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

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Individual Achievements

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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 lastfrom three to five years; they are always multidisciplinary and employ multiple methodologies, and they are supposed
to offer solutions to the problems under through trans-disciplinary approach with various stakeholders of the society.
As of the end of FY2013 RIHN has completed twenty-five research projects, each of which has establishedextensive research networks in order to make important contributions in its area of specialization. RIHN synthesized
and published the key research findings and contributions of its first decade (2001-2011) as the RIHN Encyclopediaof Global Environmental Studies. Also, as part of the synthesis and new contribution of RIHN as an inter-university
research institute corporation, since 2012 we established the Repository for Humanity and Nature, which is an effort
to improve interdisciplinary resource sharing through semantic technology.
As part of RIHN’s international activities, RIHN has established the Future Earth Unit, which will contribute tothe overall research and outreach activity of Future Earth, a new global environmental research initiative for global
sustainability. This unit aims to promote the goals of Future Earth in Asia, including the role of the Future Earth
Asian Regional Hub.
This annual report describes the updated outcome of these activities of RIHN for the FY2013.

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

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Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 13

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 20

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 28

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 36

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 50

Project No.
Project Name

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

p. 53

Project No.
Project Name

R-08-Init (Project leader: TANIGUCHI Makoto)p. 60
Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Project No.
Project Name

E-05-Init (Project leader: SATO Tetsu)
p. 68
Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated
Local Environmental Knowledge●Pre Research
1. NAKATSUKA Takeshi (RIHN)
Societal Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrating Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences●Initiative Feasibility Studies
1. MCGREEVY, Steven R.
*Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption: Agrifood Systems in Transition
2. MCLELLAN, Benjamin Craig*Co-designing Futurable Anthropospheric Energy Systems

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●Feasibility Studies
1. ISHIKAWA Mamoru (Hokkaido University)
Improving Environmental Literacy to Promote Self-Sustaining Communities
2. ONISHI Masayuki (RIHN)
Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific: Linking Community-based Participatory Research and the Transmission of Ecological Knowledge to Future Generations
3. OKUDA Noboru (Kyoto University)
Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling in Social-ecological Systems: New Measures of Ecosystem Health
4. KISHITA Yusuke (Osaka University)
Design and Integrated Assessment of Regional Anthropospheric Energy System
5. TANAKA Masakazu (Kyoto University)
A Transdisciplinary Study of the Environmental Impact of Military Activities
6. HABU Junko (University of California, Berkeley)
Long-term Sustainability through Place-based, Small-scale Economies: Approaches from Historical Ecology●Incubation Studies
p. 82
1. UBUKATA Fumikazu (Okayama University)
Understanding “Securitization of Nature”: History, Mechanism and Impact to Society and Nature
2. TACHIIRI Kaoru (Research Institute for Global Change)
Global warming countermeasures by fusion of traditional knowledge and modern science: on regional andglobal scales
3. OKI Kazuo (The University of Tokyo)
Breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation–Income inequality and its environmental
impacts between urban and rural areas in South East Asian countries –4. MIZUNO Kosuke (Kyoto University)
Study on Humanosphere Sustainable Development Through the Rehabilitation of Tropical Peat Wet Land Basedon the Creation of People’s Forest
5. USHIDA Kazunari (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Microorganisms, as Potent Indicators of Human Interactions on the Nature–Human-borne transition of functional diversity of environmental   microorganisms and its effect on humansociety –6. NILES, Daniel (RIHN)
The Social-Ecology of Food Security
7. FUNAKAWA Shinya (Kyoto University )Integrative analysis on the linkage of modernization and environmental degradation in tropical agriculture
8. KANEKO Nobuhiro (Yokohama National University)
Global bioelement management to avoid the food risks
9. KAJITANI Shinji (The University of Tokyo)
Environmental Problems in the Linkage between Local and Broad Areas―Cooperative Research on the Basis of Actual Life and Philosophical Dialogue
10. KIMURA Kazuhiko (Miyagi University)
  	 Understanding regional environmental resources and its application to agriculture and fishery in Minamisanriku
town
11. KANEKO Satoshi (Nagasaki University)
Global environment and health: method development of Human Dimension Big Data for trend analysis on health5
Research Activities●Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants
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1. UMETSU Chieko (Nagasaki University)
Building resilience network in Southern Africa and organization of Lusaka Workshop
2. OKUMIYA Kiyohito (Kyoto University)
The wisdom of the aged: Learning from the high-altitude elderly
3. KUBOTA, Jumpei (RIHN)
Network Development for establishing an integrated management model of R. Syr Darya with special emphasison environmental preservation
4. SATO Yo-Ichiro (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Startup of consortium for in-situ conservation of wild rice
5. SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Hokkaido University / RIHN)
Operation of the Amur Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network
6. MOJI Kazuhiko (Nagasaki University)
Co-hosting of the 7th National Health Research Forum of Lao P.D.R., and its related field activities
7. YAMAMURA Norio (Doshisha University)
Classification and global distribution of ecosystem networks
8. YOSHIOKA Takahito (Kyoto University)
MATSUSHIMA Kenta (Kyoto University)
Application of the environmental scenario which the revival of the stricken area

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: C-07
Project Name: Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia : Social Adaptation to the Changes of the
Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments
Abbreviated Title: RIHN Siberia Project
Project Leader: HIYAMA,Tetsuya
Research Axis: Circulation
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/siberia/
Key Words: Global Warming, Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Permafrost, Former Inhabitant, Reindeer, Social Adaptation○ Research Subject and Objectivesa) Research objectives and background
Global warming will likely transform Siberian environments. Early evidence indicates that water andcarbon cycles are undergoing rapid change (Ohta et al., 2008; Iijima et al., 2010), with potentiallygrave impact on Siberian flora and fauna. Human inhabitants, who have adapted to great changes insocial structure and environment in the past (Nakada, 2012; Yoshida, 2012), will be forced to adapt
again, but to a cascading series of environmental changes whose dimensions are understood only inoutline. Local inhabitants depend on agriculture, stockbreeding and on fragile transport, building andwater infrastructure. Human survival skills and adaptive capacity to environmental changes depend on
unique social structures, history and culture, which have undergone Russian socialistic modernization.
Regional climate in Siberia are based on energy and water exchanges and thus on changes in surface
reflectance of snow, ice and vegetation coverage. Such changes should be monitored continuously as longas possible. The Lena River Basin in Eastern Siberia is covered in larch forest but receives little
precipitation (Ohta et al., 2001; 2008). The area is an ideal setting in which to study the effects ofclimate warming, as the forest-permafrost symbiosis (Zhang et al., 2011) is extremely susceptible toabnormal variations in temperature and precipitation.
We have started monitoring of energy and water exchanges between larch forest and the atmosphere since1998 at Yakutsk, middle part of the Lena River Basin in Eastern Siberia (Ohta et al., 2001). This
monitoring revealed that the region suffered from extraordinary high precipitation in late-summer
through winter from 2005 to 2008 (Hiyama et al., 2013). This resulted in not only permafrost
degradation (Iijima et al., 2010), but also changes in terrestrial ecosystems and hydrological elementsin the region (Shiklomanov and Lammers, 2009; Brutsaert and Hiyama, 2012; Zhang et al., 2013).
b) Research methods and organization
This research project takes natural and social science perspectives on three aspects of climateassociated environmental change. It is designed to: 1) describe current variation in water and carbon
cycles and predict likely variation in the near future; 2) make field observations of the effect ofcarbon and hydrologic variability in Eastern Siberian landscapes, and identify key exchanges or driving
forces; and 3) examine the capability of the multi-ethnic Siberian peoples, and their distinct social
economies, to adapt to predicted change in their climate and terrestrial ecosystems. Three researchgroups are organized (Fig. 1) in order to realize these goals. They are the Siberia bird’s-eye group(Group 1), the Water cycle and ecosystem interaction group (Group 2), and the Human ecology group(Group 3). This project is jointly conducted by Japanese and Russian universities and research
institutes.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
Two interdisciplinary research achievements, which are foci from FR3 to FR5, are as follows.
1) Adaptations of local residents living along the Lena River to seasonal river floods
Arctic sea ice extent in summer, especially in the Eurasian continent side, has been decreasing
partly owing to global warming. As a result, cyclones have been frequently appeared in summer over theregion. Such cyclones easily propagate to Siberia (Zhang et al., 2013), and they derive plenty of
precipitation in the region. Meteorological data revealed summer precipitation around upper and middle

