dynamism and the significance of human action
within it. Therefore, the Gaia Initiative investigates of the physiospheric bases of humanity at
multiple spatiotemporal scales; and it emphasizes on the description of physical standards related toboundaries and thresholds in order to allow the analysis of and best eco-technological adaptations todynamic Earth environments.”
Individual results of survey and research
The following three points are described as basic results to the end of FR4. 1) We reorganized
the project design according to PEC’ comments and focused on the cases in Indonesia and Turkey as major
target areas for transdisciplinary studies. 2) Based on the results of our observational survey, we
have started collaborative studies, such as meetings,workshops and participatory monitoring in South
Sulawesi, Bali and Turkey in collaboration with various stakeholders. 3) Through these collaborative
studies, we archived the improvement of water management in South Sulawesi,Indonesia by a series ofcollaborative meetings with stakeholders,establishment of a new “Forum DAS” preparatory committee inBali, Indonesia,and the success of a pilot project of “night irrigation” for saving water andachieving higher production.
(1) Clarification of conventional water resources management systems in humid areas and attempts to cocreation of knowledge between science and society (Indonesia):
We further conducted hydrological observations and land use surveys of targeted watersheds in Baliand South Sulawesi, beginning in 2011, and clarified water use and balance in rice cultivation during
the dry season.These studies revealed that water users cultivated paddy during the dry season

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We established several study sites in Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, and Japan to accomplish the goals of
C-09-Init.Among these study sites, the cases in Indonesia and Turkey provided a geographical andhydrological contrast between humid and semi-arid to arid regions under the growing demand in thepresence of water resources associated with rapid economic growth, whereas the Japanese case wasconsidered because of a steady or decreasing demand for water resources. According to the comments
provided by the Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) in FY2012 (the interim review, FR2→FR3), we changed
our research direction to focus more on the cases in Indonesia and Turkey, with special emphasis on
conducting co-creation studies with various stakeholders, because Indonesia and Turkey provide a simple
hydrological contrast between humid and arid regions and their differences in history and culture
provide for a comparative study in terms of water management structure. We held stakeholders meetings
in these areas to re-identify problems and seek new ways of establishing proper water resourcesmanagement and solving associated problems. Through these activities, we analyzed changes instakeholder ’ s behaviors and decision-making processes to evaluate the methodology for atransdisciplinary study. Furthermore, in response to the PEC’s comments in FY2013 (FR3→FR4), weconcentrated more on field studies such as basic surveys on human and social sciences and collaborative
work with various stakeholders, rather than the assessment by the global hydrological modeling. In
FY2014, we archived the improvement of water management in South Sulawesi, Indonesia by a series ofcollaborative meetings with stakeholders, establishment of a new “Forum DAS”(river committee)
preparatory committee in Bali, Indonesia; and success of a pilot project of “night irrigation” forsaving water and achieving higher production.

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considering their respective geographical conditions while empirically utilizing limited water
resources. Moreover, we have established systems in South Sulawesi to realize “co-creation by scienceand society”supported by various stakeholders, including farmers, local municipalities, and a NGO. In
Bali, we implemented a fact-finding survey on water governing structures whose basis is Subak and foundthat managing communities regarded as autonomous had changed into co-operative associations organizedunder public policies; and that public-financing systems prompted such dynamics. We have also started
surveys on recent land use change under globalization and mass tourism.Subak is widely recognized as an
ideal autonomous irrigation system (Geertz 1972, Lansing 1991, 2006; Ostrom 1992); however, we
confirmed recent changes in the functions and roles of Subak. As outcomes of natural scientificsurveys, isotopic analysis on various water origins in the whole watershed exhibited the importance ofdeep groundwater flow maintaining stable river flow during the dry period. The effects of theintroduction of cash crops, such as clove and banana, on water balance and soil erosion were quantified
by the field experiments. These results supported the people’s perception and recognition of recent
problems because of land use change.
(2) Outcomes of the collaboration work with various stakeholders in Indonesia
1) Bali: The first stakeholders meeting in Bali was held in September 2013. Over 50 leaders of Subakin the Saba River watershed in the north of Bali Island and related government officials from various
sections attended the meeting. Most participants described problems that had recently arisen between
Subak members and outsiders, such as illegally dumped waste associated with water pollution and illegal
construction on irrigation canals. Because Subak comprises farmers, it was difficult to solve these
problems beyond the governance of Subak. Participants realized the necessity for communication beyond
the Subak governance; therefore, we are now preparing comprehensive meetings on watershed management
involving other stakeholders outside Subak. The second stakeholders meeting was held on October 2014.
Based on the recognition of recent problems raised by rapid land use change with urbanization and cashcrop introduction, the Forum DAS (river committee) preparatory committee were established, comprisingheads of Subaks,officials and engineers in local governments, scientists and NGO workers. One
preparatory meeting was held in December 2014 and another will be held in February 2015” and revise
accordingly.
2) South Sulawesi: The lack of proper communication among water managers (gate operators on
irrigation canals), who are employed by both the government and water users’ associations, was clearly
identified in the stakeholders’ meeting in Sulawesi, wherein almost 100 leaders of farmers, water
managers, and government supervisors participated. After this meeting, we supported the autonomous
discussion among water managers. Allmeetings, including the small ones, were recorded to trace changes
in awareness and behavior and to describe our actions to stakeholders. Through these meetings, adetailed schedule of water allocation was established and shared with water managers and farmers,
improving the performance of water allocation and consequently rice production. We are planning to havean otheraction-meeting series in collaboration with stakeholders, expanding to other irrigation
districts.
(3)Integrated understanding of the impacts of institutions, technologies and outlook on natural
resources of water users related to water resources management(Turkey):
Since decentralization in the 1990s, Turkey has had governance problems such as an information
division and unclear attribution of responsibility. In particular, excessive use of water andfertilizers has increased soil salinity in the government-initiated irrigation project in the Harran
Plain. We have continued to observe water quality including salinity, hydrology, and land use changes;
and have found that increasing numbers of farmers are growing citrus in the Seyhan Basin, owing toincreased price. This crop requires more water, and government subsidies are changing crop patterns in
the Harran Plain. We have conducted a questionnaire survey of the willingness to pay and farmers’
behaviours and their recognition of water use. The results revealed that most farmers are dissatisfied
with the new water law and government policies. This law prevents farmers from communicating andbuilding mutual trust with public sectors. In the first stakeholders meeting in March 2014, we tried
promoting mutual understanding among various stakeholders and stimulating them to proactively cooperate for better water management. After the meeting, a water users’ association (WUA) consulted us
on how to avoid over irrigation and a resulting decrease in production. We proposed a night irrigation
system. The WUA conducted a pilot project with the governmental financing with the support of an NGO.

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The pilot project was very successful, achieving both the reduction of irrigation water use and 30%
higher production. This pilot study was reported in the second stakeholders meeting in October 2014. We
expect that more WUAs will employ the night irrigation system.

○Project Members◎ KUBOTA Jumpei◎ RAMPISELA, Dorotea
Agnes
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
KOTERA Akihiko
SEKINO Nobuyuki
HASHIMOTO WATANABE
SatokoKATO Hisaaki
KOYAMA Masami( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Project Leader )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Co-Project
Leader )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature/Ritsumeikan University,Visiting
Professor/Specially Appointed Professor )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Project Researcher )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Research Associate )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Research Associate )<Indonesia>○ MIZUTANI Masakazu( Utsunomiya University,Professor Emeritus )○ KAGAMI Haruya( Kanazawa University,Professor )OUE Hiroki( Ehime University,Professor )SATO Yoshinobu( Ehime University,Associate Professor )LABAN, Sartika( Ehime University,Doctoral Student )LIMIN, Sanz Grifrio ( Ehime University,Doctoral Student )HIRAYAMA Naoko( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )NAKAGIRI Takao( Osaka Prefecture University,Associate Professor )OGUNI Kazuko( Nihon Fukushi University,Associate Professor )ARIF, Chnsnul( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )CHADIRIN, Yudi
( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )Liyantono( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )PURWANTO, Mohamad( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )Yanuar Jarwadi
SAPTOMO, Satyanto K.( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )○ SETIAWAN, Budi I.
( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Professor )SUDARTHA, Made
( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Research Associate )Sutoyo( Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia,Lecturer )BAJA, Sumbangan( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )IDRUS, Ilmi
( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )MUSA, Yunus( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )MUSTAFA, Muslimin( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )BUDIASA, I Wayan( Udayana University, Indonesia,Lecturer )PITANA, I. Gde( Udayana University, Indonesia,Professor )MARUDDIN, Ratna( NGO "Lembaga Pelangi", Indonesia,Staff )<Turkey>○ NAGANO Takanori
YAMAMURA Yuta

( Kobe University,Associate Professor )( Kobe University,Graduate Student )Research Projects

We have been developing a GIS system (tentatively called “Atlas of water resources”), including
land use change analyzed by satellite data,various statistics, and areas devastated by past flooding
and drought. Both the hydrological model and GIS system are being utilized as tools in workshops toshare water resources management information among various stakeholders.

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○ TAMURA Ulara○ HAMASAKI Hironori( Kanazawa University, Center for Cultural Resource Studies,Project AssistantProfessor )( Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental
Studies,Associate Professor )( Doshisha University,Professor )( JAPON TÜRK DOSTLUK DERNEĞİ,Director )○ NAITO Masanori
YAMANLAR MIZUNO
Minako○ AKҪA, Erhan( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Associate Professor )OĞUZ, Ibrahim( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )SABBAĞ, Çiğdem
( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )TOPAK, Yusuf( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )ZORLU, Kemal( Adiyaman University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )○ BERBEROĞLU, Suha
( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor )ÇETİN, Mahmut( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor )DÖNMEZ, Cenk
( Çukurova University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )GÜLTEKİN, Ufuk
( Çukurova University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )İBRİKÇİ, Hayriye( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor )KANBER, Rıza
( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor )KAPUR, Selim( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor )KESKİNER, Demir Ali ( Çukurova University, Turkey,Graduate Student )KİBAR, Mustafa( Çukurova University, Turkey,Professor and Rector )TİLKİCİ, Burak( Çukurova University, Turkey,Graduate Student )AYDOĞDU, Mustafa( Harran University, Turkey,Lecturer )HakkıBİLGİLİ, Ali Volkan ( Harran University, Turkey,Associate Professor )○ ҪULLU, Mehmet A.
( Harran University, Turkey,Professor )MUTLU, İbrahim Halil( Harran University, Turkey,Professor and Rector )SATIR, Onur
( Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey,Assistant Professor )BAYSAL, Mehmet Emin ( General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, Turkey,Head of a department )DONMA, Sevgi( State Hydraulic Works, Turkey,Engineer )DEMIR, Hüseyin( GAP Regional Development Administration, Turkey,Senior Engineer )KARAHOCAGIL,( Republic of Turkey Ministry of Development Southeastern Anatolia Project
Sadrettin
Regional Development Administration, Turkey,Administrator )<Echigawa>○ AKIYAMA Michio○ NAKAMURA Kimihito
TANAKA Takuya
YACHI Shigeo
MINAGAWA Akiko
ONO Nana
KASHIO Tamaki
SHIBATA Yuki
<Egypt>○ TAKARA Kaoru
HAMAGUCHI Toshio
WATANABE Tsugihiro
LUO Pingping( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Professor )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )( Kyoto University,Assistant )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )( Lake Biwa Museum,Researcher )( Toho University,Lecturer )( Kyoto University,Professor )( Kyoto University,Assistant Professor )( Kyoto University,Professor )( United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability,Postdoctoral Fellow )ABE Ayako( The University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )KAKUTA Ieko
( Asia University,Professor )○ TAKAMIYA Izumi( Kinki University,Professor )HASEGAWA So( Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Cairo,Director )BAKRY, Mohamed Fawzy( National Water Research Center, Egypt,Professor and Vice President )17
Research Projects<Global Model>
OKI Taikan
HANASAKI Naota
CHONO IMAGAWA Chie
GROENFELDT, DavidJohn( The University of Tokyo,Professor )( National Institute for Environmental Studies,Senior Researcher )( Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management Inc.,Senior Risk Analyst )( Water-Culture Institute, USA,Director )○ Future Themes
The following issues were raised in the PEC Interim Review for FY 2012: 1) there is no clear
rational explanation for selecting the present four sites; 2) the field study was not designed tocollect data on human aspects, and only few anthropological studies have been conducted during thisproject; and 3) the research methods are not clear, and it is particularly difficult to understand therole of the global model. Considering these objections, we changed our research direction to focus moreon the cases in Indonesia and Turkey, with special emphasis on conducting co-creation studies withvarious stakeholders,because Indonesia and Turkey provide a simple hydrological contrast between humid
and arid regions; their differences in history and culture allow a comparative study in terms of water
management structure. Moreover, we held stakeholders meetings in these areas to re-identify problems
and seek new ways of establishing proper water resources management and solving associated problems.
Through these activities, we analyzed changes in stakeholders’ behaviors and decision-making processes
for evaluating the methodology for a transdisciplinary study.
According to the PEC ’ s following
comments in FY2013 (FR3→FR4): 1) it is hard to understand what the added value of the global model is.
It might be better to skip this altogether and concentrate on thefield-based aspects of the research; .
2) there is astrong need for a conceptual framework that enables comparison and synthesis ofthe cases.
This includes clarifying the guiding question for the research and the meaning and relevance of IWRM;
and 3) the quality of the fieldwork will also be of key importance for ensuring true participation andtransdisciplinarity. Keeping anthropologists in the field for extended periods will contribute to this,we concentrated more on field studies such as basic surveys on human and social sciences andcollaborative work with various stakeholders, than on assessment by the global hydrological modeling.
Overall plan
In FR5, we will further transfer the knowledge and methods related to land and water management,
which are clearly specified by co-creating“Wisdom of Land and Water Management” into cross-sectional
practice in science and society. We will propose and implement local water resources governance as asocial outcome while proposing pro-humanistic global water resources assessment for implementing IWRM
as an academic goal.
Individual survey and research plans(1) Indonesia: We will attempt to integrate users’ land and water management actions and behaviors andthe governing mechanism that has been organized while promoting further analysis of the realities
surrounding water resources through hydrology and land use observations in the target basins. We willfurther deepen our analysis of water users ’ associations in South Sulawesi while emphasizing the

Research Projects( National Water Research Center, Egypt,Associate Professor )( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Egypt,Professor and Institute Director )( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Egypt,Associate Professor )( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Egypt,Assistant Professor )EL NABY GAFFAR,( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Ibrahim Abd
Egypt,Assistant Professor )FAWZY, Gamal Mohamed( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Egypt,Professor )ISMAIL, Ahmed Sayed ( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Egypt,Senior AG-Engineer )RIHN

EL KHOLY, Rasha○ ABOU EL FOTOUH,
Nahla Zaki
○ ABOU EL HASSAN,
Waleed H.
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analysis of Subaksin Bali. Moreover, we will practice “co-creation of science and society” in South
Sulawesi, which has established well-organized systems, and develop the local water governance that we
experimentally produced in FR2 in co-operation with stakeholders.
(2)Turkey: We aim to integrate the hydrology and land cover results from the targeted basins and theoutcomes of socioeconomic analysis based on questionnaire surveys of SHs. We will conduct stakeholders
meetings and workshops to share the experience of the pilot study on the night irrigation for promoting
the dynamics of decision making on the basis of scientific knowledge.Furthermore, we will identify
institutional/policy elements that act as external factors as well as the behavioral patterns ofindividual stakeholders.
(3)Japan (Echi River Basin): Based on the findings obtained up to FR4 and questionnaires that conductedat the end of FR4, we will extract some communities and tertiary blocks that have problems associatedwith water use as well as those that manage water well as reference areas for clarifying water
utilization characteristics and knowledge of land and water management. These surveys will enable us to
identify the relationships between water management modes and hydrological environment as well asfactors for establishing proper water management.
(4)Integration: We focused on people ’ s behaviors and decision-making process in land and water
management for integrating the outcomes from each study site. We will analyze these actions and will
try to model these processes. Further, we will evaluate our methodologies for co-creating “Wisdom ofLand and Water Management” as a result of co-operation between science and society. Based on the
research results, data grounded in scientific evidence for the study of futurability will be presented
to various stakeholders from policymakers to local end water users.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Hisaaki Kato, Wang XinHui and NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi 2014,08 Prospects for International Cooperation on
Water Safety to Construct Water Conservation City-Based on Comparative Studies Between Fukuoka City
and Zhengzhou City, Henan, China. NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi, G. A. Choudhury, LI Jianhua and FUKUSHI Kensuke(ed.) Strategic Adaptation Towards Water Crisis. The University Press Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
pp.73-82.
・Akça, E., and Kapur, S. 2014 The Anatolian Soil Concept of the Past and Today. The Soil Underfoot:Infinite Possibilities for a Finite Resource. Taylor and Francis, pp.175-185.
・Zucca, C., Biancalani, R., Kapur, S., Akça, E., Zdruli, P., Montanarella, L., & Nachtergaele, F. 2014
The Role of Soil Information in Land Degradation and Desertification Mapping: A Review. Soil
Security for Ecosystem Management. Springer International Publishing, pp.31-59.
・Pingping LUO, Apip, Kaoru Takara, Bin He, Weili Duan and Maochuan Hu 2014 Assessment of Shallow
Landslide Using the Distributed Hydrological–Geotechnical Model in a Large Scale. Landslide Science
for a Safer Geoenvironment. Springer, pp.443-450. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-04999-1_62.
○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・NAKAGAMI Ken’ichi, Mr. G. A. Choudhury, Prof. Dr.LI Jianhua Prof.Dr.FUKUSHI Kensuke (ed.) 2014,08
Strategic Adaptation towards Water Crisis and IWRM. The University Press Limted, 290pp. ISBN: 978984 506 133 9.
・Cullu, M. A, M. Aydoğdu, A. V. Bilgili, E. Akca, T. Nagano, J. Kubota, H. Hamasaki (ed.) 2014 Water
Management Stakeholders Workshop. 3-4 Nov. Sanlıurfa-Turkey. , 164pp.

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Research Projects○Papers【Original Articles】

・Satyanto K. Saptomo, Budi I. Setiawan, Chusnul Arif, Sutoyo, Liyantono, I Wayan Budiasa, Hisaki Kato,
Takao Nakagiri, and Junpei Kubota 2014,06 A FIELD MONITORING STATION NETWORK FOR SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific
Advanced Network 37 :30-41.(reviewed).
・Pingping LUO, Kaoru TAKARA, Bin HE, Weili DUAN, APIP, Daniel NOVER Tsugihiro WATANABE, Maochuan Hu,
Ken'ichi NAKAGAMI and Izumi TAKAMIYA 2014 Assessment of paleo-hydrology and paleo-inundation
conditions: the process. Procedia Environmental Science 20 :747-752. DOI:10.1016/j.proenv.
2014.03.089.(reviewed).
・ Iwasaki, Y., Nakamura, K., Horino, H., Kawashima, S. 2014 Assessment of factors influencing
groundwater-level change using groundwater flow simulation, considering vertical infiltration fromrice-planted and crop-rotated paddy fields in Japan. Hydrogeology Journal . DOI:DOI 10.1007.
(reviewed).
・Akça, E., Fujikura, R., & Sabbağ, Ç. 2014 Atatürk Dam resettlement process: increased disparity
resulting from insufficient financial compensation. International Journal of Water Resources
Development 29(1) :101-108.(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・Akça, E. 2014 Prepare for the future: Soil Projects. Toprak Su Journal 2. (in Turkish) (reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・I W. Budiasa, N. Sekino, H. Kato, J. Kubota, and B.I. Setiawan The role of subak facing land usechanges and tourism development within Saba watershed, northern of Bali province, Indonesia. ISSAAS
International Congress, General Meeting, 2014,11,08-2014,11,10, Tokyo, Japan.
・C. Arif, B. I. Setiawan, Y. Chadirin, I. W. Budiasa, M. Mizoguchi, J. Kubota, H. Kato Predicting
Greenhouse Gas Emissions of SRI Paddy Fields under Different Soil Conditions using Artificial Neural
Networks. PAWEES 2014 International Conference, Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in
Monsoon Asia, 2014,10,30-2014,10,31, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
・Setiawan, B.I., I W. Budiasa, J. Kubota, H. Kato Co-designing Integrated Water Resource Management: A
Case Study in Saba Watershed of Bali Island. PAWEES 2014 International Conference. “Sustainable
Water and Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia, 2014,10,30-2014,10,31, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
・ Cullu, M A., A. V. Bilgili, E. Akca, T. Nagano. M. H. Aydogdu, M. Aydogdu, A. Almaca, A. R.
Ozturkmen, A. Aydemir Monitoring salinity and yield loses at the local irrigated WUA District byusing GIS analyses. 9th International Soil Science Congress. "The Soul of Soil and Civilization",
2014,10,14-2014,10,15, Antalya, Turkey.
・Cetin, M., Ibrikci, H., Karnez, E., Fink, M., Flugel, W. A., Aragues, R., Nagano, T., Berberoglu, S.,
Ryan, J., Pintar, M. and Sagir, H. Quantifying water balance components and irrigation water
management quality indices at irrigation district level. Global Water Team Panel,
2014,10,09-2014,10,10, .
・Ibrikci, H., Cetin, M., Karnez, E., Fink, M., Flugel, W.A., Aragues, R., Nagano, T., S. Berberoglu,
Ryan, J., Pintar, M., and H. Sagir Nitrogen management in irrigated agriculture: A case study.
Global Water Team Panel, 2014,10,09-2014,10,10, Manisa, Turkey.

Research Projects

・Chusnul Arif, Budi. I. Setiawan, Masaru Mizoguchi, Satyanto. K. Saptomo, Sutoyo, Liyantono, I Wayan
Budiasa, Hisaaki Kato and Jumpei Kubota, Tetsu Ito 2014,06 Performance of Quasi Real-Time Paddy
Field Monitoring Systems in Indonesia. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network 37 :10-19.

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・Setiawan, B.I., Arief Imansyah, Ch. Arif, Ts. Watanabe, M. Mizoguchi, H. Kato 2014,09 SRI Paddy
Growth and GHG Emission at Various Groundwater Levels. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage. Wiley
Online Library :1-9. DOI:10.1002/ird.1866.(reviewed).

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・N. Hirayama，M.Nakamura The Heartware Challenges in Lake Biwa Comprehensive Conservation Plan. 15th
World Lake Conference, 2014,10,01-2014,10,05, Perugia, Italy.
・Watanabe T, Nagano T. Integrated assessment of impacts of climate change on basin hydrology and water
use in agriculture. the 22nd ICID Congress, 2014,09,14-2014,09,20, Gwanju, Korea.
・T. Hamaguchi, A. Kamal, T. Sumi, S. Tanaka and K. Tanaka Numerical modeling of groundwater system in
the Nile Delta considering climate change impacts. AOGS2014 (AOGS 11th Annual Meeting),
2014,07,28-2014,08,01, Sapporo, Japan.
・Cetin, M., Ibrikci, H., Karaomerlioglu, Y., Sagir, H. Quantification of nitrogen leaching to shallow
water table in large scale irrigation schemes: A case study in the Mediterranean landscapes. 18th
Nitrogen Workshop. The nitrogen challenge: Building a blueprint for nitrogen use efficiency and foodsecurity, 2014,06,30-2014,07,03, .
・Ibrikci, H., Koca, G., Cetin, M., Karnez, E., Koca, K. Residual soil mineral nitrogen as readily
available source to crops in an irrigated Mediterranean area. 18th Nitrogen Workshop. The nitrogenchallenge:
Buildingablueprintfor
nitrogenuseefficiency
andfoodsecurity,
2014,06,30-2014,07,03, Lisbon, Portugal.
【Poster Presentation】

・N.Hirayama, R.Honda, and 6 co-author Factors affecting people’s preferences on lake function forsustainable management of Kandy Lake, Sri Lanka. The 11th International Symposium on Southeast Asian
Water Environment, 2014,11,26-2014,11,28, Bangkok, Thailand.
・Iwasaki, Y., Nakamura, K., Horino, H., Nakano, T., Shin, K.C., and Kawashima, S. Evaluation ofgroundwater qualities in a paddy-dominated alluvial fan, DIPCON (Diffuse Pollution Conference).
Asian Regional Conference in 2014, 2014,09,03-2014,09,04, Kyoto, Japan.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: D-05
Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: ISHIKAWA Satoshi

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Project Name: Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

Research Axis: Diversity
Key Words: Southeast Asia, Coastal Area, Fisheries Resource Management, Rural Devleopment, QoL○ Research Subject and Objectives
In recent years, there is a growing concern about the deterioration of marine ecosystems andresources. Especially, coastal area ecosystems have rapidly been worsening and destroyed, as they areaffected from global environmental changes and intensive human activities in both land and sea areas.
Many of those coastal areas holding high biological production supported by high biodiversity arelocated in tropical zones in developing countries, such as Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia, coastal
ecosystem services have fostered high cultural diversity. Hence, coastal areas are characterized by theclose linkage between ecosystem and local people. The coastal area serves are bases of the livelihoodof local people, and human intervention is deeply embedded in ecosystem. This linkage enhances thecomplexity and affects the vulnerability of the ecosystem in the region. However,conservation andmanagement activities originated in temperate zone usually focus particular ecologies and commercial
resources with little considerationof how multiple ecologies and livelihood strategies overlap in
culturally diverse contexts, and so they cannot be easily applied to tropical coastal areas and there
are no alternative theory and method to harmonize ecosystem conservation and rural livelihoods based on
their complex intervention importance.
In this project, we are going to investigate the linkage between livelihoods and ecosystem health incoastal areas through holistic field surveys, in order to clarify the environmental problems and its
causes based on chemical, biological, ecological, social and human science view points. Then, we
conduct several collaborative action researches with local community to solve the environmental
problems based on our data and research result. Impact assessments and feedback practices to improve
our action researches are performed through town seminars and discussion among researchers and local
community.
Although community based participatory research and management actions have been highlightedas
alternative trials of top-down management and rural development tool in developing countries, these
activities are usually evaluated performance improvement, e.g., income generation, productivity, andcost efficiency. We try to identify key potential factors which enable the performance improvements
through details of information and changes of livelihoods, behaviours and minds of collaborating
community members and other stake holders.
We call an integral of the potential factors as “Area-Capability” that will be a new concept ofevaluation and target for rural development. And our activities can provide how to conduct and evaluate“Area-Capability” in research and participatory actions as new approach. Spreading the use andunderstanding of “Area-Capability” may lead us to good relationship between humanity and nature.
Project Framework
To establish Area Capability concept and guideline, we treat three aspects; 1) Ecosystem production
mechanisms and dynamics, 2) Development process of local community and environmental governance, and 3)
Adaptive Technology and managements. In order to elucidate these three aspects, we conduct the holistic
field researches on the southeast Asian coastal areas in order to grasp the linkage between nature andhuman, and we also conduct participatory action researches in collaboration with local communities toverify the feasibility and acceptability of new concept and approach to local societies inRayong(Thailand), Panay Is. (Philippines) and Ishigaki Is., (Japan). We also conduct reference surveys
in Bandon bay (Thailand), Hue (Viet Nam), Mikawa bay(Japan). All data, information and progresses of
the action researches are compiled into the database and reports for subsequent discussions. New
concept and approach might be denied from existing academic disciplines as illogical and/or

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URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/CAPABILITY/

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unscientific, however, without new concept that can be recognized by ordinal people based on theirordinal sensuous and those can change human behaviours toward good interactions between human andnature, global environmental problems would be never solved.
The holistic researches comprise of five components; 1) Environmental survey, 2) Biodiversity survey,3) Coastal resources survey, 4) Utilization of resources survey and 5) Social survey. Ecosystemproduction mechanisms and dynamics with identification of the biological and ecological important areasand species for local ecosystem are examined based on the results of Environmental, Biological andCoastal resource surveys using statistical, chemical, stable isotope, and molecular analyses incollaboration with taxonomic study and acoustic survey. Development process of local community,
environmental governance and importance of the coastal resources for the local people are examinedbased on the results of utilizationand social surveys carried out through interview/questionnaire
surveys and anthropologic surveys. In the social survey, we treat economic condition, time allocation,
food supply, education, health condition, participation to the community activities, indigenous
knowledge, religious importance, and information gathering situation. Three participatory action
researches are conducted; 1) Community-based set-net fishery installation in Rayong, 2)Community-based
re-stocking program in Batan bay in Panay Is., 3)Collaboration action among fishery, ecotourism andeducation in Ishigaki Is. and Mikawa Bay. In these areas, there are local people’s groups which
already collaborated with some of our members and several researches on natural resources andlivelihood have been conducted. All data and results of analyses were shared among members and localgroups through workshops, seminar and meetings and database in internet.
72 researchers from 17 universities and research institute (12 in Japan, 2 in Thailand, 2 inPhilippines, one regional research center “Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center: SEAFDEC”)
are participating in this project. They havedifferent expertise and academic backgrounds ofoceanography, biology, social science, agricultural sciences, civil engineering, economy, policy study,
anthropology and area study.
The concept of “Area Capability”will be concretized and the guideline of its approach will becompiled based on the all experiences and achievements. And the guidelines will be informed anddisseminated through ASEAN-SEAFDEC mechanisms and International Symposiums.

Future tasks
FR3:
In the third year of full research, we continue the interdisciplinary field surveys and collaborative
action researches and analyses for collecting data and information of the linkage between human andnature.
Around Rayong beach in Thailand, we evaluate the negative impacts of oil spill accident onenvironment and livelihoods of local people. To do this, material flows and nutrient concentration
along the Rayong beach will be conducted. We collect water, soil and biological samples from the beachand analyse them in RIHN. Biodiversity and food web survey will be performed based on the stable
isotope and genetic analyses using the biological samples. Livelihoods and fishery activity survey
including trading and marketing will be also conducted through interview and observation surveys of
Set-net fishermen group and other villagers using the questionnaire and GPS. Statistic data andinformation, aerial photographs will be collected in recent 10 years for understanding the land use anddemographic changes. All data and information including the analytical results are compared with former
data that we had obtained in FR1 and 2. Besides, behaviour and minds changes of Set-net fishery groupmembers will be examined to identify the effects from community based activity on social capitals,
interests of environment, livelihoods, and management of natural resources.
Around Batan bay in Philippines, we investigate the extent of damage from super typhoon on ecosystem,
buildings, infrastructure, health and minds, sense of values, community and businesses.
We will collect water, soil, mangrove, and aquatic organisms’ samples around Batan Bay for nutrientsand pollution evaluation. We will conduct chemical and stable isotope analyses of them in RIHN. We willrecord the extent of damages on mangrove forests, paddy fields, buildings, infrastructure, fishinggears, aquaculture ponds around Batan Bay and we will evaluate the relationships between geographicalsituation and damages concerning with the typhoon path. And we conduct interview with localpeople toget some information of evacuation actions and assistance each other and from governments. We will

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conduct stock evaluation of shrimp in the bay and conduct stock enhancement through community based
intermediate aquaculture with local community. We record the attitude, comments and behaviour theparticipants to the stock enhancement in order to identify the key factors of their collaborative
activity.

○ Progress and Results in 2014
Achievements of holistic surveys
1) Environmentalsurvey:
To grasp environmental conditions, we measured temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, chlorophyll a
Particulate organic matter (POM), Sedimentary organic matter(SOM), and nutrients (NO3, NH4), Acid
volatile sulphide (AVS), ignition loss, Phytoplankton and mangrove biomasses at Rayong and Bandon in
Thailand, Batan in Philippines, Mikawa in Japan during both rainy and dry seasons. Land use changes wereexamined by satellite image analyses have been conducted at Batan in Philippines and Bandon in
Thailand. Concentration of 52 microelements of water and soil samples collected from Batan and Rayong,were measured by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), 7500cx (Agilent Technologies
Inc.)in RIHN. All results were put on the GIS to identify biological ecologicalimportant areas. Foodwebs and material cycles were evaluated using stable-isotope analyses at Rayong, Batan and Bandon
2) Biodiversitysurvey:
In Southeast Asia, biodiversity including the taxonomic knowledge of fishery species are still unclear.
So, we conducted taxonomic study through specimen collection making and genetic studies. We collectedfish specimen of 1811 individuals fromPhilippines, 538 individuals from Thailand, 268 individuals from
Malaysia. These specimens were recorded and donated into University of Philippine Visayas Museum andThailand National Science Museum. For standardization of specimen collection, we published “Fish
Collection Building and Procedures Manual, English edition” and “Fishes of Northern Gulf ofThailand”.
Using collected fish specimen, we analysed genetic diversity and differences of 7 fishery important
species based on the mtDNA COI sequences analyses, and we identified the plural reproducible
populations of Atule mate, Megalaspis cordyla, Rastrelliger kanagurta, Gerresfilamentosus in Southeast
Asian Sea. For the more detailed genetic population identification, microsatellite DNA markers which
can be used for various fish species were established using Next generation DNA analysing machine.
Besides, species identification system based on the morphological features using photographs is now
under construction. It can be easily identify the fish species using photographs by ordinal persons andthis system will cultivate the interesting of biodiversity for ordinal persons.
3) Coastal resources survey:
To stock assessment of coastal fishery resources, new acoustic survey equipment and system weredeveloped. Using this new system, fish stock assessments in Rayong were carried out. Then, these data
were used for the training course at Kasetsart University in Thailand for undergraduate students incollaboration with Southeast Fisheries Development Center.
The new buoyance control system of underwater robot was developed. And portable under water monitoring
robot was made. This underwater robot was used for underwater ruins surveys and educational workshops
for high school students in Ishigaki Is. in collaboration with Ishigaki city.
4) Utilization of resources survey
To understand the linkage between natural resources and livelihoods of coastal area, we conductedinterview and observation survey using GPS system to collect data about fishing gear, fishing areas andoperation, and target species, costand benefit of 13 households in Rayong, 24 households in Batan. We

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We will elucidate the population structure of fishery important fish in South China Sea using genetic
analysis to identify the management units of them, and grasp biodiversity of this area. In addition, we
try to improve acoustic survey system which can be used in shallow sea area and to disseminate thissystem for ASEAN countries through workshops and publication of manuals.

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In Ishigaki Island, Japan, we will make underwater map and material flow analyses of the island using
stable isotope analysis. And we evaluate the food web and population structure of fish around theisland to evaluate the linkage ofmaterials between land and sea. These results will be informed to
local people through town seminar and other workshops, to facilitate the conservation activity andfuture develop planning of the town.

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also collected weather conditions, and are analysing the impact of weather conditions on local
fishermen’s lives and their adaptations.
5) Social survey
In order to clarify the relationship among social situation, cultural regulation, job opportunity,social capital, and management of natural resources, we conducted household interview survey to collectinformation of jobs, time allocation, communication, compliance, health condition, educational
background, community bonds etc. of 117 households in Rayong and 467 households in Batan. Besides,
economic systems including funding, transportation, price making systems and market access were
evaluatedin both areas.
Achievementof action researches
1) Community-Based Set-Net Fishery in Rayong, Thailand:
Community-based Japanese-type Set-net fishery has been installed in Rayong. The community conduct
management and maintenance of fishing gears and their own fish shops. All data of operation, fish catch
and incomes have been recorded. Our project member input several technical supports for the management
and operations. The transformations of fish catch, price,markets, and behaviours of community members
and non-members who are living in Rayong were recorded.
2) Cooporative Stock Enahcement in Batan Bay,Philippines
Community-based stock enhancement of shrimpis conducting in Batan Bay. Intermediate shrimp aquaculture
and surveillance have been conducted local community. Project member provide technical supports foraquaculture and monitoring environments.
3) Collaboration between Eco-tourisim and Fisheries development in Ishigaki-Mikawa , Japan
Town seminar was held in collaboration with Junior Chamber International Japan, Yaeyama branch. We
discussed how to harmonize conservation of coastal area and tourism development. And educational
workshops for high school students in Ishigaki Is. was held in collaboration with Ishigaki city.
Generalization and concept development
To facilitate interdisciplinary discussions and activities, data sharing system through internet wasestablished and the international seminar was held at Philippines in 2012 and at Thailand in 2013. To
identify the key factors of “Area-Capability”, workshops were held in Japan, and five axes forevaluation of potentials of Area-Capability, 1) Ecosystem health supported by biodiversity andbiomasses, 2) Knowledge and interests of peoples on ecosystems, 3) Governance situation, 4) Strength ofPeople’s network and community, 5) Contacts between human and nature, were identified, tentatively.