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2) Adaptations of keepers and/or hunters of reindeers to social-environmental changes
Interviews with keepers of domestic reindeer revealed that current climate change has not severely
damaged their operations. It appears that so far they have been able to successfully adapt to changes
in climate, especially in Eastern Siberia. This related to resilient use of microhabitat of thedomesticated reindeers around the camping sites. While on the contrary, they were severely impacted bysocial changes following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. The keepers do not feel air
temperature rise (warming) but do feel (remember) heavy rainfall and/or flood events as recent climatechange. They fear waterlogging in lower land, especially around flooding plain of small rivers.
Additionally, the keepers pointed out increase of carnivore (such like) wolf around their camping
sites. They also said recent climate changes affect degradation of reindeer moss in winter, so thatbirth-rate and weight of reindeers tend to decline.
We also tracked and documented the migration routes and seasonal behaviours of wild reindeers. In
this project, we successively tracked routes of wild reindeers using an ARGOS satellite system. MODIS
satellite showed that reindeer have moved along rivers and through zones of better vegetation
conditions, while avoiding increasingly common forest fires. Migration distance was very similar to
those documented in North America and North Europe. Seasonal behaviours in Siberian wild reindeers werealso similar to those in North America and North Europe. The seasonal behaviours are classified into
summer breeding season, winter hibernating season, and other migration seasons.
System dynamics (SD) model was applied in order to diagnose and propose adaptation strategies forkeepers of domestic reindeers and/or hunters of wild reindeers to social-environmental changes. In
order to keep wild reindeer population, it is better to establish sanctuary in winter hibernating
place. And in order to protect reindeer keeping, as one of the very important subsistence activities inSiberia, governmental subsidies should be provided to the keepers of reindeers and to hunters ofcarnivore.
3) Summary

Research Projects

We additionally found that increased floods disrupt cold-weather transport via ordinarily frozen
rivers and warm-weather transport over land. As result we note that local communities locating very far
from the capital city (Yakutsk) are increasingly remote and difficult to access. Consequently, disaster
vulnerability has increased in such region and thus their adaptation become more difficult.
Therefore, migrations of villages were applied as one of the adaptation strategies to prevent
spring river floods and the remoteness. Because local peoples prefer to live along the river to dotheir subsistence activities, those peoples and the government agreed to apply seasonal migrations.
On the other hand, both local peoples and the government have no adaptation ways for the summer riverfloods.We therefore propose development of information transmission (communications) on river flood (toprevent spring river floods) as well as improvement of distribution network of hay (to adapt summer
river floods) as suitable adaptation strategies for their sustainable cattle-horse subsistence
activities along the Lena River.

RIHN

parts of the Lena River Basin became drastically high from 2005 to 2008 as well as in 2012.
Consequently around Yakutsk, capital city of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation, summer riverfloods appeared and they derived severe damages to local farmers and cattle-horse pastoralism.
On the contrary, the Lena River derives spring ice breaking floods every year. Theoretically the
spring ice breaking floods become severe in case former winter temperature was low and current spring
temperature rise is very gradually. In such case, spring floods derive severe damages to local
residents living along the Lena River.
Using archival sources, remotely sensed data, and numerical simulations, we revealed decadal(and/or historical) changes in spring- and summer-river floods of the Lena River.We found that local
residents were damaged from spring ice breaking floods almost every year after 1998. We also
investigated local people's perceptions as well as local government's adaptation strategies for suchspring- and summer-river floods. Interestingly spring floods have been recognized as benefits except incase they severely damaged to the villages along the Lena River (Takakura, 2013). This is because
spring floods derive nutrient rich water to the river sandbanks, on which the farmers cultivate
pastures for cattle-horse pastoralism. While on the contrary, in case summer river floods appear, it
has been recognized as hazards. This is because it submerges the pasture completely for a long durationin summer, and it made impossible to get hay for cattle-horse.

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Human - nature interaction owing to climate change (climate warming and waterlogging) as well associal change (economy-orientation and collapse of the former Soviet Union) has been successfully
described. It shows reindeer-related subsistence activities and river flood impacts to the local
residents. Adaptation strategies are proposed for both issues.

○Project Members◎ HIYAMA Tetsuya( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Associate Professor,Management of
Project, Analysis of permafrost and groundwater )○ YAMAGUCHI Yasushi( Nagoya University,Professor,Analysis of the changes in the land cover using
satellite data )SASAI Takahiro( Nagoya University,Assistant Professor,Analysis of carbon exchanges using theterrestrial biosphere model )□ INOUE Gen( Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,Visiting
Professor,GOSAT data analysis )MAKSYUTOV Shamil( National Institute for Environment Studies,Chief Researcher,Carbon budget
estimation from GOSAT and other observation data )SAKAI Toru
( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences,Researcher,Flood monitoring
using satellite remote sensing )KIM Heonsook( National Institute for Environment Studies,Researcher,Inverse model analysis of
GOSAT data )KANZAWA Hiroshi( Nagoya University,Professor,Scenario of global warming in Siberia )SATO Hisashi( Nagoya University,Associate Professor,Ecological modeling )○ OHTA Takeshi( Nagoya University,Professor,Analysis of water energy and carbon cycles inforests, water balance analysis in a basin scale )OSHIMA Kazuhiro( JAMSTEC,Researcher,Climate Analysis in Siberia )KOTANI Ayumi( Nagoya University,Assistant Professor,Analysis of atmospheric boundary layer
and forest responses to environmental changes )○ SUGIMOTO Atsuko( Hokkaido University,Professor,Reconstruction of past changes in environment andvegetation activity )TEI Shunsuke( Hokkaido University,Ph D Candidate,Reconstruction of past changes inenvironment and vegetation activity )KODAMA Yuji
( National Institute of Polar Research,Associate Professor,Analysis of snow
accumulation processes )○ YAMAZAKI Takeshi( Tohoku University,Associate Professor,Analysis of land surface processes using
a land surface model )YONENOBU Hitoshi( Naruto University of Education,Associate Professor,Reconstruction of past tree
grow rate and past climate )HATTA Shigemi( Tomakomai National College of Technology,Associate Professor,Runoff analyses
for continental-scale river basin )YAMAMOTO Kazukiyo( Nagoya University,Associate Professor,Analysis of vegetation phenology using
satellite data )PARK Hotaek( JAMSTEC,Senior Researcher,Analysis of snow accumulation processes )MAXIMOV Trofim C.
( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Headresearcher,Analysis of photosynthesis in boreal forests )KONONOV Alexander V.( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Researcher,Analysisof photosynthesis in boreal forests )MAXIMOV Ayal
( Insitute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SD, RAS,Researcher,Analysisof photosynthesis in boreal forests )SHEPELEV Victor( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Vice-Director,Dynamics ofsuprapermafrost and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )FEDOROV Alexander( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Head researcher,Landscapes (forest)
disturbance and permafrost dynamics )GOTOVSEV Semen( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Head researcher,Thermo-erosional gullies
in permafrost region )KOLESNIKOV Alexander( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Researcher,Dynamics of suprapermafrost
and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )GAGARIN Leonid( Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SD, RAS,Researcher,Dynamics of suprapermafrost
and intrapermafrost groundwater in permafrost region )○ TAKAKURA Hiroki( Tohoku University,Professor,Related analysis of freezing water environmental
use and an occupation in the rural society of the Lena middle region; Relational
analysis of an occupation pattern and environmental change in East Siberia )9Research Projects○ OKUMURA Makoto

Future research issues in this project are to co-design and to co-produce next new transdisciplinary results with local residents as well as the governments.

●Achievements○Papers【Original Articles】

・Ohta T, Kotani A, Iijima Y, Maximov TC, Ito S, Hanamura M, Kononov AV. Maximov AP 2014,01 Effects ofwaterlogging on water and carbon dioxide fluxes and environmental variables in a Siberian larch
forest, 1998 - 2011.. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 188 :64-75.(reviewed).
・Kotani, A., Kononov, A., Ohta, T., and Maximov, T. 2013,11 Temporal variations in the linkage between
the net ecosystem exchange of water vapour and CO2 over boreal forests in eastern Siberia..
Ecohydrology . DOI:10.1002/eco.1449.(reviewed).
・ Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Kolesnikov, A.B., Gagarin, L.A. and Shepelev, V.V. 2013,09 Estimation ofresidence time of permafrost groundwater in the middle of the Lena River basin, eastern Siberia.
Environmental Research Letters 8 :035040. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035040.(reviewed).
・Hiyama, T., Ohta, T., Sugimoto, A., Yamazaki, T., Oshima, K., Yonenobu, H., Yamamoto, K., Kotani, A.,
Park, H., Kodama, Y., Hatta, S., Fedorov, A.N. and Maximov, T.C. 2013,07 Changes in eco-hydrologicalsystems under recent climate change in eastern Siberia. IAHS Publication 360 :155-160.(reviewed).
・Yamazaki, T., K. Kato, T. Ito, T. Nakai, K. Matsumoto, N. Miki, H. Park and T. Ohta, 2013,06 A Common
Stomatal Parameter Set to Simulate the Energy and Water Balance over Boreal and Temperate Forests..
Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan 91 :273-285. DOI:10.2151/jmsj.2013-303.(reviewed).
・Fedorov, A.N., Gavriliev, P.P., Konstantinov, P.Y., Hiyama, T., Iijima, Y. and Iwahana, G. 2013,04
Estimating the water balance of a thermokarst lake in the middle of the Lena River basin, eastern
Siberia. Ecohydrology . DOI:10.1002/eco.1378.(reviewed).

Research Projects○ Future Themes

RIHN( Tohoku University,Professor,Survey and analysis of the history and technologyof transportation in East Siberia )YOSHIDA Atsushi( Chiba University,Professor,Analysis in Relationship between Subsistence System
Patterns and Environmental Changes in West Siberia )NAKADA Atsushi( Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples,Chief Curator,Analysis in Relationshipbetween Subsistence System Patterns and Environmental Changes in Southern
Siberia )IKEDA Tohru( Hokkaido University,Professor,Animal resource use and environmental analysis in
Eastern Siberia )○ TATSUZAWA Shiro( Hokkaido University,Assistant Professor,Ecological study of wild/domestic
reindeer in Eastern Siberia )ISHI Atsushi( Tohoku University,Associated professor,Analysis of society and development in
Sakha Republic from the international viewpoint )SASAKI Shiro( National Museum of Ethnology,Professor,Analysis in Relationship between
Subsistence System Patterns and Environmental Changes in Yakutia )EHARA Sayuri( Sapporo Otani University,lecture,Environmental recognition of Sakha people inEastern Siberia )IGNAT’EVE Vanda B. ( Humanitarian Research Institute, Sakha Republic Science
Academy,Professor,Sociological survey and relational analysis of society anddevelopment in Sakha Republic. )SARDANA Boyakova( Humanitarian Research Institute, Sakha Republic Science
Academy,Professor,History of Infrastructure and Transportation System in East
Siberia )FUJIWARA Junko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Cultural anthropology
focusing to shamanism )YAMADA Hitoshi( Tohoku University,Associate professor,Mythology, folklore of Siberia )EBATA Fuyuki( Niigata University,Associate professor,Linguistics of Sakha Republic )NAGAYAMA Yukari( Hokkaido University,Assistant Professor,Environmental recognition of native
people in Eastern Siberia )10
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・Nakai T., Y. Kim, R. C. Busey, R. Suzuki, S. Nagai, H. Kobayashi, H. Park, K. Sugiura, A. Ito, 2013
Characteristics of evapotranspiration from a permafrost black spruce forest in interior Alaska..
Polar science 7 :136-148.(reviewed).
・Park H., J. Walsh, A. N. Fedorov, A. B. Sherstiukov, Y. Iijima, and T. Ohata, 2013 The influence ofclimate and hydrological variables on opposite anomaly in active-layer thickness between Eurasianand North American watersheds. Cryosphere 7(2) :631-645. DOI:10.5194/tc-7-631-2013.(reviewed).
・Walsh J., H. Park, W. L. Chapman, and T. Ohata, 2013 Relationships between variations of the landocean-atmosphere system of northeastern Asia and northwestern North America.. polar science 7 :188-203. DOI:10.1016/j.polar.2013.05.002..(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Saito, A., Kotani, A., Ohta, T., Iijima, Y., Primary factors in interannual variation of latent heat
fluxes from overstory and understory in Siberian larch forest. The 125th Japan Forestry Society,2014,03,26-2014,03,30, 大宮.
・Maksyutov S.S., V. Sedykh, I. Kleptsova, A. Frolov, A. Silaev, E. Kuzmenko, S. Farber, N. Kuzmik,
V.A. Sokolov, A. Fedorov, S. Nikolaeva Mapping forest succesion types in Siberia with Landsat data.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2013,12,09-2013,12,13, San Francisco, U.S.A..
・Park H. and H. Yabuki, Warming-induced changes of the hydrologic system in the terrestrial Arctic..
AGU2013, 2013,12,11, San Francisco, USA.
・Saito, A., Kotani, A., Ohta, T., Maximov, T.C., Kononov, A.V., Changes in latent heat fluxes fromoverstory and understory vegetation with appearance of dead trees in eastern Siberian larch forest.
Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn meeting, 2013,11,19-2013,11,21, Sendai city.
・Okumura Makoto Adaptation Strategies for Risk and Uncertainty: The Role of an Interdisciplinary
Approach including Natural and Human Sciences. RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies,
Edge Environments: Ecosystems and Livelihoods in the Balance”, 2013,10,24-2013,10,24, Kyoto,Japan.
・Fujiwara, J. Flood risk and migration in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).. RIHN 8th International
Symposium “Risk Societies, Edge Environments: ecosystems and Livelihoods in the Balance,
2013,10,23-2013,10,25, Kyoto, Japan.
・Tetsuya Hiyama, Toru Sakai, Shamil Maksyutov, Heonsook Kim, Takahiro Sasai, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Atsuko
Sugimoto, Shunsuke Tei, Takeshi Ohta, Ayumi Kotani, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro
Oshima, Hotaek Park, Trofim C. Maximov, Alexander N. Fedorov Global warming and changes in Siberianterrestrial environments. 2nd International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature
Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an
Emphasis on Water Environments", 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Lecture Hall, National Academy of Republicof Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk, Russia.
・Maksyutov, S. and Sedykh, V. Forest mapping using Landsat data in Lar’yegan basin. 2nd International
Conference on “Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11,
Yakutsk, Russia.
・Sakai, T. The impact of flood over the Lena river. 2nd International Conference on Global Warming andthe Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Yamaguchi, Y., Chen, X., and Yamamoto, K. Comparison of vegetation changes in Siberia detected by
SPOT-vgt and MODIS data. 2nd International Conference on Global Warming and Human-Nature Dimensionin Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Yoshida, R., M. Sawada, T. Yamazaki, T. Ohta and T. Hiyama, Estimation of regional water cyclechanges by various land-cover-change scenarios in eastern Siberia. 2nd International Conference on
Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Nagayama, Y. Indigenous Weather Knowledge in Kamchatka.. 2nd International Conference on “Global
Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Yoshida A. Reindeer herding and Environmental Change in the Kobyai and Olenek districts. 2nd
International Conference“Global Warming and the Human Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.

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・Oishi Yuka Reindeer Herding of Northern Khanty and Forest Nenets in the Post- soviet Era.. 2nd
International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.

・ Makoto Okumura Vulnerability of Infrastructure based on Physical Characteristics of Ice. 2nd
International Conference "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Kagatsume, M. Effect of global warming on the Reindeer Nomads ecosystems and their adjustments after
restructuring of government system – the approach by the system dynamics model.. 2nd International
Conference on Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11,
Yakutsk, Russia.
・Tachibana, Y., K. Oshima and T. Hiyama Climatological features of atmospheric and terrestrial water
cycles in the great three Siberian.. 2nd International Conference , 2013,10,08-2013,10,11,
Yakutsk､Russia.
・Ayumi Kotani, Takeshi Ohta, Alexander Kononov, Trofim Maximov Net ecosystem water use efficiency over
two larch forests at eastern Siberia.. 2nd International Conference on "Global Warming and the
Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk,Russia.
・Park H. and A. N. Fedorov, Simulating the contribution of snow conditions to permafrost climate.. 2nd
International Conference on Global Warming and the Human- Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・ Ayumi Kotani Hydrological studies of a larch forest at northeastern Siberia. Russian-Japanese
Symposium on Global Climate Change, 2013,09,05, Krasnoyarsk, Russia..
・Ayumi Kotani, Miharu Hayashi, Takeshi Ohta, Trofim C Maximov Forest Evapotranspiration and CO2 Flux
over Larch Forests with Different Canopy Structure at Eastern Siberia.. 11th Asiaflux international
workshop, 2013,08,22, Seoul, Korea.
・Hiyama, T., T. Ohta, A. Sugimoto, T. Yamazaki, K. Oshima, H. Yonenobu, K. Yamamoto, A. Kotani, H.
Park, Y. Kodama, S. Hatta, A.N. Fedorov, T.C. Maximov Changes in eco-hydrological systems underrecent climate change in eastern Siberia. IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Joint Assembly "Knowledge for the
Future", Session H02 "Cold and mountain region hydrological systems under climate change: towards
improved projections", 2013,07,22-2013,07,26, Gothenburg, Sweden.
・Tetsuya Hiyama, Shamil Maksyutov, Heonsook Kim, Takahiro Sasai, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Atsuko Sugimoto,
Hitoshi Yonenobu, Takeshi Ohta, Ayumi Kotani, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Oshima,
Hotaek Park Global warming and changes in Siberian terrestrial environments. 日本地球惑星科学連合
2013 年大会, 2013,05,19-2013,05,24, 千葉市（幕張メッセ）.
・ Kazuhiro Oshima, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Tetsuya Hiyama Climatological features of atmospheric andterrestrial water cycles in the three great Siberian rivers. 日 本 地 球 惑 星 科 学 連 合 2013 年 大 会 ,2013,05,19-2013,05,24, 千葉市（幕張メッセ）.
・Chen, X. and Yamaguchi, Y. Discrimination between climate and human-induced change of tundra in
Siberia. International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS) 2013, 2013,05,15-2013,05,17, Narashino,
Chiba.
・Sakai, T., Hiyama, T., and Yamaguchi, Y. Satellite observation of ice-jam flood of Lena River inSiberia. International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS) 2013, 2013,05,15-2013,05,17,
Narashino,Chiba.
・Oshima, K., Y. Tachibana and T. Hiyama Climatological features of atmospheric and terrestrial water
cycles in the three great Siberian rivers.. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013, May 2013, Makuhari,
Chiba. (in Japanese)

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・Ebata, Fuyuki The nature words in Sakha, compared with other Turkic languages.. 2nd International
conference on Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11,
Yakutsk, Russia.