○Project Members◎ ISHIKAWA Satoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,General
Management )○ MIYATA, Tsutomu( National Research Insitute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency,Headof Fisheries Socioeconomics Group,Social Group Leader )○ ARIMOTO, Takafumi( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group Leader )○ KAWADA Makito( Faculty of Arts and Literature.Seijo University,Professor,Social Group Subleader )○ KUROKURA Hisashi( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Professor,Stock Enhancement Group Leader )○ KOUNO Yasuyuki( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Professor,Theory Group,
Index )SIMIZU Hiromu( Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University,Professor,Theory Group,
Philippines study )WATANABE Katsutoshi ( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Biology Group,
Genetic Anaysis )KANZAKI Mamoru( Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Environmental Group, Sub-leader )NAKAYAMA Kouji( Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Biology
Group, Genetic Anaysis )MUTOU Nozomu( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Biology Group,
Genetic Anaysis )25
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TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
NISHIDA Mutsumi
BABA Osamu○ MOTOMURA Hiroyuki○ YAMADA Yoshihiko○ MUTOU Fumihito
NOHARA Kenji
MATSUURA Hiroyuki
SAKAGAMI Norimitsu
Ly Yinji
ONO Rintarou
NIKI Masato
KAWASAKI Ippei
KOBAYASHI Takahiro
NAKANO Takanori
AKIMICHI Tomoya
HORI Mina
KOYAMA Jirou
NISHI Takaaki
ISHIZAKI Munechika
ANRAKU Kazuhiko○ EBATA Keigo]
OGIHARA Gouta
MATSUNUMA Mizuki
MEGURO Masatoshi
YOSHIDA Tomohiro
NISHIYAMA Hajime
ICHINOSAWA Junpei
TAKEDA Seiichi

Research Projects○ YOSHIKAWA Takashi

RIHN○ MATSUOKA Tatsuro( 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 )( 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 )26
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○ MIYAMOTO Yoshinori( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group, Vessel survy )TAKAGI Akira( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Associate Professor,Acoustic Group, Leader )OGAWA Hisashi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Project
Researcher,Management, Sub-leader, Philippine study )YAP Minlee( Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University,Assistant Professor,Social Group,
Thailand study )OKAMOTO Yuuki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Management,
Thailand Study )MABUCHI Kouji( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Management,
Environmetal study )TAKESHIMA Hirohiko ( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,AssistantProfessor,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )OGATA Yuka
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,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 )TAKASHIMA Yu( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Graduate Student,Set-net Group Biology )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 )FUSHIMI Hiroshi( Fukuyama University,Professor,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )SALAYO Nerissa( Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fishereis Development Center(Philippines),Researcher,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )○ ALTAMIRANO Jon( Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fishereis Development Center(Philippines),Researcher,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )○ MUNPRASIT Ratana( 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 )SOMNUK( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Pornpatimakorn(Thailand),Seniore Researcher,Biology Group, Taxonomy in Thailand )○ TAWEEKIET( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Amornpiyakrit(Thailand),Seniore Researcher,Organization )27
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JARIYA Srnkliang

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Research Projects( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Social Group, Thailand study )PENCHAN Laongmanee ( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Fishery Group, Thailand study )ANASCO Nathaniel C. ( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )MONTECLARO Harold M.( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Fishery Group,
Philippines study )PAHILA Ida( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )SADABA Rex( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )TABERNA HilarioJr. ( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )MOSCOSO Alan Dino
( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),AssistantProfessor,Environmental Group, Philippines study )QUINITIO Gerald( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Biology Group,
Philippines study )BABARAN Ricardo( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Professor,Management, for
Philippines study )○ FERRER Alice( University of Philippines Visayas (Philippines),Associate Professor,Social
Group, Philippines study )UCHIDA Keiichi( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Assistant Professor,Acoustic Group, Coastal Measurement )KATAGIRI Chiaki( Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum,Curator,Ishigaki Group, Historicalscience )HASEGAWA Kouhei( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Graduate Student,Aoustic Group, Telemetory )SATO Takashi( National Museum of Nature and Science,Project Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )NAKAHARA Naotomo( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Associate Professor,Social Group, Socio-economic
analysis )IKEJIMA Kou( Research and Education Faculty, Natural Sciences Cluster, Agriculture Unit,
Kochi University,Associate Professor,Environmental Group, Mangrove study )TASHIRO Satokuni( The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima
University,Graduate Student,Biology Group, Taxonomy )DOI Wataru( School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University,AssistantProfessor,Biology Group, Benthic survey )CHIBA Satoru( National Museum of Nature and Science,Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )TABATA Ryouichi( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Graduate Student,Biology Group,
Genetic Anaysis )MISHINA Tappei( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Graduate Student,Biology Group,
Genetic Anaysis )MATSUI Shouko( Fields Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University,Graduate
Student,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )HIRASE Shoutaro( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University ofTokyo,Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )HAMADA Tomonori( Fuculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University,Graduate Student,Environmental
Group, Pollution )YAMAZAKI You( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Graduate Student,Biology Group,
Genetic Anaysis )SHIBUKAWA Kouichi( Nagao Natural Environment Foundation,Researcher,Biology, Taxonomy )KISHINO Tomoko( Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,Graduate
Student,Environmental Group, Food Web analysis )KATAYAMA Eri( National Museum of Nature and Science,Project Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )KAKIOKA Ryo( Fields Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto
University,Researcher,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )SAKUMA Kei( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,Graduate
Student,Biology Group, Genetic Anaysis )28
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NILLOS Mae Grace
GarezaSANGTIPHONG Putsa
OOSAKA Emi( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Graduate Student,Stock Enhancement Group Biology )( Department of Chemistry, University of Philippines Visayas(Philippines),Associate Professor,Environmental Group, Material Flow analysis )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Graduate Student,Acoustic Group, Coastal Measurement )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Office staff,Accountant )○ Future Themes
FR4:
Regarding the community based set-net fishery impacts on environment and social development, we willcompiles the case study results as an installation manual books with good example of Rayong. We will
publish the evaluation manual of stock enhancements for harmonising between environments and ruraldevelopment based on the case study of Hamana Lake in Japan. And the technical guide book of the shrimp
stock enhancement will be also published in English.
We will record the processes and changes of the environment and social aspect around Batan Bay in
Philippines based on the field survey. And shrimp stock enhancement will be continued with themeasurement of stock status and livelihoods changes.
Key factors identification of potentials for good practices in which people care the environment andtheir livelihood improvements, will be discussed on the workshops based on the data and information
FR5:
Regarding the impacts of community based stock enhancement on environment and social development, we
will compiles the case study results as an installation manual books with good example of Batan Bay.
Key factors of high resilience against natural disaster will be identified based on the records anddata from Batan Bay area and the results will be published as a guide books for rural development. And
all data, information and results, we try to clarify the “Area-Capablity”and publish a book of Whatis Area Capability, the concept and practices. And we will hold an international seminar of Area
Capability as a new concept for evaluation of rural development with harmonizing conservation ofenvironment to disseminate this new concept and approach.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-07

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Project Name: Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia
Abbreviated Title: Desertification in Afro-Eurasia
Project Leader: TANAKA Ueru
Research Axis: Resources
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 set as follows: 1) to deepen understanding of the social, culturaland ecological characteristics of targeted areas in semi-arid Afro-Eurasia as a premise to study ondesertification; 2) to design and verify some practical techniques or approaches effective fordesertification control in the context of rural development support; 3) to propose and implement sometechniques and approaches to desertification control and rural development, paying special attention tovulnerable people. Special focus is given to vulnerable people and areas left behind in the trend of
economic development and globalization.
Background
Desertification is one of the globally concerned problems/issues with complex phenomena related toland degradation and poverty in sub-humid, semi-arid and arid areas of Afro-Eurasia. Afterthe ratification of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1994, theinternational community, including Japan, signed its commitment to solve the problems. Twenty years has
past. So far, there have been many efforts made by international organization, local government andNGOs, however, the problems still remain unsolved and become more serious year by year. Whydesertification have not been prevented and even became worse? It may be explained from its causes
closely linking with poverty. As defined in UNCCD (1994), the causes of desertification are bothclimatic factors and human 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, animalhusbandry and gathering of fuel woods. Nobody can force them to stop the livelihood activities of local
people for desertification control. Difficulty of desertification control may also be explained fromthe complexity. Climatic factors include short and uneven distribution of rainfall, excess rain andflooding, and wind. Livelihood activities are varied under different landscape, soils, vegetation, foodcustoms, traditions of techniques, socio-economic condition and so on. Susceptibility of land resourcesand ecosystemsunder the pressure of human activities and the impact of climatic factors are also
different for each place. 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.
Common activities of the entire project
1. To deepen the understanding of social and ecological characteristics of some targeted areas of
Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia as a premise to study on desertification
1-a. Identification of social and ecological characteristics of the targetedareas

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1-b. Identification of causes and types of dominant desertification phenomena in relating with thechanges of local livelihood under demographic and economic pressure, climatic trend and intervention byoutsiders
1-c. Identification of mechanisms and processes of social and ecological adaptation being functioned
under environmental and demographic changes
1-d. Identification of common features and specificity in the social ecological characteristics ofthe target areas through comparative studies for seeking the possibility of horizontal technology
transfer
2. To design and verify some practical techniques/approaches effective for desertification control
inthe context of rural development assistance
2-a. Re-examination of conventional techniques/approaches to desertification control and ruraldevelopment assistance
2-b. Collection ofdesertification control

indigenous

knowledge

andtechniques

and

its

modification

utilizedfor2-c. Identification of the requisites and possibilities of technology transfer within/between Africa
and Asia
2-d. Design and verification of some techniques/approaches effective for desertification control andimprovement of livelihood security
3. To propose and implement some techniques/approaches to desertification
development, with paying special attention to for vulnerable people

control

and

rural

3-a. Provision of verified practical techniques/approaches,knowledge and experiences, and plan of
implementation project(s) to relevant organizations
3-b. Dissemination of the study results through oral presentations(seminars, symposiums and workshops
for wide range of audiences), posters, academic papers, publications, and advisories○ Progress and Results in 2014
【General aspects of the project activities】
Project sites
Project research takes place in the Sahel of West Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal), Northeast
Africa (Sudan), East Africa (Tanzania), Southern Africa (Namibia and Zambia),South Asia (India) andEast Asia (Mongolia and China), where ecological conditions and land resources are degraded due todemographic pressure and uncertain social and economic conditions, and extreme weather.
Specific activities at each area
1. West Africa and Northeast Africa(so-called 'Sahel zone' of Africa)
1-a. Extension of some verified techniques of desertification control (Andropogon grass-band system,
fallow-band system, extension method incorporated with social-network survey) collaborating with local
NGO (Niger)
1-b. Monitoring of soil fertility maintenance and degradation process under different cultivation
practices in semi-arid condition (Niger)
1-c. Cross-border migration, social and ecological adaptation and process of community formation(Niger, Burkina Faso and Togo)
1-d. Mechanisms and process of innovation by local people (Burkina Faso)
1-e. Influences of “Islam” in daily livelihood of urban and rural communities (Burkina Faso)
1-f. Background and conditions around street children as a vulnerable existence (Burkina Faso)
1-g. Advisory for aid organizations to make implementation project(Burkina Faso, Senegal)
1-h. Preliminary survey to identify possible area(s)/site(s) for the transfer of some verified
techniques (Senegal, Sudan)
2. Southern Africa
2-a. Impact of transformation in local animal husbandry on peoples ’ livelihoods, communities,
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2-b. Monitoring of soil fertility maintenance and degradation process under different cultivation
practices in semi-arid condition (Namibia)
2-c. Changes of local livelihood activities and land use systems after compulsory trans-migration(Zambia)
3. South Asia

3-b. Co-existence of local livelihoods between the pastoralists and cultivators in highly populatedarea, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu (India)
3-c. Seasonal movement of pastoralists and its contribution of soil fertility maintenance (India)
3-d. Preliminary survey to seek possibility technology transfer between India and Africa (India,
Senegal)4. East Asia
4-a. Requisites of resilience mechanisms in the pastoralists’ livelihood to reduce vulnerability
against natural disaster (Mongolia)
4-b. Indigenous knowledge/techniques of land resource management by pastoralists (Mongolia)
4-c. Preparation of a field experiment for re-appraisal of dry farming techniques described in
antique books (China)
5. Inter regional sites
We make comparative studies on 1) Adaptation strategies in agro-pastoral systems between high/low
population areas, tropical/temperate climate regions, and cultivation/pastoral system” and 2)
Possibility of technology transfer, e.g. land use systems,restoration of degraded land, farming tools
and soil management practices in Africa and Asia.
Project activities and the framework of UNCCDUNCCD has already set the framework for action to address desertification. We focus on ‘scientificknowledge’ and ‘techniques’ which may be associated with some shortcomings in the framework. Manytechniques employed to control desertification to date, however scientifically sound and rational they
may be,unfortunately are often not matched to the needs and situations of local people if, for example,
they are too expensive or require too much time or labor. Some techniques are highly dependent onmaterials and machinery that may not be locally available. Our project modifies such shortcomings andadds more knowledge and techniques through the activities in Semi-arid Africa and Asia. In West Africa
the major focus of project work is on collaborating with local people in the innovation of practicaldesertification control techniques and extension methods, especially related to the livelihoods ofvulnerable people. In Southern Africa, basic studies are being developed to describe agroecosystems,local livelihood systems, and adaptation strategies under demographic pressure andenvironmental fluctuation. In South Asia, we have inventoried local knowledge (e.g. indigenous
knowledge, techniques and tools), in order to identify pastoral peoples’ adaptation strategies in highpopulation areas experiencing fluctuating social and agro-climatic conditions. In East Asia, we reappraise indigenous knowledge in the traditional upland farming systems. Comparative studies within
Africa and between Africa and Asia are also underway in order to evaluate the possibility of horizontal
technology transfer.
【Progress】
Design of practical technique with local people
Many techniques have been introduced to control desertification to date, but unfortunately most are not
adopted by local people. New techniques, however scientifically sound and rational, may not match theneeds and situation of local people if they are too expensive or require too much time or labor. Sometechniques are highly dependent on materials and machinery from outside that may not be locallyavailable. Together with volunteer villagers in Niger and Burkina Faso, we designed an alternative

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3-a. Data-base of indigenous tools, its manufacturing processes, and literature of traditionalfarming systems to seeking appropriate techniques useful for rural development assistance in semi-arid
Asia and Africa (India)

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technique using local materials and indigenous knowledge to control soil erosion and increase householdincome. The technique is called “Contour lines of Andropogon”. Andropogon (Andropogon gayanus Kunth)is a wild perennial grass found everywhere in the Sahel and utilized as a material to constructgranaries and housing. The plant stalk and woven mats are sold in local markets, and the income issometimes equivalent to the price of 1 to 2 months of grain for consumption.When used to control soil
erosion, the plant is transplanted to a pit with manure, an indigenous technique known as “Zai”.
Manure application to the wild grass, a newly adopted practice, increases plant productivity andharvest of stalk. Planting along the contour line reduces soil erosion by intercepting surface run-off
water. This technique is also helpful for vulnerable people, such as elders and widows, who have noland or compete with the others to collect wild Andropogon. This is a typical example of designing apractical technique, which satisfies desertification control and improvement of local livelihood,combined with indigenous knowledge, locally available materials and experiences of outsiders.
Improvement of extension method incorporated with social-network survey
The project successfully conducted the extension of the 'fallow-band system' in Niger under thecollaboration with Global Environmental Forum (GEF, a NPO in Tokyo) and JICA in 2010 through 2014.
Follow-up survey in one village, however, revealed that the technique was accepted and practiced by thelimited households, not by the entire village. To identify the reasons, the project applied socialnetwork survey to visualize the networks of information, confidence, opinion leaders, and vulnerable
people. Through this research, one idea was spin off. It is a modification of conventional extension
method, by incorporating a technique of social network survey as a component,to improve the efficiency
with feasible cost and labors.
Preliminary studies on transfer of knowledge and techniques within Africa and between Africa and Asia
Togethe rwith an local NGO established within an Islamic community in Senegal, we began an
implementation trial of the ‘fallow-band system’ and ‘andropogon line’ transferred from Niger andBurkina Faso. The indigenous technique known as ‘diguette’ (or stone line) commonly practiced in
Burkina Faso to control soil erosion has been introduced to Tanzania. Inventory of indigenous farming
tools and techniques in semi-arid India is under preparation aiming to seek possibilities of transfer
to Senegal.
【Special remarks】
Project members obtained 11 academic awards in 2014.
(1) Ikazaki, K.: Young Scientist Award, Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition(2) Endo, H., K.P. Singh, H. Miyasaki, U. Tanaka: Best Poster Award, 25th meeting of Japanese
Association of Arid Land Studies(3) Ishimoto, Y.: Young Scientist Award and Katakura Motoko Award, Japanese Association of Arid Land
Studies(4) Shinjo, H. Ikazaki, K., Imanaka, R., Tanaka, U. et al: Best Poster Award, 20th World Congress ofSoil Science (International Union of Soil Science)(5) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U. et al: Best Presentation Award, 20th World Congress of Soil
Science (International Union of Soil Science)(6) Tanaka, U., Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tobita, S.: Award of Ministerof Environment and Environmental
Award, The Hitachi Environment Foundation(7) Oyama, S.: Award for Areal Studies, The Daido Life Foundation(8) Machi, Y., Tanaka, U., Shinjo, H., Shimizu, T.: Best Presentation Award (Kitamura Award), 2014
Autumn Meeting, Japanese Society of Agricultural Systems(9) Ikazaki, K.: Achievement Award for Young Scientists, The Foundation of Agricultural Science ofJapan(10) Nakamura, H.: Best Poster Award, 25th annual meeting of Japanese Society of International
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Research Projects(11) M. Jegadeesan, H. Miyazaki and U. Tanaka: Best Poster Award, A National Seminar onExtension
Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture –Challenges andOpportunities (EMASSA-2014)○Project Members

ISHIKAWA Hirohiko
SAKURAI Takeshi○ MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi○ SASAKI Yuko
○ SHIMIZU Takao○ TESHIROGI Koki
○ ENDO Hitoshi
MIZUNO Kazuharu
OHYAMA Shuichi
SETO Shinichi
MIZOGUCHI Daisuke
ITO Miku
Nakao Seiji
KIRIKOSHI Hitomi
DEORA, K. P. SinghSEKIYA Yuichi
HIRATA Masahiro
OHJI Toshiaki
KIHIRA Tomoe○ Future Themes
We intend to make comparative studies on adaptation strategies utilized by people in agro-pastoral
systems in relation to several key variables, including population areas, tropical/temperate climate
regions, and cultivation/pastoral system. We also will explore the possibility of technology transfer,e.g. land use systems, restoration of degraded land, farming tools and soil management practices
between Africa and Asia. In order to share such experiences and findings, we will increase thefrequency of academic workshops and open seminars held domestically and internationally.

●Achievements○Papers【Original Articles】

・Kanno, H., T. Sakurai, H. Shinjo, H. Miyazaki, Y. Ishimoto, T. Saeki, and C. Umetsu 2015,01 Analysis
of Meteorological Measurements made over Three Rainy Seasons and Rainfall Simulations in Sinazongwe
District, Southern Province, Zambia. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly 49(1) :59-71.(reviewed).
・Koki Teshirogi 2014,08 Recent Changes in Communal Livestock Farming in Northwestern Namibia with
Special Reference to the Rapid Spread of Livestock Auctions and Mobile Phones. MILA the Special
Issue :27-36.

Research Projects○ KOBAYASHI Hirohide○ NAKAMURA Hiroshi○ MIURA Rei-ichi○ UCHIDA Satoshi( RIHN,Associate Professor,Project management, Agricultural Studies )( RIHN,Assistant Professor,Tottori UNiversity, Anthropology )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Soil Science )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science,Researcher,Soil
Science )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Architecture )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Social Economics )( Ryukoku University,Associate Professor,Tropical Ecosystems )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science,Proncipal
Researcher,Remote Sensing )( Kyoto University,Professor,Climatorogy )( Tokyo University,Professor,Rural Economics )( RIHN,Researcher,Sub-leader, Boundary Agriculture )( RIHN,Researcher,Rural Sociology )( RIHN,Researcher,Anthropology )( RIHN,Researcher,Geography )( RIHN,Researcher,Archeology )( Kyoto University,Professor,Geography )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Area Studies )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Rudal Development )( Waseda University,Researcher,Anthropology )( Nanzan University,Researcher,Anthropology )( Nanzan University,Researcher,Anthropoloty )( Kyoto University,Researcher,Geography )( Institute of Rajasthan Studies (India),Senior Researcher,Archeology )( Tokyo University,Associate Professor,Anthropology )( Obihiro Chikusan University,Associate Professor,Area Studies )( Honarery Professor,Geography )( RINH,Research Assistant,Project Management )RIHN◎ TANAKA Ueru
○ ISHIMOTO Yudai○ SHINJO Hitoshi○ IKAZAKI Kenta

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・Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Noro, Y., Takenaka, S., Miura R., Sokotela, S.B., Funakawa, S 2014,06 Shortterm effects of fire intensity on soil organic matter and nutrient release after slash-and-burn in
Eastern
Province,
Zambia.
Soil
ScienceandPlant
Nutrition60:173-182.
DOI:
10.1080/00380768.2014.88348.(reviewed).
・Ando K., Shinjo H., Kuramitsu H., Miura R., Sokotela S., Funakawa S. 2014,06 Effects of cropping andshort-natural fallow rotation on soil organic carbon in the Eastern Province of Zambia. Agric.
Ecosyst. Environ 196 :34-41.(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・ Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA 2014,12 Practical technique fordesertification control concurrently to reduce wind erosion and improve crop performance.
Environmental Research Quarterly 176 :5-14. (in Japanese) ('Award of Minister of Environment' and'Environmental Award, The Hitachi Environment Foundation').
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Ueru TANAKA A practical technique to control wind erosion and to improve crop performance Possibility of technology transfer from Niger to Senegal -. ISM-RIHN Joint Seminar: Community
development assistance based on local resources and social networks in the Sahel, 2015,02,04, ISM,
Dakar (Senegal).
・Takao SHIMIZU, Ueru TANAKA and Hiroshi NAKAMURA The technology co-designed with 'Studying Farmers(Tokuno-ka 篤農家) in Burkina Faso and Niger. Joint seminar on 'Community development assistancebased on local resources and social networks in the Sahel', 2015,02,04, ISM, Dakar, Sénégal..
・Takao SHIMIZU Becoming Muslim in a modern educational system in Burkina Faso: A challenge of Coranic
school and 'Franco-Arab. Yaoudé Forum, Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment andUtilization of “African Potentials (Itaru OHTA), 2014,12,04-2014,12,06, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
・Takao SHIMIZU Result of statistic research of Street-Children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 14th
Africa Educational Research Forum, 2014,10,24-2014,10,25, RINH, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)・Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Takao SHIMIZU, Yuko SASAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA Designing ofpractical techniques for desertification control collaborating with local people in the Sahel, West
Africa. 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) 2014, 2014,08,28, Davos, Swiss.
・Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. “Fallow Band System”, ado-nothing practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West
Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, 2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju, Korea.(Best Presentation
Award).
・Yudai ISHIMOT, Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Ueru TANAKA Using Land Resource by Small Scale Farmers in Rural
Southern Province, Zambia: Understanding the Grazing Route to Acquire Fodder Continuously. 51th
Academic meeting for Japan Association for African Studies, 2014,05,23-2014,05,25, Kyoto (Kyoto
University). (in Japanese)
・Takao SHIMIZU Is the problem of "street-children" is a "social problem" or a phenomenon on the urban
space? Looking through anthropologist on NGOs (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso).. International Union of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUEAS) 2014 with JASCA, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Makuhari,
Chiba, Japan.
・Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu Social Capital and Small-Scale Farmers
in Zambia: An Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,03-2014,05,08, Montpellier,France.(reviewed).
・Takao SHIMIZU Intermediate report for statistic research for Street-Children in Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso . 13th Africa Educational Research Forum , 2014,04,11-2014,04,12, Osaka University, Osaka,
Japan. (in Japanese)

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・SASAKI,Yuko, TANAKA, Ueru, IKAZAKI, Kenta, SHINJO, Hitoshi, TOBITA, Satoshi Improved Extension Methodof Practical Technique to Cope with Desertification in Niger, West Africa. 3rd UNCCD Science
Conferece, 2015,03,09-2015,03,12, Cancun, Mexico.
・ MUNIANDI JEGADEESAN, Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI and Ueru TANAKA Agrarian Change and Livelihood
Diversification in Tamil Nadu. A National Seminar on Extension Management Strategies for Sustainable
Agriculture –Challenges and Opportunities (EMASSA-2014), 2014,12,12-2014,12,13, Home Science College
and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India.(Best Poster Award).

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・Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H., Miura, H., Funakawa, S. Effects of cropping and short natural
fallow rotation on carbon balance in the semiarid tropics of Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil
Science, 2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju, Korea.

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・Shinjo, H., Ikazaki, K., Imanaka, S., Tanaka, U., Hayashi, K., Tobita, S. and Kosaki, T. Sustainable
and efficient land management practices in the Sahel. 20th World Congress of Soil Science,
2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju Korea.(Best Poster Award).
・Taguchi, K., Shinjo, H., and Ikazaki, K. Effects of soil texture on millet growth in the Sahel ofWest Africa.. The annual meeting of Japanese Society of Pedology 2014, 2014,05,21, Shimane
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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: E-05-Init
Project Name: Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local Environmental
Knowledge
Abbreviated Title: ILEK project
Project Leader: SATO Tetsu
Research Axis: Ecosophy program/OICOS initiative
URL: http://ilekcrp.org/
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. This project focuses on the formation and circulation of a novel
concept of local knowledge (Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge, ILEK) blending scientific andlocal daily-life knowledge productions. Diverse ecosystem services should be managed on the basis ofcollective knowledge base such as ILEK. We examine mechanisms to facilitate production and circulationof ILEK to understand ILEK-based adaptive governance mechanisms for creation and sustainable governanceof such commons. This initiative-based project conducts meta-analysis and integrates a wide range ofresults of RIHN projects and locally accumulated knowledge through daily practices of stakeholders invarious areas of the world, to understand formation mechanisms of ILEK and drivers of adaptive
governance using ILEK as a knowledge base. Residential researchers living in local communities play
important roles to produce ILEK essential for adaptive governance. Bilateral translators of knowledge
promote circulation of ILEK among different stakeholders. The project invites these important actors inlocal communities to provide viewpoints of ‘knowledge users’ to elucidate production and circulation
mechanisms of ILEK for sustainable adaptive governance of local commons. Analyses of circulation ofknowledge across multiple scales by cross-level knowledge translators clarify cross-scale governancefor solutions of global environment 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 global environmental 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. These results will

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contribute to formation of future visions of “science in/with society” and “society making full useof science” to support bottom-up solutions of diverse global environmental problems.

○ Progress and Results in 2014

Research methods:
This initiative based project employs a unique transdisciplinary approach incorporating feedback loops
connecting local empirical analyses and abstract theoretical levels. At the local empirical level, we
identified 61 case study sites based on the presence of dedicated residential researchers ortranslators among project members closely collaborating with diverse stakeholders in each case study
site. Fifteen sites of action-based verification have been extracted among the case study sites.
Organizations and people working as a bilateral translator connecting multiple scales from global tolocal levels are reviewed for their knowledge production and translation, and cases of such cross-levelknowledge translators are identified for cross-scale analysis. Project member scientists conduct codesign, co-production and co-delivery processes of transdisciplinary research through dailyinteractions with local leaders, decision makers, cross-level translators and other stakeholders. These
localized research results are integrated by meta-analysis using semi-structured interviews, text
analysis, GIS-based cluster analysis and conceptual as well as mathematical modeling to identify
important drivers of adaptive governance. The scientists and stakeholders at the local level researches
will be involved at the meta-level theoretical analysis through the deliberative stakeholder workshops
planned in FR3 and 4. The workshop is designed to critically review and discuss the outcomes oftheoretical meta-analysis to give feedback from the local perspectives to both theoreticians andempirical researches. These feedback at the workshop will be immediately brought back to local levelresearch and actions by participating scientists and stakeholders deeply embedded to each case study
sites. This two-tier structure of transdisciplinary approaches will enable the scientists andstakeholders to achieve close collaboration and mutual learning throughout the entire research
processes to produce acceptable and applicable way forwards for designing sustainable societies at
local as well as global scale levels.
Research organizations:

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This project effectively inherits research outcomes of cognitive sciences from previous RIHN projects
and integrates them with various cases of issue-driven and solution-oriented science approaches fromthe world, which involve collaborative interactions between scientists and stakeholders to produce andutilize ILEK for creation and sustainable management of local commons. The project aims to elucidate
pathways to promote science in/with society as well as to design social systems to make full use ofscience for solutions of diverse global environmental problems. The project analyzes scientificprocesses and outcomes of various cases of solution-oriented knowledge productions by residential andother types of researches including RIHN projects from the viewpoints of knowledge users, based on the
hypothesis that the multiple roles and functions of important actors to produce and circulate ILEK
support the adaptive governance of local communities for sustainable futures. We have established thepreliminary conceptual models of ILEK-based adaptive governance based on the framing of local
stakeholders and potential responses of stakeholder networks. In 2014, we aimed to elaborate these
theoretical frames from meta-analysis of case studies and modeling to produce verifiable hypothesis fordesigning action-based verification processes. We also conducted analysis of roles and functions ofbilateral knowledge translators in the contexts of cross-scale collaboration mediated by knowledge flow
across multiple scale levels from local to global. Through the previous research, we recognized that
local communities are almost always interacting with external actors and institutions including global
and regional ones. Cross-scale translators are an important component of stakeholder networks in each
local community. This observation led us to incorporate cross-scale analysis into each case study, andto avoid analyzing cross-scale governance independently in a separate research group. Action-based
verification processes have started from FR3 in selected case study sites to incorporate cross-scaleelements as much as possible. With the approaches integrating empirical studies, Action-based
verification processes and theoretical analysis, the project aims to elucidate the way forwards toward
solution of global environmental problems.

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The research organization has been composed of Case Study, Social Experiment, Multi-scale Analysis,
Theory and Modeling, and Managing groups together with thematic task forces (TFs) cross-cutting the
research groups. The Case Study group with three working teams (East Asia: EU & North America:
Developing Countries) conducts field research of diverse knowledge systems produced by RIHN projects
and other researches in different localities of the world. We design and conduct action-based
verification of hypothesis focusing on ILEK-based adaptive governance mechanisms to clarify drivers ofadaptive societal changes. A part of Case Study group has been re-organized into Action-based
Verification group in FR3. We also make a quest of mechanisms to facilitate cross-scale actions for
global environment problems, by analyzing roles of bilateral translators across global, regional andlocal scales. Multi-scale Analysis group consisted of Top Down and Bottom Up teams was merged into
Action-based Verification group to work together with other groups to elucidate dynamic translation andcirculation of knowledge across different scale levels to facilitate cross-scale adaptive governance.
Theory and Modeling group works together with other groups to conduct meta-analysis of the case studies
to establish and elaborate parameters for modeling. The results are fed back to other groups to refine
research strategies. In order to facilitate interactions among diverse project members with different
academic background, the cross-cutting Task Forces (TFs) are organized at different levels of analyses,
including
Ethicsof
Design-oriented
Science,
ILEK
Simulator,
Environmental
Governance,
Transdisciplinarity, Residential Research, Sato-umi Fisheries Resource Management, Biosphare Reserves,
and Resource Management Certification TFs. The Managing group coordinate diverse research activities ofthese groups and TFs, develop and improve basic concepts and strategies, and integrate research resultsfor design of sustainable societies. Comprehensive understanding of adaptive governance mechanisms ofcommons is expected to be achieved with this integrative research design.
Research outcomes of the year 2014:a) ILEK Triangle model
While collaborative research and actions were continued in each case study sites, preliminary analysis
were conducted regarding knowledge production, circulation and utilization for local decision making
and actions in 11 cases of RIHN research project to construct a conceptual model of ILEK-based local
adaptive governance for meta-analysis and integration of case studies and cross-scale analysis. The
model, named “ILEK Triangle”, is composed of interactive system of three important elements of ILEKbased adaptive governance (knowledge production, decision making and action at individual or small
group level, and formal/informal institutional changes), driven by knowledge producers, knowledge users
and translators. In this ILEK Triangle, ILEK productions were hypothesized to lead to dynamic changes
of institutions toward sustainability through two different pathways: first, through changes ofindividual decision makings and actions resulting in adaptive changes of social systems, and second,through direct effects upon formal and informal institutions and collective knowledge systems in thecommunity. In order to identify important drivers to mobilize this system, detailed analyses ofinterview records of RIHN project leaders were conducted. A set of hypothetical drivers were identified
by these analyses, which were classified into five categories (below).
1. create and visualize values
Produced knowledge creates or visualizes new shareable values in local communities to mobilize
collaborative actions.
2. create new linkages (local and cross-scale)
Produced knowledge creates new linkages among actors within and outside the community, including actors
addressing broader issues.
3. provide options and opportunities
Produced knowledge expand options and opportunities for sustainable actions among stakeholders andmediates changes in environmental perception.
4. create collective actions
Produced knowledge creates collective actions, transforming existing local institutions or creating newones.
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Knowledge translators (individual or organizational) mediate changes in individual actions or formal
and informal social systems by appropriate selection, modification and reconstruction of knowledge.

c) Progress in text analysis and theoretical modeling
Methods of computer-assisted text analysis based on the ILEK database launched have been developed to
conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of discourses of scientists, translators and stakeholders
accumulated in the project research. Semantic network analysis methodologies have been developed to
extract major concepts delivered in the narratives of various actors, and the changes of message
structures according to time axes. We aim to improve this technique to provide data sets formathematical modeling of dynamic changes of knowledge circulation networks in the adaptive governanceprocesses.
Approaches of mathematical modeling of ILEK-based adaptive governance have been improved in the processof intensive interactions between theoreticians, empirical scientists and stakeholders. Particularly
promising approaches include communication dynamics models analogous to evolutionary dynamics ofknowledge as a meme, complex network models including asymmetric simple exclusion processes (ASEP)
focusing on functions of bilateral translators in knowledge circulation networks (≈social network), andgame theoretic models of exclusion mechanisms of free-riders in adaptive governance processes.
d) Academic and societal outputs
The basic concepts of the project including ILEK, residential researchers and bilateral knowledgetranslators, as well as methodological framework of the project were summarized and published in a bookchapter in English ( Sato, T, 2014, "Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge Supporting Adaptive
Governance of Local Communities”, Alvares, C. ed, Multicultural Knowledge and the University,
Multiversity India, Mapusa, India, pp.268-273.). We organized the first ILEK project international
symposium in September 2014 entitled "Knowledge Translation:Bridging Gaps between Science and Society",
and an international symposium co-organized by University of Saskatchewan and Kyoto Model Forest
Association titled "International Symposium on Community-based Management of Forest Resources:
Perspectives on culture, learning and adaptation in Canada and Japan" in March 2015. The Resource
Management Certification TF organised a symposium on "Producing Intangible Values of Agriculture andFisheries Products: Local certification and trust formation mechanisms" in February 2015. In order toshare general research outcomes of the project with various stakeholders to receive their input to theresearch processes, we had a deliberative workshop inviting 45 local stakeholders including residential
as well as visiting researchers in January 2015.

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We developed detailed interview protocol based on ILEK Triangle in March 2013 to extract perceptions ofscientists and stakeholders collaborating in ILEK productions and community actions in case study sites
with regard to important drivers of ILEK-based adaptive governance. More concise and user friendly
self-evaluation questionnaire was also developed in 2013 by improving the interview protocol. Interview
Specialists Group (ISG) was established and has accumulated interview records, including translators,
knowledge producers, and 8 knowledge users. The interviewees commonly shared importance ofopportunities to expand human networks by collaborative actions supported by ILEK, which were largely
dependent on attributions of knowledge producers and translators, as well as knowledge itself. The
analysis of participatory observations by Case Study and Action-based Verification group clarified thatnew values were created and visualized through the collaborative interactions, and options andopportunities also expanded as a result of collaboration. Various types of actions created by knowledge
production and circulation effectively mobilized local institutions, thereby promoting decision making
and actions. Translators played significant roles in collaborative networking by bridging gaps inknowledge hierarchy and providing legitimacy for different stakeholders to collaborate. Thishypothetical drivers of knowledge-based adaptive governance should be verified in the remaining project
periods by both empirical studies and theoretical modeling.

RIHNb) Preliminary results of discourse analysis

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○Project Members◎ SATO, Tetsu( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Local Science forEnvironment and Sustainability Team leader of Developing country team：Case study
group )

Management Group◎ 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 )○ MAKINO, Mitsutaku( National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research
Agency,Group Leader,Resource Management )○ 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 )41
Research Projects

HATTORI, Shiho

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
Multi-scale Group / Top-down Team
ISHIHARA, Hiroe( Cambridge University,Researcher,Environmental Sociology )OIKAWA, 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 )Research Projects

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 )RIHN( 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
Research )42
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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 )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 )○ 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 )43
Research Projectsa) Meta-analysis and modeling
The improved version of self-evaluation questionnaire will be applied to case studies and social
experiments to accumulate data to extract perceptions on ILEK-based adaptive governance amongscientists and stakeholders collaborating in ILEK productions and community actions. A new project
researcher in charge of case studies in developing countries will play a key role in meta analysis ofcase studies outside Japan, especially in developing countries. Text data of naturally spoken
narratives and writings of important actors in case study and action-based verification sites will also
be accumulated to provide resources for discourse analysis.
In FR4, we will improve analysis of these interview records and narrative data using conventional andcomputer-assisted discourse analysis to elaborate hypotheses on important drivers and processes of

Research Projects○ Future Themes

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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 )KADO, Kazunori( Hokkaido University of Education Asahikawa Campus,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )KITOH, Shuichi( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University ofTokyo,Professor,Environmental Governance )KINJYOU, Tatsuya( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Ddoctoral course,Environmental
Governance )KURODA, Satoru( Department of Contemporary Culture and Society, Rikkyo University,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Governance )SUGIMOTO, Ayumi( Akita International University,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )SUZUKI, Katsuya( Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of
Hyogo,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )SEKI, Reiko( Department of Contemporary Culture and Society, Rikkyo
University,Professor,Environmental Governance )TAKASAKI, Yuko
( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Ddoctoral course,Environmental
Governance )TAKEUCHI, Kengo( Aomori City Namioka Primary School,Teacher,Environmental Governance )TASHIRO, Yushu( Tokushima Prefecture Sanago Biodiversity Experience
Center,Director,Environmental Governance )TATSUZAWA, Shirow( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Governance )TOMITA, Ryoto( Faculty of Agriculture,Shizuoka Universty,Assistant Professor,Environmental
Governance )NISHIKIDO, Makoto( Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )NINOMIYA, Sakiko( Kanto Gakuin University College of human and Environmental
Studies,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )HIRAKAWA, Zenki( Hokkaido University of Research Faculty of Agriculture,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )HIRANO, Yu-ichiro( Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,Research Fellow,Environmental
Governance )MIKAMI, Naoyuki( Hokkaido University of Institute for the Advancement of Higher
Education,Associate professor,Environmental Governance )MEGURO, Norio( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )YASUDA, Akito( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )YAMAMOTO, Shinji( Field Science Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )KARIN, Ree( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Ddoctoral
course,Environmental Governance )44
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ILEK-based adaptive governance. Computer-assisted analysis techniques including semantic network
analysis will be further improved in close collaboration among modelers, database specialists andempirical scientists. Outcomes of these analyses will be successively delivered to the Theory andModeling group to test various modeling approaches, and to the Action-based Verification group topromote verification of hypothesis in FR4. Research results are also applied to the design of ILEK
Simulator scheduled to be launched toward the end of the project.
b) Case studies and Action-based Verification
FR4 will be a critical stage of the project to implement action-based verification processes atselected sites to verify focused hypotheses on drivers and processes of ILEK-based adaptive governance.
The designs of verification processes on the bases of ILEK Triangle model has been completed at 15
sites to address questions related to characterization of drivers of knowledge-based adaptive
governance. Each verification process is composed of attempted or ongoing actions delivered byknowledge producers or translators and expected societal changes observable within the project period.
We will organize the Action-based Verification Group with project members committed to each sites toimprove the design and implementation and to integrate results. Societal changes resulted fromexperimental actions can be measured by dynamism of stakeholder networks, changes in perceptions among
stakeholders and scientists, and emergence of collaborative actions. Methodologies of qualitative andquantitative evaluation of social dynamism will be established and improved in FR4.
c) Stakeholder workshop at meta-analysis level
Stakeholder workshops will be an important component of two-tier transdisciplinary approach in the
project. We completed the first deliberative workshop in September 2014 (within Japan), and aredesigning a series of localized workshops in the verification sites outside Japan in 2015. The WS will
mainly invite scientists and stakeholders deeply embedded to each case study sites. The protocol
basically follows those utilized in World Wide Views on Biodiversity project. The output of the WS havebeen analysed collaboratively by scientists and stakeholders to provide feedback to both academic andstakeholder communities at local and cross-scale levels.
d) ILEK Simulator as a societal output of the project
In its initial design, we assumed that the final societal output of ILEK project would be societal
changes in each case study site directly delivered by project members deeply embedded in each
community. However, as we found collaboration among diverse actors within and outside the community
could be an important driver of adaptive governance, a mechanism to promote mutual learning andinteraction among diverse case study sites over the world was desperately needed. Based on the Web GIS
system and semantic network analysis protocols, we started designing a web-based ILEK Simulator as thesocietal output of the project. ILEK Simulator provides plausible options and tips of ILEK-based
adaptive governance fitted to particular local settings, together with real-life examples of local
collaborative activities in other sites sharing common characteristics. ILEK Simulator will open a newpathway to connect local communities in the world for collaboration in adaptive governance processes.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Naoyuki Mikami 2015,02 Public Participation in Decision-Making on Energy Policy: The Case of the“National Discussion” After the Fukushima Accident. Yuko Fujigaki (ed.) (ed.) Lessons From
Fukushima: Japanese Case Studies on Science, Technology and Society . Springer, pp.87-122. DOI:DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-15353-7_5.
・Matsuda H, Kaji 2015,02 Calculating risk due to radioactive seafoods. KIn Kurokura H (ed). (ed.)"Radioactive pollution in aquasphere, towards rebuilding fisheries in FUKUSHIMA". KoseishaKoseikaku, pp.103-130.

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Research Projects

・Hitoshi Sakio and Kanako Nikkuni 2014,09 Riparian willow forest regeneration following a large flood.
In: Mucina,L., Price,J.N. & Kalwij,J.M. (eds.), (ed.) Biodiversity and vegetation patterns,
processes, conservation. Kwongan Foundation, Perth, AU, pp.182.
○Editing

・Sun-Kee Hong, Jan Bogaert, Qingwen Min (ed.) 2014,08 Biocultural Landscapes: Diversity, Functions andValues. Springer, 218pp.

【Original Articles】

・Nami Okubo and Ayumi Onuma 2015,02 An economic and ecological consideration of commercial coraltransplantation to restore the marine ecosystem in Okinawa,Japan. Ecosystem Services 11 :39-44.
(reviewed).
・Suzuki T, Nagao S, Horiuchi M, Maie N, Yamamoto M, Nakamura K 2015,01 Characteristics and behavior of
dissolved organic matter in the Kumaki River, Noto Peninsula, Japan. Limnology 16 :55-68.(reviewed).
・ Daisuke Akaishi and Koji Nakamura 2014,12 Omnivorous and predaceous larval habits of Muscina
angustifrons (Loew) (Diptera, Muscidae）. Med. Entomol. Zool 65(4) :195-199.(reviewed).
・Akça, E. 2014,08 Preparing For Future: Soil Projects.. Soil and Water Journal 1(2) :7-12.(reviewed).
・Reed MG, Godmaire H, Abernethy P, and Guertin MA. 2014,07 Building a community of practice forsustainability: Strengthening learning and collective action of Canadian biosphere reserves througha national partnership.. Journal of Environmental Management 145 :230-239.(reviewed).
・Vlachopoulou EI, Makino M, Matsuda H 2015,03 Fisheries vs Marine Conservation: Lessons learned fromthe Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site. Annals of Marine Sociology of Polish Academy of Science :36-43.(reviewed).
・Honjo,H., Sano,M., Miki,H. & Sakaguchi,H. 2015,02 Statistical properties of approval ratings forgovernments. Physica A 428 :266-272.(reviewed).
・Yoshida, K. & Tokita, K 2015,01 Properties of ecosystem those are vulnerable during eco-fusion .
Scientific Research 5(7939). DOI:DOI:10.1038/srep07939.(reviewed).
・Tokita, K 2015,01 Analytical theory of species abundance distributions of a
Population Ecology 57 :53-62.(reviewed).

random community model.

・Ōnishi, Hideyuki 2014,10 The Formation of the Ainu Cultural Landscape: Landscape Shift in a HunterGatherer Society in the Northern Part of the Japanese Archipelago. Journal of World Prehistory
27(3-4) :277-293.(reviewed).
・Saitoh M, Momose H, Inoue S, Kurashima O, Matsuda H 2014,09 Range-expanding wildlife: predicting thefuture distribution of large mammals in Japan,with management implications. International Journal of
Geographical Information Science .(reviewed).
・Akiyama, E., Hanaki, N., and Ishikawa,R 2014,08 How do experienced traders respond to inflows of
inexperienced traders? An experimental . Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 45 :1-18.
(reviewed).
・Makino M, Sakurai Y 2014,07 Towards the integrated research in fisheries science. Fisheries Science
80 :227-236.(reviewed).
・Kadoya T, Takenaka A, Ishihama F, Fujita T, Ogawa M, Katsuyama T, Kadono Y, Kawakubo N, Serizawa S,
Takahashi H, Takamiya M, Fujii S, Matsuda H, Muneda K, Yokota M, Yonekura K, Yahara T 2014,07 Crisisof Japanese vascular flora demonstrated by quantifying extinction risks for 1618 taxa. . PLoS ONE
9(7).(reviewed).e102384. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102384.
・ Watanabe E, Saito M, Hayashi M, Matsuda H 2014,06 Biodiversity hotspot analysis based on theextinction risk of vascular plant species in the Red Data Book of Japan. Jpn J. Cons. Ecol 19 :53-66.(reviewed).
・Miki,H. 2014,06 Scaling analysis of stationary probability distribution of random walks on onedimensional lattices with aperiodic disorder. Physical Review E 89 :062105.(reviewed).

Research Projects○Papers

RIHN【Editing / Co-editing】

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・Yonenoh, H. and Akiyama, E 2014,06 Selection of opponents in the Prisoner's dilemma in dynamic
networks: An experimental approach. Journal of Theoretical Biology 351 :25-36.(reviewed).
・Sachoemar, S.I., T.Yanagi and R.S.Aliah 2014 Sustainable aquaculture to improve productivity andwater quality of marginal brackishwater pond. Coastal Marine Science 37 :1-8.(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・Ōnishi, Hideyuki 2014,09 Issues in Conservation of landscape as Living Heritage in Atoll Island
States of the South Pacific: A study of cultural landscape of Tuvalu and Kiribati. Survey Report on
the Oceania Island Countries :96-102.
・Bjorn E. Berglund, Junko Kitagawa, Per Lageras, Koji Nakamura, Naoko Sasaki, Yoshinori Yasuda 2014
Traditional Farming Landscapes for Sustainable Living in Scandinavia and Japan: Global Revival
Through the Satoyama Initiative. AMBIO 43 :559-578.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Akça, E and Tangolar S. Organic Agriculture: Cases from Turkey. . The CORE-Organic Project,
2015,03,10-2015,03,11, Florence, Italy.
・Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa How do experienced traders respond to inflows of
inexperienced traders? An experimental analysis. 日本ファイナンス学会「実験アセットプライシング・コン
ファレンス」, 2015,03,09, 東京都渋谷区. .
・ Kitamura, Kenji, and Tetsu Sato Collective Action Based on Local Knowledge and Technologies:
Reforestation and Sustainability in the Watershed in Hokkaido, Japan. International Symposium on
Community-based Management of Forest Resources: Perspectives on Culture, Learning and Adaptation in
Canada and Japan, 2015,03,03-2015,03,05, Kyoto, Japan.
・ Kitamura, Kenji, and Tetsu Sato Collective Action Based on Local Knowledge and Technologies:
Reforestation and Sustainability in the Watershed in Hokkaido, Japan. International Symposium on
Community-based Management of Forest Resources: Perspectives on Culture, Learning and Adaptation in
Canada and Japan, 2015,03,03-2015,03,05, Kyoto, Japan.
・Akça, E. Climate Change and Organic Carbon Management: The Central Anatolian Case. . Economics ofland Degradation Meeting. GD of Combatting Erosion and Desertification., 2015,02,23-2015,02,25,
Antalya, Turkey.
・ Kitamura, Kenji Designing and Implementing Action-Based Verification. Full Project Meeting ofCreation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local
Environmental Knowledge (ILEK Project), 2015,01,24, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)・ Akça, E. Soil Organic Carbon and its Economy.. Ecosystem Services that Agricultural Management
Benefits Workshop., 2014,12,11, Konya, Turkey.
・ Claus, A. C. Building Ideological Infrastructure for Marine Conservation in Okinawa.. American
Anthropological Association, 2014,12,02-2014,12,07, Washington DC..
・Ōnishi, Hideyuki The views of local people as politics of cultural heritage: A study of the landscapecognition of local people in the Amami Islands. AJJ ( Anthropology of Japan in Japan ) 2014 Autumn
Meeting, 2014,11,29-2014,11,30, Nagoya, Japan .
・Toshiyuki TSUCHIYA Perspectives of Community-based Natural Resources Management in Protected Areas in
Asia. From Case Studies Discussed at Asia Parks Congress, 2014,11,12-2014,11,19, Sydney, Australia.
・Sakurai, R., and H. Kobori How to foster residents' participation in green restoration activities?.
43rd North American Association for Environmental Education, 2014,10,08-2014,10,10, Ottawa, Canada.
・ Sakurai, R., N. Matsuda., T. Maruyama., and G. Ueda Evaluating participatory wildlife damage
prevention program in Japan. Pathway 2014: Common Futures- Integrating Human Dimensions into
Fisheries and Wildlife Management, 2014,10,05-2014,10,09, Colorado, USA.

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・ Welter S, Reed, M.G., and Gamble A. Stretching community-based ecosystem management to protect
Indigenous livelihoods: The Beardys and Okemasis First Nation and the Prince Albert Model Forest..
World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress"Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: the Role of Research", 2014,10,05-2014,10,09, Salt Lake
City, United States.

・Akça, E., Çarkacı, D.A, Kuş, M., Zeydanlı, U., Çağırgan, O., Şimşekli, N. The effect of Wind shields
on soil organic matter: Evaluation of 60 year management. . 2nd Desertification Meeting,,
2014,09,16-2014,09,18, Konya, Turkey.
・Akça, E, Katısöz, Ö, Çullu, MA, Kume, T., Nagano, T., Büyük, G., Öztürk, H., Kapur, S. Increasing
Soil Organic Matter against Desertification: TEMA Project.. 2nd Desertification Meeting,2014,09,16-2014,09,19, Konya, Turkey.
・ Kitamura, Kenji Designing the Social Experiments in the ILEK Project. Full Project Meeting ofCreation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local
Environmental Knowledge (ILEK Project), 2014,09,13, Kyoto, Japan.
・ Makino M ILEK Fisheries Management Toolbox: Community-based visualization of multiple resource
management options. ILEK International Symposium, 2014,09,13-2014,09,14, kyoto, Japan.
・ Reed, M. G. Learning with Canadian Biosphere Reserves: Connecting researchers and practitioners
through a national community of practice.. First International Symposium of the Integrated Local
Ecological Knowledge Project, 2014,09,12-2014,09,13, Kyoto Japan.
・Hitoshi Sakio Riparian willow forest regeneration following a large flood. 57thAnnual Symposium of
the International Association for Vegetation Science, 2014,09,01-2014,09,05, Perth, AU.
・ Eizo Akiyama Evolution of Behavioral Heterogeneity. 14th SAET Conference on Current Trends in
Economics, 2014,08,19-2014,08,21, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
・ Kakuma, S Satoumi and Coral Reef Fisheries Management. Pacific Congress on Marine Science andTechnology, August 2014, Tokyo, Japan.
・Yasushi Maruyama, Makoto Nishikido, Shota Furuya Motivations of financial participation for windenergy project. Grand Renewable Energy 2014 International Conference and Exhibition,
2014,07,27-2014,08,01, 東京都江東区.
・Omoto, R. Transformation of framings of seafood sustainability certification schemes. XVIII ISA World
Congress of Sociology, 2014,07,13-2014,07,19, Yokohama, Japan.
・Makoto Nishikido, Yasushi Maruyama, Shota Furuya, Memi Motosu Polyvalent Meaning of Community Wind
Power Movements: Comparing with Anti-Nuclear Movements in Japan. XVIII ISA World Congress ofSociology, 2014,07,13-2014,07,19, Yokohama,Japan. (in Japanese)・Yasuda, A “Recreational hunting in Africa: “Meat” or “Poison” for local community,” . XVIIIInternational Society of Sociology World Congress, 2014,07,13-2014,07,19, Yokohama, Japan.
・Naoyuki Mikami Public Participation and Deliberation about Nuclear Energy Policy: A Case Study of“National Debate” after Fukushima Accident. XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology,
2014,07,13-2014,07,19, Yokohama, Japan.
・Ayumi Onuma To Lift Or Not To Lift Trade Bans: Legal And Illegal Markets With Laundering. 5th World
Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2014,07,02, Istanbul, Turkey.
・Omoto, R. The importance of “translators” in opening up environmental options for stakeholders.
14th Science Council of Asia (SCA) conference, 2014,06,18-2014,06,19, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
・ Kitamura, Kenji Commons and Protected Areas: Distant and Close Relationship. Commons Research
Seminar, 2014,06,14, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)・ Miyauchi, Taisuke Citizen science for sustainable social-ecological systems, from Japaneseexperience. 14th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, 2014,06,01-2014,06,07,
Bumthan, Bhutan.

Research Projects

・Tetsu Sato Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK) supporting voluntary actions of fishermen
toward sustainable resource and community managements. 2nd World Small scale Fisheries Congress,
2014,09,21-2014,09,25, Merida, Mexico.

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・Kakuma, S Governance of Satoumi in Coral Reefs - To Harmonize Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries.
2nd World Small scale Fisheries Congress, 2014,09,21-2014,09,26, Merida, Mexico.

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・Daisuke TAKEKAWA Traditional Dolphin Hunting in Global Information Oriented Society: A Case Analysisof the Conflict Between the International Environmental Group and Local Community. IUAES InterCongress 2014, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, 千葉市. (in Japanese)・Ōnishi, Hideyuki Collapse of the Soviet Landscape and Adaptation Strategies of the Indigenous People:
Land Use and Livelihood Strategies in Two Nanai Villages. IUAES ( International Union of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences ) Inter-Congress 2014, 2014,05,14-2014,05,18, Chiba,
Japan. .
・Mikami, Naoyuki, Ekou Yagi, and Yasushi Ikebe Recent Trends and New Approaches of Public Engagementin Japan. 13th International Public, 2014,05,05-2014,05,08, Salvador, Brazil.
【Poster Presentation】

・Sasaoka, M., and Laumonier, Y. Conservation value of human-modified tropical forests in Maluku, east
Indonesia. The 14th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, 2014,06,01-2014,06,07,
Bumtan, Buhtan.
【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Tokita K Statistical mechanics of a random community model. Joint Workshop of International Institutefor Applied Systems Science (IIASA) and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN),
2015,03,27, Laxenberg, Austria.
・ Akça, E. The Erosion in Turkey and Mitigation Techniques.. The Fig and Erosion Workshop. ,2015,02,22, Aydın, Turkey.
・Akça, E. Economy of Organic Carbon and Measuring Techniques.. GD of Agrarian Reform Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Livestock. , 2014,12,17, Ankara, Turkey.
・Matsuda H Avian collision risk management in wind turbines. 1st Meeting of Work group on Bird Strike
Science and Engineering, 2014,11,06, Shinagawa, Tokyo.
・Reed, M. G. . Learning about sustainability practices with local communities, biosphere reserves andthe Canadian Commission for UNESCO.. the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canada Council andofficers of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2014,11,04, .
・Tokita, K Statistical mechanics of evolutionary dynamics: an answer to the diversity-stability incommunity ecology. New Challenges in Complex Systems Science, 2014,10,24-2014,10,26, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo. .
・Koji Nakamura “Satoyama” and “Satoumi”: Experience in Japan, particularly in Noto Peninsula:Twinning Program between GIAHS “Noto’s Satoyama Satoumi” in Japan and GIAHS . “Ifugao Rice
Terraces” in the Philippines on Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities, 2014,10,02, Philippine.
・Koji Nakamura “Satoyama” and “Satoumi”: Experience in Japan, particularly in Noto Peninsula:Twinning Program between GIAHS “Noto ’ s Satoyama Satoumi” in Japan and GIAHS. “Ifugao Rice
Terraces” in the Philippines on Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities, 2014,09,30, Philippine.
・Koji Nakamura “Satoyama” and “Satoumi”: Experience in Japan, particularly in Noto Peninsula:Twinning Program between GIAHS “Noto ’ s Satoyama Satoumi” in Japan and GIAHS. “Ifugao Rice
Terraces” in the Philippines on Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities, 2014,09,30, Philippine.
・Matsuda H How did coastal fishers satisfy the global standard of nature protection in Shiretoko World
Heritage? Local Action Influencing Global Policy. ILEK Project First International Symposium"Knowledge Translation: Bridging Gaps between Science and Society", 2014,09,13-2014,09,14, Kyoto,
Japan.
・Koji Nakamura Capacity Building and Community Empowerment: Connecting Noto and Ifugao. ILEK ProjectFirst International Symposium, 2014,09,13-2014,09,14, Kyoto, Japan .
・Matsuda H Ocean management: Integrated approach of science, technology and human dimensions. Kuroshio
University League Network Formation Toward the Establishment of a Sustainable Society in the
Kuroshio Region Through Cross-Border Education, 2014,09,12, Kochi, Japan.

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・Matsuda H Future perspectives of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme. Third Country Training
Program of Sustainable Development of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation By JICA and Maleysia
Government, 2014,08,09, Saba, Dutch Caribbean.
・Tokita, K. & Oura, T Spatially explicit neutral model. JSMB/SMB 2014 , 2014,07,28-2014,08,01, Osaka.

・ Koji Nakamura Living in Harmony with Nature: Forest and “Satoyama” in Japan. International
Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, 2014,06,03-2014,06,06, Brest, Belarus.

・Koji Nakamura Twinning Program between GIAHS “Noto’s Satoyama Satoumi” in Japan and GIAHS “Ifugao
Rice Terraces” in the Philippines on Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities. OECD Co-operative Research Programme sponsored conference Sustainable Management
including the use of Traditional Knowledge in, Satoyama and other SELPs, 2014,05,03, Ishikawa Japan.
・Koji Nakamura Collaboration in Human Capacity Building between the GIAHS Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi
in Japan and GIAHS Ifugao Rice Terrace in Philippines. The 1st Conference of East Asia Research
Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems , 2014,04,09, Jiangsu, China .
・Koji Nakamura Collaboration in Human Capacity Building between the GIAHS Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi
in Japan and GIAHS Ifugao Rice Terrace in Philippines. The 1st Conference of East Asia Research
Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems , 2014,04,09, Jiangsu, China .
・Matsuda H, Yumoto T, Okano T, Tetsuka K, Fujimaki A, .Shioya K Deer management in Yakushima Biosphere
Reserve as a case study of consensus building of islanders. The 6th East Asian Federation of
Ecological Societies (EAFES) Congress, 2014,04,09-2014,04,11, Haikou, China.

Research Projects

・Koji Nakamura Twinning Program between GIAHS “Noto’s Satoyama Satoumi” in Japan and GIAHS “Ifugao
Rice Terraces” in the Philippines on Human Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of Rural
Communities. OECD Co-operative Research Programme sponsored conference Sustainable Management
including the use of Traditional Knowledge in, Satoyama and other SELPs, 2014,05,03, Ishikawa Japan.

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・ Koji Nakamura Living in Harmony with Nature: Forest and “Satoyama” in Japan. International
Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, 2014,06,03-2014,06,06, Brest, Belarus.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-08-Init
Project Name: Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Abbreviated Title: WEF Nexus Project
Project Leader: Makoto Taniguchi
Research Axis:
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/wefn/index.html
Key Words:○ Research Subject and Objectives
Climate change and economic development are causing increased pressure on water, energy and foodresources, presenting communities with increased levels of tradeoffs and potential conflicts among
these resources. Therefore, the water-energy-food nexus is one of the most important and fundamental
global environmental issues facing the world. As water is the central matter within this cluster, we
will focus on the inherent tradeoffs between water and food, and water and energy. For the purposes ofthis project, we define human-environmental security as the joint optimization between human andenvironmental security as well as the water-energy and water-food connections. To optimize thegovernance and management within these inter-connected needs, it is desirable to increase humanenvironmental security by improving social managements for the water-energy-food nexus. In thisresearch project, we intend to establish a method to manage and optimize the human-environmental
security of the water-energy-food nexus. We base our approach on the viewpoint that it is important fora sustainable society to increase human-environmental security and decrease vulnerability by optimizing
the connections within the critical water-energy and water-food clusters.
We will take a regional perspective to address these global environmental problems. The geological andgeomorphological conditions in our proposed study area are heavily influenced by the so-called "Ring ofFire," around the Pacific Ocean. Within these areas including Japan and Southeast Asia, the hydrometeorological conditions are dominated by the Asia monsoon. The populations that live under thesenatural conditions face elevated risk and potential disaster as negative impacts, while also
benefitting from positive ecological goods and services.
There are therefore tradeoffs and conflicts within the water-energy-food nexus, as well as among
various stakeholders in the region.
The objective of this project is to maximize human-environmental security (minimize the vulnerability)
by choosing management structures and policies that optimize both the water-food and water-energy
connections in Asia-Pacific coastal regions. We define joint security approach as optimized policy forboth critical water clusters. Optimal policies will develop joint security approaches for humanenvironmental security in the coastal region of the Ring of Fire, including stakeholders and decisionmakers.
Group1 ：Environmental governance, science in/for society, and co-design/co-production approaches, inparticular emphasizing regional scale stake-holders such as GEC (Global Environmental Change) Asia
Platform
Group2 ： Biophysical measurements/analyses of the water-energy nexus by using state-of-art spacesatellite, geothermic, and hydrogeological techniques to evaluate linkages between water and energy
Group3 ：Biophysical measurements/analyses within the water-food (e.g., fisheries resources) nexus byusing state-of-the-art geochemical, coastal oceanographic, geophysical, hydrologic, and ecological
techniques including isotopic tracers to evaluate the linkages between land and oceanGroup4 ： Social measurements/analyses of the water-energy-food relationships by use of community
surveys, cost-benefit/efficiency analysis, and environmental valuation, based on sociology, economics,
anthropology, psychology, and behavior-science methodologies

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Group5 ：Development of integrated indicators/indices and network analyses based on principal component
analyses (PCA), social network analyses, and factors weights determined by feedback from stakeholder
meeting/workshop○ Progress and Results in 2014
Group 1:

Group 2:
Group 2 has been quantitatively examining the water-energy nexus and conflicts between water and energy
development locally. The potential of geothermal energy was examined accurately by using an absolutegravimeter in Beppu, Japan and Kamojang Geothermal Field, Indonesia. The survey in Beppu was conductedin detail using two different approaches, geochemically and physically, which is a new procedure. In
the Philippines, a social survey on the acceptability of geothermal facilities was conducted in the
Makiling-Banahaw Geothermal Complex. The results suggest that social accessibility of geothermal
facilities is significantly higher for those in municipalities where the facilities already exist. The
potential of mini/micro hydropower (MHP) was estimated by two procedures, using direct measurement ofwater levels of rivers and geographic information system (GIS) and a digital elevation model (DEM) in
Beppu. The results show that the potential estimated by the two procedures are similar. The potentialof ground heat was examined in Obama. A coordinated survey of groundwater was performed in cooperation
with the local government. The ground heat in Obama was estimated to be equivalent to 900 households
per hectare. Integrated assessment indicators for the water-energy nexus were selected for preparation
for future intercomparison among sites, as well as collaboration with the other groups, especially forthe purpose of evaluating costs and benefits in energy development alternatives.

Group 3:
Group 3 has been quantitatively examining the water-food (fisheries) nexus in the coastal zone, inparticular how the water discharge from land to the ocean affects fishery production and diversity.
Physical, chemical and biological surveys were conducted at four sites in Japan (Otsuchi, Obama, Beppu,
and Yuza), two sites in Indonesia (Citarum river and Jakarta bay), and in the Phillipines (Laguna deBay) with different spatial scales (inter-bay scale and within-bay scale). In Otsuchi, physical andbiological surveys were conducted on submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and collections ofcrustaceans/fishes. Biotic and abiotic data were compared between the two bays. Radon concentration,
abundance and species diversity of fishes were higher in the bay with higher SGD. In Obama bay,physical and biological surveys were conducted, and higher fish abundance and species diversity wereobserved at the site with higher radon concentration. In Beppu and Yuza, physical and biologicalsurveys including underwater observation of marine organisms (including crustaceans and fishes) wereconducted. Analyses of photographs taken underwater showed higher abundance and species diversity offishes in areas with more SGD at both sites.

Group 4:

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Group 1 has been conducting co-design framing and integration of stakeholders of various scales (localnational-global). Stakeholder meetings were conducted as co-design in each of the study sites within
our 5 countries of interest to identify the water-energy-food nexus with local stakeholders. Regarding
vertical scale integrations (local-country-regional-global), integration of the local-national
stakeholder scale has been made based on involvement in a new water act in Japan, and a sustainablegroundwater act in California, as well as participatory methods by web as co-monitoring of local
environments such as measurements of natural springs. Linkage to the global nexus platform has also
been made to the Bonn Nexus, North Caronia Nexus, World Water Forum etc.

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Area ・Japanese site(1) Obama, Fukui ・Japanese site(2) Otsuchi, Iwate ・Japanese site(3) Beppu, Oita
・Canada study group ・America study group ・Indonesia study group ・Phillippine study group

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Group 4 has been conducting stakeholder analysis and social network analysis on the water-energy-foodnexus. According to stakeholder analyses in Obama, we found common interests in water quality among
stakeholders, gaps in prerequisite knowledge and recognition of the volume of groundwater, as well as alack of cooperation especially from the agriculture sector of this groundwater issue. A social network
analysis in Obama showed that the food manufacturing industry and commercial industries which areconsuming a large volume of water are located at the centre of the social network, while the local
government is located at a point distant from many stakeholders. Another stakeholder analysis in Beppu
showed common interests in community development among stakeholders and gaps in prerequisite knowledge
and recognition of the geothermal resource in terms of economic/non-economic value and utilization as
power generation/hot-spring. Through these case studies, we have two primary common findings. The firstone is that disputes are not obvious at present but potentially exist. Gaps in understanding of
scientific evidence result in biased prerequisite knowledge and information among stakeholders. As
effectiveness of stakeholder analysis for nexus issues, we identified a new issue such as the lack oflinkage of agriculture and water departments in city offices whose importance was not recognized to thestakeholders (within the water-food nexus in Obama), and identified a misunderstanding in term
definitions and differences of interest in scientific evidence (within the water-energy nexus in
Beppu). We then clarified what a kind of scientific evidence is needed and verified the needs and theimplications from the case studies on the local level. Through the experiment, we responded by raisingawareness and improving the understanding of stakeholders, cultivated “naïve questions” ofstakeholders and reframed and reduced gaps of risk perception of stakeholders. In the experiment, we
screened stakeholders of four categories (hot spring resorts inhabitants, industries, supporters,
environmentalists), and set up three communities consisting of 50 persons of the above categories. One
remarkable result regarding the pros and cons of geothermal power in general terms was that the
supporter count increased greatly while the neutralities count decreased greatly after deliberation,suggesting a response from providing scientific evidence on the issue.

Group 5:
Group 5 has been creating integrated indices for water-energy-food, an integrated map and an
environmental-economic assessment for synthesizing the study results. For framework construction of theintegrated index, a review of the integrated index literature related to the security of water, energy
and food has been completed. Furthermore, the concepts, theories, methodologies and practices of thewater-energy-food nexus have been reviewed. As for indicator selection, profiling activities have been
conducted in Indonesia, the Philippines, the USA and Canada to identify hazards and existing data, andpotential indicators are now being selected in the Philippines. To take the same approach in each study
site, an index task force meeting was organized. Regarding the integrated map, necessary informationand dates on social and natural sciences in Beppu Bay have been collected. In addition themethodologies and practices for creating and using the integrated map have also been developed for thetransdisciplinarily approach. An environment-economic assessment via an internet questionnaire survey
on the water-energy-food nexus in the Reinan district, Fukui prefecture was conducted and the economic
values of groundwater for its function in fisheries production and drinking water was identified.
Integrated physical models including water, nutrients, and biomass/fishery production are indevelopment to help inform optimal policy decisions.

○Project Members◎ Makoto Taniguchi◎ Aiko Endo
Naoki Masuhara
Makoto Yamada
Tomohiro Oh
Hisami Honda( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Project leader,Group 1
leader )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Co-Project
leader,Group 5 leader )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Group 4,Environmental
Energy Policy )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Group 2,Hydrology )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Group 1,Resource
Governance )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Associate,Group 3,Coastal
Oceanography )53Research Projects

Takako Okamoto
Shun Teramoto( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Associate,Secretariat )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Associate,Secretariat )- Group 3 Water–Food Nexus Team ○ Jun Shoji( Hiroshima University,Associate Professor,Group 3 leader,Costal Aquatic
Bioscience )Osamu Tominaga( Fukui Prefectural University,Professor,Aquatic Resource Biology )Ryo Sugimoto( Fukui Prefectural University,Assistant Professor,Coastal Fisheries )Shiho Kobayashi( Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Secondary Producer Analysis )Hiroki Tanaka( Hiroshima University,Graduate School Student,Costal Aquatic Bioscience )Masaki Hata
( Hiroshima University,Graduate School Student,Costal Aquatic Bioscience )Tatsuya Utsunomiya ( Hiroshima University,Graduate School Student,Costal Aquatic Bioscience )Katsuhiro Kitagawa ( Fukui Prefectural University,Graduate School Student,Production Ecology )- Group 4 Consensus Building Team ○ Kenshi Baba
( Hosei University ,Professor,Group 4 leader,Policy Process Theory )Mitsuru Tanaka( Hosei University,Professor,Environmental Policy )Masahiro Matsuura( The University of Tokyo,Associate Professor,Public Policy )Michinori Kimura( Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute,Researcher,Social Network Theory )Motoko Kosugi( Shizuoka University, Graduate School of Integrated Science andTechnology,Associate Professor,Psychology )- Group 5 Integrated Indices & Meta Analyses Team Terukazu Kumazawa( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Assistant Professor,Environmental
Planning,Regional Informatics )Pedcris Orencio( Catholic Relief Services,Deputy Program Manager,Socio- Environmental Planningand Management )Akira Ishii( Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.,Researcher,Physical Modelling )Research Projects- Group 2 Water–Energy Nexus Team ○ Masahiko Fujii( Hokkaido University,Associate Professor,Group 2 leader,Environmental Earth
Science )Hajime Araki( Hokkaido University,Professor,Energy Science )Hisashi Kobayashi( Ibaraki University College of Agriculture,Professor,Agricultural Water
Utilization )Seiichiro Ioka
( North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy,Associate
Professor,Geothermal Energy )Yuji Miyashita( Kanagawa Hot Springs Res. Ins,Senior Researcher,Geothermal Spring Studies )Hideki Hamamoto( Center for Environmental Science in Saitama,Chief,Geothermic )Masakatsu Sasada( Geo-Heat Promotion Association of Japan,Chairman of board of
directors,Environmental Policy )Jun Nishijima( Kyushu University,Assistant Professor,Geothermal Energy )Kazuhiro Itadera( Kanagawa Hot Springs Res. Ins,Senior Researcher,Geohydrology )Yayan Sofyan( Special Researcher,Geothermal Energy )Yoichiro Fukuda( Hokkaido University,Graduate School Student,Biomass Energy )Naufal Rospriandana ( Hokkaido University,Graduate School Student,Hydropower Generation )Takahiro Sawadate( Hokkaido University,Graduate School Student,Renewable Energy )Kento Naritomi( Kyushu University,Graduate School Student,Geothermal Energy )Shigeki Senna( National Rsearch Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention,SeniorResearcher,Seismology )RIHN- Group 1 Science in Society Team Seiichi Mori
( Gifu Keizai University,Professor,Social Behaviour )Takahiro Endo
( Osaka Prefecture University,Associate Professor,Environmental Governance )Takeo Ohnishi( Gifu University,Associate Professor,Modelling of Land – Ocean Interaction )Aysun Uyar
( Doshisha University,Assistant Professor,International Relations )54
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Takaaki Kato

- Obama research ○ Daisuke Tahara
Yasuyuki Kosaka- Beppu research ○ Shinji Ohsawa
Tomoo Shibata
Hen Teki
Masaki Saito
Yoshinobu Kamijo- Otsuchi research Tomohiko Kawamura
Ken Sasaki- Advisory Tomoya Akimichi
Kazuo Matsushita( The University of Kitakyushu,Associate Professor,Environment Economic
Assessment )( Fukui Prefectural University,Associate Professor,Site Leader,Environmental
Policy )( Fukui prefectural Wakasa high school,Teacher,Coastal Protection )( Institute For Geothermal Sciences,Kyoto University,Professor,Site Leader,Group
2,Geothermic )( Institute For Geothermal Sciences,Kyoto University,Associate
Professor,Limnology )( Kyoto University,Graduate School Student,Geothermic )( Tokai University,Professor,Hot Spring Science )( Hiji Town municipality,Oita prefecture,Fellow,Fishery )( International Coastal Research Center,Professor,Site Leader,Aquatic Resource
Biology )( Otsuchi Town Office,Officer,Local Community )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Emeritus Professor,Integrated Area
Study )( Institute for Global Environmental Strategies,Senior Fellow,Global
Environmental Policy )- Domestic secondary site Minoru Tokumasu( Saijyo City Office,Officer,Saijo,Ehime Team )Yoshiko Sugawara( Yuza Town Hall,Officer,Yuza,Yamagata Team )- International members ○ ALLEN, Diana M.
( Simon Fraser University, Canada,Professor,Site Leader,Water Energy Cycles )KIRSTE, Dirk
( Simon Fraser University, Canada,Associate Professor,Hydrology )OLEWILER, Nancy( Simon Fraser University, Canada,Professor,Public Policy )HARFORD, Deborah( Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), Simon Fraser University,
Canada,Executive Director,Climate Change Policy )GELOVEN, Chelton van( BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Canada,Water
Management,Hydrology )WELCH, Laurie( BC Oil and Gas Commission, Canada,Water Management,Hydrogeology )○ GURDAK, Jason( San Francisco State University, USA,Assistant Professor,Site Leader,Hydrology )BURNETT, Kimbaly( University of Hawaii, USA,Researcher,Group 5,Environmental Economics )FISHER, Andrew( University of California, Santa Cruz, USA,Professor,Marine Aquifer Reserve
Research )HANAK, Ellen( Public Policy Institute of California, USA,Senior Fellow,Environmental Policy )NANUS, Leora( San Francisco State University, USA,Associate Professor,Hydrology,Water
Quality )SOLIS, Samuel( University of California, Davis, USA,Assistant Professor,Water Management )Sandoval
SWARZENSKI, Peter( United states Geological Survey, USA,Professor,Coastal Oceanography )○ DELINOM, Robert( Indonesia Institute of Science, Indonesia,Professor,Site Leader,Geology )HABA, Johanis( Indonesia Institute of Scienc, Indonesia,Professor,Anthropology )LUBIS, F. Rachmat( Indonesia Institute of Scienc, Indonesia,Researcher,Hydrogeology )ROESLI, P. Andy
( PT. Matlamat Cakera Canggih, Indonesia,Director,Geothermal Energy Policy )PAWITAN Hidayat( Bogor Agricultural University (IPB-Bogor), Indonesia,Professor,Hydrological
System Analysis )HIDAYATI, Deny
( Indonesia Institute of Scienc, Indonesia,Researcher,Human Ecology )55
Research Projects○ Future Themes

2. Recommendations for decreasing coastal vulnerability related to the separate governance of land andoceans.
3. Policy and governance structure recommendations for improved water management.
4. Suggestions for sustainable environmental management of the water-energy-food nexus in the AsiaPacific region.