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・ Yamazaki, T. Long-term simulation of soil condition and energy flux in eastern Siberian taiga
forests. 2nd International Conference on Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia,
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・ Kleptsova ､ I.,Maksyutov,S.,and Glagolev,M., Wetland classification based on Landsat and its
application for methane emission inventory of West Siberian taiga zone. EGU General Assembly 2013,2013,04,07-2013,04,12, Vienna,Austria.
【Poster Presentation】

・Oshima，K., Y. Tachibana and T. Hiyama, Climatological features of atmospheric and terrestrial water
cycles in the three great Siberianrivers based on six atmospheric reanalyses and observed riverdischarges.. AGU Fall meeting 2013, 2013,12,12, San Francisco,USA.
・Ayumi Kotani, Takeshi Ohta, Trofim C Maximov Flux-based water use efficiency over two larch forests
with different soil and canopy structure at eastern Siberia.. American Geophysical Union fallmeeting 2013, 2013,12,10, San Francisco, USA.
・Ignatyeva, V. Рroblems of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples of Yakutia in the Context of
Climate Change and the Social and Natural Environment.. The All-Russian Scientific Conference on
Readings the memory of academician K.Simakov, 2013,11,26-2013,11,28, Magadan.
・Ohta T, Kotani A, Iijima Y, Maximov TC, Ito S, Miho Hanamura M, Kononov AV, Maximov AP. Impacts ofwater and carbon dioxide fluxes on waterlogging in an eastern Siberia larch forest during 1998 2011.. 2nd International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Seberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Boyakova S., Vinokurova L. Climate change consequences in Yakutia: social and economic challenges forrural communities.. 2nd International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimensionin Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Boyakova S. Assesment of the impact of climate change on transport infrastructure Yakutia.. 2nd
International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Ignatyeva, V. The Evolution of Climate and Economy: the Prezentation, Opinions and Estimates of Horse
Breeders of Yakutia.. 2nd International Сonference on «Global Warming and the Human-Nature
Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・Nakada, A. Reindeer herders and environmental change in the Oimyakon District, Sakha Republic.. 2nd
International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia,
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Yakutsk, Russia.
・ Boyakova S., Maximova T. Folk meteorology of Yakuts: history and modernity.. 2nd International
Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia, 2013,10,08-2013,10,11,
Yakutsk, Russia.
・ Hanamura, M., Ohta, T., Kotani, A., Ito S., Maximov, T.C.,Kononov, A, Maximov, A. Variability
analysis of evapotransipiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest over 12- year (1998-2011). The
123th Japan Forestry Society, 2012,03,26-9999,03,29, Utsunomiya. (in Japanese)・Hayashi, M, Kotani, A., Ohta, T. Comparison of CO2 flux between two sites in eastern Siberian boreal
forest. The 123th Japan Forestry Society, 2012,03,26-9999,03,29, Utsunomiya. (in Japanese)・ Ignatyeva, V. Ethnic and demographic development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Regionalfeatures. Solovetsky Forum 2011, 2011,06,01-9999,06,04, Arkhangelsk, Russia.

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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
The objectives of this project are to develop measures that will promote improvement in the future
potential of megacities in developing countries of tropical regions, which have grown to enormous
proportions, and at the same time promote improvement in the local environment of residents of thosecities while solving global environmental problems, and to make recommendations to society.
In 2008, for the first time in history, the world’s urban population accounted for more than half of
the world’s total population, and this growth is continuing. Consequently, it is predicted that the
impact of cities on the global environment will increase more and more. On the other hand, cities offer
their residents a unique physical and mental richness and should be viewed as places for considering
global environmental issues, conceiving solutions, and developing methods that will realize these.
While it is certain that discussion of urban and global environmental problems in recent years has
steadily deepened, a number of fundamental problems regarding this discussion exist. Forexample, 1)
discussion of environmental problems from the outset generally failsto indicate the extent of the
impact cities have on the global environment; and 2) the characters of the world’s cities tend to be
regarded in a uniform way without giving due consideration to their diversity in terms of regional
differences and stage of economic development. 3) As a result, impact mitigation measures for the
global environment tend to focus on uniform technical approaches worldwide, such as the development of
low-carbon cities. 4)Moreover, there is a tendency to separate discussion on measures to address global
environmental problems and their relationship with the benefits of residents in cities and other areas
in terms of poverty, economics, amenities,and non-urbanization, for example.
At RIHN, prior tothis research project there had been no previous projects on the study of cities
themselves. Therefore, in April 2010 we launched this project targeting megacities with populations of
10 million or more and conspicuous population growth in recent years. As the actual place for
conducting field work, we chose the metropolitan area of Jakarta because of the similarity of its
ecosystems with those in certain parts of Japan, its solid economic growth, and as a place where it iseasy to conduct joint research.
b) Research methods and organization
・ Research organization
To conduct research on problems described in the background of the project, we formed six researchgroups: 1) the Megacity History Group to research the diversity of cities in a global time-spacecontext, 2) the Urban Economy Group, Urban Environment Group and Jakarta City History Group to research
the economics, environment and history of the greater Jakarta area, 3) the Urban Policy Group to study
ways of reflecting the research results in urban policies, and 4) the Supervisory Group to manage theoverall project activities.
・

Research methods and goals

1)
Based on methods of urban history and socialscience, the Megacity History Group has been
conducting research to (1) redefine what a city and what a megacity are, (2) work out ways of

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evaluating these, (3)classify megacities, and (4) review the relationship of existing cities with theglobal environment.
2)
Based on urban environmental studies, the Urban Environment Group undertook investigative
research of (1) the natural environment(biodiversity, heat environment, flood risk) of greater Jakarta
and (2) thebuilt environment (construction materials, energy consumption, level of satisfaction witheveryday life), while the Urban Economy Group (3)researched the history of development of the steel
industry and its relationship with environmental policy from a social science perspective, and the
Jakarta City History Group (4)adopted historical methods to research changes in the city of Jakarta
over the past 400 years in terms of land use, population, flood countermeasure and otheraspects asobjectives of each group.
3)
Based on methods of urban planning, the Urban Policy Group consolidated results from the abovegroups to (1) formulate a scenario up until the year 2050 of the city of greater Jakarta as a whole,and to (2) present a number of dwelling models.
4)
The Supervisory Group was assigned the tasks of (1) coordinating and managing the research of
the above five groups, and (2) nurturing new research seeds that will be needed in the future.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
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

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

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

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
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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Asawa, Takashi( Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Instituteof Technology,Associate Professor )( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,docotoral course )( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo )Ayukawa, Kei
Bao, Muping
Bi-Matsui, Taotao
Christodoulou, Aris ( EPFL(Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne), Management of Network
Industries )Chen, Laixing( Graduate School of Economics, University of Hyogo,Professor )Evawani, Elisa( Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia )○ Fukami, Naoko( Organization for Isalmic Area Studies, Waseda University,SeniorResearcher(Professor) )Fujii, Toyonobu( University of Aberdeen )Guseva, Anna
( NIITAG )Harashina, Koji
( Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University,Associate Professor )○ Hayashi, Kengo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Hayashi, Reiko( Dept of International Reserach and Cooperation, National Institute ofPopulation and Social Security Research,Director )Hirosue, Masashi( Faculty of Letters, Rikkyo University,Professor )Ichinose, Tomohiro ( Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University )Ikejiri, Takashi( Kinki University )Ishikawa, Satoshi( Department of fisheries, Tokai University )Itakawa, Satoru( Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University )Ito, Kaori( Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo Universityof Science )Iwai, Shigeki( Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University,Professor )Iwafune, Yumiko( Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )Izumikawa, Hiroshi ( Hiroshima Jogakuin University )○ Kagotani, Naoto( Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University,Professor )○ Kato, Hironori( School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo,Associate Professor )Kato, Tsuyoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Visiting Professor )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( Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, The University of Tokyo,Secretary
General and Project Researcher )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 )17Research Projects

Uemura, Yasuo
Washida, Yuichi

Yagita, Yoshie
Yamada, Kyota
Yamasaki, Seiko
Yamashita, Tsuguta○ Yamashita, Yuko
Yoshida, Koushi
Yoshida, Mari
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 willassess urban efficiency by making comparisons of cities with varying population sizes. In doing so, we
hope to be able 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

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Widodo, Johaness( Kyoto University )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )( School of Cultural & Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University,Professor )( K.K.Sadao,President )( Research Institute for Humanities and Nature )( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )( Faculty of Letters, Hiroshima University,Professor Emeritus )( Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,Associate
Professor )( 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
Professor )( Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College )RIHN○ Tanigawa, Ryuichi
Taniguchi, Makoto
Torigoe, Keiko
Tsuchiya, Sadao
Uchiyama, Yuta
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(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(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】

・S.MURAMATSU & A Hundred People Hundred Landscapes in Kyoto, Okazaki Project, 2013,04 A Hundred
People , Hundred Landscapes in Kyoto, Okazaki. Kyoto Tsushinsha Press, 96pp.
・YAMADA, Kyota 2013 Viewing Sri Lanak from Ghaus Moidheen Mawata, Sri Lanka -Intermingle and Dynamismof Nationalism, Development and Daily Lives. , 54pp.
【Chapters/Sections】

・S. KURIHARA, 2013,04 Chapter 4 Space and Behavior”, “Chapter 6 Living and Culture” ,. ResearchCommittee of Teaching Material of Architectural Planning (eds.) Studying Architectural Planning (arevised edition). Rikoh Tosho. pp.21-26+p.251, pp.35-40 +pp.251-252 (In Japanese)
・YAMADA, Kyota 2013 Dynamisms in the Hub City of Colombo and the Urban Networks around the Bay of
Bengal from the Viewpoint of Daily Activities: The Locations of Religious Architecture from the 17th
Century. The report for the Conference on the Cities of whole Earth and History. vol. 8.9.10. , pp.
44-65.
○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・OKABE, A., UI, etc. (ed.) 2014,03 Sensible High DenCity: Megacity Design Studio Indonesia-Japan
2013. ,. , 47pp.
・YAMADA, K., FUKAMI, N., etc. (ed.) 2013,04 The report for the Conference on the Cities of whole Earthand History. vol. 8.9.10. ,19
Research Projects○Papers【Original Articles】

・Koshi Yoshida, Issaku Azechi, Ryunosuke Hariya, Kenji Tanaka 2013,05 Development of River Discharge
and Nitrogen Estimation Model in Citarum River Basin,. Proceedings of ISRS2013 （ International
Symposium of Remote Sencing), Session D2 :1-4.