●Achievements○Papers【Original Articles】

・Taniguchi Makoto 2015,02 The basic act on the water cycle with groundwater. J. Groundwater Hydrol.
57(1) :83-90.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Naoki Masuhara and Kenshi Baba Comprehensive Case Analysis on Participatory Approaches, from Nexus
Perspectives. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 2014,12,15-2014,12,19, San Fransisco, CA, USA.
・Naoki MASUHARA, Maximilian SPIEGELBERG and Makoto TANIGUCHI Human-Environmental Security in the AsiaPacific Ring of Fire: Approaching the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. International Symposium on Earth
Science and Technology 2014, 2014,12,04-2014,12,05, 福岡県福岡市.
・Taniguchi, M. Introduction of RIHN NEXUS Project. Seminar on Human-Environmental Security in AsiaPacific Ring of Fire: Water-energy-food nexus.. 2014 Ｗ orld Ｗ ater Ｗ eek, Energy and Water,
2014,09,04, Stockholm.
・Taniguchi, M. Summary of the seminar. Seminar on Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of
Fire: Water-energy-food nexus.. 2014 Ｗ orld Ｗ ater Ｗ eek, Energy and Water, 2014,09,04, Stockholm.
・ Aiko ENDO, Pedcris ORENCIO, Terukazu KUMAZAWA, Makoto TANIGUCHI Integrated approach to evaluate
water-energy-food nexus for maximizing human environmental security. World Water Week 2014,
2014,08,31-2014,09,05, Stockholm.
・Taniguchi, M. Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches for Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Asia
Pacific Ring of Fire. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting, 2014,07,31, Hotel Royton Sapporo,
Sapporo.
・Taniguchi, M. Ecosystem services through submarine groundwater discharge in the coastal zone. Asia
Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting, 2014,07,30, Hotel Royton Sapporo, Sapporo.
・Taniguchi, M., Endo, A., Masuhara, N., Yamada, M., Oh, T., Orencio, P. Optimal policies for WaterEnergy-Food security in Asia Pacific region. Bonn Nexus meeting, 2014,05,20, Bonn, Germany.
・A. ENDO, A. ISHII, R. SUGIMOTO, H. HONDA, M. TANIGUCHI "An Integrated Map to Coordinate Coastal,
Water & Fisheries Policies in Japan: Visualizing a Water & Food Nexus”. Bonn 2014 NEXUS Conference:
Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, 2014,05,18-2014,05,19, Bonn, Germany.

Research Projects

1. Suggested guidelines to increase environmental security and reduce conflicts related to the waterenergy-food nexus.

RIHN○ SIRINGAN, Fernando ( University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippine,Professor,Site Leader,MarineP.
& Coastal Geology )BALANGUE-TARRIELA, ( University of the Philippines,Associate Professor,Geochemistry )Maria Ines Rosana
JAGO-ON, A. B. Karen( University of the Philippines,Assistant Professor,Urban & Regional Planning )DAVID, Sevillo( National Water Resources Board, Philippine,Executive Director,Earth Science )56
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・A.Endo “Food systems of fresh whale meat from Japanese small-scale coastal whaling”. IUAES2014 with
JASCA: The Future with/of Anthropologies, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Makuhari Messe, Japan.
・ Taniguchi, M. IAHS interactions with CCEC and Future Earth, IUGG CCEC workshop, Institute for
Atmospheric Research. Chinese Academy of Science, 2014,04,12, Beijing, China.
・Taniguchi, M. Water-energy-food nexus with climate change: Research for global sustainability. IUGGCCEC workshop, Institute for Atmospheric Research, Chinese Academy of Science, 2014,04,11, Beijing,
China.
・Taniguchi, M. Water-energy-food nexus in Asia Pacific,. MAIRS Open science conference and Future
Earth in Asia, 2014,04,09, Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China.
【Poster Presentation】

・Tomohiro Oh A Historical Perspective on Local Environmental Movements in Japan: Lessons for theTransdisciplinary Approach on Water Resource Governance. AGU FALL MEETING, 2014,12,15-2014,12,19,
San Fransisco, CA, USA.
・Naoki Masuhara and Kenshi Baba Governance structure of local energy policy in Japan. International
Conference "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Synergies and Tradeoffs: Governance andTools at various Scales", 2014,05,19-2014,05,20, Bonn, Germany.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-09
Abbreviated Title: Small-Scale Economies
Project Leader: HABU, Junko

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Project Name: Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-Scale Economies: Approaches from Historical Ecology

Research Axis: Resources
Key Words: Small-Scale Economy; Diversity; Networks; Local Autonomy; Long-term Sustainability; North Pacific Rim○ Research Subject and Objectives(1) OBJECTIVES:
This project examines the importance of place-based,small-scale and diversified economies, particularly
the importance of small-scale food production, circulation and consumption, for the long-termsustainability of human societies. Long-term sustainability can be defined as“the capacity of humans
to create, test out, and maintain abilities to adapt to environments” (Walker and Salt 2006) over aspan of from several hundred toseveral thousand years. The following working hypothesis begins ourresearch: "Highly specialized subsistence (food production) strategies can support a larger community
for a short period, but a decrease in subsistence and food diversity makes the production system andits associated community more vulnerable in the long-run."
Archaeological, historical and paleoenvironmental studies are used to test this hypothesis or examine
the long-term impacts of the loss of subsistence/food diversity in relation to other environmental andcultural factors. To link these studies with the current discussion of the scale and methods ofalternative food systems, ethnographic and ecological studies of contemporary small-scale food systems
and communities are conducted. In combination, studies of the past and present point to the future, as
the research process also involves collaborative design of ecologically sound and equitable foodsystems.
The theoretical genesis of this project is the approach of historical ecology (Balée 1998, 2006, 2010,
Balée and Erickson 2006, Crumley 1994, Erlandson and Rick 2008, Kirch and Hunt 1997, Thomson and
Wagner 2013), which conducts comprehensive research into long-term and short-term cultural change whileemphasizing the impact of human activities on the environment. In particular, this project proposesthat diversity, network and scale are three key concepts to understand long-term sustainabilityofsocioeconomic systems. By integrating case studies on food diversity, the mobility of people and flows
of goods and information in relation to the scale and resilience of societies and economies, this study
aims to advance theories on the interrelationship between culture and environment. Other cultural
factors, including technological developments, sociopolitical structure and rituals/religion, are also
taken into consideration. We plan to publish the results of our research as peer-reviewed articles aswell as volumes for the general public in both English and Japanese.
(2) BACKGROUND:This research aims to construct strategies for tackling global environmental problems associated withthe rise of large-scale economic systems. These problems include soil and water contamination, loss of
biodiversity and long-lasting damage to ecosystems caused by large and homogenized food production. In
the case of agriculture, the development of large-scale monoculture with applications of a large amountof pesticides and chemical fertilizers has resulted in serious soil contamination, water pollution,
loss of biodiversity, and even the destruction of whole ecosystems. The predominant measures to deal
with these global environmental problems are top-down regulations enacted by national/local governments
and international agencies. However, these regulations may not be sufficient when we consider long-term
environmental effects on a time-span of hundreds or thousands of years. As an alternative approach,this project examines the past and present practice of place-based, smaller-scale food production
systems, evaluates their advantages and limitations, and explores their future potentials (see also
Capra 1997,2002).

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(3) GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Our regional focus is the North Pacific Rim. In particular, we have identified northern Japan, with its
solid archaeological record and its importance to contemporary food production in Japan, as the corearea of our field research. The west coast of North America,with rich traditions of ethnographic andecological investigation as well asactive contemporary food/agriculture movements, will provide main
comparative case studies. These two regions share a number of characteristics in common, including
climate, vegetation, fauna, and a high level of seismic activity. There are also cultural ties withhistorical depth as a result of the migration of anatomically modern humans after the late Pleistocene.
Historically, the abundance of small-scale economies supported by marine food exploitation andintensive nut-collecting also characterize these two regions.
(4) RESEARCH METHODS AND ORGANIZATION
The project consists of three research groups, each with several sub-projects:
1) Longue-Durée Group: Archaeological, historical, and paleoenvironmental studies are used to test ourworking hypothesis listed above.
Because of the long time span, these studies are capable ofaddressing the relationships between the factors stated above. These relationships include long-term
consequences of the loss of diversity and associated expansion of the scale of production, theimportance of networks, and changes in community and population size.
2) Contemporary Society Group: Ethnographic and sociological studies of small-scale food production
systems and their associated communities are conducted to understand the complex inter-relationships
among cultural and natural contributors in contemporary urban and rural settings. Due to the lack oflong time span, this group cannot directly test our working hypothesis. Nevertheless, when compared toarchaeological case studies, the increased depth of our observation provides an opportunity to evaluate
the importance of small-scale food production with wide food diversity in relation to other factors
listed above. Chemical and biological analysis of soil, water and food will provide direct evidence toevaluate the degree of human impacts on the environment.
3) Implementation, Outreach and Policy Proposal Group: Our emphasis on food diversity, network, andlocally autonomous, small-scale production are used to develop academic and public outreach programsfor instigating and promoting place-based, small-scale and diversified food production. In
collaboration with educational programs, NPOs, NGOs and local community organizations, these programs
develop alternative strategies to overcome problems and vulnerabilities of currently dominant largescale, homogenous productions. Our ultimate goal is to make actionable contributions to local/national
policies of rural/urban developments and food policy.
<REFERENCES>
Balée, W. (ed.) 1998.

Advances in Historical Ecology. Columbia University Press, New York.

Balée, W. 2006.

The research program of historical ecology. Annual Reviews in Anthropology 35:75-98.

Balée, W. 2010.

Contingent diversity on anthropic landscapes. Diversity 2(2): 163-181.

Balée, W. and Erickson, W. 2006.
Time, complexity, and historical ecology.
In W. Balée and W.
Erickson (eds.), Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology. Columbia University Press, New York, pp.
1-17.
Capra, F., 1997. Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living.

Anchor Books, New York.

Capra, F., 2002. The Hidden Connections: Integrating the Biological, Cognitive, and Social Dimensionsof Life into a Science of Sustainability. Doubleday, New York.
Crumley, C., 1994. Historical Ecology: Cultural Knowledge and Changing Landscapes.School of American
Research Advanced Seminar. School of American Research,Santa Fe.
Erlandson, J. M., and Rick, T. C. 2008.Archaeology, marine ecology and human impacts on marine
environments. In T. C. Rick and J.M. Erlandson (eds.), Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems.
University of California Press, Berkeley, pp.1-19.
Kirch, P. V., and Hunt, T. L., 1997. Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands: Prehistoric
Environmental and Landscape Change. Yale University Press, New Haven.

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Thompson, V. D. and Waggoner, J. (eds.), 2013.
Economies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Walker, Brian and D. Salt, 2006. Resilience Thinking.

The

Historical

Ecology

of

Small

Scale

Island Press, Washington D.C.

A. Japan
1) Northern Japan Team: This team represents the flagship sub-project of our research. The main focusof this team is to understand the mechanisms of the growth and decline of the Middle Jomon culture inprehistoric Japan in relation to changes in subsistence and food diversity. Previous studies indicatedthe possibility of a significant decrease in subsistence diversity and a rapid population increase
between 5,500 and 5,000 years ago, followed by a drastic population decrease at around 4500 years ago(e.g., Crema 2013, Habu 2004, 2008, Habu and Hall 2013, Imamura 1995, Koyama 1978, 1984). Research thisyear focused on collecting data to address the following five key themes: 1) Examining the evidence forchanges in subsistence/food diversity through the analysis of lithic assemblage data, macro floral andfaunal remains data, analysis of plant and insect impressions on pottery, and stable isotope analysis
of human skeletal remains; 2) Examining the types of major food items and their changes over timethrough residue analysis and starch grains analysis; 3) Establishing chronological framework on thebasis of AMS radiocarbon dating; 4) Extrapolating changes in local and regional population size bycompiling site data base and simulation studies; and 5) Identifying the patterns and timings of climatechange through pollen analysis and alkenon sea surface temperature analysis. For Themes 1), 2) and 3),
multiple journal articles and an excavation report will be submitted for publication. Data collection
is in progress for Themes 4)and 5).
B. Comparative Studies
In order to expedite comparative research, we are collaborating with existing projects that havecompleted their excavation and fieldwork.
2) California Team: Preliminary analysis indicates that, unlike the Middle Jomon case, prehistoric andearly historic hunter-gatherer cultures in California did not show evidence of a drastic population
decline until the European contact. Team analysis suggests that California hunter-gatherers relied ona wide variety of food resources and successful landscape management. To examine the validity of thisinterpretation, faunal and floral remains analysis and settlement data analysis at the archaeologicalsite in Año Nuevo State Park are in progress.
3) Northwest Coast Team: This is another area where maintaining wide food diversity seems to havefunctioned positively for long-term sustainability of past hunter-gatherer cultures. Two sub-teams areformed: 3a) lithic assemblage data and faunal/floral data from the Lower Columbia River are being
analyzed and demographic simulations are in progress on the basis of settlement data.
3b)
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction is underway in the Gulf Islands area.
4) Kurils/Eastern Hokkaido Team: Our case study on the Kuril Islands and eastern Hokkaido seems toindicate that, in addition to food diversity and climate change, social network may have been a key
factor for understanding the resilience of socioeconomic systems. This academic year, human skeletal
samples for stable isotope analysis to examine food diversity were obtained.
5) Canadian Arctic Team: Preliminary studies indicate that too much specialization on bowhead whale
hunting among the prehistoric Thule people made their socioeconomic system vulnerable. To establish
fine-grained time-scale, AMS dating of faunal remains is being conducted.
6) Baikal (Eastern Siberia) Team: Human skeletal remains from middle Holocene sites is being studied tobetter understand hunter-gatherer subsistence during this period of time.
7) Isotope Ecology Team: This team has collaborated with the regional groups discussed above to
identify temporal/spatial variability in food diversity and to establish absolute chronology. Results
include carbon, nitrogen and strontium isotope data of Jomon skeletal remains.

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Seven research teams in this group test our working hypothesis or examine the long-term impacts of theloss of subsistence/food diversity in relation to other environmental and cultural factors. In total,
results of our first year research are consistent with our initial hypothesis and are likely to produce
substantial results in the coming years of research.

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(2) Contemporary Society GroupAs corollaries of our main hypothesis, this team addresses the questions of 1) the positive role ofsmall-scale and diversified production systems in relation to the environment, and 2) whether social
networks associated with small-scale and diversified production increase the resilience of local
communities, especially in time of disaster. The latter includes the examination of responses to theGreat Tohoku Earthquake in Japan.
A. Japan
1) Northern Japan Team: This team includes a group of scholars who have conducted fieldwork in Akkeshi(Hokkaido), Hirosaki (Aomori Pref.), Joboji, Otsuchi, Tsugaruishi and the Hei River Valley (Iwate
Pref.), Ishinomaki (Miyagi Pref.), Minami-Soma, Iwaki, Nihonmatsu, and Aizu-Wakamatsu (Fukushima
Pref.). Communities examined here can be broadly classified as those dependent on small-scale fishing,farming and the production of non-food commodities such as urushi lacquersap. Interviews andparticipant observations have revealed that social networks and non-cash exchanges are important toresidents ’ everyday life, and were critical in mitigating damage at the time of the March 11
Earthquake. Project research continues on the role of social networks in coping with the effects of the
Fukushima nuclear accident.
B. Comparative Studies2) California Team: Research to assess the significance of small-scale urban and peri-urban farming tolocal food security is in progress by a group of scholars at University of California, Berkeley.
Ethnographic and experimental research on traditional environmental knowledge in relation toenvironmental change andthe scale of subsistence activities has begun with several indigenous
groups,including the Amah Mutsun and the Wukchumni Yokuts people.
3) Northwest Coast and Alaska Team: With a herring egg harvest as a starting point, interviews wereconducted to understand how diverse food resources are harvested and distributed among a coastal Sitka
Tlingit community and beyond,under various socio-cultural customary rules.
(3) Implementation, Outreachand Policy Proposal Group
This group identifies, proposes and implements social and environmental activities consistent with, andcomplementary to, research conducted by the groups described above. In cooperation with NPOs, NGOs,
local public organizations, indigenous tribes and other stakeholders, it has implemented the following
programs: 1) Eco-literacy educational program with a focus on cherry salmon at the Hei River area,
Iwate Pref., Japan, 2) Urban agriculture program in California in collaboration with educational
programs at UC Berkeley, 3) Phytoremediation program in California using fern plants to remediate soil
contamination by arsenic, 4) Environmental education program about traditional environmental knowledgeof the Tlingit people, Northwest Coast, and 5) Traditional environmental and resource management (TERM)
program in collaboration with the Amah Mutsun Tribe, California.

<REFERENCES>
Crema, E., 2013. Cycles of change in Jomon settlement: a case study from eastern Tokyo Bay. Antiquity
87: 1169-1181.
Habu, J., 2004.

Ancient Jomon of Japan.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Habu, J., 2008. Settlement growth and decline in complex hunter-gatherer societies: a case study fromthe Jomon period Sannai Maruyama site. Antiquity 82: 571-584.
Habu, J. and Hall, M.E., 2013.
Climate change, human impacts on the landscape, and subsistence
specialization: historical ecology and changes in Jomon hunter-gatherer lifeways. In V. D.
Imamura, K. Prehistoric Japan.

University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu.

Koyama, S., 1978. Jomon subsistence and population. Senri Ethnological Studies 2:1-65.
Koyama, S., 1984. The Jomon Period.

Chuo Koron, Tokyo (in Japanese).

○Project Members◎ HABU, Junko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Project Leader )61
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ABE, Chiharu
ADACHI, Kaori

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Research Projects( Hakodate Jomon Culture Center,Director,Archaeology )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,JapaneseArchaeology )AGARWAL, Sabrina( Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,Associate
Professor,Bio-Archaeology )○ AMES, Kenneth( Dept. of Anthropology, Portland State University,Professor
Emeritus,Archaeology, Environmental Anthropology )CRAWFORD, Gary
( Dept. of Anthropology, University of Toronto,Professor,Paleo-Ethnobotany )CREMA, Enrico R.
( Pompeu Fabra University,Research Fellow,Archaeology )CUTHRELL, Rob( Dept. of Anthropology, Aechaeological Research Facility, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,Post-doctoral Researcher,Archaeology )○ FITZHUGH, Ben( Dept. of Anthropology, University of Washington,Associate
Professor,Archaeology, Historical Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology )GIBBS, Kevin( Dept. of Anthropology, Aechaeological Research Facility, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,Research Associate,Archaeology )GRIER, Colin( Dept. of Anthropology, Washington State University,Associate Professor,NorthPacific Archaeology )INANO, Yusuke( Former member of the Board of Education of Kitakami City,Archaeology )ITO, Yumiko( Aomori Prefecture History Editing Section, Dept. of Environment and Public
Affairs, Aomori Prefectural Government,Paleo-Ethnobotany, Jomon archaeology )KANER, Simon( Centre for Archaeology and Heritage, Sainsbury Institute for Japanese Arts andCultures,Head,Japanese Archaeology )KANNO, Tomonori( Archaeological Research Office, Tohoku University,Specially Appointed Associate
Professor,Japanese Archaeology )KAWAHATA, Hodaka( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo,Professor,Marine
Geochemistry )KOMIYA, Hajime( Keio University,Part-time instructor,Zoo-Archaeology )KUSAKA, Soichiro( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Physical
Anthropology )○ LIGHTFOOT, Kent
( Dept of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,Professor,Archaeology,
Historical Ecology, Cultural Ecology )LIU, Li( Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford
University,Professor,Paleo-ethnobotany, East Asian Archaeology )MAHER，Lisa( Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,AssistantProfessor,Archaeology )○ MATSUI, Akira( Center for Archaeological Operations, Nara National Research Institute forCultural Properties,Visiting Researcher,Zoo-archaeology, Anthropology )NAKAMURA, Oki( Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization Ritsumeikan
University,Professional Researcher,Japanese Archaeology )NARA, Takashi( Faculty of Medical Technology, Niigata University of Health andWelfare,Professor,Physical Anthropology )NEGISHI, Yo( Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives, Akita International
University,Assistant Professor,Japanese Archaeology )NISHIDA, Yasutami( Niigata Prefectural Museum,Manager,Japanese Archaeology )OHKI, Saori( Educational Board of Niiza City,Specialist,Archaeology )ONISHI, Tomokazu( Dept. of Humanistic and Cultural Science, International University ofKagoshima,Professor,Archaeology )POPOV, Alexander N. ( Scientific Museum, Far Eastern Federal University,Director,Archaeology )SATO, Takao( Faculty of Literature, Keio University,Professor,Zoo-Archaeology )○ SAVELLE, James( Dept. of Anthropology, McGill University,Associate Professor,Archaeology,
Environmental Anthropology )SCHECHNER, Grant( Group in Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley,MA
student,Archaeology )TABAREV, Andrei( Russian Science of Academy,Senior Research Scientist,Russian Archaeology )WEBER, Andrzej( Dept. of Anthropology, University of Alberta,Professor,East Asian Archaeology )○ WEBER, Steve( Dept. of Anthropology, Washington State University, Vancouver,Associate
Professor,Paleo-Ethnobotany, Environmental Archaeology )YAMAMOTO, Naoto( Faculty of Literature, Nagoya University,Professor,Japanese Archaeology )62
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○ YONEDA, Minoru
YOSHIDA, Akihiro
YOSHIDA, Yasuyuki( University Museum, The University of Tokyo,Professor,Isotope Ecology )( Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies, Meiji Uiversity,Post-doctoral
Researcher,Paleo-climatology )( Center for Cultural Resource Studies, Kanazawa University,Visiting Associate
Professor,Japanese Archaeology )《Contemporary Society Group》
BALÉE, William( Tulane University,Professor,Historical Ecology )LockertCISTERNA，Nicolas S.( Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
Harvard University,Post-doctoral Researcher,Food Culture, Seismology, Sociology )ERTL, John
( Foreign Language Education Center, Kanazawa University,Associate
Professor,Cultural Anthropology )FAWCETT, Clare( Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology,St. Francis Xavier University,Associate
Professor,Cultural Anthropology )FUKUNAGA, Mayumi( Research Institute of Eco-Science, Osaka Prefectural University,Associate
Professor,Cultural Anthropology )HAMADA, Shingo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Environmental
Anthropology )○ HOSOYA, Leo Aoi( Centre for Global Human Resource Development, Ochanomizu
University,Lecturer,Paleo-Ethnobotany, Cultural Anthropology )○ IKEYA, Kazunobu( National Museum of Ethnology,Professor,Cultural Anthropology )○ KANEKO, Nobuhiro( Grad School of Environment & Information Services, Yokohama National
Univ.,Professor,Soil Ecology )KITAMURA, Sachi( Public Policy and Social Research Program, International Christian
University,Doctoral Student,Peace studies )MATZEN, Sarick( Dep.of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California,
Berkeley,Post-doctoral Researcher,Environmental Ecology )MOTONO, Ichiro( Kyoto Seika University,Part-time Lecturer,Agriculture, Social Movement )MURASE, Risa
( The Japanese Hub of Global Studies, Sophia University,Doctoral Student,Social
Movement )○ NAITO, Daisuke( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Political
Ecology )OISHI, Takanori( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Ecologicalanthropology )OKAWA, Takuya( Course of Marine Policy and Management，Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology,Doctoral Student,Marine Policy and Management )PALLUD, Céline
( Dep.of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, University ofCalifornia,Associate Professor,Environmental Ecology )○ SLATER, David H.
( Faculty of Liberal Art, Sophia University,Associate Professor,Cultural
Anthropology )TAKAHASHI, Satsuki ( Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Anthropology )YAMAGUCHI, Tomiko( College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University,Senior Associate
Professor,Sociology )YUMOTO, Takakazu( Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University,Professor,Ecology )《Implementation, Outreach and Policy Proposal Group》○ ALTIERI, Miguel( Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,Professor,Agroecology )○ CAPRA, Fritjof( Center for Ecoliteracy,Chair of the Board of Directors,Physics )GOTO, Nobuyo( Dept. of Pharmacy, Ohu University,Lecturer,Political Economy )GOTO, Yasuo( Dept. of Economics, Fukushima University,Professor,Political Economy )IIZUKA, Noriko( Graduate School of Policy and Management, Doshisha
University,Ph.D.Student,EnvironmentalPolicy and Management )○ NILES, Daniel( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Human
Environmental Geography )○ OWENS, Mio Katayama ( College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley,Special
Assistant to the Dean,Anthropology of Food, Applied Anthropology )○ SASAKI, Tsuyoshi( Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,Associate Professor,Marine
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SAWAGUCHI, Kayo《Research Support》
KATO, Satoko
TAKEHARA, Mari

( NPO APAST,Assistant Director,Media presentation )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Research Associate )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Research Associate )A. Japan
1) Northern Japan Team
During 2015/16, we expect to complete all the data collection and analyses that are necessary to test
our hypothesis and examinethe correlations between food diversity, population size, climate change andother cultural and natural factors during the Early to Middle Jomon periods. Expected publications in
2015/16 and 2016/17 include the excavation report of the Goshizawa Matsumori site and a series ofjournal articles on changes in food diversity on the basis of lithic assemblage data from multiple
sites, floral remains from Goshizawa Matsumori and Sannai Maruyama No. 9, faunal remains from Sannai
Maruyama, and plant and insect impressions on Middle and Late Jomon pottery. Our Jomon site databasefor the study area will be completed, on the basis of which a revised version of Koyama’s (1978, 1984)
Jomon population estimates will be calculated. AMS dates from the Goshizawa Matsumori,Sannai Maruyama,
and a series of sites in Hakodate will be used to refine the absolute chronology for the study area.
Results of our pollen analysis from Lake Ogawara and alkenon sea surface temperature analysis of amarine core near Hakodate, together with AMS dates from these cores, will provide us with the climatechange data on a fine-grained time-scale, against which the timing of the changes in food diversity andpopulation size will be compared. Results so far seem to indicate evidence of the reduction of fooddiversity in the firsthalf of the Middle Jomon period, followed by the decline in population size by
the end of the Middle Jomon period. Thetiming of the cooling event seems to have occurred after the
reduction of food diversity in the study area.
B. Comparative Studies
Of the comparative case studies listed above,research in 3a) the Lower Columbia River area of theNorthwest Coast, 5) Canadian Arctic and 6) the Baikal region will complete data analysis by the end of
2015/16. Research on 2) California, 3b) the Gulf Islands area ofthe Northwest Coast, and 4)Kurils/
Eastern Hokkaido will continue through to the end of 2015/16. By the end of the 2015/16 academic year,
all the analyses of these regional teams will be completed. Preliminary results from California andthe Northwest Coast point to successful management of the environment by complex hunter-gatherer
populations with a wide diversity of food, whereas our example from the Canadian Arctic indicates a
rapid population decline after the loss of food diversity. Data from the Kurils/Eastern Hokkaido andthe Baikal region needs to be further examined after we obtain results of stable isotope analyses.
7) Isotope Ecology Team: Carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of Early to Late Jomon human skeletal
remains from the Kanto and Tohoku regions will be completed. Strontium and other trace element analysesof samples from Japan, the Kurils/eastern Hokkaido, and the Baikal region will also be completed.
(2)Contemporary Society GroupAs discussed above, this group examines the positive role of small-scale and diversified production
systems in relation to the environment, and with an emphasis on the importance of social networks.
Field research and data analysis will continue in this research group, and some ofthe sub-projects will
start publishing results in the form of journal articles.
A. Japan
1) Northern Japan Team
Field research plans for 2015/16 include investigations into small-scale fishing communities, farming
communities including organic and no-till farmers, and communities associated with other forms ofsmall-scale economies including forestry and traditional craft production. Interviews and participant
observations, as well as biological and chemical analyses of products, soil and water, will be

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Many sub-projects in this group will move on to the write-up stage, and a series of journal articles
are expected to be submitted during 2015/16. Some teams will continue to analyze archaeological remains
and collect environmental data, the results of which will be published in 2016/17.

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conducted. Preliminary results seem to indicate diverse variations, depending on the region and local
culture, in the junction between the global market economy and individual/local economic systems. The
homogenization of economies due to globalization is not self-evident, along with the use of currency
for transactions, local forms of distribution and gift exchange work in a multi-layered andcomplementary manner. Furthermore, the development of communication networks such as the Internet
allows for an increased possibility for local systems to connect to the global information network
without losing their identities. Through these analyses, we expect to find common characteristics among
successful small-scale communities in the study area, as well as to outline major problems that thesecommunities are facing in the age of globalization.
B. Comparative Studies2) California Team: This team consists of two sub-teams: 2a) scholars working on small-scale farmingthat are tied to alternative food movements in California, and 2b) those working on Native American
communities. In the San Francisco Bay Area, through a series of experiments, we are assessing thepotential for food production and the limiting factors (disease, insect and soil chemistry) of urban
farming. In collaboration with scholars at the University of California, Berkeley, interviews andsurveys on urban and peri-urban farming in central California will also be conducted.
Along theCentral California Coast, we will continue to collaborate with several Native American communities,
including the Amah Mutsun community and the Wukchumni Yokuts tribe, to understand landscape management,
biodiversity an the importance of traditional environmental knowledge.
3) Northwest Coast and Alaska Team: In southeast Alaska, our study explores the herring network of theTlingit people. We are in the process of identifying one or more locations for additional case studies.
(3) Implementation, Outreach and Policy Proposal Group
Five current programs listed on above will continue their activities in 2015/16. In addition, some of
the research teams in Groups 1 and 2 plan to develop their own implementation and outreach programs.
They range from collaborations with NPOs that cultivate oil crops in the areas affected by the
Fukushima Nuclear accident, to educational programs that activate local environmental knowledge among
Native American and Native Alaskan communities.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・Ertl, J., Mock,J., McCreery, J. and Poole, G. 2014 Diversity in the Anthropology of Japan. Graduate
Program in Cultural Resource Management, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa-City, Ishikawa
・Ochiai, Emiko and Hosoya, Leo Aoi 2014,06 Transformation of the Intimate and the Public in AsianModernity. Brill, Leiden-Boston, Netherlands, 307pp.
・ Sasaki, Tsuyoshi 2014,09 Nihon no Kaiyou Shigen: Naze Sekaiga Me wo Tsukerunoka (Japan's Ocean
Resource: Why It Catches the World's Attention). Shodensha, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 256pp. (in Japanese)【Chapters/Sections】

・Goto, Yasuo 2014,05 Hurricane Katrina no Shougeki to New Orleans no Mirai -Saigai wo Meguru Global na
Taikou- (Impacts of Hurricane Katrina and the Future of New Orleans: Global Responses to Disaster).
Fukushima University Disaster Restoration Studies Team (ed.) Restoring and Revitalizing from Great
Eastern Japan Earthquake and International Comparison. Hassakusha, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, pp.179-197.
(in Japanese)・Ikeya, Kazunobu 2014,07 Kankyou, Shigen (Environment, Resource). The National Museum of Ethnology(ed.) Sekai Minzoku Hyakka Jiten (The Encyclopedia of Peoples in the World). Maruzen Shuppan,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.609. (in Japanese)・ Ikeya, Kazunobu 2014,07 Kankyou to Saigai (Environment and Disaster). The National Museum of
Ethnology (ed.) Sekai Minzoku Hyakka Jiten (The Encyclopedia of Peoples in the World). Maruzen
Shuppan, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.644-645. (in Japanese)

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・Matsui, Akira 2014,05 Shuryou no Taishou (Hunting game). Izumi, T., and Imamura, K. (ed.) Jomon Jidai(Ge) (Jomon Period (Second Volume)). The Archaeology of Japan Lecture Series 4. Aoki Shoten,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.3-35. (in Japanese)

・Yoneda, Minoru 2014,06 Chikyuujou ni Hirogatta Hito to Iu Seibutsu (Homo sapiens That Spread on the
Earth). Kokubo, E. and Mineshige, S. (ed.) Uchyuu to Seimei no Kigen 2: Soryuushi kara Saibou he(The Origin of the Universe and Life 2: from an Elementary Particle to Cell). Iwanami shoten,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.221-240. (in Japanese)
・Yoneda, M., Kobayasi, K. and Itoh, S. 2014 Ichitani Kagacho Nichome Iseki 6ji Chousa Shutsudo Jomon
Jidai Jinkotsu no Tanso Chisso Douitai Bunseki Oyobi Houshasei Tanso Nendai Sokutei (Carbon andnitrogen isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating on the skeletal remains from 6th excavation
Ichitani Kagacho Nichome site). Excavation Report of Ichitani Kagacho Nichome site 4. , pp.64-68.
(in Japanese)○Papers【Original Articles】

・ Bronk, Ramsey C., Schulting, R., Goriunova O.I., Bazaliiskii, V.I., Weber, A.W. 2014 Analyzing
radiocarbon reservoir offsets through stable nitrogen isotopes and Bayesian modeling: A case study
using paired human and faunal remains from the Cis-Baikal region, Siberia. 56(2) :789-799. DOI:
10.2458/56.17160.
・Cowart, Alicia 2014 Paleoenvironmental Change in Central California in the Late Pleistocene andHolocene: Impacts of Climate Change and Human Land Use on Vegetation and Fire Regimes. Ph.D.
Dissertation Department of Geography, University of California at Berkeley. .
・Danukalova, G., Osipova, E., Khenzykhenova, F. and Sato, T. 2015,01 The molluscs record: A tool forreconstruction of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) palaeoenvironment of the Bol'shoj Naryn site area
(Fore-Baikal region, Eastern Siberia, Russia). Quaternary International 355 :24-33. DOI:10.1016/
j.quaint.2014.08.034.
・Ertl, John 2014 Traversing the Landscape and Boundaries of Japanese Archaeology: Ethnography ofArchaeological Practices at Amenomiya Kofun . In Ertl, John, John Mock, John McCreery and Greg
Poole (ed.) Diversity in the Anthropology of Japan. Graduate Program in Cultural Resource
Management, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa-City, Ishikawa-Ken,
・ Ertl, J. and Hansen, P. 2014 Introduction: Moving Beyond Multiculturalism as a Framework for
Diversity in the Anthropology of Japan. Ertl, John, John Mock, John McCreery and Greg Poole (ed.)
Diversity in the Anthropology of Japan. Graduate Program in Cultural Resource Management, Kanazawa
University, Kanazawa-City, Ishikawa-Ken,
・Fukunaga, Mayumi 2014,12 Close to Home: Why Field Research Methods in Environmental Sociology andSustainability Still Matter. Journal of Environmental Sociology 20. (in Japanese)・Grier, Colin 2014 Landscape Construction, Ownership and Social Change in the Southern Gulf Islands ofBritish Columbia. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 38(1) :211-249.
・ Grier, Colin 2014 Which Way Forward? [Introduction to Special Section]. Canadian Journal ofArchaeology 38(1) :135-139.

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・Sato, Takao 2014,10 Nihon Saiko no Maisou Kenkotsu: Kamikuroiwa Iwakage Shutsudo Jomon Kenkotsu no
Kenkyuu (The Oldest Dog Burials in Japan: Research on the Jomon Dog Remains Unearthed from the
Kamikuroiwa Rock Shelter Site). Hyodo, I. (ed.) Heisei 26 Nendo Tokubetsuten Zuroku Zoku-Kamiirakura
Iwakage to Sono Jidai -Jomon Souki no Sekai- (Pictorial record of special exhibition. Kamikuroiwa
rock shelter and that period –The world of the Early Jomon period−). Museum of Ehime History andCulture, Iyo-city, Ehime, pp.139-143. (in Japanese)

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・Kanno, Tomonori 2014,08 Kitakamigawa Chuuryuuiki ni Okeru Jomon Jidai Chuuki Kouhan Shuuraku Iseki no
Tokuchou (Characteristics of the Settlement in the Latter Half of the Middle Jomon Period in the
middle reaches of Kitakami river, Japan Household Assemblages of Middle-Late Jomon Period). Anzai,M., and Masahiro Fukuda, M (ed.) Kanshinsei no Kikouhendou to Jomon Bunka (Climate Change in the
Holocene and Change in Jomon Cultures). Center for Tohoku Cultural Studies at the Tohoku Universityof Arts and Design, Yamagata, pp.9-31. (in Japanese)

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・ Habu, Junko 2014,08 Early Sedentism in East Asia: From Late Palaeolithic to Early Agricultural
Societies in Insular East Asia. . Renfrew, C.,Bahn, P. (ed.) Handbook of World Archaeology.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp.724-741.
・Habu, Junko 2014,04 Post-Pleistocene Transformations of Hunter-Gatherers in East Asia: The Jomon and
Chulmun. Cummings, V ・ Jordan, P ・ Zvelebil, M (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology andAnthropology of Hunter-Gatherers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp.507-520. DOI:10.1093/
oxfordhb/9780199551224.013.043.
・Hamada, Shingo., Richard Wilk, Amanda Logan, Sara Minard, and Amy Trubek 2015,03 The Future of Food
Studies. Food, Society & Culture 18(1) :168-186.(reviewed).
・Itahashi, Y., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., and Yoneda, M. 2014,06 Refinement of reconstructed
ancient food webs based on the nitrogen isotopic compositions of amino acids from bone collagen: A
case study of archaeological herbivores from Tell Ain el-Kerkh, Syria. Geochemical Journal 48 :15-19. DOI:10.2343/geochemj.2.0318.(reviewed).
・Oishi, T., Hagiwara, M. 2015 A preliminary report on the distribution of freshwater fish of the Congoriver: Based on the observation of local markets in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo . African
Study Monographs Supplementary Issue 51 :93-105.
・Sato, T., Khenzykhenova, F., Simakova, A., Danukalova G., Morosova, E., Yoshida, K., Kunikita, D.,
Kato, H., Suzuki, K., Lipnina, E., Medvedev, G. and Martynovich, N. 2014,05 Paleoenvironment of theFore-Baikal region in the Karginian interstadial: Results of the interdisciplinary studies of the
Bol’shoj Naryn site. Quaternary International 333 :146-155. DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.050.
・Schulting R.J., Ramsey C., Goriunova O.I.,. Bazaliiskii V.I., Weber A.W 2014 Freshwater reservoir
offsets investigated through paired human-faunal 14C dating and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope
analysis at Lake Baikal, Siberia. Radiocarbon 56(3). DOI:10.2458/56.17963.
・Striplen, Chuck J 2014 A Dendroecology-Based Fire History of Coast Redwoods (SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS) In
Central Coastal California. Ph.D. Dissertation Department of Environmental Science, Policy andManagement, University of California at Berkeley.. .
・Tsutaya, T., Naito, Y.I., Ishida, H. and Yoneda, M. 2014,08 Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotope
analyses on human and dog diet in the Okhotsk culture: perspectives from the Moyoro, Japan.
Anthropological Science 122(2) :89-99.（査読付）.
・ Uchiyama, J., Gillam,J. C., Hosoya, L. A., Lindström, K. and Jordan, P. 2014,12 Investigating
Neolithization of Cultural Landscapes in East Asia: The NEOMAP Project. Journal of World Prehistory
27. DOI:10.1007/s10963-014-9079-8.
・Weber, S. and Kashyap, A. 2014,05 Panicum sumatrense: The Forgotten Millet. Paul Minnis (ed.) New
Lives For Ancient And Extinct Crops. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ , USA, pp.236-253.
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Adachi, Kaori Changes in the Middle-Late Jomon Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways in the Northern Tohoku
Region, Japan. The annual meeting of the Japan Association for Quaternary Research, 2014,09,06,
Tokyo University, Kashiwa-City, Chiba. (in Japanese)
・Adachi, Kaori Diversity and Sustainability of Regional Communities in Northern Tohoku, Japan, during
the Middle-Late Jomon Periods. Workshop: Food Diversity and Long-Term Sustainabality, 2015,03,11,
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・Altieri, Miguel A. Paper presented to Berkeley Food Institute, Initiatives on urban agriculture. ,2014,10,10, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・Altieri, Miguel A. Paper presented to CJS-JSPS Symposium- Long-term Sustainability through Placebased, Small-Scale economies. , 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・Altieri, Miguel A. Paper presented to Colloquium on the significance of urban agriculture to provide
ecosystem services in urban environments. , 2014,10,22, Stanford University, CA, USA.
・Ames, Kenneth M. Household-scale economies on the Northwest Coast, A Lower Columbia River Case Study.
The CJS-JSPS Symposium “Long-term Sustainability through Place-based, Small-scale economies,
2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley.

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・ Ames, Kenneth M. The Social Lives of Projectile Points Inter and Intrahousehold variation inprojectile point forms in Lower Columbia River Plankhouses. 79th Annual Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, 2014,04,23-2014,04,27, Austin, TX, USA.

・Balée, William A historical-ecological approach to geometry, gigantism, and dualism in the landscape.
Friday Forum Speakers Series, 2014,10,24, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

・Balée, William Left-handedness, the right angle, and societal verticality: Reflections on Hocart’s
theory of hierarchy. The CJS-JSPS Symposium Long-term sustainability through place-based, smallscale economies, 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・ Ertl, John Intersections of Diversity and Mobility in Japanese Archaeological Discourse. 17th
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Chiba,
Japan.
・Fitzhugh, Ben Building an International Human Ecodynamics Research Community in the Remote North
Pacific from the Perspective of Archaeology and Paleoecology. International Congress of Arctic
Social Sciences (ICASS), 2014,05,22, Prince George, B.C. Canada.
・Fitzhugh, Ben Vulnerability and Resilience on the North Pacific Rim: Climate Oscillation & Food
Security, Political Economy and Pandemic. The CJS-JSPS Symposium Long-term Sustainability throughPlace-based, Small-scale economies, 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・ Fitzhugh, Ben and Funk, Caroline Sustainability and settlement: A comparative analysis of late
Holocene settlement patterns in the Aleutians and Kuril Islands. The Society for American
Archaeology Annual Meeting, 2014,04,25, Austin, TX, USA.
・Fukunaga, Mayumi Who manages the watershed?: Legitimacy building and competing uses of watershedspace. IUEAS, 2014,05,08, Chiba-City, Chiba-Ken.
・Grier, Colin Actor Networks and Coastal Landforms in Precontact Coast Salish History: Formulating a
New Approach to Some Key Issues in Northwest Coast Archaeology. 79th Annual Meeting of the Society
for American Archaeology, 2014,04,23-2014,04,27, Austin, TX, USA.
・ Grier, Colin Decentralization, Local Autonomy and Resource Management Practices in Coast Salish
Societies of the Northwest Coast: Lessons from the Small Scale. The CJS-JSPS Symposium Long-Term
Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-Scale Economies, 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley.
・Habu, Junko Did Jomon People Have the Staple Food?-Food Diversity and Environmental Issues-. The 6th
RIHN Tokyo Seminar, 2015,01,16, Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo.
・ Habu, Junko Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-scale Economies: Approaches fromHistorical Ecology. Workshop: Food Diversity and Long-Term Sustainabality. , 2015,03,11, Universityof California, Berkeley.
・Habu, Junko Sedentary Hunter-Gatherers in East Asia: Jomon People. The 8th Minpaku Kyodo Kenkyukai,
2014,07,06, National Museum of Ethnology, Suita-City, Osaka.
・Habu, Junko and Weber, Steven Mobility, Food Diversity and Climate Change: Prehistoric Cases from
East and South Asia. Society for American Archaeology, 2014,04,23-2014,04,27, Austin, TX, USA.
・ Hamada, Shingo Household-scale Fisheries and Environmental Change in Northern Japan. JSPS-CJS
Symposium:"Long-term
Sustainability
through
Place-based,
Small-scaleeconomies",
2014,09,26-2014,09,28,
UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley.
DOI:http://
jspssustainabilityconference2014.weebly.com.
・Hamada, Shingo The Historical Ecology of the Herring in the North Pacific Rim: Cases from Tlingit andAinu. The 2014 Hokkaido Ethnological Society Workshop, 2014,07,13, Hokkai-Gakuen University,
Sapporo, Hokkaido. (in Japanese)
・Hamada, Shingo Totemism in Science: An Experimental and Multispecies Ethnography of Fisheries Sciencein Japan. The 113th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, December 2014,
Washington, DC, USA.

Research Projects

・Balée, William Geometry, gigantism, and lacquerware, or, the origin of social hierarchy. Anthropology
Colloquium Series, 2014,10,03, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.

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・Ames, Kenneth M., and Elizabeth M. Sobel The archaeology of exchange and trade on the Lower ColumbiaRiver. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde History Conference, 2014,11,14, Grand Ronde, OR, USA.

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・Hosoya, Leo Aoi Revitalizing Broad-spectrum Economies: From the Scope of Archeology and Ethnography.
The CJS-JSPS Symposium: Long-term Sustainability Through Place-based, Small-scale Economies,
2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・Hosoya, L. A., Nakamura, O., Seguchi, S. and Shibutani, A. What did Jomon people eat in fact? Jomon
subsistence and society: Chronological shifts in Japanese Jomon subsistence strategies on the basisof local characteristics of north Tohoku area. 6th Worldwide Conference of the Society for East
Asian Archaeology, 2014,06,10, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
・Ikeya, K Human history of nomadism and sedentarism among nomadic peoples. IUAES, 2014,05,15, ChibaCity, Chiba-Ken.
・Kaneko, Nobuhiro No-tillage with Weed Green Mulch: Extension of Fukuoka’s Natural Farming. The CJSJSPS
Symposium
Long-term
sustainability
throughplace-based,
small-scaleeconomies,
2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
・Kusaka, S., and Nakano, T. Carbon isotope analysis on tooth enamel to reveal relationships between
diet and tooth ablation types of the Jomon in Japan. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2014,04,08-2014,04,12, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
・Naganuma, M., Sato, T., Takahashi, T. and Kato, H Results of the archaeological excavation from
Hamanka 2 site, Rebun Island, 2011 and 2013 field years. Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeology Project May
2014 Workshops, 2014,05,05-2014,05,07, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
・Oishi, Takanori Food diversity, interethnic relationships, and long-term sustainability of forest use
in central African tropical rainforests. The CJS-JSPS Symposium “Long-term Sustainability throughPlace-based, Small-scale economies, 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley .
・ Oishi, Takanori Land conflict in multi-ethnic context: trans-ethnicnegotiation and culturaltransmissions in the expansion process ofcocoa farming in southeastern Cameroon. The Forth Forum on
Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing ‘African Potentials’,
2014,12,05-2014,12,06, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
・ Oishi, Takanori Psychosocial importance of forest life for the Bakwele farmers of southeastern
Cameroon. The 14th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress, 2014,06,01-2014,06,07, Lamai
Gompa, Bumthang, Bhutan .
・Ono A., Shimada, K., Hashizume, J., Yoshida, A., Hori, K. Natural resource environment and humans
around obsidian exploitation in the central highland, Japan. Asian Paleolithic Association,
2014,11,12-2012,11,16, Gongju, Korea.
・Schulting, R., Bronk,R. C., Goriunova, O.I., Bazaliiskii, V.I., Weber, A.W. Examination of the fresh
water reservoir effect in the Cis-Baikal region. The Baikal–Hokkaido Archeology Project Workshop,
2014,05,05-2014,05,07, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
・Schulting R., Yoneda Y., Weber A. Hunter-gatherers in a northern ‘maritime’ zone: a comparison of
stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes from Baikal and Hokkaido. The Annual Meetings of the European
Association of Archaeologists, 2014,09,10-2014,09,14, Istanbul, Turkey.
・Takahashi, Satsuki Precarious Drama: Surviving and Living in Post-Disaster Japan. The Annual Meetingof American Anthropological Association, 2014,12,05, Washington, DC, USA.
・ Tsutaya, T., Yoneda, M., Masuda, R., and Sato, T. Preliminary analysis on stable isotopes andmitochondrial DNA of dog remains from the Rebun Island. Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeology Project May 2014
Workshops, 2014,05,05-2014,05,07, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
・Weber, A.W., Bronk R. C., Schulting, R., Goriunova, O.I. and Bazaliiskii, V.I. Freshwater reservoir
effect corrections to chronology of middle Holocene hunter–gatherers in the Cis-Baikal region ofSiberia. The Baikal–Hokkaido Archeology Project Workshop, 2014,05,05-2014,05,07, University ofAlberta, Edmonton, Canada.
・Weber, Steven., and B. Shaw. Ancient Seeds: Their Role In Understanding Subsistence Strategies At
Specialized Craft Production Sites In Central Thailand. NSF funded seminar: The Thailand
Archaeometallurgy Project, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, School for Advanced Research (SAR), Santa Fe, NM,
USA.

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・Yoneda, M. and S. Kusaka Maritime adaptation of Jomon hunter-fisher-gatherer of prehistoric Japan.
Radiocarbon and Diet: Aquatic Food Resources and Reservoir Effect, International Scientific Meeting,2014,09,24-2014,09,26, Kile, Germany.
【Poster Presentation】

・Oishi, Takanori and Njoukou, André-Ledoux Wild mushroom uses by the Baka and the Bakwele of southern
Cameroon. The 14th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress, 2014,06,01-2014,06,07, Lamai
Gompa, Bumthang, Bhutan.
【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Ames, Kenneth M. What’s up on the Northwest Coast: Revising/Rethinking Complex Hunter Gatherers.
Parson’s Lecture, 2014,10,16, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
・Fukunaga, Mayumi Re-weaving Hope: Tsunami survivors, local reciprocity networks, and futurity. CJSJSPS
Symposium
Long-term
Sustainability
through
Place-based,
Small-scale
Economies,
2014,09,26-2014,09,28, University of California, Berkeley.
・Grier, Colin Hunter-Gatherer Landscapes: Built Environments and the Emergence of Social Inequality.
Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University, 2014, Seoul, Korea.
・Habu, Junko Archaeology, food diversity and long-term sustainability of human societies: Lessons fromprehistoricJapan.
2014
Senior
Fellowship
Programin
National
Museumof
Korea,
2014,11,09-2014,11,15, Yongsan-dong, Seoul.
・ Habu, Junko Food Diversity and the Growth and Decline of Human Cultures. Seminar on Cultural
Resources, Archaeology and Contemporary Society 4, 2014,10,26, Tokyo National Museum, Taito-Ku,
Tokyo.
・Habu, Junko Graduate education at UC Berkeley: Training a new generation of scholars in the field ofarchaeology. Lecture at Alumni Association of Archaeology and Ethnology, Keio University,
2014,06,07, Keio University, Minato-Ku, Tokyo.
・Habu, Junko Jomon Staple Food and Society. Tsugaru City Jomon 2015 Symposium, 2015,02,14, Tsugaru
City Shogai Gakushu Center, Tsugaru-City, Aomori-Ken.
・Habu, Junko Sedetism, Mobility and Human Impacts on the Environment: A Perspective from Historical
Ecology. JAQUA Meeting 2014, 2014,09,05-2014,09,09, Tokyo University, Kashiwa-City, Chiba-Ken.
・Hamada, Shingo Herring Fisheries and Food Cultures in Japan. Sitka Herring Festival / Sitka Natural
History Series, 2015,03,23, University of Alaska Southeast Campus, Sitka, Alaska, USA. DOI:http://
www.sitkatribe.org/SitkaHerringFestival1.htm.
・ Hamada, Shingo Seafood, Seascape and Shifting Baselines. Introduction Trans-Disciplinary Human
Development, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, 2014,10,16, Sophia University, Chiyoda-Ku,
Tokyo.
・Kaner, Simon Jomon archaeology seen from the perspective of the European Neolithic. , August 2014,
Chuo University, Hachioji-City, Tokyo.
・Kaner, Simon Metastable ecosystems along the Shinano-Chikuma River, central Japan: challenges andpotential. Talk at workshop in Historical Ecology in northeast Asia, September 2014, University ofOregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
・Kaner, Simon What the foreign specialist William Gowland saw in the mounded tombs. 2nd Ishibashi
Lecture Series, 2014,10,25, The Tokyo National Museum, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
・ Matsui, A., Rasmi Shoocongdej Multi-Interaction between Human and Chicken from ArchaeologicalContext. Human and Chicken Mutual-relationship Research Project, August 2014, Tokyo.

Research Projects

・Ito, Y., Habu, J., Onishi, T., and Inano, Y. Anacardiaceae fruits excavated from Goshizawa-matumori
Site in Aomori City. The 29th Meeting of Japanese Association of Historical Botany, 2014,11,23,
Kagoshima University, Kagoshima.

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・Fitzhugh, Ben and William Brown Human paleodemography and ecodynamics in the Subarctic North Pacific:
Teleconnections in large time and space scales?. American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Annual
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・ Oishi, Takanori Small-scale economy as a counter-strategy in the time of Godzillas. Book talk
Symposium “To see once more than stars: Living in a post-Fukushima world” Session3: Environment,
2014,08,08, Iwasaki memorial hall, International house of Japan, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
・Oishi, T., Kamgaing, O.W., Yamaguchi, R., Hayashi, K. Anti-poaching operations by military forces andtheir impacts on local people in South-Eastern Cameroon . Symposium 'Beyond Enforcement:
Communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime', 2015,02,27,
Glenburn Lodge, Muldersdrift, South Africa.
・Takahashi, Satsuki Fukushima Future: Nukes, Renewables, and Temporal Momentums in Coastal Japan. ,2014,07,03, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki-Ken.
・Weber, Steven The Rise and Fall of Cities in Prehistory: An Example From the Indus Civilization. RIHN
9th International Symposium Living in the Megacity: The Emergence of Sustainable Urban Environments,
2014,06,25-2014,06,27, Kita-Ku, Kyoto-City, Kyoto.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: H-05

Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: NAKATSUKA Takeshi
URL:
Key Words:○ Research Subject and Objectivesa) Research objectives and background
When we confront rapid environmental and/or climatic changes, what should we do? The most important
subject in global environmental studies is not only to find methods for mitigating the changes, butalso to as certain ways to adapt to them. This project will seek ways to adapt from Japan’s long
history through precise reconstructions of past abrupt climate changes and subsequent responses ofhuman society. By categorizing historical society–climate relations and synthesizing findings from manycase studies, the objective of this project is to describe general social characteristics or modes
associated with tolerance or vulnerability to abrupt changes.
To date, many palaeoclimatologists and historians have stated the possibility that past changes insocieties and civilizations might have been caused by climate changes based on the apparent coincidence
between societal reformation and climate change (Yoshida and Yasuda, 1995; Fagan 2001, 2008; Diamond
2005;Parker 2013). Especially, recent paleoclimatological studies using tree ring and speleothem
records have revealed the tight relations prevailing between the multi-decadal climate variability andthe collapse of regional societies all over the world (Zhang et al., 2008; Buckley et al., 2010, Cooket al., 2004;2010). “Climate variations in the past” obviously differ from “human-induced
environmental problems”. However, we think that social responses to “climate changes”, especially tomulti-decadal climate variation, have the same characteristics as those to “global environmental
change”. Human societies often rely excessively on particular resources or technologies such as
petroleum or nuclear power. Therefore, it is not easy for people to adapt to a world that is losing
such resources and technologies. Similarly, human societies that have used to particular climate
conditions leading to abundant crops for more than a few decades cannot adapt to drastic climate change
easily. Common structures of “overadaptation” and“consequential failure of adaptation” must exist
for global environmental problems and many historical examples of society–climate relations.
b) Research methods and organization
This project consists of three research steps. (1) Reconstruction and understanding of past climatechanges during last several millennia in Japan.(2) Categorization of society–climate relations bydetailed chronological comparisons between climate and societal events. (3) Identification of common
characteristics underlying tolerance and vulnerability of human societies against climate change beyond
ages and areas through detailed historical studies.
Recent progress in studies of tree-ring width and cellulose oxygen isotope ratios (Cook et al.,2013;
Yamaguchi et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Sano et al., 2012; 2013; Xu etal., 2011; 2013a; 2013b) allow
accurate reconstruction of past climate variation at annual resolution in East Asia and Japan. In thisproject, high-resolution palaeoclimate data based on tree ring, coral ring, speleothem, varve
sediments, ice cores, and historical documents are integrated to ensure the accuracy and extend thevariety (precipitation and temperature, summer and winter, land and ocean) of past climate
reconstructions in and around Japan. The reconstructed past climate data have been evaluated together
with modern climate analysts and modellers to understand modes and mechanisms of climate variations in
the past. Now we can conduct collaborative discussions with historians and archaeologists. The highresolutions of datasets bring remarkable benefits in allowing corroboration of paleographic andarchaeological records such as those showing changes in population, harvest, price of crop, farmland

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Research Axis:

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Project Name: Historical Adaptation to Climate Change in Japan: Integrating Palaeoclimatological Data and Archaeological
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development, irrigation and flood controls with concrete climate events such as abrupt changes indrought and flood frequencies. In this project, we devote attention not only to the magnitude but also
to the periodicity of climate change, such as multi-decadal variations. By particularly addressing somekey social factors such as roles of “market economy”, “stockpiling”, “landownership”, “familysystem” and “people’s environmental knowledge”, we will extract common lessons on how we can avoid“over-adaptation” and “consequential collapse” to climate changes, which shall be useful forsolving “global environmental problems”.
Although this project is not a “trans-disciplinary” project (merely an“interdisciplinary” project)urgently required in Future Earth and RIHN frameworks, we believe that this project contributes to
RIHN ’ s mission by interacting with many other “trans-disciplinary” projects because every
environmental problem has its own historical structures extending for more than a few decades.

○ Progress and Results in 2014
Because this project has three research steps arrayed sequentially as mentioned above, most ofachievements during FR1 are still located in Step One to prepare palaeo-climatological data sets as
many and precise as possible for Step Two and Three. However, significant findings and researchstrategies have been obtained for Step Two and Three in FR1, too.
a) Step One - Reconstruction and understanding of past climate changes
During FR1, we have extended and improved spatio-temporal coverages of tree-ring based reconstructionsof past climate in and around Japan. One of the most remarkable achievements is 4,300 year length ofcontinuous tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope chronology in Japan, which demonstrates climatologicalbackground of notorious “4.2k event”, leading collapse of many ancient civilizations, in annual time
resolution. Although our previous tree ring oxygen isotope chronology based on Honoki cypress waslargely affected by “juvenile effect” so that we could not discuss about centennial scale climate
variations, we have newly established Sugi cedar tree-ring oxygen isotope chronology, independent fromjuvenile effect and recording long-term hydroclimate variability such as dry medieval condition insouthwest Japan.
b) Step Two - Categorization of society–climate relations by chronological comparisons
In FR1, we have integrated previous knowledge on document-based climate history (Maejima and Tagami,1986) and newly reconstructed summer monsoon activity (tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios) in Early Modern
Period and found that there was tight relationship between monsoon-modulated summer temperature
variation and Japanese societal reactions. During the two short periods (1710-30& 1800-1820 AD)
characterized by hot summer, rice yield was very large, often resulting in price decrease in market(Takatsuki, 2012) and increase in population especially at northeast Japan where cold climate usuallycaused serious crop failure. Because people in northeast Japan excessively relied on the warmth by
selling large amount of rice to market, they could not adapt to the following cold periods, resulting
in unprecedented giant famines (Tenmei and Tenpo famines) and decrease in population by starvation andbirth control(Kikuchi, 2003). Although we must discuss many aspects of societies against the climate
variation as described below (Step Three), the two warm-cold cycles and subsequent human responses in
18th and early 19th centuries can be categorized as typical cases of multi-decadal climate-society
interactions.
If you compare the newly reconstructed East Asia summer temperature variation (Cook et al, 2013) since
800 AD with Japanese Medieval chronological table,
you can find an apparent climate-society
relationship that 10-20 years length of hot summer often resulted in notorious warfare, rebellion or
famines during the following cold periods, especially in east and northeast Japan. These coincidences
between climate and society in Medieval Period may also reflect the over-adaptation to relatively
comfortable climate and the subsequent failure of adaptation to following difficult climate as well as
the cases in Early Modern Period although there are only few document records on crop yields or humanpopulation during Medieval Period so that intense surveys of historical and archaeological records arenecessary to understand the underlying mechanism of the apparent “simple” relationship. On the other
hand,the most important lesson from the climate-society relationships during Medieval Period for thisproject is that the same magnitude of climate variation did not always result in the same consequence
insociety. For example, in 13th century when Kamakura Shogunate governed, abrupt decreases in

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Research Projectsc) StepThree - Identification of common characteristics underlying tolerance and vulnerability ofsocieties against climate changes○Project Members◎ NAKATSUKA, Takeshi○ SANO, Masaki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Leader of the wholeproject )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Project Researcher,Sub leadrof the whole project )Group of Paleoclimatology○ YASUE, Koh( Shinshu University,Associate Professor,Dendroclimatological and wood anatomical
analyses in Japan and Asia )○ ABE, Osamu( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,AssistantProfessor,Coral analyses in Southwest Japan )MITSUTANI, Takumi( Nara National Institute for Cultural Properties,Visiting Researcher,Agedetermination of cultural properties in Japan using tree ring width )SAKAMOTO, Minoru( National Museum of Japanese History,Professor,Age determination of paleoclimate
proxy materials using radiocarbon )KAGAWA, Akira( Forest and Forest Products Research Institute,Researcher,Development ofanalytical methods for isotopic ratios of tree-ring samples )FUJITA, Koji
( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,Associate
Professor,Analyses of ice cores in Central Asia )XU, Chenxi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project
Researcher,Dendroclimatological and dendroarchaeological analyses using isotopes
in Japan and Southeast Asia )MORIMOTO, Maki
( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,Part-time
Researcher,Coral analyses in Southwest Japan )KIMURA, Katsuhiko( Faculty of Symbiosis Systems Science, Fukushima University,Professor,Dating of
excavated wooden properties during Jomon, Yayoi and Kohun Era )YOKOYAMA, Yusuke( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo,Associate
Professor,Coral, tree ring and varve sediment analyses in Japan and Asia )TADA, Ryuji( Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo,Professor,Analyses of Varve
Sediments in lake Suigetsu, Central Japan )Research Projects

In order to identify real factors in societies controlling of response modes against climate
variations, it is necessary to conduct detailed studies on cause and effect relationship for the
typical cases with more attention to various kinds of sociocultural variables. In FR1, we have started
the analyses of cause and effect relationship from Early Modern Period using many documentary records
on crop yields, market prices, population and so on. After intense discussions in our project, we havedesigned a sequential research framework of the cause and effect relationship originating from
“Climate variations”, transmitted through “Climate Disaster” and “Agricultural Impact” andresulting in “Short,Middle, Long-Term Reactions” by societies. In the analyses of societal reactions,
we will focus on several key elements such as “Market Pricing”, “Public Stock”, “Land Ownership”,“Family System” and “People’s Climate Knowledge” as various societal functions against difficult
climate. Because the original function of each element against difficult climate often turn into
completely different one during comfortable climate period, it is very important to analyse historicalconsequence of each element during both of comfortable and difficult climate periods in comparison withthe high resolution of palaeo-climatological data. Although it becomes more difficult to trace eachelement back into Medieval and Ancient Periods, part of analytical results obtained from Early Modern
Period, such as relationship between climate and agricultural productions and/or functional change of
public stock along with climate variation, may be shared beyond the age because most of elements had
been existing from Ancient Period.

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temperature resulted in serious famines, but did not cause any rebellions. In contrast, during 12th and
14-15th centuries, large variations in summer temperature resulted in biggest civil wars (Genpei War,
Twin Dynasty (Namboku-cho) War and Ohnin War and subsequent Sengoku(Warring) Period) in Japanese
history. There must be clues to determine different modes of societal reactions against climate
variation during Medieval Period.

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KUBOTA, Yoshimi
TAGAMI, Takahiro
WATANABE, Yumiko
TAKEUCHI, Nozomi
ZAIKI, Masumi
HIRANO, Jumpei
TAIRA, Hideaki
SHO, Kenjiro
LI, Zhen
HAKOZAKI, Masataka
LI, Qiang
KAWAHATA, Hodaka

Group of Climatology○ YOSHIMURA, Kei○ KURITA, Naoyuki
UEMURA, Ryu
WATANABE, Masahiro
ICHINO, Mika

( National Museum of Nature and Science,Researcher,Paleoceanographic analyses
around Japan using ocean sediment records )( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Professor,Tree-ring and speleothem
analyses in Japan and Southeast Asia )( Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Speleothem
analyses in Japan and Southeast Asia )( Graduate School of Science, Chiba University,Professor,Analyses of ice cores inCentral Asia )( Faculty of Economy, Seikei University,Associate Professor,Analyses of climatechanges in Japan using old documentary records )( National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster
Prevention,Researcher,Analyses of climate changes in Japan using old documentary
records )( Tateyamasugi Research Institute,Director,Analyses of human-forest relationshipduring last two millennia in mountainous area )( Urban & Social Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology,AssistantProfessor,Assessment of hydrological impacts of past climate change )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Research Associate,Reconstruction of
past hydroclimate in Japan using tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios )( Centre for Chronological Research, Nagoya University,Postdoctoral
fellow,Reconstruction of past climate in Japan using tree-ring width, density andoxygen isotope ratios )( Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Science,Associate
Professor,Reconstruction of past climate in China using tree-ring width, density
and oxygen isotope ratios )( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University ofTokyo,Professor,Reconstruction of past climate in Japan using inland sedimentcores )( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo,Associate
Professor,Evaluation of proxy isotope data using general circulation models withisotope dynamics )( Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,Associate
Professor,Climatological assessment of proxy oxygen isotope data )( Faculty of Science, Ryukyu University,Associate Professor,Observation of
spatial and temporal variability of precipitation isotope ratios )( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo,Associate
Professor,Climatological evaluation of past climate variations based on proxyrecords )( Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society,Associate
Fellow,Database construction and utilization on old diary weather records )Group of Prehistorical & Ancient Era○ WAKABAYASHI,( History Museum, Doshisha University,Associate Professor,Analyses of social
Kunihikoadaptations to climate changes during Yayoi Era )○ HIGAMI, Noboru( Aichi Prefectural Center for Archaeological Operations,Expert ofInvestigation,Analyses of excavated wooden properties during Yayoi and Kohun
Era )MURAKAMI, Yumiko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Analyses of
excavated wooden properties during Yayoi and Kohun Era )MATSUGI, Takehiko( National Museum of Japanese History,Professor,Analyses of social responses toclimate changes during Yayoi and Kofun Era, focusing on human population
dynamics )AKATSUKA, Jiro
( Aichi Prefectural Center for Archaeological Operations,Vise Director,Analysesof social adaptations to climate changes during Yayoi Era )IMAZU, Katsunori( Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Okayama,Professor,Analyses of
population responses to climate changes in ancient period using document
records )FUJIO, Shin-ichiro ( National Museum of Japanese History,Professor,Analyses of social responses toclimate changes during Jomon and Yayoi Era )YAMADA, Masahisa( Graduate School of Humanity, Tokyo Metropolitan University,Professor,Analysesof excavated wooden properties during Jomon, Yayoi and Kohun Era )75
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INOUE, Tomohiro
KANEDA, Akihiro
MURAKAMI, Mayuko

KOBAYASHI, Kenichi( Faculty of Humanity, Beppu University,Professor,Analyses of social responses tosevere events of flood and drought during periods of Muromachi and provincial
wars )○ MIZUNO, Shoji( School of Human Culture, The University of Shiga Prefecture,Professor,Analysesof social adaptation to hydroclimate variability during Kamakura and Muromachi
periods. )ITO, Keisuke( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Relationshipbetween economy and climate during Medieval period )SHIMIZU, Katsuyuki ( School of Commerce, Meiji University,Associate Professor,Analyses of social
response to climate changes from the Muromachi period to the age of provincial
wars )NISHIYACHI, Seibi( Faculty of Letters Nara Women’s University,Professor,Analyses of agricultural
adaptation to climate change during Medieval warm period )TAKAGI, Tokuroh( Faculty of Education, Waseda University,Associate Professor,Analyses ofenvironmental adaptation in manor and village )KAWASUMI, Tatsunori ( Faculty of letters, Ritsumeikan University,Professor,Human geographicaladaptation to heavy flood occurrences in Middle Age of Japan )ITO, Toshikazu( Faculty of Human Studies, Meijo University,Professor,Analyses of societal
responses against climate variation in Japan during Medieval period )Group of Early Modern Era○ SATO, Daisuke( International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku
University,Associate Professor,Historical analyses of social responses against
natural disasters )○ WATANABE, Koichi( National Institute of Japanese Literature,Professor,Urban adaptation to heavy
flood events at Edo during modern age. )KAMATANI, Kaoru( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researcher,Changes inlivelihood pattern against climate change including fishery around lake Biwa
during modern age )KIKUCHI, Isao
( Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University,Professor,Social responses against great
famines in Northeast Japan during modern age )NAKAYAMA, Tomihiro ( Graduate School of Letters, Hiroshima University,Professor,Changes inlivelihood pattern during modern age in Southwest Japan )HIRANO, Tetsuya( Tokiwa University,Associate Professor,Societal responses to climate change
during modern age at local villages in East Japan )SATO, Hiroyuki( Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University,Associate Professor,Societal
responses to climate change during modern age in Southernmost Japan. )OGI, Shin-ichiro( Faculty of Humanities, Kochi university,Professor,Societal responses to climatechange during modern age in Southern Japan. )TAKEI, Koichi( Faculty of Law and Letters, University of the Ryukyus,Associate
Professor,Societal responses to climate change during modern age in Northern
Japan )
TAKAHASHI, Miyuki( Faculty of Economics, Rissho University,Associate Professor,Analyses of
population dynamics in northeast Japan during Early Modern period )YAMADA, Kosei( Okinawa International University,Research Fellowship for Young
Scientists,Societal responses to climate change during modern age in southwest
islands of Japan )TAKATSUKI, Yasuo( Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe
University,Associate Professor,Analyses of market pricing in Early Modern Japan )MURA, Kazuaki( Mitsui Bunko,Researcher,Analyses of market pricing in Early Modern Japan )Research Projects

Group of Medieval Era○ TAMURA, Noriyoshi

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BATTEN, Bruce( Osaka Center for Cultural Heritage,Expert of Investigation,Analyses of social
responses to climate changes during Yayoi and Middle Age )( Nara National Research Institute for Cultural,Chief Researcher,Analyses ofsocial responses to climate changes during Ancient Age )( Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University,Researcher,Analyses ofsocial responses to climate changes during Ancient Age )( Graduate School of International Studies, J. F. Oberlin
University,Dean,Analyses of social responses to climate changes during Japanese
History )( Faculty of Letters, Chuo University,Professor,Dating of excavated wooden
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BROWN, Philip C.
ENDO, Takahiro
KORIYAMA, Shiho( College of Arts & Sciences, Department of History, The Ohio State
University,Professor,Analyses of landownership in Japan during Early Modern
period )( Osaka Prefecture University,Associate Professor,Societal responses to climatechange during modern age in central Japan )( Kasai City Library,Part-time Researcher,Estimate of climate impacts in Early
Modern feudal domains )○ Future Themes
To reach the goal of this project through the three steps of research scheme as mentioned above, wehave two research groups (A, B) for Step One, three research groups (C, D, E) for Step Two and Threeand one group (F) for final integration, although all groups are always communicating with other groups
actively.
a) Group A: Reconstruction of Past Climate Variation
Although a key climatological parameter for Japanese history, summer rainfall amount, has beensuccessfully reconstructed with annual time resolution during last 4300 years, there remain following
subjects necessary to be archived during the early stage of this project. (1) Temperaturereconstruction with annual time resolution in Japan. (2) Monthly to daily resolutions of climate
reconstruction. (3) Improvement of spatial resolution of climate reconstruction in Japan and Asia. (4)Reconstruction of long-term climate variability. For (1) and (2), measurements of tree-ring density andintra-ring analyses of tree isotope ratios are effective, respectively, as well as diary-based
documentary weather reports, abundant during Early Modern Period. Using tree ring samples covering last
several thousand years, those two measurements are now being conducted. For (3), we are now analysing
and integrating of many tree ring and other paleo-climate proxies such as speleothem, varve sediment,
document records and ice core all over Asia under the umbrella of international Asia 2k network. For(4), Sugi cedar tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios are independent from juvenile effect and able toprovide us of reliable long-term climate signal as well as annual resolution data. In addition, sea
surface temperature in an inland bay of Japan recently reconstructed by biomarker molecular composition
in sediment core has demonstrated long-term variability, very similar to that of East Asia summer
temperature (Cook et al.,2013), suggesting the applicability of long-term characteristics in East Asia
summer temperature to Japanese historical analyses.
b) Group B: Analyses of Past Climate Variation
The direct collaboration between historians and climatologists in daily time resolution in Early Modern
period has developed an innovative method, to understand climate variations during Little Ice Age,thatis the assimilation of daily weather records written in old diaries all over Japan into a supercomputer based general circulation model (GCM) to reproduce past atmospheric circulation precisely.
Because there remain many diaries in Europe, China and North America as well as Japan since 17th
century, those can be integrated into the same GCM, the assimilation of daily weather must improve ourunderstandings on Little Ice Age all over world.
Groups C, D and E compare the reconstructed past climate variations with historical and archaeologicalevidences throughout corresponding periods to categorize society–climate relations (Step Two) andanalyse typical cases of society–climate relations (Step Three).
c) Group C: Prehistoric and Ancient Period (approximately until tenth centuries)
Newly developed annual resolutions of tree-ring oxygen isotope chronologies have introduced an
unprecedented chance to discuss climate-society relationship during this period. In fact, remarkably
large climate variability was found at several episodes since 4300 year ago. Although Japanesearchaeologists could not date most of archaeological events precisely, the progress in tree-ring oxygenisotope chronology provides archaeologists with a new dating chance to determine the ages of any
excavated woods at the annual time resolution all over Japan. Group C will compile many archaeologicaland documentary records in chronological order, such as construction of pit houses and tombs,
restoration of rice paddy fields and waterways, occurrence of large floods in various regions to make

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many cause-and-effect analyses between climate variations and societal reactions during the Prehistoricand Ancient Periods.

e) Group E: Early Modern Period (ca. 17th – 19th centuries)
In contrast to Ancient and Medieval Period in Japan, there are numerous local unread documents together
with many published documents translated into modern Japanese. Group E will unravel many documentary
records such as tax accounts to villages, market prices for variety of rice, religion registration
records relating to population dynamics together with many documents for governance, especially against
climate variations, written by villagers, local officers and governments. Parts of results on climatesociety relationship during Early Modern Period will be shared with Group C and D. Because Group E
consists of many historians all over Japan from northern Tohoku to southern Kyushu, we can elucidate
geographical differences in societal responses against climate variations systematically.
f) Group F: Categorization and Integration
To extract common lessons from societal adaptation to past climate variations, it is the most importantfor us to categorize and integrate numerous examples investigated separately by Group C, D and E using
some unified measures beyond periods and regions. For this purpose, we will learn strategies of IHOPE
project (Costanza et al. eds. 2007) systematically by investigating all IHOPE publications and joining
the IHOPE. Group F consists of five full-time researchers and a project leader working at the project
office in RIHN besides many project members who can deal with some socio-economic parameters, relating
to climate variations. They always communicate with each other and exchange information to compare andintegrate every aspect of project achievements in collaboration with all other groups in the project.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・Kaoru Kamatani 2015,03 Tradition and culture of Nara ink stick - Miyatake-Ke old stock -. Nara
Association of Ink Stick Production, Nara, 80pp. (in Japanese)【Chapters/Sections】

・Takeshi Nakatsuka 2015,03 Emergence of a new dendrochronological method using oxygen isotope ratio.
Minoru Sakamoto and Nanae Nakao (ed.) How old is this building? - Chronological studies of oldarchitecture using carbon isotopes. Yoshikawa Kobun Kan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, pp.176-180. (in Japanese)・Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,12 Temperature variation during last 2000 years revealed by proxy records(10-5-1). Global environment committee, Meteorological society of Japan (ed.) Global Warming - its
mechanism and uncertainty -. Asakura Shoten, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, pp.146-148. (in Japanese)・ Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,09 Overlook from Humankind History - Chain structure in emergence ofenvironmental problems. Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tomohiro Oh (ed.) ClinicalEnvironmental Studies. Nagoya University Press, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, pp.54-61. (in Japanese)

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Because we can seldom find a completely new historical document during this period in contrast to Early
Modern Age, the most important task of Group D is to compile all existing records relevant to climate
variations based on current archives of historical documents during the Medieval Period in Japan. The
complied records should not only include meteorological disasters (Fujiki, 2007) but also coversociocultural and economic variables, as many as possible, potentially underlying the societal
reactions to climate changes. Group D will collaborate with archaeological members in Group C because
archaeological data sets on Medieval Japan previously obtained all over Japan must provide us of newunderstandings on climate-society relationship at that time.