・HAYASHI, Reiko 2013,04 "Migration and mobility - A comparative perspective of Russia and Japan" . XIV
April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development .
・ Liyantono, Tasuku Kato, Hisao Kuroda and Koshi Yoshida 2013 GIS analysis of conjunctive water
resource use in Nganjuk district. east Java, Indonesia, Paddy and Water Environment 11 :193-205.
・Koshi Yoshida ,Issaku Azechi,Ryunosuke Hariya,Kenji Tanaka,Keigo Noda,Kazuo Oki,Chiharu Hongo,Koki
Honma,Masayasu Maki and Hiroaki Shirakawa: 2013 Future Water Use in Asia Monsoon Region: A Case
Study in Indonesia ,. Journal of Developments in Sustainable, Agriculture 8 :25-31.
・Koshi Yoshida ,Issaku Azechi and Hisao Kuroda: 2013 Application of two layer heat balance model for
calculation of paddy thermal condition. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1(Hydraulic Engineering) 69(4) :139-144.
【Review Articles】

・UEMURA,Y 2013,04 Expansion of the Activities of Japanese Shipping Companies to the Netherlands-India
in Prewar Period. Hiroshima Journal of Oriental Researches (17).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ SHIMADA, R “Batavia: A Centre for Indonesian, Asian and Global Trade, 1619-1850”. FirstInternational Workshop: East-West Connections, Exchanges and Encounters, 16th-19th Centuries,
2013,11,11, University of Macau, Macau.
・Shimada,R “Batavia as World Trade Centre?: A Key Trading Port in Indonesian, Asian and Global
Perspectives, 1619-1799”. International Conference: Maritime East Asia in the 16th-18th Centuries:
Sources, Archives, Researches: Present Results and Future Perspectives, 2013,10,02, “Orientale”
University of Naples, Italy.
・Matsuda, Hiroko Floods and Urban Kampungs in Batavia, 1853-1940, International Workshop. "Jakarta's
Past: Space, Ethnicity and Urban Development", 2013,04,03, Kyoto University.
・Mimura.Y, and Hayashi, K Population density of KAMPUNG in the suburbs of Jakarta around 1930..
Jakarta's Past: Space, Ethnicity and Urban Development, 2013,04,03, kyoto University.

Research Projects

・Mori, K. 2013,05 Concept of City Sustainability Index (CSI): How should we evaluate city prosperity?
The World Secretariat of City Prosperity Index (CPI): Expert Group Meeting. Accepted Papers (in CDROM). 1-9(A4). .

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・Shima N. and Ito,K. 2013,11 "A Study on Planning Rules Embedded in Informal Settlements: A Case of
Urban Kampung, Chikin-Ampiun, Jakarta". Asian Plannning schools Association Congress 2013 .

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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, Bayesian ANthro-Socioeconomic-Hydrological systems Evaluation Emulator (BANSHEE)， Water
Consilience○ Research Subject and Objectives
As a background of this project, the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) was
proposed in the 1990s under worldwide growing environmental awareness and has been recognized as afundamental principle for comprehensively performing water resources management,in which various
sectors and many stakeholders are involved. However,challenges related to the implementation of IWRM in
local communities and effective assessment of the influence of human activities on the water
environment still remain. IWRM has focused on integrating sectors/organizations that govern various
resources, such as surface water and groundwater; however,there appears to be a lack of systematic
flexibility for the function of infrastructure on the demand side because a variety of requests on theusers’side, and their historical and cultural backgrounds have not been considered.In addition, local
water resources have been under joint management by water users, but there has been a switch to topdown management by public organizations with their increasing involvement, which follows modernizationand expansion of irrigation systems. Moreover, qualitative changes are occurring within the structureof society, such as hastening of private assignment of water management. Therefore, new frameworks/
guidelines have been requested in the field of local-to-regional water resources management.
Furthermore, the target of IWRM is to move from “quantity” to “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 become a social implementation, and to develop the knowledge structure andfaculty to implement this management by the concerned parties in these regions. In particular, C-09Init considers a management structure that reflects the relationship among various water users. Basedon such specific content and the necessary conditions for establishing the management structure, theaim of the project is to suggest desirable local water resources management guidelines through cocreation of “Wisdom of Land and Water Management” as a result of co-operation between science andsociety. The tools to implement the techniques for a more proactive discussion and specific goals will
also be developed. Furthermore, C-09-Init will assess the influence of local water resources managementon global water resources dynamics through a local water budget and virtual water trade. Based on suchresearch results, information grounded in scientific evidence for a future study will be presented tovarious stakeholders from policymakers to water end-users in local level.
Based on the above background and goals,C-09-Init will present implementable solutions to the following
problems of various stakeholders: a. changes in water resources dynamics due to changes in local water
usage; b. environmental problems of agricultural land (soil salinization and ecosystem changes); c.
development of new water resources due to increase in water demand; and d. water resources management
to maximize and guarantee ecological services in targeted environments. In addition, water resources
governance will be co-created through scientific and societal practices to achieve these goals. The
following results will be returned to the local communities, and they will be instrumental in working
toward a solution for the environmental problems: a. efficacy evaluation for local water resourcesmanagement; b. assessment of the relationship between local water resources management and water usage/
environment; c. necessary conditions for local desirable water resources management; d. contents and21
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rules of wisdom that support local desirable water resources management; e. assessment of the influenceof local water resources management on global water resources dynamics.

○ Progress and Results in 2013

Individual results of survey and research(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 Bali andSouth Sulawesi, which began in 2011, and clarified water use and balance in rice cultivation during thedry season. These studies showed that water users cultivated paddy during the dry season and respective
geographical conditions while empirically utilizing the limited water resources. In Bali, we
implemented a fact-finding survey on water governing structures whose basis is Subak and clarified thatmanaging communities regarded as autonomous had altered into co-operative associations organized underpublic policies, and public-financing systems prompted such dynamics. In addition, we traced a changethat functions of Subak seemed to contribute to suppressing soil erosions. We have structured systems
in South Sulawesi to execute“co-creation by science and society” supported by various stakeholders,
including farmers,local municipalities, and an NGO.
(2) Outcomes of Stakeholders meeting in Indonesia
Stakeholders meetings were held in Bali and South Sulawesi. Over 50 leaders of Subak in the Saba River
watershed in the north of Bali Island and related government officials from various sections attended
the meeting. Most participants stated problems that had recently arisen between Subak members andoutsiders, such as illegally dumped waste associated with water pollution and illegal construction on
irrigation canals. Because Subak consists of farmers, it was difficult to solve these problems beyond
the governance of Subak. Participants realized the necessity for communication beyond the Subakgovernance; hence, we are now preparing comprehensive meetings on watershed management involving otherstakeholders outside Subak. In addition, we have started an investigation on land use changes in thearea, focusing on farmers’ behavior and decision-making processes as background of the problems.
The lack of proper communication among water managers (gate operators on irrigation canals), which areemployed by both the government and water users associations, was clearly identified in thestakeholders meeting in Sulawesi, in which almost 100 leaders of farmers, water managers, andgovernment supervisors participated. After this meeting, we supported the autonomous discussion amongwater managers. All meetings, including the small ones, were recorded to trace changes in awareness andbehavior and to describe our actions to stakeholders.
(3) Integrated understanding of the impacts of institutions,technologies and outlook on natural
resources of water users related to water resources management (Turkey):
After decentralization in the 1990s, Turkey has governance problems such as an information division andunclear attribution of responsibility. In particular, excessive use of water and fertilizers has caused
increased soil salinity in the government-initiated irrigation project in the Harran Plain. To date, wehave continued to observe water quality including salinity, hydrology, and land use changes. We foundthat increasing numbers of farmers are growing citrus in the Seyhan Basin, since its price goes up,

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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, cases in Indonesia and Turkey provided a geographical andhydrological contrast between humid and semi-arid to arid regions, respectively, under the growing
demand for water resources associated with rapid economic growth, while the Japanese case wasconsidered a steady or decreasing demand for water resources. According to the comments provided by the
Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) last year, we decided to focus 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 differencesin history and culture provide for a comparative study in terms of water management structure. We held
stakeholders meetings in both areas to re-identify problems and seek new ways of establishing proper
water resources management and solving associated problems. Throughout these activities, we analyzed
changes in stakeholders’ behavior and decision-making processes to evaluate the methodology for atransdisciplinary study.

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which requires more water, and that government subsidies are changing crop patterns in the Harran
Plain. We have conducted a questionnaire survey about the willingness to pay and farmers’ behavior andtheir recognition of water use. The results revealed that most farmers are dissatisfied with the newwater law and government policies. This law prevents farmers from communicating and building mutual
trust with public sectors. Thus, in March, 2014, we held stakeholders meetings in both Adana and Harran
to promote mutual understanding and trust among various stakeholders and to stimulate them toproactively co-operate for better water management.
(4) Examination of water resources management by clarifying water users’ recognition of allocation andunderstanding water quality characteristics(the Echi River):We conducted hydrological observations in command areas of the Eigenji Dam and clarified local
differences in water use in each community as a result of spatial analysis of irrigation
systems(including GIS), measurement of water levels in paddy plots, and analysis of irrigation anddrainage water quality (including groundwater). Moreover, by comparison of water use between FR2(ordinary rainfall) and FR3 (less rainfall), a hearing survey showed that urgent responses to water
shortage are different in each community and organization.
(5) Historical elucidation of local water resources management based on reconstructions of stream flow
and evaluation of irrigation improvement projects (Egypt):
We developed a historical approach based on local irrigation management from ancient to modern basin
irrigation. We developed a flood model and executed trial calculations to replicate stream flow, water
depths, and periods of flood inundation in the Nile delta area. We clarified the impacts of developmenton irrigation improvement projects conducted over the last 40 years through material analysis, which
treated such impacts as a multi-layered mechanism of institutionalization. We simultaneously prepared
an observation system to estimate the relationship of this mechanism to actual water resources
allocation and agricultural production in the region.
(6) Development of tools for sharing information among stakeholders
We conducted an uncertainty assessment and parameter sensitivity analysis on the global water resources
prediction. We have also been developing a GIS system (tentatively called “Atlas of water
resources”), which includes land use change analyzed by satellite data, various statistics, and areas
devastated by past flood and drought. Both the hydrological model and the GIS system are being utilized
in workshops as tools to share information about water resources management among various stakeholders.

○Project Members◎ KUBOTA Jumpei◎ RAMPISELA, Dorotea
Agnes
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
SEKINO Nobuyuki
HASHIMOTO WATANABE
Satoko
HAMASAKI Hironori
KATO Hisaaki
KOYAMA Masami<Indonesia>○ MIZUTANI Masakazu
OUE Hiroki
OGUNI Kazuko○ KAGAMI Haruya
SATO Yoshinobu
NAKAGIRI Takao
HIRAYAMA Naoko
MARUDDIN, Ratna( 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/Professor )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,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 )( Utsunomiya University,Professor Emeritus )( Ehime University,Professor )( Nihon Fukushi University,Associate Professor )( Kanazawa University,Professor )( Ehime University,Associate Professor )( Osaka Prefecture University,Associate Professor )( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )( NGO "Lembaga Pelangi", Indonesia,Staff )23
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Research Projects<Turkey>○ NAGANO Takanori( Kobe University,Associate Professor )KOTERA Akihiko( Kobe University,Researcher )○ TAMURA Ulara( Kyoto University,JSPS PD Research Fellow )○ NAITO Masanori( Doshisya University,Professor )YAMANLAR MIZUNO( Ryukoku University,Professor )MinakoONO Yumiko( Kobe University,Graduate Student )MIYAJIMA Takashi( Kobe University,Graduate Student )YAMAMURA Yuta
( Kobe University,Graduate Student )○ 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 )RIHN

BUDIASA, I Wayan( Udayana University, Indonesia,Lecturer )PITANA, I. Gde( Udayana University, Indonesia,Professor )BAJA, Sumbangan( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )GISNO, Ogalelano( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Postgraduate Student )YaqienIDRUS, Ilmi
( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )MUSA, Yunus( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )MUSTAFA, Muslimin( Hasanuddin University, Indonesia,Professor )ARIF, Chnsnul( 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 )LABAN, Sartika( Ehime University,Doctoral Student )LIMIN, Sanz Grifrio ( Ehime University,Doctoral Student )24
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<Echigawa>○ AKIYAMA Michio
ONO Nana
KASHIO Tamaki
SHIBATA Yuki
TANAKA Takuya○ NAKAMURA Kimihito
MINAGAWA Akiko
YACHI Shigeo( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Professor )( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )( Lake Biwa Museum,Researcher )( Toho University,Lecturer )( Kyoto University,Assistant )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )( The University of Shiga Prefecture,Assistant Professor )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor )<Egypt>○ TAKARA Kaoru( Kyoto University,Professor )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,Representative )HAMAGUCHI Toshio( Kyoto University,Assistant Professor )LUO Pingping( Kyoto University,Guest Research Associate (JSPS postdoctoral fellowship) )○ WATANABE Tsugihiro ( Kyoto University,Professor )BAKRY, Mohamed Fawzy( National Water Research Center, Egypt,Professor and Vice President )EL KHOLY, Rasha( National Water Research Center, Egypt,Associate Professor )○ ABOU EL FOTOUH,( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Nahla Zaki
Egypt,Professor and Institute Director )○ ABOU EL HASSAN,( The Water Management Research Institute, National Water Research Center,
Waleed H.
Egypt,Associate Professor )EL GAMAL, Talat( 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 )<Global Model>
IMAGAWA Chie
OKI Taikan
HANASAKI Naota
GROENFELDT, DavidJohn( Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management Inc.,Senior Risk Analyst )( The University of Tokyo,Professor )( National Institute for Environmental Studies,Senior Researcher )( Water-Culture Institute, USA,Director )○ Future Themes
Overall plan
In FR4, we will transfer the knowledge and methods related to land–water management, which are clearlyspecified by co-creating“Wisdom of Land and Water Management” into cross-sectional practice overscience and society. We will propose and implement local water resources governance as a social 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’ actions and behaviors on land and water management
and the 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 centering on theanalysis of Subaks in Bali. In addition, we will practice“co-creation of science and society” in25Research Projects

South Sulawesi, which has established well-organized systems, and develop the local water governancethat we experimentally produced in FR2 in cooperation with stakeholders.

(4) Integration: We focused on people’s behaviors and decision-making process on land and water
management to integrate the outcomes from each study site. We will analyze these people’s actions andwill try to model these processes. In addition, we will evaluate our methodologies for co-creating“Wisdom of Land and Water Management” as a result of co-operation between science and society. Basedon the research results, data grounded in scientific evidence for the study of futurability will bepresented to various stakeholders from policy makers to local end water users.

●Achievements○Papers【Original Articles】

・Setiawan, B.I., Imansyah, A., Arif, C., et al. 2013,12 Effects of Groundwater Level on CH4 and N2O
Emissions under SRI Paddy Management in Indonesia. Journal of Taiwan Water Conservancy 61(4) :135-146.(reviewed).
・Nagano, T. and Kotera, A. 2013,10 Recent Trend of Drought Cociliation and Agricultural Water Use inJapan. Proceeding of 1st World Irrigaton Forum and 64th IEC Meeting of ICID .
・Cetin, M., Flugel, W.A., Ibrikci, H., Nagano, T., Tilkici, B., et al. 2013,10 Sustainability ofAgricultural Water Management: A Case Study in Southern Turkey. Proceedings of 1st Worls Irrigation
Forum and 64th IEC Meeting of ICID .
・Ibrikci, H., Cetin, M., et al. 2013,10 Integrated Water and Nitrogen Management in a Large Scale
Irrigated Area in Southern Turkey. Proceeding of 1st Irrigation Forum and 64th IEC Meeting of ICID .
・Nagano, T., Cetin, M., Tilkici, B., et al. 2013,04 The Use of Isotope Techniques for Diagnosis of
Agricultural Drainage: A Case Study in Akarsu Irrigation District, Turkey. Proceeding of Aqua con
Soil 2013 .
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Setiawan, B.I., Imansyah, A., Arif, C., Watanabe, T., Mizoguchi, M. and Kato, H. Paddy Growth and GHG
Emission in SRI Paddy Fields Subjected to Lowering Groundwater Level. The 12th Conference ofInternational Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering (PAWEES 2013): Agricultural Water
and Rural Environment for the future, 2013,10,30-2013,11,01, Cheongju, South Korea.
・ Arif C, Mizoguchi, M., Setiawan, B.I. and Watanabe. T. Determining Optimal Soil Moisture for
Irrigated Rice in Indonesia with System of Rice Intensification. The 12th Conference ofInternational Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering (PAWEES 2013): Agricultural Water
and Rural Environment for the future, 2013,10,30-2013,11,01, Cheongju, South Korea.

Research Projects(3)Japan (Echi River Basin): Based on the findings obtained up to FR3 and questionnaires that will be
conducted, we will extract some communities and tertiary blocks that have problems related to water use
as well as those that can manage water well as reference areas to clarify water utilization
characteristics and the knowledge of land and water management. These surveys will enable us to
identify the relationships between water management modes and the hydrological environment, as well as
the factors for establishing proper water management.