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・Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,09 Temporal structure of environmental problems - Common mechanisms of theiremergence and development - . Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tomohiro Oh (ed.) ClinicalEnvironmental Studies. Nagoya University Press, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, pp.230-240. (in Japanese)・ Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,09 Clinical environmental Studies as eternal spirals of diagnosis andtreatments. Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tomohiro Oh (ed.) Clinical Environmental
Studies. Nagoya University Press, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, pp.218-221. (in Japanese)○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tomohiro Oh (ed.) 2014,09 Clinical Environmental Studies.
Nagoya University Press, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 317pp. (in Japanese)○Papers【Original Articles】

・Zhen Li, Takeshi Nakatsuka and Masaki Sano 2015,03 Tree-ring cellulose δ18O variability in pine andoak and its potential to reconstruct precipitation and relative humidity in central Japan.
Geochemical Journal 49. DOI:10.2343/geochemj.2.0336.(reviewed).
・ Chenxi Xu, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Masaki Sano, Zhen Li 2015,02 A tree-ringcellulose δ18O-based July–October precipitation reconstruction since AD 1828, northwest Thailand.
Journal of Hydrology . DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.037.(reviewed).
・Akira Kagawa, Masaki Sano, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tsutomu Ikeda, Satoshi Kubo 2015,01 An optimized method
for stable isotope analysis of tree rings by extracting cellulose directly from cross-sectionallaths. Chemical Geology 393-394 :16-25. DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.11.019.(reviewed).
・Chenxi Xu, Masaki Sano, Kei Yoshimura and Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,07 Oxygen isotopes as a valuable
tool for measuring annual growth in tropical trees that lack distinct annual rings. Geochemical
Journal 48(4) :371-378. DOI:10.2343/geochemj.2.0312.(reviewed).
・Keisuke Ito 2014,06 Kei-ichi Nakajima's "Medieval Money" and money history studies in Early Medieval
period. Japanese History Research (622). (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・ Mao Harada, Yumiko Watanabe, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Suyako Tazuru-Mizuno, Yoshiki Horikawa, Junji
Sugiyama, Toshitaka Tsuda and Takahiro Tagami 2014,05 Alpha-cellulose extraction procedure for thetropical tree sungkai (Peronema canescens Jack) by using an improved vessel for reliablepaleoclimate reconstruction. Geochemical Journal 48(3) :299-307. DOI:10.2343/geochemj.2.0306.
(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・Takeshi Nakatsuka 2015,02 What happens on human societies by climate variations? - Lessons from
history -. Environmental Conference (Kankyo Kaigi) Spring 2015 :74-79. (in Japanese)・Takeshi Nakatsuka 2014,12 Why did Heike collapse? -Viewpoint from climate variations-. HUMAN 7 :132-141. (in Japanese)○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Masaki Sano, Koh Yasue, Katsuhiko Kimura, Takeshi Nakatsuka A 1500-year hydroclimate record insouthwestern Japan inferred from tree-ring δ18O. The 4th International Asian Dendrochronological
Conference 2015, 2015,03,09-2015,03,12, Kathmandu.
・Kaoru Kamatani Learning on Honkatada villeage in Edo era - Katada at 300 years ago unrabelled by
Meisai-cho -. Conference on "Katada and Katada feudal domain in Edo era", 2015,03,08, Northern
Regional Culture Center in Otsu City. (in Japanese)・ MasakiSano,
TakeshiNakatsuka
Societal
Adaptation
toClimateChange:Integrating
Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences. International Symposium on
Multi-Hazard Approach in Mongolia, 2014,10,24, Nagoya. (in Japanese)

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・Masaki Sano, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Chenxi XU, Shin-Hao CHEN, I-Ching CHEN Reconstruction of East Asia
summer monsoon variations by tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios. 2014 fall academic meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers, 2014,09,20-2014,09,22, Toyama.

・ Takeshi Nakatsuka, Masaki Sano, Chenxi Xu, Katsuhiko Kimura, Takumi Mitsutani Establishment ofseveral millennia lengths of Tree-Ring Cellulose Oxygen Isotope Chronologies all over Japan. 3rd
Asia 2k workshop, 2014,05,26-2014,05,27, Beijing, China.
・ Takeshi Nakatsuka and others 400 years interval of amplification in quasi bi-decadal climate
variability - a case of summer precipitation in Japan. Japan Geoscience Union 2014 Annual Meeting,2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Nishi-ku, Yokohama.
【Poster Presentation】

・Takeshi Nakatsuka, Masaki Sano, Chenxi Xu Research subjects on climate variations during historicalperiods in Japan. 2014 annual meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan, 2014,09,16-2014,09,18,
Toyama. (in Japanese)・Masaki Sano, Koh Yasue, Katsuhiko Kimura, Takeshi Nakatsuka Construction of Yaku cedar tree-ring
oxygen isotope chronology - Toward reconstruction of summer monsoon -. 2014 annual meering of Japan
Geoscience Union, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Yokohama. (in Japanese)【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Kaoru Kamatani History of Nara Ink Stick. Open symposium on "Tradition and culture of Nara ink
stick", 2015,03,21, Nara prefectural culture hall. (in Japanese)・Kaoru Kamatani What old documents in local regions tell us. The party to learn history of Imazu,
2015,03,14, Imazu Nakahama/Wakaba house (Autonomy hall). (in Japanese)・Takeshi Nakatsuka, Yumiko Murakami, Chenxi Xu Dates and environments revealed by tree rings - Resultsfrom oxygen isotope analyses-. New evidences in Yokaichi-jikata remain unrabelled by scientificanalyses, 2014,11,23, Komatsu, Ishikawa. (in Japanese)・ Takeshi Nakatsuka Present status on method and application of oxygen isotope dendrochronology.
Research meering of the Association of Ancient Studies, 2014,11,09, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. (in Japanese)・Takeshi Nakatsuka Recent Development of Oxygen Isotopic (d18O) Dendroarchaeology in Japan. Seminar in
Institute of Earth Environment, 2014,08,25, Xi'an, China.
・Takeshi Nakatsuka Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology - Its Background, Development and Applications.
Lecture in Institute of Earth Environment, 2014,08,22, Xi'an, China.
・ Takeshi Nakatsuka The PAGES 2k network
2014,05,26-2014,05,27, Beijing, China.

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Asia

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Phase

1.

3rd

Asia

2k

workshop,・Takeshi Nakatsuka and others Reconstruction of summer precipitation in annual time resolution during
last two millennia in central Honshu by tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios -Development of historicalhydrology-. 2014 annual meeting of Japan Geoscience Union, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Nishi-ku,
Yokohama. (in Japanese)・Takeshi Nakatsuka, Chenxi Xu, Masaki Sano, Katsuhiko Kimura A high precision dendrochronologicalmethod using tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope ratio. 2014 annual meeting of Japan Geoscience
Union, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. (in Japanese)

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・Takeshi Nakatsuka, Kyohei Ohishi, Noboru Higami Dating of well wall boards in Oritsu-jyuku remain,
Inazawa, Aichi using oxygen isotope ratios. 2014 annual meering of Japan Society for Scientific
Studies on Cultural Properties, 2014,07,05, Nara. (in Japanese)

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・Takeshi Nakatsuka Recent activities for paleo-climatological reconstructions in PAGES Asia 2k and
RIHN. 2014 fall academic meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, 2014,09,20-2014,09,21,
Toyama. (in Japanese)

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Incubation Studies
Study on the system for conservation and use of tropical forest
ICHIE Tomoaki (Research and Education Faculty, Natural Sciences Cluster, Agriculture Unit, Kochi University)
This project aims to offer a suitable conservation and utilization system which is capable of minimizing conflictand maximizing fairness between different interested individuals, while bringing out to the maximum various
ecological services possessed by tropical forests. Following the suggestion of the IS evaluation committee, we held 3
meetings and 1 workshop that focused on the review of related domestic and international researches, systems andactivities, and on the reconsideration of our research plans by utilizing past research findings made under the projects
of Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. In addition, we have begun to put in efforts to think out on effective
use of our past research findings and held photo exhibitions for people in Japan and Malaysia to introduce ourlong-term ecological researches conducted in Sarawak, Malaysia. Through these efforts, our research team has been
fully organized, and we have developed a better perspective on our research issues and methodologies.

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Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants

Co-hosting of the 8th National Health Research Forum of Lao P.D.R., and the 2nd Xepon Workshop
MOJI Kazuhiko (School of International Health Development, Nagasaki University)
Purpose: Co-hosting the 8th Laos National Health Research Forum (NHRF) and supporting the related activities
at Xepon District, Savannakhet Province after the forum. Outcome: The 8th Laos National Health Research Forum was
successfully held in Vientiane on October 16 and 17, 2014. More than 140 participated, including 30+ Japanese. There
were 25 oral presentations and 45 poster presentations, some of which were related to the RIHN ecohealth project. The
forum offered a very productive opportunity for collecting and exchanging information related to health research andpromotion in Lao P.D.R. After the forum, NIOPH and Japanese Consortium members travelled to Xepon district ofSavannakhet province, to attend the 2nd Community Health Workshop at the Xepon Village Health Volunteer (VHV)
Training Center. Volunteers and district health staff discussed how to improve their activities to promote ecohealth in
this area.

Network Development for establishing an integrated management model of R. Syr Darya with special
emphasis on environmental preservation
KUBOTA Jumpei (RIHN)
After the collapse of the former USSR and the independence of contemporary central Asian countries, conflicts
and lack of coordination on resources and environmental issues have arisen among countries. The aim of this researchis to further develop the research network originally founded as part of the RIHN’s Ili Project, and to extend its
activities with various stakeholders in central Asia. In 2014, we investigated the present status of fisheries in the small
Aral Sea through interviews to local fishermen and fish processing industries, especially focusing on the recent
development of marketing channels and fish processing industries. We also discussed the future plan for this region
with the city mayor of Alarisk and proposed that catching management was necessary. Based on the field survey, weorganized a special session in the annual meeting of The Japan Association for Central Asian Studies on March 29,
2015.

Research Projects

Operation of the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network
SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University / Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature)
A Amur-Okhotsk Consortium meeting was held inviting national representatives of Japan, China, Russia andMongol on December 17-18, 2014 in Sapporo city. Participants were officers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministryof Environment, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau ofJapan, Hokkaido Regional government, and the UNEP/NOWPAP Toyama office. A total of 80 participants, mostly
academic researchers and including minor number of citizens, joined the meeting. National representatives made presentations on current environmental issues from each country on Dec. 17. On Dec. 18 we discussed the agenda for the2015 International Meeting of the Amur-Okhotsk Consortium at Harbin, China, and decided on ways to fulfill both theeconomic growth and environmental conservation needs.

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These grants allow CR Project Leaders or team members to disseminate their research results to both theacademic community and the general public, to contribute to the RIHN Archive, and to incubate new research ideas
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The establishment of the occasion on opinion and information exchange aimed for rural development,
environmental conservation and health promotion in highland mountainous village
OKUMIYA Kiyohito (Center for Southeast Studies, Kyoto University)
This fiscal year, we conducted research work for 3 weeks since the middle of September staying in the Ladakh
region and Domkhar village where we collected information for producing a guidebook about rural tourism. We
conducted life history interviews with 9 villagers (6 Men and 3 Women), concretely covering the period from birth topresent day. We also met with some important persons and discussed the preparation workshop planned for next fiscal
year. We consulted on the publication schedule and way of editing on guidebook with our counterparts. There is afacebook website operated by younger generations of the village, and we got permission to include additional contents
related to rural tourism.

Evaluation of Social Experiment for Sustainable Risk Management
KADA Ryohei (Shijonawate Gakuen University)
During the course of Full Research, we have experimented with participatory, community-based watershed social
action, called as the “Yaman ng Lawa” (“Blessings of the Lake”) Program since 2012. By assessing how stakeholder
participation can improve fishery and water resource management and bring about better livelihood and public health,it has been proved that such community-based watershed social action can combat environmental degradation andprotect local fish habitat and bring about better health of fisheries. Furthermore, through this participatory approach,we were able to collect and arrange local knowledge toward collective action in resource management.

Developing a new framework for forest resource management in semi-arid land: by seeking an appropriate way of utilization of indigenous and alien species in eastern Sudan
NAWATA Hiroshi (Faculty of International Resource Science, Akita University)
This project aims to develop a new framework for forest resource management in arid land, by seeking anappropriate way of utilization of indigenous and alien species in eastern Sudan, to contribute livelihood improvement
at local level.

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CRD & CRP

Centers for Research Development (CRD)
and Promotion (CRP)● Building Research Data Networks
The CRD and CRP play a key role in facilitating RIHN’s environmental networking and communication, especially between academic institutions, cultural institutions, and the general public. It is involved in the creation andmaintenance 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 CRP and CRD promote cooperation between RIHN and research institutes both at home and abroad. One
such activity 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 Survey and Analysis Unit in CRP 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 chemical and biochemical analysis, microscopy, incubation, hazardous materials, fieldwork preparation, sample
preparation and cold storage.

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● Key Research Tasks
In RIHN’s second phase, the Core Research Hub has been established within the CRD.  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
three Initiative-based Research Projects, “Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management”,“Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local Environmental
Knowledge”, and “Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus”.

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The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication (CCPC), which was established in 2007, has been
responsible for cross-project, cross-domain investigation, research and support that concerns the entire institute. In
order to intensify its function, CCPC divided into two centers, namely the Centers for Research Development (CRD)
and Promotion (CRP) in 2013.
The CRD consists of four units. The Planning Unit is chiefly responsible for establishing RIHN’s long term visionand organizing fundamental committees, including those related to project evaluation and personnel affairs. The
Initiative Framework Unit serves as a cross-cutting mechanism to capture and synthesize key contributions of individual- and institutional-collaboration projects and to develop new research projects within RIHN (the ‘initiative-based’
projects). The Collaboration Nexus Unit facilitates the internal and external research networks. The Future Earth Unit
coordinates RIHN engagement with the international Future Earth initiative.
The Center for Research Promotion (CRP) is divided into three units. The Survey and Analysis Unit develops andmaintains the laboratory facilities necessary for research and fieldwork. The Informatics Unit builds the databases andarchives supporting ongoing research. Finally, the Communication and Production Unit determines how communication regarding RIHN research, processes and outcomes should be established with academic, public and user-specificcommunities
The CRD and CRP also collaborate with the research department and administrative office to coordinate the task
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Outreach Programs and Events
1. RIHN International Symposium
RIHN 9th International Symposium
In order to diffuse the findings of the one FR project concluding in March 2015, the RIHN 9th International
Symposium “Living in the Megacity: The Emergence of Sustainable Urban Environments” was held on 25-27 June2014 at the RIHN Lecture Hall. The details of the symposium are as follows.
<Wednesday 25 June>
Opening Session
Chair: MCGREEVY, Steven R. (RIHN)· Opening Remarks: YASUNARI Tetsuzo (Director-General, RIHN)· Objectives of the Symposium: MURAMATSU Shin (RIHN)· Keynote Address 1: The Management of Urbanization, Development and Environmental Change in the MegaCities of Asia in the Twenty First Century
Terence G. MCGEE (The University of British Columbia, Canada)· Keynote Address 2: Feeding the Megacities and Urban-Rural Linkages
Parviz KOOHAFKAN (President, World Agricultural Heritage Foundation /U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organization (retired))
Session 1: Lessons from Research with Long-Term Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of Cities
Chairs: HABU Junko (RIHN) & UCHIYAMA Yuta (RIHN)· Landscape Transformation in Theorizing Societal Collapse
William BALÉE (Tulane University, USA)
· Resilience and Cities: Some Historical Perspectives
Mark J. HUDSON (Nishikyushu University, Japan)· Islamic Cities and Megacities: Studying Regions and History
FUKAMI Naoko (Waseda University, Japan)· The Rise and Fall of Cities in Prehistory: An Example from the Indus Civilization
Steven WEBER (Washington State University Vancouver, USA)
· Teotihuacan: Origin, Urban Impacts, and Legacy of an Ancient CitySUGIYAMA Saburo (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan / Arizona State University, USA)
· Discussion<Thursday 26 June>
Session 2: Lessons from “Urban Interaction Spheres”: Adapting to Local Environments and Reducing
Environmental Loads
Chair: ISHIKAWA Satoshi (RIHN) & MIMURA Yutaka (RIHN)· Landscape Ecological Urbanism in Southeast Asia: A Strategy to Create New Urban Territories that Reflect
Cultural and Natural Processes
MURAKAMI Akinobu (University of Tsukuba, Japan)· Human Utility of Marine Ecosystem Services and Behavioral Intentions for Marine Conservation: Implications
for Urban-Suburban Partnership
 	 YAGI Nobuyuki (The University of Tokyo, Japan),
WAKITA Kazumi(Tokai University, Japan), and ARAI Ryoko (The University of Tokyo, Japan)· Hometown Investment Trust Funds: New Financing Methods to Link Urban Centers and the Regions, and their
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AKAI Atsuo (Music Securities, Inc., Japan / Waseda University, Japan)· The Sanitary to Sustainable to Sacred City: Urban Nature Experience and Engagement
Kathleen L. WOLF (University of Washington, USA)
· Discussion

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 thirteenth forum was held in fiscal 2014 as below.
The 13th RIHN Forum
Date: 12 July, 2014
Theme: How to co-design the global environment and our future?
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center

Outreach Programs and Events<Friday 27 June >Session 4: Synthesis and Discussion Futurability of Cities and Global Environment
Chair: MURAMATSU Shin (RIHN) & Daniel NILES (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 1
HABU Junko (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 2
ISHIKAWA Satoshi (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 3
HAYASHI Kengo (RIHN)· Discussion and Comments from Keynote Speakers· Closing Remarks
SATO Tetsu (Deputy Director-General, RIHN)

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Session 3: Lessons from Global Perspectives: Designing Sustainable Cities
Chairs: HAYASHI Kengo (RIHN)· Visualization of City Sustainability Index (CSI): What is City Sustainability?
How Can we Assess City Sustainability?
MORI Koichiro (Shiga University, Japan)· An Analysis of the Use of Urban Sustainability Indicators: Lessons from Cities of Quebec
Georges A. TANGUAY (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada / CIRANO, Canada)· Sustainability and the Urban Functions from the Perspective of the Global Power City Index   ICHIKAWA Hiroo (Meiji University, Japan)· Essence of City Prosperity Index: A Measuring Tool a Policy Dialogue
Eduardo LÓPEZ MORENO (UN-Habitat, Kenya)· Discussion

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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 2014 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 58th Public Seminar

The 59th Public Seminar

The 60th Public Seminar

The 61st Public Seminar

18 July, 2014
Did the Heike Collapse Out of Arrogance? What Tree Rings Tell Us.
NAKATSUKA Takeshi (RIHN)
19 September, 2014
Tasting coffee and chocolate more deeply - linking local production and consuming regions.
YOSHINO Keiichi (Dari K Co., Ltd.)17 October, 2014
Hear the story from a Hanamachi mother – Food, clothing,
housing and environment in Kyoto.
IMAI Kimiko (Kamishichiken-Daimonji)
12 February, 2014
“ Kyoto, Town, Environment ” – A discussion with high school students.
Second-year students at a Kyoto Prefectural Rakuhoku High School

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 2014 seminar was held as below.
The 5th Kids Seminar “Tree-rings tell the past climate variations”
Date: 1 August, 2014
Venue: RIHNSANO Masaki (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 2014.
Date: 1 August, 2014
Venue: RIHN
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. The fiscal year 2014 seminar was held as below.
The 14th RIHN Area Seminar
RIHN-Oita Prefecture joint Symposium“Sustainable future in rural areas: Reconsidering the wealth of the agricultural community”

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Date: 15 February, 2015
Venue: Usa Culture Hall USANOPIA (Usa city, Oita)

8. The Earth Forum Kyoto 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 symposium was heldin fiscal year 2014 as below.
The Earth Forum Kyoto
7 February, 2015
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
9. 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.
The 2014 recipients of the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto Award:
Mr. Shigeatsu Hatakeyama (Chairman of “Mori wa Umi no Koibito” and Professor of Field Studies and Practical
Learning of Kyoto university)
10. 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.
The 102nd

23 June, 2014
Development of molecular identification (CO1 DNA) barcode of Ichthyofauna in Panay Island,
Philippines
TRAIFALGAR, Rex Ferdinand Mallare (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN, Assistant Professor, College
of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Philippines in Visayas)
Environmental condition of bivalves culture area in Bandon bay, Southern Thailand
SALAENOI, Jintana (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN, Assistant professor, Department of Marine

Outreach Programs and Events

6th Tokyo Seminar“Environmental problems have been existed from the past – To see the future from the past”
Date: 16 January, 2014
Venue: Yurakucho Asahi Hall

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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 year 2014 as below.

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The 103rd

The 104th

The 105th

The 106th

The 107th

The 108th

The 109th

Science, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.)
29 July, 2014
Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics of small scale farmer in South Tamil Nadu, India
MUNIANDI, Jegadeesan (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN, Assistant Professor, Home Science
College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)
5 August, 2014
Study on Some Future Scenarios of Jakarta Megacity’s (Jabodetabek) Urban Expansion and Beyond:
A West Jawa Conurbation Scenarios and Its Potential Impacts
RUSTIADI, Ernan (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural
University (IPB))
18 August, 2014
The present and the past: Environmental services, biodiversity, metastable ecosystems, and the cultural
categorisation of the landscape
JANIK, Liliana Danuta  (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN, Assistant Director in Research, Departmentof Archaeology, University of Cambridge)
18 November, 2014
“Are the world’s remaining tropical forests doomed? Insights from the political economy of forestry in
Cambodia”
COCK, Andrew Robert (JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo/AdjunctLecturer, Monash UniversityVisiting Research Fellows, RIHN
25 November, 2014
Analysis the Relationship of Green Open Space and Microclimate at Jabodetabek-Indonesia
ZAIN, Alinda Medrial (Urban Landscape Planning, Visiting Research Fellows, RIHN)
13 February, 2015
Social-ecological system Framework - Understanding urban lake governance and sustainability inIndia.
BAL, Mansee (Researcher, Erasmus University, Visiting Research Fellows, RIHN)
23 March, 2015
Economic Analysis of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
BURNETT, Kimberly Michi (Research Economist, University of Hawaii Economic Research
Organization, Visiting Research Fellows, RIHN)

11. 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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Transdisciplinarity research conducted by Monash Sustainability Institute in collaboration with native
people in Yorta Yorta, Australia
TAKEMURA, Shion (Project Researcher)
15 April, 2014
Transdisciplinarity? Thinking from field of citizen’s activity for saving energy and promoting renewable energy.
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No.23413 May, 2014
Climate change impact to biological diversity.
ONISHI, Yuko (Assistant Professor)
3 June, 2014
History of “Tsukuru-gyogyo (production based fishery)” and multilateral functions of stock enhancement activity
OGATA, Yuka (Project Researcher)
17 June, 2014
Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia in the Colonial Times: Historical Perspective on Urbanization, Modern
Engineering and Nature
MATSUDA, Hiroko (Project Researcher)   
1 July, 2014
Natural resource development in Yakushima island from the perspective of dried fish production
OH Tomohiro (Project Researcher)
15 July, 2014
Bridging archaeologists, associated researchers,and stakeholders by means of information technology
KONDO Yasuhisa (Associate Professor)
5 August, 2014
“Kobori Masakazu - Biography & Legend”
MARES, Emmanuel (Clerical Assistant)
19 August, 2014
Environmental certification within a bio-region: “Salmon-Safe” in the Columbia River Basin in the
United States
OMOTO, Reiko (Project Researcher)
26 August, 2014
Discours of Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
SEKINO, Nobuyuki (Project Researcher)
2 September, 2014
Herring in the North Pacific
HAMADA Shingo (Project Researcher)
16 September, 2014
What we learn from “chiiki”
KAMATANI, Kaoru (Project Researcher)
7 October, 2014
Stakeholders Meeting of Water Management in Sulawesi.
What we expect in the context of transdiciplinary research?
Rampisela Dorotea Agnes (Associate Professor)
4 November, 2014
Paleoclimate reconstruction using tree rings
SANO Masaki (Senior Project Researcher)
18 November, 2014
Food diversity of African tropical forest and its futurity:A case of Cameroon and Republic of the
Congo
OISHI, Takanori (Project Researcher)

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No.2522 December, 2014
Money circulation of medieval-times Japan
ITOU, Keisuke (Project Researcher)
16 December, 2014
Visual communication in science: The art behind the article
NILES, Daniel, LABUEN, Adam, BURNS, Emma, KURIHARA, Juna (CRP)
January 13, 2015
Developing Indicators for Evaluating Security of a Water-Food (Fisheries) Nexus: A Case Study of
Laguna de Bay, Philippines
ORENCIO, Pedcris Miralles (Project Researcher)
February 3, 2015
Some issues about Beppu Onsen
YAMADA, Makoto (Project Researcher)
February 17, 2015
The change of forest resource use and view of nature in the transition from the Jomon to the Yayoi
periodMURAKAMI, Yumiko (Project Researcher)
March 3, 2015
TAKESHIMA, Hirohiko (CRP: Specially AppointedAssisitant Professor)
March 3, 2015
Methodology of Typological Chronology of Jomon Pottery
ADACHI, Kaori (Project Researcher)
March 31, 2015
Play with boxes and balls
MIKI, Hiroshi (Project Researcher)

12. 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 351 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: 26-28 November, 2014
Venue: Co-op inn Kyoto
13. 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. Three press conferences were heldin fiscal 2014.

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14-3.Others“Humanity and Nature in the Japanese Archipelago” Edited by RIHN
14-4. 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 48-53 were published in fiscal 2014.

Outreach Programs and Events

14-2. RIHN Science Series“Siberia, Water and Social Environments in the Warming Far North”  
Edited by HIYAMA Tetsuya, FUJIWARA Junko

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14. Publications
14-1. 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 2014.
Gokan /Gokan
Supervision by ABE Ken-ichi, March 2015 (in Japanese).
Hito ha Kazan ni Nani wo Mirunoka
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AKIMICHI Tomoya
ABE Ken-ichi
ADACHI KaoriBAL, Mansee
BAO, Muping
BURNETT, Kimberly Michi
CHEN, Xin
CHOI, Jung Sup
CID, Abigail Parcasio
COCK, Andrew Robert
ENDO Aiko
ENDO Hitoshi
EVANS, Thomas Parkhill
FUJIWARA Junko
FUKUMOTO Sou
FUKUSHI Yuki
FUKUSHIMA Atsuko
FUNAKAWA Shinya
HABU Junko
HAMADA Shingo
HANDOH Itsuki C.
HASHIMOTO Watanabe Satoko
HAYASHI Kengo
HIMIYAMA Yukio
HIROSE Mikiko
HONDA Hisami
HONMA Saki
ICHIMURA Jun
ISHII Reiichiro
ISHIKAWA Satoshi
ISHIMOTO Yudai
ISHIYAMA ShunITOU Keisuke
JANIK, Liliana Danuta
JIANG, Hong-wei
KAJITANI Shinji
KAKIOKA Ryo
KAMATANI Kaoru
KANEKO Nobuhiro
KANER, Simon Charles
KANIE Norichika
KANNO Miho
KATO Hisaaki
KATO Satoko
KATO Yoshikazu
KIHIRA Tomoe
KIKUCHI Naoki
KITAMURA Kenji
KONDO Yasuhisa
KOOHAFKAN, Abolghassem Parviz

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KOTERA Akihiko
KOYAMA Masami
KUBOTA Jumpei
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
KUSAKA Soichiro
LI Zhen
MALLEE, Henricus Paulus
MARES, Emmanuel Bernard
MASUDA Tadayoshi
MASUHARA Naoki
MATSUDA Hiroko
MATSUOKA Syunji
MCGREEVY, Steven Robert
MEUTIA, Ami Aminah
MIKI Hiroshi
MIMURA Yutaka
MIYAGAWA Chie
MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
MIZUNO Kosuke
MORI Soichi
MORISHITA Syota
MUNIANDI, Jegadeesan
MURAKAMI Yumiko
MURAMATSU ShinMUTO Nozomu
NAITO Daisuke
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
NAKAGAWA Chigusa
NAKAMURA Ryo
NAKANO Takanori
NAKATSUKA Takeshi
NAWATA Hiroshi
NILES, Daniel Ely
NOVA Anika
OGATA Yuka
OH Tomohiro
OISHI Takanori
OKAMOTO Takako
OKAMOTO Yuki
OKUDA Noboru
OKUMIYA Kiyohito
OKURA Humi
OMOTO Reiko
ONISHI Masayuki
ONISHI Yuko
ORENCIO, Pedcris Miralles
RAMPISELA, Dorotea Agnes
REED, Maureen Gail
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SEKINO Nobuyuki
SEKINO Tatsuki
SHIMIZU Takao
SHIN Kicheol
SHIRAIWA Takayuki
SOFIYUDDIN Hanhan Ahmad
SPIEGELBERG Maximilian
TAKAGI Akira
TAKEHARA Mari
TAKEMURA Shion
TAKESHIMA Hirohiko
TANAKA Masakazu
TANAKA Ueru
TANIGUCHI Makoto
TAYASU Ichiro
TERADA Masahiro
TERAMOTO SyunTESHIROGI Kouki
TRAIFALGAR, Rex Ferdinand Mallare
UBUKATA Fumikazu
UCHIDA Eriko
UCHIYAMA Junzo
UCHIYAMA Yuta
WANG Yuan
WATANABE Kazuo
XU Chenxi
YAMADA Makoto
YAMAMOTO Mami
YAOTA Kiyoyuki
YAP, Minlee
YASUNARI Tetsuzo
YASUTOMI Natsuko
YONEMOTO Shohei
YOSHIMIZU Chikage
ZAIN, Alinda Medrial
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Visiting Researcher
Visiting Researcher
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Project Research Associate
Project Researcher
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Visiting Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Project Research Associate
Project Researcher
Visiting Research Fellow
Visiting Associate Professor
Project Research Associate
Visiting Associate Professor
Project Researcher
Visiting Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Researcher
Project Research Associate
Visiting Researcher
Project Researcher
Director-General
Assistant Professor
Visiting Professor
Center Researcher
Visiting Research Fellow
Visiting Research Fellow※Job titles listed above are as of 31 March, 2015.
(For those who retired in the middle of fiscal 2014, the job titles of that time are listed.)

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Individual Achievements

ADACHI, Kaori
Project Researcher[Professional Career]
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(2010)
Research associate, Graduate School of Letters, Keio University(2012)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (History, Keio University, 2014)
M.A. (History, Keio University, 2008)[Fields of Specialization]
Archaeology
Ethno-Archaeology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Society of Archaeological Studies
The Paleological Association of Japan
The Archaeological Society of Nippon―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・ 2015,03 Sites in the Shimokita Peninsula and the Past Researches of Them. Shitsukari-Abe Cave Vol.1.
Rokuichi-Shobo, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, pp.9-11.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ADACHI Kaori Diversity and Sustainability of Regional Communities in Northern Tohoku, Japan, during
the Middle-Late Jomon Periods.. Workshop: Food Diversity and Long-Term Sustainability, 2015,03,11,
University of California, Berkeley. .

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ ADACHI, Kaori Changes in the Middle-Late Jomon Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways in the Northern Tohoku
Region, Japan. JAQUA Meeting 2014, 2014,09,05-2014,09,09, Tokyo University, Kashiwa-City, ChibaKen. .

Individual Achievements

The Archaeological Society of Waseda University

RIHN

Japanese Archaeological Association
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
The Homepage of Hokkaido Archaeological Association
The Mita Historical Society

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ENDO, Hitoshi
Project Researcher

Born in 1978.
[Higher Degrees]
M.A.(Tokai University, 2004)[Fields of Specialization]
Archaeology―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Shudai, H., A. Yoneyama, F. Shudai, A. Konasukawa, S. Kimura and H. Endo 2015,03 “Report on theSurvey of the Archaeological Materials of Prehistoric Pakistan stored in the Aichi Prefectural
Ceramic Museum Part 6: Human Figurines and Some Remarks on the Social Development in the Prehistoric
Balochistan. Bulletin of the Turumi University: Studies in Humanities, Social and Natural Science
52(4) :7-29.
・ H. Endo 2015,03 Documenting traditional agricultural tools in Odisha, India. Proceedings, Joint
Belmont Forum SMARTS2- Future Earth Unit Workshop: How to Organize and Conduct Multinational, Interand Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaboration? -India X Food, Rural, Environmental Studies as a
Subject Matter- .

HABU, Junko
Professor

Born in 1959.
[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan (2014)
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (2010)
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (2002)
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1996)
Faculty Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, McGill University(1994)
Full-time Research Associate (joshu), Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo (1984)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, McGill University, 1996)
M.A. (Archaeology, Division of History, Keio University, 1984)
B.A. (Archaeology, Department of Ethnology and Archaeology, Division of History, Keio University,
1982)[Academic Society Memberships]
American Anthropological Association
Society for American Archaeology
Sigma Xi
American Geophysical Union

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Individual Achievements

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Society for East Asian Archaeology
Japanese Archaeological Association
Society of Archaeological Studies of Japan
The Anthropological Society of Nippon
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
Japanese Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Property
Kagoshima Archaeological Association
Association for Edo Period Archaeology―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles][Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Habu, Junko Did Jomon People Have the Staple Food?-Food Diversity and Environmental Issues-. The 6th
RIHN Tokyo Seminar, 2015,01,16, Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo.
・ Habu, Junko Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-scale Economies: Approaches fromHistorical Ecology. Workshop: Food Diversity and Long-Term Sustainabality. , 2015,03,11, Universityof California, Berkeley.
・Habu, Junko Sedentary Hunter-Gatherers in East Asia: Jomon People. The 8th Minpaku Kyodo Kenkyukai,
2014,07,06, National Museum of Ethnology, Suita-City, Osaka.
・Habu, Junko and Weber, Steven Mobility, Food Diversity and Climate Change: Prehistoric Cases from
East and South Asia. Society for American Archaeology, 2014,04,23-2014,04,27, Austin, TX, USA.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Habu, Junko Archaeology, food diversity and long-term sustainability of human societies: Lessons fromprehistoricJapan.
2014
Senior
Fellowship
Programin
National
Museumof
Korea,
2014,11,09-2014,11,15, Yongsan-dong, Seoul.
・ Habu, Junko Food Diversity and the Growth and Decline of Human Cultures. Seminar on Cultural
Resources, Archaeology and Contemporary Society 4, 2014,10,26, Tokyo National Museum, Taito-Ku,
Tokyo.
・Habu, Junko Graduate education at UC Berkeley: Training a new generation of scholars in the field ofarchaeology. Lecture at Alumni Association of Archaeology and Ethnology, Keio University,
2014,06,07, Keio University, Minato-Ku, Tokyo.
・Habu, Junko Jomon Staple Food and Society. Tsugaru City Jomon 2015 Symposium, 2015,02,14, Tsugaru
City Shogai Gakushu Center, Tsugaru-City, Aomori-Ken.
・Habu, Junko Sedetism, Mobility and Human Impacts on the Environment: A Perspective from Historical
Ecology. JAQUA Meeting 2014, 2014,09,05-2014,09,09, Tokyo University, Kashiwa-City, Chiba-Ken.