RIHN(2)Turkey: We aim at solution-oriented research activities through co-design and co-production withsocietal stakeholders. In particular, we will focus on how we can transfer knowledge from governmental
agencies and scientists toward farmers in a more practical, effective way. In the academic sense, we
aim to integrate the hydrology and land cover results from the targeted basins and the outcomes ofsocioeconomic analysis based on questionnaire surveys of stakeholders. In a social perspective, we willconsider what role WUAs should play by reviewing legal materials related to land and water management.

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・Setiawan, B.I., Imansyah, A. and Watanabe, T. Characteristics of CH4 and N2O Emission under Various
Water Levels in Paddy Fields. The First World Irrigation Forum and 64th International Executive
Council Meeting of ICID, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin, Turkey.
・Ibrikci, H., Cetin, M., et al. Integrated Water and Nitrogen Management in a Large Scale IrrigatedArea in Southern Turkey. The First World Irrigation Forum and 64th International Executive Council
Meeting of ICID, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin, Turkey.
・Nagano, T. and Kotera, A. Recent trend of drought conciliation and agricultural water use in Japan.
The First World Irrigation Forum and 64th IEC Meeting of ICID, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin,
Turkey.
・Hashimoto, W.S., Nakamura, K. and Watanabe, T. Relationship between water quality characteristics andwater use in the area agricultural water is repeatedly used. The annual convention of the JapaneseSociety of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering in 2013, 2013,09,04, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (inJapanese).
・Nagano, T., Cetin, M., Tilkici, B., Kume, T., Watanabe, T., Berberoglu, S., Kapur. S. and Akca, E.
The Use of Isotope Techniques for Diagnosis of Agricultural Drainage: A Case Study in Akarsu
Irrigation District, Turkey. Aqua con Soil 2013-The 12th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on
Groundwater-Soil-Systems and Water Resource Management, 2013,04,16-2013,04,19, Barcelona, Spain.
・ Ibrikci, H., Cetin, M., et al. Fertilizers Impacts on Nitrogen Budget under Irrigation in
Mediterranean Region of Turkey. The 13th International Symposium on Soil and Plant Analysis, 2013,
April 2013, Queenstown, New Zealand.
【Poster Presentation】

・ Nakagiri, T., Hashimoto, W.S., Kato, H., Sutoyo, Oue, H., Rampisela, D.A., Setiawan, B.I. and
Mizutani, M. Basic diagnose of the present situation of surface water quality environment in Kampili
Irrigation Area. Indonesia Sulawesi Stakeholders Meeting, 2014,01,08-2014,01,09, Makassar,
Indonesia.
・ Nakagiri, T., Hashimoto, W.S., Kato, H., Sutoyo, Oue, H., Rampisela, D.A., Setiawan, B.I. and
Mizutani, M. Basic diagnose of the present situation of ground water quality environment around
Renggang in Kampili area. Indonesia Sulawesi Stakeholders Meeting, 2014,01,08-2014,01,09, Makassar,
Indonesia.
・ Hashimoto, W.S., Nakamura, K., Hamasaki, H., Imagawa, C., Kato, H. and Watanabe, T. The
Characteristics of Water Quality in Agricultural Area Reusing Drainage Water. The 1st World
Irrigation Forum, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin, Turkey.
・Cetin, M., Flügel, W.A., Ibrikci, H., Nagano, T., Tilkici, B., et al. Sustainability of Agricultural
Water Management: A Case Study in Southern Turkey. The First World Irrigation Forum and 64th
International Executive Council Meeting, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin, Turkey.
・ Saptomo, S.K., Setiawan, B.I., Budiasa, I.W., Sutoyo, Liyantono, Arif, C., et. al. Jaringan
Pemantauan Iklim dan Lahan secara Online di DAS Saba. Indonesia Saba Watershed Stakeholders'
Conference, 2013,09,08-2013,09,09, Bali, Indonesia.
・Sutoyo Pergeseran Musim Hujan di DAS Saba Tahun 1989-2012. Indonesia Saba Watershed Stakeholders'
Conference, 2013,09,08-2013,09,09, Bali, Indonesia.
・Arif, C., Setiawan, B.I., Saptomo, S.K., Sutoyo, Liyantono, Budiasa, I.W., et al. Analisis Kebutuhan
Air Tanaman di DAS Saba berdasarkan Data Monitoring. Indonesia Saba Watershed Stakeholders'
Conference, 2013,09,08-2013,09,09, Bali, Indonesia.
・Liyantono, Setiawan, B.I., Saptomo, S.K., Rampisela, D.A., Irsyad, F., Gardjito, Nakagiri, T. and
Watanabe, T Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan dan Pergeseran Musim di DAS Janeberang. Indonesia Saba
Watershed Stakeholders' Conference, 2013,09,08-2013,09,09, Bali, Indonesia.
・Sutoyo Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan di DAS Saba Tahun 2000-2008. Indonesia Saba Watershed Stakeholders'
Conference, 2013,09,08-2013,09,09, Bali, Indonesia.

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・Ogalelano, Y.G., Nakagiri, T., Oue, H., Rampisela, D.A., Laban S. and Kato H. Possibilities ofApproach Integrating RS Multi-Data Analysis and GIS for Water Resources Management and Environmental
Monitoring - The Case study of Bili-Bili Irrigation System, Indonesia. The 20th CERes International
Symposium on Microsatellites for Remote Sensing (SOMIRES 2013) and The 231th RISH Symposium,
2013,08,08-2013,08,09, Chiba, Japan.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: D-05
Project Name: Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia
Abbreviated Title:
Project Leader: ISHIKAWA Satoshi
Research Axis: Diversity
URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/CAPABILITY/
Key Words: Southeast Asia, Coastal Area, Fisheries Resource Management, Rural Devleopment, QoL○ Research Subject and Objectives
In recent years, there is a growing concernabout the deterioration of marine ecosystems and resources.
Especially, coastal area ecosystems haverapidly been worsening and destroyed, as they are affected fromglobalenvironmental changes and intensive human activities in both land and sea areas. Many of thosecoastal areas holding highbiological production supported by high biodiversity are located intropicalzones in developing countries, such as Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia, coastal ecosystemserviceshave fostered high cultural diversity. Hence, coastal areas are characterizedby the close
linkage between ecosystem and local people. The coastal area servesare bases of the livelihood of local
people, and human intervention is deeplyembedded in ecosystem. This linkage enhances the complexity andaffects thevulnerability of the ecosystem in the region (Fig.1). However,conservation and management
activities originated in temperate zone usuallyfocus particular ecologies and commercial resources withlittle considerationof how multiple ecologies and livelihood strategies overlap in culturallydiverse
contexts, and so they cannot be easily applied to tropical coastalareas and there are no alternative
theory and method to harmonize ecosystemconservation and rural livelihoods based on their complex
interventionimportance.
In this project, we are going to investigatethe linkage between livelihoods and ecosystem health incoastal areas throughholistic field surveys, in order to clarify the environmental problems anditscauses based on chemical, biological, ecological, social and human science viewpoints. Then, we
conduct several collaborative actionresearches with local community to solve the environmental problems
based onour data and research result. Impact assessments and feedback practices to improveour action
researches are performed through town seminars and discussion amongresearchers and local community.
Althoughcommunity based participatory research and management actions have been highlightedas
alternative trials of top-down management and rural development tool indeveloping countries, these
activities are usually evaluated performanceimprovement, e.g., income generation, productivity, andcost efficiency. We tryto identify key potential factors which enable the performance
improvementsthrough details of information and changes of livelihoods, behaviours and mindsof
collaborating community members and other stakeholders.
We call an integral of the potentialfactors as “Area-Capability” that will be a new concept ofevaluation andtarget for rural development. And our activities can provide how to conduct andevaluate“Area-Capability” in research and participatory actions as newapproach. Spreading the use andunderstanding of “Area-Capability” may lead usto good relationship between humanity and nature.
Project Framework
To establish Area Capabilityconcept and guideline, we treat three aspects; 1) Ecosystemproductionmechanisms and dynamics, 2) Development process of local community andenvironmental
governance, and 3) Adaptive Technology and managements (Fig. 2). Inorder to elucidate these three
aspects, we conduct the holistic field researches on the southeast Asian coastal areas inorder to grasp
the linkage between nature and human, and we also conduct participatory action researches
incollaboration with local communities to verify the feasibility andacceptability of new concept andapproach to local societies in Rayong(Thailand), Panay Is. (Philippines) and Ishigaki Is., (Japan)(Fig.
3). We alsoconduct reference surveys in Bandon bay (Thailand), Hue (Viet Nam), Mikawa bay(Japan)(Fig.
3). All data, information and progresses of the action researchesare compiled into the database andreports for subsequent discussions. Newconcept and approach might be denied from existing academic
disciplines asillogical and/or unscientific, however, without new concept that can berecognized by29
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ordinal people based on their ordinal sensuous and those canchange human behaviours toward goodinteractions between human and nature,global environmental problems would be never solved.