Individual Achievements

・Habu, Junko 2014,04 Post-Pleistocene Transformations of Hunter-Gatherers in East Asia: The Jomon and
Chulmun. Cummings, V ・ Jordan, P ・ Zvelebil, M (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology andAnthropology of Hunter-Gatherers. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp.507-520. DOI:10.1093/
oxfordhb/9780199551224.013.043.(reviewed).

RIHN

・ Habu, Junko 2014,08 Early Sedentism in East Asia: From Late Palaeolithic to Early Agricultural
Societies in Insular East Asia. . Renfrew, C.,Bahn, P. (ed.) Handbook of World Archaeology.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp.724-741.

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HAMADA, Shingo
Project Researcher

Born in 1977.
[Academic Career]
Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Ph.D. Program(2008~2014)
Summer Institute for Research Design (SIRD) in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, the US National Science
Foundation (2010)
Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning (LECL), Department of Educational Policy and
Administration, School of Education, Portland State University, M.A. Program (2007~2008)
Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Portland State University, M.A.
Program (2003-2006)
Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Portland State University, B.A.
Program (2001-2003)
American Studies and English Program, Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tezukayama
University, B.A. Program (1995-2000)[Professional Career]
Graduate Assistant, Intensive English Language Program and Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland
State University（2006~2008）
Associate Instructor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University（2009〜2010）
Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University（2010）
Mellon Sawyer Pre-Doctoral Fellow, the Institute of Advanced Study, Indiana University（2012）
Associate Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University（2013）[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Indiana University, 2014)
M.A. (Portland State University, 2006)
B.A. (Tezukayama University, 2000)[Fields of Specialization]
Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Maritime Anthropology
Food Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
American Anthropological Association
The Association of the Study of Food and SocietyInternational Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, the International Union of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
The Society of Ethnobiology
Hokkaido Ethnological Society―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Hamada, Shingo., Richard Wilk, Amanda Logan, Sara Minard, and Amy Trubek 2015,03 The Future of Food
Studies. Food, Society & Culture 18(1) :168-186.(reviewed).

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Hamada, Shingo Totemism in Science: An Experimental and Multispecies Ethnography of Fisheries Sciencein Japan. The 113th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, December 2014,
Washington, DC, USA.
・ Hamada, Shingo Household-scale Fisheries and Environmental Change in Northern Japan. JSPS-CJS
Symposium:"Long-term
Sustainability
through
Place-based,
Small-scaleeconomies",
2014,09,26-2014,09,28,
UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley.
DOI:http://
jspssustainabilityconference2014.weebly.com.
・Hamada, Shingo The Historical Ecology of the Herring in the North Pacific Rim: Cases from Tlingit andAinu. The 2014 Hokkaido Ethnological Society Workshop, 2014,07,13, Hokkai-Gakuen University,
Sapporo, Hokkaido. (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Hamada, Shingo Herring Fisheries and Food Cultures in Japan. Sitka Herring Festival / Sitka Natural
History Series, 2015,03,23, University of Alaska Southeast Campus, Sitka, Alaska, USA. DOI:http://
www.sitkatribe.org/SitkaHerringFestival1.htm.

RIHN

HANDOH, Itsuki C.

Born in 1974.
[Academic Career]
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, D. Course (2000)
Department of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries (1996)[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

Individual Achievements

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

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NIHU Humanities Research Encouragement Award (2013)―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Baum, S.D., and Handoh, I.C. 2014,11 Integrating the planetary boundaries and global catastrophic
risk paradigms. Ecological Economics 107 :13-21. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.024.(reviewed).
・Handoh, I.C., and Kawai, T. 2014,08 Modelling exposure of oceanic higher trophic-level consumers topolychlorinated biphenyls: pollution ‘hotspots’ in relation to mass mortality events of marine
mammals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85(2) :824-830. DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.031.(reviewed).
・Sugahara, Y., Kawaguchi, M., Itoyama, T., Kurokawa, D., Tosa, Y., Kitamura, S.-I., Handoh, I.C.,
Nakayama, K., Murakami, Y. 2014,08 Pyrene induces a reduction in midbrain size and abnormal swimming
behavior in early-hatched pufferfish larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85(2) :479-486. DOI:10.1016/
j.marpolbul.2014.04.022.(reviewed).

ISHIMOTO, Yudai
Project Researcher

Born in 1979.
[Academic Career]
Department of Agriculture, Tottori University(2001)
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University（2008）[Professional Career]
Teaching assistant at Kyoto University (2003)[Higher Degrees]
Doctor degree of area studies(Kyoto University,2011)
Master degree of area studies(Kyoto University,2008)[Fields of Specialization]
Ecological anthropology
Area Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Association for African Studies
The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies
The Society for Ecological Anthropology

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Yudai ISHIMOT, Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Ueru TANAKA Using Land Resource by Small Scale Farmers in Rural
Southern Province, Zambia: Understanding the Grazing Route to Acquire Fodder Continuously. 51th
Academic meeting for Japan Association for African Studies, 2014,05,23-2014,05,25, Kyoto. (inJapanese)
・Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu Social Capital and Small-Scale Farmers
in Zambia: An Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,03-2014,05,08, Montpellier,France.(reviewed).

ISHIYAMA, Shun

Born in 1965.
[Academic Career]

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）
Staff, NPO Echizen(2007）
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, Shun 2014,06 West Africa. Japan Association for African Stadies (ed.) Encyclopedia of
African Studies. Syowado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.596-597. (in Japanese)

Individual Achievements

Graduate School of Letters(Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences), Nagoya University,
D. Course (2006)

RIHN

Project Researcher

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・Kiyomi KOGO, Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 A Pioneer of Aridland Studies -Iwao KOBORI. Hiroshi NAWATA andkenichi SHINODA (ed.) Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing the Water. National
Museum of Nature and Science Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., pp.
421-423. (in Japanese)・ Hiroshi NAWATA, Yoko OKOMAOTO, Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 Experimentation for Evaporation Effect ofBuscuit Pot. Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi SHINODA (ed.) Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant
for Sharing the Water. National Museum of Nature and Science Library, 15. Toukai University Press,
Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., pp.133-134. (in Japanese)・Hiroshi NAWATA, Mahgub Sliman Mohamedain, Hafiz Muhanmad Fathi koura, Abderrahmane Benkhalifa, Zeineb
Zubeidi, Shun ISHIYAMA, Yoko OKAMOTO 2014,04 Adapting to Desert: Clothes. Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi
SHINODA (ed.) Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing the Water. National Museumof Nature and Science Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., Japan , pp.
62-82. (in Japanese)・ Abderrahmane Benkhalifa, Zeineb Zoubeidi, Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 Identification of Genotype andEvaluation on Genetic Diversity of date palms . Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi SHINODA (ed.)
Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing the Water. National Museum of Nature andScience Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., pp.195-208. (in Japanese)・Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 Water Distribution System in the oasis. Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi SHINODA(ed.) Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing the Water. National Museum of
Nature and Science Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., pp.125-130.
(in Japanese)・Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 Cropping in the Sahara and The Sahel:Wisdom of Dryland for Sharing the Water.
Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi SHINODA (ed.) Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing
the Water. National Museum of Nature and Science Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city,
Kanagawa Pref., pp.312-318. (in Japanese)・Shun ISHIYAMA 2014,04 Motivated Farmer in Saharan Oasis. Hiroshi NAWATA and Kenichi SHINODA (ed.)
Desertgraphy-Wisdom of Human, Animal and Plant for Sharing the Water. National Museum of Nature andScience Library, 15. Toukai University Press, Hadano-city, Kanagawa Pref., pp.417-418. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・ISHIYAMA, Shun 2014,09 Livelihood Issues in a Small Saharan Oasis Undergoing Population Growth.
Journal of Arid Land Studies 24(2) :303-308.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・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.

KITAMURA, Kenji
Project Researcher[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(Simon Fraser University, 2010)
Master of Applied Science(University of New South Wales, 1999)

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ Kitamura, Kenji, and Tetsu Sato Collective Action Based on Local Knowledge and Technologies:
Reforestation and Sustainability in the Watershed in Hokkaido, Japan. International Symposium on
Community-based Management of Forest Resources: Perspectives on Culture, Learning and Adaptation in
Canada and Japan, 2015,03,03-2015,03,05, Kyoto, Japan.
・ Kitamura, Kenji Designing and Implementing Action-Based Verification. Full Project Meeting ofCreation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local
Environmental Knowledge (ILEK Project), 2015,01,24, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)・ Kitamura, Kenji Designing the Social Experiments in the ILEK Project. Full Project Meeting ofCreation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local
Environmental Knowledge (ILEK Project), 2014,09,13, Kyoto, Japan.
・ Kitamura, Kenji Commons and Protected Areas: Distant and Close Relationship. Commons Research
Seminar, 2014,06,14, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)

RIHN

KONDO, Yasuhisa

Born in 1979.
[Academic Career]
Department of Archaeology, The University of Tokyo, PhD course (2006-2009)
Department of Archaeology, The University of Tokyo, master course (2002-2005)
Department of Archaeology, The University of Tokyo, undergraduate course (1998-2002)[Professional Career]
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2014)
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Tokyo Institute of Technology (2011)
Project Researcher, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo (2010)
Visiting Scholar, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo (2010)
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), The University of Tokyo (2009)
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), The University of Tokyo (2008)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo, 2010)
M.A. (The University of Tokyo, 2005)[Fields of Specialization]
Archaeology
Spatial Information Science
Geography[Academic Society Memberships]
International Association of Geomorphologists
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA)
CIPA Heritage Documentation
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)GIS Association of Japan (GISA)

Individual Achievements

Associate Professor

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The Association of Japanese Geographers (AJG)
Anthropological Society of Nippon
Society of Archaeological Studies
Japan Society for West Asian Archaeology (JSWAA)
Japanese Palaeolithic Research Association (JPRA)[Awards]
CSIS DAYS 2011 Presentation Award (2011)
Japanese Society for Archaeological Informatics Katata Award (2008)―Achievements―[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Yasuhisa Kondo (ed.) 2014,11 . Newsletter, IAG Working Group on Geoarchaeology, 15. IAG Working Groupon geoarchaeology, Kyoto, 47pp. ISSN 2310-483X.
・Yasuhisa Kondo (ed.) 2014,05 Bat Digital Heritage Inventory Project Report of the 2014 Season.. ,80pp. Unpublished report submitted to the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman.

[Papers][Original Articles]
・ Yasuhisa Kondo 2014,11 Cost surface analysis based on ecological niche probability to estimate
relative rapidity of the dispersal of early modern humans. Takeru Akazawa, Yoshihiro Nishiaki (ed.)
Cost surface analysis based on ecological niche probability to estimate relative rapidity of thedispersal of early modern humans. pp.61-63.ISBN 9784990637101.
・Wonsuh Song, Yasuhisa Kondo, Takashi Oguchi 2014,11 Presentation of the PaleoGeo database with Google
Earth. Takeru Akazawa, Yoshihiro Nishiaki (ed.) RNMH 2014 The Second International Conference:
Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning. pp.56-58.ISBN
9784990637101.
・Yasuhisa Kondo, Tara Beuzen-Waller, Takehiro Miki, Atsushi Noguchi, Stéphane Desruelles, Éric Fouache
2014,07 Geoarchaeological survey in the Wādī al-Kabīr basin, Wilāyāt Ibrī, Oman: a preliminary
report. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 44 :227-234.(reviewed).A free copy will beavailable in July 2016.
・Tatsuki Sekino, Shoichiro Hara, Yasuhisa Kondo, Jumpei Kubota, Tomoya Akimichi 2014,07 Repository forhumanity and nature-Interdisciplinary resource sharing using semantic technology. IPSJ SIG Notes
2014-CH-103(1) :1-6. (in Japanese) Japanese with English abstract.

[Review Articles]
・Yasuhisa Kondo 2014,11 Activity report 2013-2014. Newsletter, IAG Working Group on Geoarchaeology
15 :4-9.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Yasuhisa Kondo Information platforms for transdisciplinary research. GISTDA tour seminar, 2015,03,24,
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
・Atsushi Noguchi, Takehiro Miki, Yasuhisa Kondo Variability of Middle Palaeolithic core reduction
sequences in northern inland Oman. Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert II, 2014,12,11-2014,12,12, Pôle
Juridique et Judiciaire, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
・Wonsuh Song, Yasuhisa Kondo, Takashi Oguchi Presentation of the PaleoGeo database with Google Earth.
RNMH 2014 The Second International Conference Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans,
2014,11,30-2014,12,06, Date Rekishi-no-mori Culture Center, Date, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Individual Achievements

・Yasuhisa Kondo Cost surface analysis based on ecological niche probability to estimate relative
rapidity of the dispersal of early modern humans. RNMH 2014 The Second International Conference
Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, 2014,11,30-2014,12,06, Date Rekishi-no-mori Culture
Center, Date, Hokkaido, Japan.
・Takashi Oguchi, Yasuhisa Kondo Analysis of archaeological, historical and modern interactions between
human and nature using digital geospatial data. 2014 IGU Regional Conference Krakow ,2014,08,18-2014,08,25, The Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
・Yasuhisa Kondo, Takehiro Miki A reassessment of the Bronze Age and Iron Age cemetery at Bat, Oman.
Seminar for Arabian Studies 2014, 2014,07,25-2014,07,27, The British Museum, London, UK.
・ Yasuhisa Kondo Bridging archaeologists, associated researchers, and stakeholders by means of
information technology. 236th RIHN Lunch Seminar, 2014,07,15, Research Institute for Humanity andNature, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)・Yasuhisa Kondo Ecological models for the niche construction of the Neanderthals and anatomicallymodern humans in Europe. 9th Conference on Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing
Evolutionary Models of Learning, 2014,05,10-2014,05,11, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. (in Japanese)・ Yasuhisa Kondo, Katsuhiro Sano, Seiji Kadowaki, Masaki Naganuma, Takayuki Omori, Minoru Yoneda,
Yoshihiro Nishiaki Extrapolating the eco-cultural niche of Palaeolithic populations in Eurasia at
50-46 kya. 42nd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology(CAA), 2014,04,22-2014,04,25, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
・Yasuhisa Kondo, Charlotte M. Cable, Christopher P. Thornton A digital heritage inventory development
at Bronze Age sites at Bat, Sultanate of Oman. 42nd Annual Conference on Computer Applications andQuantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), 2014,04,22-2014,04,25, Université Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne, Paris, France.

[Poster Presentation]
・ Takehiro Miki, Yasuhisa Kondo The Bronze Age and Islamic Period land exploitation and its
relationship with water resources at Wadi al-Kabir and Bat, Oman. 3rd Symposium of Sultan Qaboos
Academic Chairs “Managing Water Resources for Sustainable Development”, 2014,10,02-2014,10,03,
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
・Yasuhisa Kondo RNMH-iii: The Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans initiative to integrate
information (Part 2). 9th Conference on Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing
Evolutionary Models of Learning, 2014,05,10-2014,05,11, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. (in Japanese)・Wonsuh Song, Yasuhisa Kondo, Takashi Oguchi Theme and study area of the PaleoGeo database. 9th
Conference on Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning,
2014,05,10-2014,05,11, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyop-ku, Tokyo, Japan. (inJapanese)・Wonsuh Song, Yasuhisa Kondo, Takashi Oguchi PaleoGeo: a Web based GIS database for paleoenvironmental
studies. European Geosciences Union, 2014,04,27-2014,05,02, Austrian Center Vienna.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Yasuhisa Kondo JpGU meets ORCID. ORCID Outreach Meeting Tokyo 2014, 2014,11,04, National Institute ofInformatics, Tokyo, Japan.Invited as Vice Chair, Japan Geoscience Union Information System
Committee.

Individual Achievements

・Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Wing-Le Chan, Ryouta O'ishi, Stephen Obrochta, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yasuhisa Kondo,
Minoru Yoneda Challenge of modelling the climate of the last glacial-interglacial cycle andmillennial climate change as a background of evolution of modern Human. European Geosciences Union
General Assembly 2014, 2014,04,27-2014,05,02, Austria Center Vienna.

RIHN

・ Yasuhisa Kondo, Katsuhiro Sano, Seiji Kadowaki, Masaki Naganuma, Takayuki Omori, Minoru Yoneda,
Yoshihiro Nishiaki Assessing environmental factors to the replacement of Neanderthals by modern
humans in terms of eco-cultural niche modelling . European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014,
2014,04,27-2014,05,02, Austria Center Vienna.

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KOTERA, Akihiko
Senior Project Researcher

Born in 1972.

―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kotera, A., Khang, N. D., Sakamoto, T., Iizumi, T. and Yokozawa, M. 2014,07 A modeling approach forassessing rice cropping cycle affected by flooding, salinity intrusion and monsoon rains in the
Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Paddy and Water Environment 12 :343-354. DOI:10.1007/s10333-013-0386-y.
(reviewed).
・ Marui, A., Kotera, A., Furukawa, Z., Yasufuku, N., Omine, K., Nagano, T., Tuvshintogtokh, I.,
Mandakh, B. 2014,06 Monitoring the Growing Environment of Wild Licorice with Analysis of Satellite
Data at a Semi-arid Area in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Land Studies 24(1) :199-202.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Kotera, A., Ueno, Y., Nagano, T. Quasi-real-time satellite monitoring for assessing agronomic flood
damage. THA 2015 International Conference on “Climate Change and Water & Environment Management in
Monsoon Asia”, 2015,01,28-2015,01,30, Bangkok, Thailand.
・小寺昭彦、山村祐太、Onur Satir、Ali Volkan Bilgili、Mehmet、Ali Cullu、長野宇規 トルコ南東部の灌漑農地におけるタイムアライメント補正画像を用いた作目判別. 日本リモートセンシング学会第 57 回学術講演会,
November 2014-November 2014, 京都大学宇治おうばくプラザ. (in Japanese)

KUBOTA, Jumpei
Professor

Born in 1957.
[Academic Career]
Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course (1987)
Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course (1983)
Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1981)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2012)
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2002)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (1997)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (1989)
Assistant Professor, University Forest, Kyoto University (1987)[Higher Degrees]
D. Agr. (Kyoto University, 1987)
M. Agr.（Kyoto University, 1983）

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Individual Achievements[Fields of Specialization]
Hydrology
Forest Hydrology
Erosion Control Engineering[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Forestry Society
The Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering[Awards]
Water Environment Federation Excellence Award, McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, Sustainable
Use Medal (2009)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Jumpei Kubota 2015,02 Agricultural Development and Water Resources Conservation in Arid to Semi-arid
Regions. Hideki Kitagawa (ed.) The environment and Development in Arid Regions of China. Seibundo,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo , pp.117-134. (in Japanese)

KUMAZAWA, Terukazu
Assistant Professor

Born in 1974 年.
[Higher Degrees]
Dr of Engineering[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental planning
Regional informatics―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]・Terukazu Kumazawa, Kouji Kozaki, Takanori Matsui, Osamu Saito, Mamoru Ohta, Keishiro Hara, Michinori
Uwasu, Michinori Kimura, Riichiro Mizoguchi 2014,04 Initial Design Process of the Sustainability
Science Ontology for Knowledge Sharing to Support Co-deliberation. Sustainability Science 9((2)) :173-192. DOI:10.1007/s11625-013-0202-z.(reviewed).

Individual Achievements

・Jumpei Kubota 2015,03 Desert greening or reforestation? -Changing Societies in Arid Regions of China.
Kenichi Abe (ed.) Five Senses and Environment. SHowado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.38-41. (in Japanese)

RIHN

・Jumpei Kubota 2015,03 The Climate Change and the History in the Kazakh Steppe . Tomohiko Uyama andToko Fujimato (ed.) The Sixty Stories in Kazakhstan. Area Studies, 134. Akashi Shoten Co. Ltd.i ,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.72-77. (in Japanese)

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[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Keishiro Hara・Terukazu Kumazawa・Kazutoshi Tsuda・Michinori Kimura Managing regional natural resourcesin the context of rural-urban partnerships - Case studies of local areas in Japan. the 5thInternational Conference of the Asian Rural Sociological Association (ARSA), 2014,09,02-2014,09,05,
Vientiane, Laos.
・ Terukazu Kumazawa, Takanori Matsui Description of social-ecological systems framework based on
ontology engineering theory. The 5th Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW5), 2014,06,18-2014,06,21,
Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

[Poster Presentation]
・Terukazu Kumazawa, Takanori Matsui, Aiko Endo Defining Resilience and Vulnerability Based on Ontology
Engineering Approach. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 2014,12,15-2014,12,19, San
Francisco, the United States.

MALLEE, Hein
Professor

Born in 1963.
[Professional Career]International Development Research Centre, Singapore
Senior Program Officer
Rural Poverty & Environment Program
Ecosystems Approaches to Human Health Program
2004 - 2013++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ford Foundation, Beijing
Program Officer
Environment and Development Program
1999 - 2004++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
China-Netherlands Poverty Alleviation Project | Huoshan, Anhui Province, China
Co-director
1997 - 1999

[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. Leyden University 1997

[Fields of Specialization]
Social science
China Studies
Natural Resources Management
Forest Governance
Ecohealth109
Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Hein Mallee 2014 Ecohealth, Transdisciplinarity and Participation. Managing Environmental Risks to
Food and Health Security in Asian Watersheds Project Final Report. .

[Papers][Original Articles]
・Asakura, Takeshi, Hein Mallee, Sachi Tomokawa, Kazuhiko Moji and Jun Kobayashi 2015,02 The ecosystemapproach to health is a promising strategy in international development: Lessons from Japan andLaos. Globalisation and Health 11(3). DOI:10.1186/s12992-015-0093-0.(reviewed).
・Hung Nguyen, Siobhan Doria, Dinh Xuan Tung, Hein Mallee, Bruce A Wilcox and Delia Grace 2015,02
Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: past, present and the way forward. Infectious Diseases of
Poverty 4(5). DOI:10.1186/2049-9957-4-5.(reviewed).
・Johanne Saint-Charles, Jena Webb, Hein Mallee, Nguyen Viet Hung, Andres Sanchez, Berna van Wendel
2014 Ecohealth as a Field: Looking Forward. EcoHealth . DOI:10.1007/s10393-014-0930-2.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations]

RIHN

・Hein Mallee 2014 「エコヘルスをめぐる世界の動向」 (International Trends in Ecohealth). 医学の歩み 240.

[Oral Presentation]

・Hein Mallee Thinking about Future Earth in Asia. RIHN Workshop on Transdisciplinary Research on Asia,
2014,10,24-2014,10,24, Iloilo City, The Philippines.
・Hein Mallee Future Earth and Ecohealth. 5th Biennial Ecohealth Conference: Connections for Health,
Ecosystems and Society, 2014,08,11-2014,08,15, Universite du Quebec a Montreal.(Invited Plenary
Panel Presentation).
・Hein Mallee Conceptualizing Global Environmental Change and Human Health at the Research Institutefor Humanity and Nature. 5th Biennial Ecohealth Conference: Connections for Health, Ecosystems andSociety,
2014,08,11-2014,08,15,
Universite
duQuebecaMontreal.(Poster-driven
sessionpresentation).

MASUHARA, Naoki
Project Researcher

Born in 1974.
[Higher Degrees]
Master of Political Science(Waseda University, 2000)[Fields of Specialization]
Public Administration
Local Government Studies
Environment and Energy Policy
Citizen Participation Studies

Individual Achievements

・Hein Malllee What is Ecohealth? (in Chinese). Beijing University-RIHN Seminar, 2015,03,17, Beijing
University. (in Chinese)

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―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]・Naoki Masuhara and Kenshi Baba Comprehensive Case Analysis on Participatory Approaches, from Nexus
Perspectives. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 2014,12,15-2014,12,19, San Fransisco, CA, USA.
・Naoki MASUHARA, Maximilian SPIEGELBERG and Makoto TANIGUCHI Human-Environmental Security in the AsiaPacific Ring of Fire: Approaching the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. International Symposium on Earth
Science and Technology 2014, 2014,12,04-2014,12,05, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka pref..

[Poster Presentation]・Naoki Masuhara and Kenshi Baba Governance structure of local energy policy in Japan. International
Conference "Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Synergies and Tradeoffs: Governance andTools at various Scales", 2014,05,19-2014,05,20, Bonn, Germany.

MCGREEVY, StevenSpecially Appointed 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)
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

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・McGreevy, Steven R. & Akitsu, Motoki 2015 “Steering sustainable food consumption in Japan: trust,
relationships, and the ties that bind”. Genus, Audley (ed.) Sustainable Consumption: Perspectives,
Design and Practices. Springer.Forthcoming
・McGreevy, Steven R. , Akira Shibata 2014 Mobilizing biochar: A multi-stakeholder scheme for climatefriendly foods and rural sustainable development. Tomas Goreau, Ronal Larson, and Joanna Campe (ed.)
Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, & Reversing CO2
Increase. CRC Press.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ McGreevy, Steven R. & Akitsu, Motoki "Steering sustainable food consumption in Japan: trust,
relationships, and the ties that bind". SCORAI Europe/Kingston University Sustainable Consumption
Workshop, 2014,09,30-2014,10,01, Royal Society of Arts, London.

RIHN

・ McGreevy, Steven R. “Comparing the impact of environmental education on worldview, lifestylechoices, and behavior: A survey of graduates from the "Zoo School.”. Japanese Society ofEnvironmental Education 25th Conference, 2014,08,01-2014,08,03, Hosei University, Tokyo.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]

・ McGreevy, Steven R. “Biochar in Japan- deep roots, cool landscapes.”. International Biochar
Initiative Public Webinar Series, 2014,08,13, .Invited Lecture.
・McGreevy, Steven R. “Biochar’s Identity Crisis- A Look at International Discourse.”. Japan Biochar
Association Symposium, 2014,06,13, Ritsumeikan University. (in Japanese) Invited Lecture.

MIKI, Hiroshi
Project Researcher―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Honjo,H., Sano,M., Miki,H. & Sakaguchi,H. 2015,02 Statistical properties of approval ratings forgovernments. Physica A 428 :266-272.(reviewed).
・Miki, H. 2014,06 Scaling analysis of stationary probability distribution of random walks on onedimensional lattices with aperiodic disorder. Physical Review E 89 :062105.(reviewed).

Individual Achievements

・ McGreevy, Steven R. “LOHAS relationships between urban and rural areas.”. 2014 International
Symposium of Comparative Kyoto Studies, 2014,11,03, Inamori Memorial Hall, Kyoto Prefectural
University. (in Japanese) Panelist.

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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]
・Yudai ISHIMOTO, Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Ueru TANAKA Land Resource Management by Peasants in Semi-Arid
Tropics, Southern Africa: A Case of Animal Husbandry in the Sinazongwe Area of Zambia. JAALS,
2014,05,31-2014,06,01, Kanagawa,JAPAN. (in Japanese)・Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics ofsmall scale farmer in South Tamil Nadu, India. JAALS, 2014,05,31-2014,06,01, Kanagawa, JAPAN.
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, KP Singh, Hitoshi ENDO, Ueru TANAKA Animal husbandry and resource use in ruralarea of Rajasthan, Northwest India. JAALS, 2014,05,31-2014,06,01, Kanagawa, JAPAN. (in Japanese)・ MIYAZAKI H., KP Singh, H. ENDO and U. TANAKA Relationships between pastoral community andagriculturists in Rajasthan, India. IUAES 2014, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Chiba, Japan.Reviewed.
・Miyazaki H., Ishimoto Y., Yamashita M., Tanaka U., Umetsu C. How small scale farmers cope with two
different
timingsofheavy
rainfalleventsinSouthern
Zambia.
Resilience
2014,
2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier, France.Reviewed.
・Ishimoto Y., Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Tanaka Ueru, Umetsu Chieko Social Capital and Small-Scale Farmers inZambia: An Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier,France.Reviewed.
・ Umetsu C., Lekprichakul T., Sakurai T., Yamauchi T., Ishimoto Y., Miyazaki H. Resilience of socialecological systems for food security: Bridging climate and disaster resilience. Resilience 2014,
2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier, France.Reviewed.

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Individual Achievements[Poster Presentation]
・ENDO Hitoshi, K.P. Singh, MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi, TANAKA Ueru The use of Animal-powered irrigation systemand transformation in Semi-Arid South Rajasthan, Northwest India. JAALS, 2014,05,31-2014,06,01,
Kanagawa, JAPAN. (in Japanese) Best Poster Award.
・ Miyazaki H. , Y. Ishimoto, U. Tanaka, C. Umetsu Commercial farming and market activities forlivelihood strategies in Southern Province of Zambia. Japan Association for African Studies, the50th Aniversary, 2014,05,23-2014,05,25, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)

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]
Isotope Environmental Studies[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]・Takanori Nakano 2014 Use of Water Quality Analysis for Groundwater Traceability. Makoto Taniguchi,
Tetsuya Hiyama (ed.) Groundwater as a Key for Adaptaton to Changing Climate and Society. Global
Environmental Studies. Springer, pp.45-67.

Individual Achievements

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

RIHN

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]
・Kusaka, S., Nakano, T. 2014 Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios and their temperature dependence incarbonate and tooth enamel using GasBench II preparation device.. Rapid Communications in Mass
Spectrometry. 28(5) :563-567.(reviewed).
・Mahara, H., Ohta, T., Morikawa, N., Nakano, T., Tokumasu, M., Hukutani ,S., Igarashi, T 2014 Effects
of terrigenic He components on tritium-helium dating: A case study of shallow groundwater in the
Saijo Basin. Applied Geochemistry 50 :142-149.(reviewed).
・Hosono、T., Lorphensriand, O., Onodera, S., Okawa, H.、Nakano, T., Yamanaka, T., Tsujimura, M.,
Taniguchi, M. 2014 Different isotopic evolutionary trends ofδ34S and δ18O compositions of
dissolved sulfate in an anaerobic deltaic aquifer system.. Applied Geochemistry 46 :30-42.
(reviewed).
・Nagatsuka, N., Takeuchi, N., Nakano、T., Shin, K., and Kokado, E. 2014 Geographical variations in Sr
and Nd isotopic ratios of cryoconite on Asian glaciers. Environ. Res. Lett 9 :1-11. DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045007.(reviewed).
・Naotatsu Shikazono, Arakawa Takayuki, Nakano Takanori 2014 groundwater quality of Mount Fuji southernfoot, flowage and nitrogen pollution. Journal of Geography 123 :323-342. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Review Articles]
・Takanori Nakano 2014 Isotope environmental science - first lecture Application to the stable isotopeof radioactive origin and atmospheric environment research -. Journal of Japan Society for
Atomospheric Environment 49(3) :39-46. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Takanori Nakano Monitoring results of the precipitation in Saijyo -Study by water quality component
and stable isotope. Saijo groundwater resources Review Committee report, 2015,03,26, Saijyo city
hall. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Urban development to realize the environment starting from water temperature map
creation of elementary school students: Towards environmental education and spring water ecosystemconservation of Echizen Ono . Ono city review meeting, 2014,10,03, Ono City. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Ecosystem risk evaluation of Laguna watershed based on traceability information using
multi-stable isotopes ：Comment on the Lake-head symposium. Special LakeHEAD Symposium Environmentand Health - Challenges of Laguna de Bay -, 2014,04,08, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.

[Poster Presentation]
・ Ryoma AOKI(1) ， Hiroshi OKOCHI(1) ， Hiroko OGATA(1) Kazuki SHINMEN(1), Manabu IGAWA(2), Takanori
Nakano(3) Trends of stream water chemistry in Tanzawa mountains resulting from changes inatmosphericdeposition.
International
Conferenceof
Asian
Environmental
Chemistry,
2014,11,24-2014,11,26, Convention Center, Chulabhorn Research Institute.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Takanori Nakano Water quality map business to see the connection of water. 11th Kakita River
Symposium "Kakita River and spring water in Japan", 2014,11,08, The Mishima Chamver of Commerce andIndusty. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Global environmental protection network starting from making water quality map. INS
water and environment study group 3rd Study Group, 2014,11,05, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate
University. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Isotope ecology using isotopic compositions of heavy elements. Stable Isotope Ecology
Workshop 2014, 2014,08,30-2014,09,05, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University.

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Individual Achievements

・Takanori Nakano Water quality map making for environmental realization city. Graduate school for
creative cities, Osaka city university, Knowledge information infrastructure study field workshop,
2014,07,01, GSCC Umeda-satellite. (in Japanese)・ Takanori Nakano A new earth observation tool using multiple stable isotopes: an example ofeutrophication
diagnosis
in
Lake
Biwa,
Japan.
7th
GEOSS
Asia-PacificSymposium,
2014,05,26-2014,05,28, Tokyo, Japan.

NAWATA, Hiroshi
Visiting Professor

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)[Professional Career]

Associate Professor, Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2008-2013)
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
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

Individual Achievements

Visiting Professor, Reserach Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2013-present)
Professor, Faculty of International Resource Sciences, Akita University (2013-present)

RIHN

African and Asian Studies (Folklore),University of Khartoum,Sudan,Diploma Course(1994)
Letters, Arts and Sciences (Asian History),Waseda University,B.A.Course(1992)

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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―[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) 2014,04 Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for
Sharing Water.. Tokai University Press,, Kanagawa, 472pp. (in Japanese)

NILES, Daniel
Associate Professor

Born in 1971.
[Academic Career]
Ph.D.(Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Aug 1999-May 2007)
Seminar in College Teaching(Interdisciplinary Unit, Clark University, June-July 2006)
Certificate program in Wood Technology (3 of 4 semesters completed)(Laney College (Peralta Community
College District, California), Jan 1998-May 1999, Jun-July 2000)
B.A. in Community Studies (High Honors)(University of California, Santa Cruz, Aug 1989-Mar 1994)[Professional Career]
RIHN Communications Coordinator/PASONA(October 2008-March 2009)
RIHN Contract Worker(August 2008)
MINPAKU Visiting Researcher(1 June 2008-31 March 2009)
Lecturer, Department of Geography, Clark University(August-December 2006)
Editorial Assistant, The Geographical Review (June 2005-July 2006)
Research Assistant, Prof. Turner(August-December 2000)
Research Assistant, Profs. Turner and Kasperson(August-December 1999)
ESL Teacher(March 1998-January 1999)
Research Assistant, Professor Carter Wilson(August 1996-January 1997)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Aug 1999-May 2007)
B.A. in Community Studies (High Honors)(University of California, Santa Cruz, Aug 1989-Mar 1994)[Fields of Specialization]
Geography[Awards]
Full Tuition Fellowship, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, 1999-2007
Biodiversity Conservation Award, Regional Environmental Council, Worcester, MA 2005
Pruser-Holtzsauer Award, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, 2002
Community Service Award, City of San Francisco, CA 1995
Dean’s Undergraduate Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994
Highest Honors, Department of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994

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Individual Achievements

Senior Thesis Honors, Department of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994
Community Service Award, Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994

―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]・Niles, Daniel and Ken-ichi Abe 2015 Humanity and Nature in the Japanese Archipelago. RIHN

[Papers][Review Articles]
・Abe, K. and Niles, D. 2015 Interview with C.W. Nicol. Humanity and Nature Newsletter 53(March). (inJapanese)・Niles, Daniel 2014 Talking with Cats in the Night: Summary of a set of lectures by Sander van der
Leeuw (in Japanese). Humanity and Nature Newsletter 47(March ). (in Japanese)[Research Presentations]

・Daniel NILES, Adam Labuen, Emma Burns, Juna Kurihara Visual communication in science: The art behind
the article. RIHN Danwakai Seminar, 2014,12,16, RIHN.
・Daniel NILES Biocultural perspectives on Japanese landscape histories and futures. Linking Biologicaland Cultural Diversity in Europe: 1st European Conference for the Implementation of the UNESCO-SCBD
Joint Programme on Biological and Cultural Diversity., 2014,04,08-2014,04,11, University of
Florence.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Daniel NILES Discussant. Long-Term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-Scale Economies,
2015,01,12-2015,01,13, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
・Daniel NILES Invited participant, discussant. Long-Term Sustainability thought Place-Based, SmallScale Economies, 2014,09,27-2014,09,29, University of California, Berkeley.
・ Daniel NILES Invited Participant. International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security andNutrition, 2014,09,18-2014,09,19, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
・Niles, Daniel Invited participant. RIHN/CIFOR Workshop on 'Resource Securitization' , 2014,05,16,
Centre for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
・Daniel NILES Invited Expert. Steering and Scientific Committee Meeting, 2014,04,28-2014,04,29, FAO
Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
・ Daniel NILES, K. ABE Monitoring and Evaluation: Development and Conservation in GIAHS:. GIAHS
Scientific and Steering Committee Meeting, 2014,04,28-2014,04,29, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.

Individual Achievements[Oral Presentation]

RIHN

・Niles, Daniel 2014 TD = ? Review of Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity by B. Nicolescu. Humanity andNature Newsletter 52(January). (in Japanese)

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Project Researcher

Born in 1978.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, BA.Course(2001)
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, M.Course(2003)
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, ABD.(2008)[Professional Career]Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto University of Art and Design(2007)
Researcher, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University(2008)
Researcher, Center for African Area Studues, Kyoto University(2011)
Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2014)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(Kyoto University, 2014)
M.Sc.(Kyoto University, 2003)[Fields of Specialization]
Ecological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
African Area Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
International Commision on Anthropology of Food, IUAESInternational Society of Ethnobiology―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Takanori OISHI, Mikiko HAGIWARA 2015,03 A preliminary report on the distribution of freshwater fishof the Congo river: Based on the observation of local markets in Brazzaville, Republic of theCongo.. African Study Monographs Supplimentary Issue (51) :93-105.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・OISHI T. Food diversity, interethnic relationships, and long-term sustainability of forest use incentral African tropical rainforests.. JSPS Symposium 2014: Long-term Sustainability throughPlacebased, Small-scale economies., 2014,09,26-2014,09,28, Berkeley, CA, USA.
・OISHI T. Psychosocial importance of forest life for the Bakwele farmers of southeastern Cameroon..
The 14th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress,, 2014,06,01-2014,06,07, Bumthang, Bhutan.

[Poster Presentation]
・OISHI T., NJOUONKOU A.L. Wild mushroom uses by the Baka and the Bakwele of southern Cameroon.. The
14th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress, , 2014,06,01-2014,06,07, Bumthang, Bhutan..

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・OISHI T., KAMGAING O.W., YAMAGUCHI R., HAYASHI K. Anti-poaching operations by military forces andtheir impacts on local people in South-Eastern Cameroon.. Symposium 'Beyond Enforcement:
Communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime' Organised by
IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group(SULi)/International Institute ofEnvironment and Development (IIED)/Austrian Ministry of Environment/ARC Centre of Excellence forEnvironmental Decisions (CEED), University of Queensland/TRAFFIC - the wildlife trade monitoring
network , 2015,02,26-2015,02,28, Muldersdrift, South Africa.
・OISHI T. Land conflict in multi-ethnic context: trans-ethnic negotiation and cultural transmissions
in the expansion process ofcocoa farming in southeastern Cameroon.. The Forth Forum on“Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing ‘African
Potentials’”, 2014,12,04-2014,12,05, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

OKUDA, Noboru

Born in 1969.

RIHN

Associate Professor[Professional Career]

Postdoctoral fellow, Ehime University, Department of Biology and Earth Science (1998)
Research Fellow, Ehime University, Center for Marine Environmental Studies (2002)
Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Center for Ecological Research (2005)
Invited Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2013)
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2014)[Higher Degrees]
B.S. (Science University of Tokyo, Department of Biological Science, 1992)
M.S. (Ehime University, Department of Biology, 1994)
Ph.D. (Kyoto University, Department of Biology, 1998)[Academic Society Memberships]
The Ichthyological Society of JapanThe Ecological Society of Japan
Japan Ethological Society
Society of Evolutionary Studies
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
The Japanese Society of Limnology[Awards]
Best Poster Award for International Symposium “Long-term Variations in the Coastal Environments andEcosystems” held in Ehime University (2004)
Young Ichthyologist Award 2005 from The Ichthyological Society of Japan (2005)

Individual Achievements

Lecturer, Shiga Women’s College, Department of Human Life (1997)
Lecturer, Mie University, Department of Liberal Arts (1998)

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―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Garcia, V. O. S., R. D. S. Papa, J. C. A. Briones, N. Mendoza, N. Okuda and A. C. Diesmos 2014,12
Food habits and distribution of the Lake Taal sea snake (Hydrophis semperi Garman, 1881) and thesympatric little file snake (Acrochordus granulatus Schneider, 1799) in Lake Taal. Asian
Herpetological Research .(reviewed).
・Kojima, H., R. Tokizawa, K. Kogure, Y. Kobayashi, M. Itoh, N. Okuda, F.-K. Shiah and M. Fukui 2014,07
Community structure of planktonic methane-oxidizing bacteria in a subtropical reservoir
characterized by dominance of phylotype closely related to nitrite reducer. Scientific Reports 4 :5728.(reviewed).
・Ishikawa, N. F., Y. Kato, H. Togashi, M. Yoshimura, C. Yoshimizu, N. Okuda and I. Tayasu (in press)
2014,07 Stable nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals food web structure in stream
ecosystems. Oecologia 175(3) :911-22.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Ho, P.-C., N. Okuda, M. Itoh, T. Miki, F.-K. Shiah, C.-W. Chang and C.-H. Hsieh "Summer hypoxia
determines the coupling of methanotrophic and pelagic foodweb". The 62nd ESJ Annual Meeting, March
2015, Kagoshima.
・Itoh1, M., Y. Kobayashi, T.-Y. Chen, T. Tokida, M. Fukui, H. Kojima, T. Miki, I. Tayasu, F.-K. Shiah
and N. Okuda "CH4 dynamics in a subtropical reservoir under climate changes". The 62nd ESJ Annual
Meeting, March 2015, Kagoshima.
・Okuda, N. "What's the methanotrophic food web?". The 62nd ESJ Annual Meeting, March 2015, Kagoshima.
・Okuda, N. Organization of Symposium Session "Methanotrophic food webs as a carbon recycling system".
The 62nd ESJ Annual Meeting, March 2015, Kagoshima.
・Yachi, S., D. Kitazawa, S. Nakano, Y. Sakai and N. Okuda “Toward the evaluation of extinction riskof Lake Biwa benthic species due to global warming”. JSMB/SMB 2014, 2014,07,28-2014,08,01, Osakacity.
・Okuda, N., I. Tayasu, S. Nakano, M. Ito, M. Fukui, H. Kojima, K. Kogure, M. Fujibayashi, C. Maruo,
P.-C. Ho, C.-W. Chang, L. Zhang, W.-H. Teng, T. Miki, C.-H. Hsieh, Y. Kobayashi, C.-C. Chang and F.K. Shiah “Methanotrophic food webs as a carbon recycling system in lakes under climate changes”.
The 6th EAFES International Congress, 2014,04,09-2014,04,11, Haikou, China.

[Poster Presentation]・Cid, A.P.，U. Song, I. Tayasu, J. Okano, H. Togashi, N.F. Ishikawa, A. Murakami, T. Hayashi, T.
Iwata , K. Osaka, S. Nakano and N. Okuda “Tracking phosphorus sources and cycling in freshwater:
stable isotope approach”. JpGU Meeting 2014, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Yokohama city.
・Sakai, Y., Z. Karube, J. Shibata, T. Takeyama, I. Tayasu, S. Yachi, S. Nakano & N. Okuda “The impactof land uses on benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in the coastal ecosystem of Lake Biwa”. 2015
ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, 2015,02,22-2015,02,27, Granada,Spain.
・Sakai, Y., Z. Karube, J. Shibata, T. Takeyama, I. Tayasu, S. Yachi, S. Nakano and N. Okuda “The
impact of land uses on benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in the coastal ecosystem of Lake Biwa”.
ISRLE2014, 2014,08,24-2014,08,27, Chuncheon,Korea.
・ Sakai, Y. and N. Okuda “Intraspecific differences in vertical habitat and food utilization bycrustacean
zooplankton:
stableisotopic
evidence”.
ISRLE2014,
2014,08,24-2014,08,27,
Chuncheon,Korea.
・Ban, S., Q. Wu, N. Hishida, K. Fujita, O. Nagafuchi and N. Okuda “Bioaccumulation of mercury fromseston to fish through the food web in Lake Biwa”. ISRLE2014, 2014,08,24-2014,08,27,
Chuncheon,Korea.

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Individual Achievements

ONISHI, Yuko
Assistant Professor[Academic Career]
Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Department of Geography and the Environment, University of
Oxford (2010)
Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Department of Geography and the Environment, University of
Oxford (2002)
National Center for Development Studies, Australian National University (1997)[Professional Career]
IPCC Chapter Scientist, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)(2011)
Insitute for Industrial Science (IIS), University of Tokyo (2003)
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) (1997)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(University of Oxford 2010)
MSc (Univeristy of Oxford 2002)
Master of Environmental Management and Development (Australian National University

1997)

RIHN

[Fields of Specialization]
Ecological Modelling
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

Individual Achievements

Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Biogeography―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Onishi, Y. Observed and Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Phenology. 14th Science Councilof Asia (SCA14) International Conference, 2014,06,18-2014,06,19, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ORENCIO, Pedcris Miralles
Project Researcher[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, PhD Course (2011)
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Master's Course (2009)
School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, Master's Course (2006)
School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, Diploma Course (2004)
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Bachelor's
Course (1994)[Professional Career]
Project Researcher in RIHN (2014)
Research Assistant in RIHN (2013)
Research Assistant in Hokkaido University GSES (2012)

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Research Assistant in Hokkaido University CENSUS (2011)
Project Officer in Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (2007)
Assisting Professional in Philippine Environmental Governance Management Project (2004)
Chief of Monitoring and Evaluation Unit in Land Administration and Management Project (2002)
Project Implementing Unit in Fisheries Resource Management Project (1999)[Higher Degrees]
PhD in Environmental Science (Hokkaido 2014)
Master in Environmental Science (Hokkaido 2011)
Master in Arts in Urban and Regional Planning (Quezon City 2008)
Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning (Quezon City 2006)
Bachelor of Science in Fisheries (Iloilo 1999)[Fields of Specialization]
Coastal Resource Management
Urban and Rural Environmental PlanningSocial Vulnerability, Risk and Resilience Research[Awards]
Hokkaido University Sustainability Weeks’ 1st Research Poster Contest, Outstanding Performance Award
Social Change, Education and Communication
Hokkaido University Sustainability Weeks’ 1st Research Poster Contest, Outstanding Performance Award
for Breakthrough Research on Technological Innovation
Hokkaido University Sustainability Weeks’ 3rd Research Poster Contest, Outstanding Award for Living in
Risk Category
PSSN 2nd International Seminar and 12th Annual Scientific Conference, Best paper in Integrative
Category―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Orencio, P.M. and M. Fujii 2014 A Spatiotemporal Approach for Determining Disaster-risk Potential
based on Damage Consequences of Multiple Hazard Events. Journal of Risk Research 17(7) :814-836.
(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ Orencio, P.M., Endo A. and M. Taniguchi Concepts and theoretical specifications of Coastal
Vulnerability Dynamics Simulator (COVUDS): A multi-agent system for simulating coastal vulnerability
towards management of coastal ecosystem services. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
2014, 2014,12,15-2014,12,18, San Francisco, USA.
・Orencio, P.M., and Endo, A Indicators for Evaluating a Water-Food (Fisheries) Nexus: A Case of Lagunade Bay in the Philippines. World Water Week 2014 in Stockholm, 2014,08,30-2014,09,05, Stockholm,
Sweden.

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Individual Achievements

SASAKI, Yuko
Project Researcher

Born in 1974.
[Academic Career]
Department of International and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ttsuda College (1998)
Course in Environmental Management,Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,
M.Course (2009)
Course in Environmental Management,Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,
D.Course (2012)[Professional Career]
Trainee,International NGO in Denmark/DAPP (1998)
Tutor, prep school of Johnan (1999)
Instructor, Tutoring School of Rinkai Seminar (2000-2002)

RIHN

Volunteer, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (2003-2005)
Coordinator, Japan Overseas Coorperation Volunteers (2005-2007)
Researcher, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (2009-2010)[Higher Degrees]
D. Global environment studies(Kyoto University, 2012)
M. Global environment studies(Kyoto University, 2012)

Individual Achievements[Fields of Specialization]
African Studies (Southern Africa, Sahel)
Rural Development Studies
Global Environmental Studies[Academic Society Memberships]
Japanese Agricultural System Society
The Japan Society for International Development
Japan Association for African Studies―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・Yuko SASAKI, Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Reiichi MIURA, Satoshi TOBITA Use of wild
plants at rural areas in the Sahel, West Africa - A case of the south-west Niger- . 50th Anniversaryof Japan Association for African Studies , 2014,05,23-2014,05,25, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyotoshi.. (in Japanese)

SEKINO, Tatsuki
Associate Proffesor

Born in 1969.
[Academic Career]
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, D. Course (1998)

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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, M. Sc. (1993)
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University (1991)[Professional Career]
Associate Professor, Research Promotion Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2002)
Researcher, Research Division, International Lake Environmental Committee Foundation (2001)
COE Scientist, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University (1999)[Higher Degrees]
D. Sc. (University of Kyoto, 1998)
M. Sc.（University of Shishu, 1993)[Fields of Specialization]
Information Science
Limnology
Ecology[Academic Society Memberships]
Information Processing Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Limnology
Ecological Society of Japan[Awards]
IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award (2015)―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Sekino, Tatsuki 2015,01 Tools and basic data for temporal information analysis.. Proceedings of ANGIS
and CRMA Bangkok meeting 2015 :55-58.(reviewed).
・ Sekino, Tatsuki 2014,12 Entities of date in the Linked Data - Data linkage based on temporal
information . IPSJ Symposium Series 2014(3) :125-130. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Sekino, T., Hara, S., Kondo, Y., Kubota, J. and Akimichi, T. 2014,08 Repository for humanity andnature－Interdisciplinary resource sharing using semantic technology. IPSJ SIG Technical Reports
2014-CH-103(1) :1-6. (in Japanese)[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Sekino, Tatsuki Linked Data of Time Basic Data. PNC 2014 Annual Conference, 2014,10,21-2014,10,23,
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
・Sekino, Tatsuki Spatiotemporal Concept and its Analysis Tools. Pre-Symposium of Kyoto University
ASEAN Center (Bangkok Office) Opening Ceremony and Commemorative Symposium, 2014,06,27, Grand
Millennium Sukhumvit, Bankok, Thailand.

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TAKEMURA, Shion
Project Reseacher―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Inui, R., Akamatsu, Y., Kamitsuru, S., Hiraki, R., Takemura, S., Kamiya, D., and Kamada, M. 2015,03
Clarification of basin characteristics of class a rivers based on stream classification map andrelation- ships between river basin characteristics and distribution of genuine freshwater fishes ofrivers flow into Seto inland sea, Chugoku District.. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers,
Ser. B1 (Hydaulic Engineering) 71(4) :I_1123-I_1128. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Akamatsu, Y., Kamitsuru, S., Takamura, Y., Kamiya, D., Seiki, T., Takemura, S., Inui, R. and Kamada,M. 2014,06 Study on stream classification map in river basiins of chugoku district. Advances inRiver Engineering 20 :169-174. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

RIHN

Associate professor

Born in 1960.
[Higher Degrees]
Dr.Agric(Kyoto Univeristy, 1997)[Awards]
SSPN Young Scientist Award(2000)
ASABE Peper Award（2010, Cowin）
SSPN Award 2012（2013, Cowin）
Japan Society for International Development, Best Poster Award（2013,Cowin）
Japan Society for International Development, Excellent Poster Award（2013,Cowin）
Japan Association for Arid Land Studies, Best Poster Award (2013, Cowin）
20th World Congress of Soil Science, Best Poster Award（2014, Cowin）
20th World Congress of Soil Science, Best Presentation Award（2014, Cowin）
EMASSA-2014 (Tamil Nadu, India), Best Poster Award (2014, Cowin)
Hitach Foundation, 41st Environment Award and Award by Minister of Environment (2014, Cowin）―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Ho Trung Thong, Nguyen Van Chao, Tanaka Ueru, Ho Le Quynh Chau 2014,04 Antibiotic resistance in
Escherichia coli isolated from fecal samples in some provinces of Central Vietnam. Science andTechnology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 4/2014 :129-136. (Other) (reviewed).(inVietnamese with English summary).

Individual Achievements

TANAKA, Ueru

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[Review Articles]
・ Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA 2014,12 Practical technique fordesertification control concurrently to reduce wind erosion and improve crop performance.
Environmental Research Quarterly 176 :5-14. (in Japanese) ('Award of Ministerof Environment' and'Environmental Award, The Hitachi Environment Foundation').

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ Ueru TANAKA A practical technique to control wind erosion and to improve crop performance Possibility of technology transfer from Niger to Senegal -. ISM-RIHN Joint Seminar: Community
development assistance based on local resources and social networks in the Sahel, 2015,02,04, ISM,
Dakar (Senegal).
・Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Takao SHIMIZU, Yuko SASAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA Designing ofpractical techniques for desertification control collaborating with local people in the Sahel, West
Africa. 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) 2014, 2014,08,24-2014,08,28, Davos,
Swiss.
・MUNIANDI JEGADEESAN, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics amongsmall farmers in Tamil Nadu. International seminar organised by "Contemporary Indian Area
Studies” , 2014,07,05, ASAFAS, Kyoto University, Kyoto.
・Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. “Fallow Band System”, ado-nothing practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West
Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, 2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju, Korea.(Best Presentation
Award).
・Shinjo, H., Ikazaki, K., Imanaka, S., Tanaka, U., Hayashi, K., Tobita, S. and Kosaki, T Sustainable
and efficient land management practices in the Sahel. 20th World Congress of Soil Science,
2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju Korea.(Best Poster Award).
・Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics ofsmall scale farmer in South Tamil Nadu, India. Spring Meeting of the Japanese Association for Arid
Land Studies, 2014,05,31-2014,06,01, Tokyo City University, Yokohama.
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, KP Singh, H. ENDO and U. TANAKA Relationships between pastoral community andagriculturists in Rajasthan, India. IUAES, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Makuhari, Chiba.
・Ishimoto Yudai, Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Tanaka Ueru, Umetsu Chieko Social Capital and Small-Scale Farmers
in Zambia: An Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier,France.
・Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Ishimoto Yudai, Yamashita Megumi, Tanaka Ueru, Umetsu Chieko How small scale
farmers cope with two different timings of heavy rainfall events in Southern Zambia. ,2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier, France.

[Poster Presentation]
・SASAKI,Yuko, TANAKA, Ueru, IKAZAKI, Kenta, SHINJO, Hitoshi, TOBITA, Satoshi Improved Extension Methodof Practical Technique to Cope with Desertification in Niger, West Africa. 3rd. UNCCD Science
Conferene, 2015,03,09-2015,03,12, Cancun, Mexico.
・ MUNIANDI JEGADEESAN, Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI and Ueru TANAKA Agrarian Change and Livelihood
Diversification in Tamil Nadu. A National Seminar on Extension Management Strategies for Sustainable
Agriculture -Challenges and Opportunities (EMASSA-2014), 2014,12,12-2014,12,13, Home Science College
and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India.(Best Poster Award).

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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)
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][Fields of Specialization]
Environmental dynamic analysis
Hydrology/Weather/Oceanic physics
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―[Papers][Original Articles]・Taniguchi Makoto 2015,02 The basic act on the water cycle with groundwater. J. Groundwater Hydrol.
57(1) :83-90.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Taniguchi M Synthesis of submarine groundwater discharge related date in Japan. International
workshop on submarine groundwater discharge, 2015,03,17, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Individual Achievements[Academic Society Memberships]

RIHN

D.Sc (The University of Tsukuba,1987)
M.Sc.(The University of Tsukuba,1984)

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Professor

Born in 1969.
[Academic Career]
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Doctor Course(1997)
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Master Course(1994)
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University(1992)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2014)
Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University (2003)
Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2002)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Abroad) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science;
Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (2000)
Postdoctoral Research fellow (PD) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Laboratory ofForest Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan (1997)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D (Kyoto University, 1997)
M Sc. (Kyoto University, 1994)[Fields of Specialization]
Isotope Ecology
Animal Ecology
Freshwater Ecology
Soil Ecology
Isotope Environmental Science[Academic Society Memberships]
Ecological Society of JapanThe Japanese Society of Limnology
The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
The International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Japan Geoscience Union
Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography[Awards]
16th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (1999)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Shibata, J.-y, Karube, Z., Sakai, Y., Takeyama, T., Tayasu, I., Yachi, S., Nakano, S.-i. and Okuda,
N. 2014,04 Long-Term and Spatial Variation in the Diversity of Littoral Benthic Macroinvertebrate
Fauna in Lake Biwa, Japan. Nakano, S.-i.; Yahara, T.; Nakashizuka, T. (ed.) Integrative Observations
and Assessments.. Ecological Research Monographs / Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network.
Springer, pp.151-166. DOI:DOI:10.1007/978-4-431-54783-9_8.

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Individual Achievements[Papers][Original Articles]
・Matsubayashi, J., Morimoto, J.O., Tayasu, I., Mano, T., Nakajima, M., Takahashi, O., Kobayashi, K.
and Nakamura, F. 2015,03 Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears(Ursus arctos). Scientific Reports 5 :9203. DOI:10.1038/srep09203.(reviewed).
・Ishikawa, N.F., Kato, Y., Togashi, H., Yoshimura, M., Yoshimizu, C., Okuda, N. and Tayasu, I. 2014,07
Stable nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals food web structure in stream ecosystems.
Oecologia 175 :911-922. DOI:10.1007/s00442-014-2936-4.(reviewed).
・ Ishikawa, N.F., Uchida, M., Shibata, Y. and Tayasu, I. 2014,05 Carbon storage reservoirs inwatersheds support stream food webs via periphyton production. Ecology 95 :1264-1271. DOI:
10.1890/13-0976.1.(reviewed).

TERADA, Masahiro[Higher Degrees]
M.Lit(Osaka University,1998)

RIHN

Associate Professor[Fields of Specialization]

Individual Achievements

History
Meta-history―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]・ Masahiro Terada 2015,03 What You Are Waiting for on the Top of the Volcano, or towards a new"Scienzia Nuova" of Humanity and Nature. Showado, Kyoto, 208pp. (in Japanese)[Chapters/Sections]・ Masahiro Terada 2015,03 "Fabrication of an unknown victim: museum anthropological study on thedramatization in the memorial museum for the Great Hanshin-AWaji Earthquake(1995)". Noriko Kibe(ed.) Saigai ni Manabu (Lesson from Natural Disasters): Preservation and Rehabilitation of Cultural
Heritages. Bensei Shuppan, Tokyo, pp.61-115. (in Japanese)

YASUTOMI, Natsuko
Assistant Professor

Born in 1973.
[Academic Career]
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,
D.Course(2003)

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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―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・Yasutomi, N. Effects of increase of observational data input on terrestrial climatological mean
temperature over Asia. AOGS-AGU(WGPM) Joint Assembly 2014, 2014,07,28-2014,08,01, Sapporo, Hokkaido,
Japan.
・N. Yasutomi, T. Sekino RIHN Archives - for transdisprinary research on global environmental studies.
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, 2014,04,28-2014,05,02, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

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46

26

13

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

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

Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-EnergyFood Nexus

Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-scale Economies:
Approaches from Historical Ecology

Societal Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrating Palaeoclimatological
Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences

Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling and Human Well-being in Socialecological Systems

D-05
（FR3）

R-07
（FR3）

E-05-Init（FR3）

R-08-Init
（FR2）

R-09
（FR1）

H-05
（FR1）

PR
（OKUDA）

Individual
Understanding “Securitization of Nature”: History, Mechanism and Impact toCollaboration FS
Society and Nature（UBUKATA)

Individual
Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific: Towards Dynamic Transmission ofCollaboration FS
Traditional Ecological Knowledge（OHNISHI)

Individual
Rebuilding Local Communities through the Creation of Local Standards andCollaboration FS
Reconstruction of the Theory of Fudo
（KAJITANI)

Individual
Collaboration FS Designing Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry after Fukushima Accident（KANEKO)

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28

137

89

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management

C-09-Init
（FR4）

67

Total

Megacities and the Global Environment

Title of the project

Project
NumberC-08（FR5）

Number and Affiliation of Project Members

Appendix 1

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2

2

1

4

7

7

12

11

6

10

7

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RIHN

10

9

10

4

26

32

12

24

52

11

59

18

30

National

1

1

2

0

7

3

2

4

5

1

0

5

2

PublicUniversity / College

0

4

4

0

14

14

13

4

17

3

19

5

16

Private

0

0

2

0

0

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

InterUniversity
Research
Institute

0

1

3

0

16

7

5

9

13

2

10

4

1

PublicInstitution

1

6

0

0

4

2

1

3

14

3

1

2

3

PrivateInstitution

1

0

2

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

2

0

2

Others

0

3

21

0

8

2

27

24

30

1

36

48

6

Overseas
Institution

23

32

22

Institutional
Toward the Regeneration of Tropical Peat Land Societies: Establishment of
Collaboration FS
an International Research Network and Proposal of its Future（MIZUNO)

Co-development of Environmental Perception-Yielding Omniform Network
towards Living with Chemical Imbalance Manifested as Environmental Risks
in the Anthropocene in Peace

Initiative-based
FS（HANDOH)

Initiative-based
Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption: Agrifood Systems in
FSTransition（MCGREEVY)961

13

Individual
Integrating Environmental Wisdom in Local Agriculture: Overcoming
Collaboration FS Environmental Degradation Associated with the Rapid Expansion of Global（FUNAKAWA) Agriculture

Total

16

Individual
Collaboration FS A Transdisciplinary Study of Military Environmental Problems（TANAKA)

85

2

1

3

2

1

342

8

15

12

5

5

40

1

2

1

1

2

124

3

3

0

0

5

9

0

0

0

1

1

77

2

2

2

0

0

44

2

2

0

0

0

226

4

6

5

4

1

As of 31 March, 2015

14

0

1

0

0

1

Appendix 2
Project
Number

C-08（FR5）

C-09-Init（FR4）

Research Fields of Project Members
Title of the project

Megacities and the Global Environment

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources
Management

The number of projects members
Natural Sciences

14

62

Humanities

21

10

Social Sciences

32

17

Total

Research Background of Project Members

67(Natural Sciences) Infrastructure planning and management, Hydrology, Urban planning, City sustainability, Remote sensing, Landscape ecology, Irrigation and drainage, Water resource planning, Architectural environmental engineering, Environmental studies(Humanities) Japanese economic history, Anthropology, Economic history of Dutch East Indies, Religion, Urban study in South East Asia, 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, Urban history, Architectural history, Literacy education for urban environment, Geography of developing countries,(Social Sciences) Architectural history, Historical demography, Regional resources management, Geographic information system, Urban policy planning, Food engineering, Urban redevelopment, Chinese urban history, Western urban history, Urban history in southeast
Asia, Environmental economics, Studies of colonial architecture, City planning and spatial information science, Urban history (Colonial city), Workplace design, Architectural design , Commercial science, Marketing and distribution, Islamic architecture, Soundscape,Modern architectural history , Architectonics, Architectural planning , Architect, Design, Studies of China-towns, Business administration, Axiology, Sociology, Agro informatics, Fisheries resource management, Consumer behavior, Commerce, Innovation research

89(Natural Sciences) Farming system research, Agriculture, Water resource engineering, Water environmental engineering, Irrigation and drainage, Soil science, Geology, Water quality engineering, Physical engineering, Medical science, Irrigation engineering, Regional
informatics, Hydrology, Remote sensing, Agricultural engineering, Agricultural environmental engineering, Climatology, Ecology engineering, Environmental informatics, Hydrological modelling, Global hydrology, Regional environmental hydrology, Hydrospheric
Atmospheric system, Agrometeorology, Theoretical ecology(Humanities) Archaeology, Cultural anthropology, Anthropology, Economic geography, Development anthropology, Geography, History of Islamic art and culture, Water resource management(Social Sciences) Environmental policy, Environmental sociology, Policy science, Management, Sociology, Agricultural engineering, Environmental science, Environmental planning, Social development study, Agricultural economics, Socioeconomics, Regional
development planning

D-05
（FR3）

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

102

10

25

137

(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, Molecular phylogenetics, Costal
environmental research, Aquatic ecology, Conservation ecology, Software engineering, Coral reef ecology, Fishery research,(Humanities) Cultural anthropology, International ﬁsheries development studies, Area studies, SATOUMI SATOYAMA, Area development studies, Ecological anthropology, Village development, Sociology of ﬁshing communities, Regional development studies,
Underwater archaeology, Archaeology, Sociology, Cultural anthropology, Anthropology, Social anthropology,(Social Sciences) Economics, Regional development, Fisheries economics, Regional economics, Resource management, Traditional technique, Tourism study, Area studies, Village development, Fish catching and environmental linkage

R-07
（FR3）

Desertiﬁcation and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

14

6

8

28

(Natural Sciences) Agronomy, Boundary agriculture, Remote sensing, Soil ecology, Soil science, Weed science, Meteorology, Natural geography, Regional architecture、Environmental soil science(Humanities ) Ethnoarchaeology, Cultural anthropology, Ethnic geography, African area studies(Social Sciences) Rural development studies, Social development studies, Rural economics, Area studies (Africa, South Asia), Social anthropology, Agricultural culture

143(Natural Sciences) Local environmental science, Landscape ecology, Statistical physics, Governance theory, Science and technology studies, Fishery resource management, Theoretical biology, Game theory, Satoyama management, Complex systems theory, Wildlife
management, Resource management, Sanctuary management, Ecology, Mathematical biology, Soil hydrology, Satoumi governance, Coastal management, Residential research, Satoyama restoration, Renewable energy, Nature restoration, Ecosystem management,
Agroecosystem, Knowledge theory, Watershed management, Fisheries management(Humanities ) Science ethics, Folklore, Governance theory, Ecological anthropology, Social anthropology, History, Japanese history (modan), Knowledge studies, Sanctuary management, Anthropology, Geography(Social Sciences) Governance theory, Resource management, Environmental ethics, International Law, Environmental economics, Fishery resource management, Environmental sociology, Residential research, Conservation theory, Agroecosystem, Network theory,
Biodiversity policy, Political science, Social psychology, Environmental governance, Ocean policy, Environmental NGO theory, Coastal management

E-05-Init（FR3）

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

R-08-Init（FR2）

Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Paciﬁc Ring of Fire:
Water-Energy-Food Nexus

49

5

26

80

(Natural Sciences) Hydrology, Underground heat, Hot spring science, Energy science, Thermal energy, Agricultural water utilization, Bioresource ecology, Model of connectivity of hills, humans and oceans, Geothermal science, Estuary ecology, Fisheries andenvironmental oceanography, Coastal ﬁsheries ecology, Geothermal energy, Coastal ﬁsheries, Bioresource science, Marine / coastal geology, Geology, Water - energy nexus, Coastal oceanography(Humanities) History, Linguistic(Social Sciences) Environment and development, Conservation ecology, Environmental planning, Global environmental policy, Fishery resource, Coastal sociology, Public policy, Regional studies, Environmental policy, Policy process, International relations, Fisheryeconomics, Environmental economics, Sociology, Energy policy, Economics, Environmental governance, Behavioral social science, Integrated water resources management, Cultural anthropology

R-09
（FR1）

Long-term Sustainability through Place-Based, Small-scale
Economies: Approaches from Historical Ecology

17

12

40

69

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

H-05
（FR1）

Societal Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrating Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences

72(Natural Sciences) Palaeoclimatology, Dendrochronology, Historical Climatology, Wood Anatomy, Palaeoceanography, Dating Method, Plant Ecology, Isotopic Meteorology and Climatology, Climate Dynamics, Climate Modeling, Earth System Dynamics, Wood Science,
Isotope Geochemistry, Glaciology, Hydrology, Geochronology, Earth Dynamics, Geochemistry, Forestry(Humanities) Japanese Early Modern Age History, Archaeology, Japanese Early Modern Age Urban History, Comparative Studies of Historical Documents, Prehistorical Archaeology, Conservation of Historical Materials, Japanese Middle Age History, JapaneseArchaeology, Theoretical Archaeology, Japanese History, Vegetational History, Disaster Archaeology, Historical Geography(Social Sciences) Japanese Economic History, Historical Demography

54

35

18

34

71

3

PR
（OKUDA）

Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling and Human Well-being in
Social-ecological Systems

65

1

14

80

(Natural Sciences) Ecological science, Plant ecology, Satellite ecology, Stable isotope ecology, Community ecology, Water weed resource circulation, Fish genetics and breeding science, Freshwater biology, Environmental engineering, Freshwater ecology, Fish ecology,
Phycology, Ecological stoichiometry, Marine ecosystem engineering, Ecosystem ecology, Aquatic biology, Fisheries biology, Hydrosphere ecology, Plant physiological ecology, Ecology, Mathematical biology, Evolutionary biology, Microbial ecology, Fungal diversity,
Biogeochemistry, Chemical oceanography, Applied ecology, Molecular ecology, Forest ecology, Hydrology, Ecological genetics, Aquatic ecology, Forest hydrology, Conservation ecology, Fungology, Geophysics, Lake synthetic science, Integrated lake basin management,
Plankton ecology, Analytical chemistry(Humanities) Historical geography(Social Sciences) Environmental policy, Sewage line governance, Rural sociology, Environmental sociology, Industrial ecology, Ecological economics, Applied economics, Quantitative sociology, Social psychology

Individual
Collaboration FS（UBUKATA)

Understanding “Securitization of Nature”: History, Mechanism
and Impact to Society and Nature

1

0

4

5

(Natural Sciences) Forest ecology(Social Sciences) Natural resource economics, Political ecology, Development economics, Forest policy

Individual
Collaboration FS（OHNISHI)

Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Paciﬁc: Towards Dynamic
Transmission of Traditional Ecological Knowledge

18

20

8

46

(Natural Sciences) Agricultural chemistry, Plant genome analysis, Agriculture, Plant bleeding, Ecology, Forestry, Climatology, Wood anatomy, Botany, Biology, Pharmacy, Human ecology(Humanities) Linguistics, Culture and information science, Sociolinguistics, Geography, Human geography, Spatiotemporal Informatics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Education, Mathematical anthropology, Developmental anthropology(Social Sciences) Forestry, Environmental governance, Environmental economics, Economics, Peace studies, International development

Individual
Collaboration FS（KAJITANI)

Rebuilding Local Communities through the Creation of Local
Standards and Reconstruction of the Theory of Fudo

2

10

14

26

(Natural Sciences) Landscape planning, Regional Development(Humanities) Philosophy, Comparative culture, Architectual history, Religious history, Human geography, Artanthoropology, Climatology, Semiotics, Communication, Environmental history, Disaster history(Social Sciences) Environmental planning, Regional economy, Regional society, Medical sociology, Bereavement, Community construction, Quantitative research, Popular culture, Business administration, Self-sustenance and circulation of natural resources, Local
community, Life condition of disadvantaged area, Management of agriculture and forestry area, Depopulation, Population aging, Settlement, Law, International law, Political science, Safety science, Design foundation, Information design, Financial system, Urban
regeneration, Regional vitalization, Regional development, Life and design, Urban policy

Individual
Collaboration FS（KANEKO)

Designing Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry after Fukushima
Accident

9

1

3

13

(Natural Sciences) Soil ecology, Crop science, Weed science, Environmental chemodynamics research, Geoponics, Plant nutrition, Forest environmental information, Biomass energy, Agricultural economics(Humanities) Landscape architecture, Regional economics(Social Sciences) Food economics, Agricultural policy, Agriculture management, Regional vitalization

Individual
Collaboration FS（TANAKA)A Transdisciplinary Study of Military Environmental Problems

3

3

10

16

(Natural Sciences) Earth and environmental studies, Environmental engineering(Humanities) Humanities(Social Sciences) Cultural anthropology, Social anthropology, Ryukyuan and Okinawan studies, Medical anthropology, Environmental economics

Individual
Collaboration FS（FUNAKAWA)

Integrating Environmental Wisdom in Local Agriculture:
Overcoming Environmental Degradation Associated with the
Rapid Expansion of Global Agriculture

10

2

1

13

(Natural Sciences) Environmental Agriculture, Community development, Ecology, Agricultural ecology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture(Humanities) Ecological anthropology, Anthropology(Social Sciences) Environmental economics

Institutional
Collaboration FS（MIZUNO)

Toward the Regeneration of Tropical Peat Land Societies:
Establishment of an International Research Network andProposal of its Future

17

1

5

23

(Natural Sciences) Environmental anthropology, Environmental resource geology, Political ecology, Atmospheric chemistry, Agrometeorology, Land use and land resources management, Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Plant ecology, Forest ecology, Geographicalinformation science, Soil science, Physical geography(Humanities) Social anthropology(Social Sciences) Area studies(Indonesia), Economic history, Political science, Local wood use

Initiative-based FS
Network towards Living with Chemical Imbalance Manifested（HANDOH)

20

4

8

32

(Natural Sciences) Earth systems science, Environmental science, Environmental impact assessment, Civil environmental system, Organic geochemistry, Water conservarion, Behavioral ecology, International agricultural and environmental science, Ecological hydrology,
Energy science, Biological response to environmental stresses, Fish infectious diseases, Atmospheric science, Material-cycle science, Visualization, Microbial ecology, Analytical chemistry, Embryo culture, Biogeochemistry, Physical oceanography(Humanities) Religion, Economics, Philosophy, Environmental thought, Environmental ethics(Social Sciences) Pollution History, Regional development, International law, Environmental law, Environmental economics, Education of the handicapped, Bitcoin, Economics, Human rights law

Initiative-based FS Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption: Agrifood Systems（MCGREEVY) in Transition

9

3

10

22

(Natural Sciences) Soil Science, Agrifood Social Science, Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology, Food System Science, Farm Management, Regional Studies, Renewable Energy Sciences, Water Quality, Resource Cycling, Weed Management Science(Humanities) Environmental Sociology, Social Statistics, Regional Policy and Planning(Social Sciences) Environmental Sociology, Environmental Planning, Food Policy, Rural Planning, Innovation Studies, Management Theory, Global Agricultural Economics, Agrifood Social Science, Economic Sociology

501

161

299

961

Co-development of Environmental Perception-Yielding Omniform
as Environmental Risks in the Anthropocene in Peace

Total

As of 31 March, 2015