The concept of “Area Capability”will be concretized and the guideline of its approach will becompiled based onthe 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, wecontinue the interdisciplinary field surveys and collaborative
actionresearches and analyses for collecting data and information of the linkagebetween human andnature.
Around Rayong beach in Thailand, we evaluate the negative impacts ofoil spill accident on environment
and livelihoods of local people. To do this,material flows and nutrient concentration along the Rayong
beach will beconducted. We collect water, soil and biological samples from the beach and analysethem in
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Biodiversity and food websurvey will be performed based on the stable isotope and genetic
analyses usingthe biological samples. Livelihoods and fishery activity survey includingtrading andmarketing will be also conducted through interview and observationsurveys of Set-net fishermen groupand other villagers using the questionnaireand GPS. Statistic data and information, aerial photographs
will be collectedin recent 10 years for understanding the land use and demographic changes. Alldata andinformation including the analytical results are compared with formerdata that we had obtained in FR1
and 2. Besides, behaviour and minds changes ofSet-net fishery group members will be examined to
identifytheeffects
fromcommunity
based
activityonsocialcapitals,interestsofenvironment,livelihoods, and management of natural resources.
Around Batan bay in Philippines, we investigate the extent of damagefrom super typhoon on ecosystem,
buildings, infrastructure, health and minds,sense of values, community and businesses.
We will collect water, soil, mangrove, andaquatic organisms’ samples around Batan Bay for nutrientsand pollutionevaluation. We will conduct chemical and stable isotope analyses of them inRIHN. We willrecord the extent of damages on mangrove forests, paddy fields,buildings, infrastructure, fishinggears, aquaculture ponds around Batan Bayand we will evaluate the relationships between geographicalsituation anddamages concerning with the typhoon path. And we conduct interview with localpeople to getsome information of evacuation actions and assistance each otherand from governments. We will conduct
stock evaluation of shrimp in the bay andconduct stock enhancement through community based intermediate

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72 researchers from 17universities and research institute (12 in Japan, 2 in Thailand, 2 inPhilippines,
one regional research center “Southeast Asian FisheriesDevelopment Center: SEAFDEC”) areparticipating in this project. They havedifferent expertise and academic backgrounds of oceanography,
biology, socialscience, agricultural sciences, civil engineering, economy, policy study, anthropology
and area study.

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The holistic researches compriseof five components; 1) Environmental survey, 2) Biodiversity survey, 3)
Coastalresources survey, 4) Utilization of resources survey and 5) Social survey (Fig.4). Ecosystemproduction mechanisms and dynamics with identification of thebiological and ecological important areasand species for local ecosystem areexamined based on the results of Environmental, Biological andCoastal resourcesurveys using statistical, chemical, stable isotope, and molecular analyses
incollaboration with taxonomic study and acoustic survey. Development process oflocal community,
environmental governance and importance of the coastalresources for the local people are examined basedon the results of utilizationand social surveys carried out through interview/questionnaire surveys
andanthropologic surveys. In the social survey, we treat economic condition, timeallocation, foodsupply, education, health condition, participation to thecommunity activities, indigenous knowledge,
religious importance, andinformation gathering situation. Three participatory action researches
areconducted; 1) Community-based set-net fishery installation in Rayong (Fig. 5), 2)Community-based restocking program in Batan bay in Panay Is. (Fig. 6), 3)Collaboration action among fishery, ecotourism
and education in Ishigaki Is.and Mikawa Bay (Fig. 7). In these areas,there are local people’s groups
which already collaborated with some of ourmembers and several researches on natural resources andlivelihood have beenconducted. All data and results of analyses were shared among members andlocalgroups through workshops, seminar and meetings and database in internet.

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InIshigaki Island, Japan, we will make underwater map and material flow analysesof the island using
stable isotope analysis. And we evaluate the food web andpopulation structure of fish around the island
to evaluate the linkage ofmaterials between land and sea. Theseresults will be informed to local
people through town seminar and other workshops,to facilitate the conservation activity and future
develop planning of thetown.
Wewill elucidate the population structure of fishery important fish in SouthChina Sea using genetic
analysis to identify the management units of them, andgrasp biodiversity of this area. In addition, we
try to improve acoustic surveysystem which can be used in shallow sea area and to disseminate thissystem forASEAN countries through workshops and publication of manuals.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
Achievements of holistic surveys
1) Environmentalsurvey:
To graspenvironmental 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, Phytoplanktonand 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 inPhilippines and Bandon in
Thailand. Concentration of 52 microelements of waterand soil samples collected from Batan and Rayong,were measured by InductivelyCoupled 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 usingstable-isotope analyses at Rayong, Batan and Bandon
2) Biodiversitysurvey:
InSoutheast Asia, biodiversity including the taxonomic knowledge of fishery speciesare still unclear.
So, we conducted taxonomic study through specimen collectionmaking 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 VisayasMuseum andThailand National Science Museum. For standardization of specimencollection, we published “Fish
Collection Building and Procedures Manual,English edition” and “Fishes of Northern Gulf ofThailand”.
Using collected fish specimen, weanalysed genetic diversity and differences of 7fishery important
species based onthe mtDNA COI sequencesanalyses, and we identified the plural reproducible populationsof Atule mate,Megalaspis cordyla, Rastrelliger kanagurta, Gerresfilamentosus in Southeast Asian Sea.
Forthe more detailed genetic population identification, microsatellite DNA markerswhich can be used forvarious fish species were established using Nextgeneration DNA analysing machine. Besides,
sspeciesidentification system based on the morphological features using photographs isnow underconstruction. It can be easily identify the fish species usingphotographs by ordinal persons and thissystem will cultivate the interestingof biodiversity for ordinal persons.
3) Coastalresources survey:
To stockassessment of coastal fishery resources, new acoustic survey equipment and systemwere
developed. Using this new system, fish stock assessments in Rayong werecarried out. Then, these data
were used for the training course at KasetsartUniversity in Thailand for undergraduate students incollaboration withSoutheast Fisheries Development Center.
The new buoyance control system ofunderwater robot was developed. And portable under water monitoring
robot wasmade. This underwater robot was used for underwater ruins surveys andeducational workshops forhigh school students in Ishigaki Is. in collaborationwith Ishigaki city.
4) Utilization ofresources survey
Tounderstand the linkage between natural resources and livelihoods of coastalarea, we conductedinterview and observation survey using GPS system to collectdata about fishing gear, fishing areas andoperation, and target species, costand benefit of 13 households in Rayong, 24 households in Batan. We
alsocollected weather conditions, and are analysing the impact of weatherconditions on local
fishermen’s lives and their adaptations.

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5) Social survey

1) Community-Based Set-Net Fishery in Rayong,Thailand:
Community-based Japanese-type Set-net fisheryhas been installed in Rayong. The community conduct
management and maintenance offishing gears and their own fish shops. All data of operation, fish catch
andincomes have been recorded. Our project member input several technical supportsfor the management
and operations. The transformations of fish catch, price,markets, and behaviours of community members
and non-members who are living inRayong were recorded.
2) Cooporative Stock Enahcement in Batan Bay,Philippines
Community-based stock enhancement of shrimpis conducting in Batan Bay. Intermediate shrimp aquaculture
and surveillancehave been conducted local community. Project member provide technical supportsfor
aquaculture and monitoring environments.
3) Collaboration between Eco-tourisim and Fisheriesdevelopment in Ishigaki-Mikawa , Japan
Town seminar was held in collaboration withJunior Chamber International Japan, Yaeyama branch. We
discussed how toharmonize conservation of coastal area and tourism development. And educational
workshops for high schoolstudents in Ishigaki Is. was held in collaboration with Ishigakicity.
Generalizationand concept development
To facilitate interdisciplinary discussionsand activities, data sharing system through internet wasestablished and theinternational 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) Ecosystemhealth supported by biodiversity andbiomasses, 2) Knowledge and interests ofpeoples on ecosystems, 3) Governance situation, 4) Strength ofPeople’s networkand 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 )TAKAHASHI Hiroshi( National Fisheries University,Assistant Professor,Biology Group, Genetic
Anaysis )Research Projects

Achievementof action researches

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In order to clarify the relationship amongsocial situation, cultural regulation, job opportunity,social capital, andmanagement of natural resources, we conducted household interview survey tocollectinformation of jobs, time allocation, communication, compliance, healthcondition, educational
background, community bonds etc. of 117 households inRayong and 467 households in Batan. Besides,
economic systems includingfunding, transportation, price making systems and market access were
evaluatedin both areas.

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NISHIDA Mutsumi
BABA Osamu○ MATSUOKA Tatsuro○ MOTOMURA Hiroyuki○ YAMADA Yoshihiko○ YOSHIKAWA Takashi○ 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○ MIYAMOTO Yoshinori( 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 )( Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology,Professor,Set-net Group, Vessel survy )33
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TAKAGI Akira

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Research Projects( 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 )○ ＡＬＴＡＭＩＲＡＮ ( Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fishereis Development Center
Ｏ Ｊｏｎ(Philippines),Researcher,Stock Enhancement Group, Planing and Monitering )○ MUNPRASIT Ratana( Easten Marine Resource Development Center (Thailand),Director,Set-net group,
Rayong area study )M ＯＮＴＯＮ( 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 )JARIYA Srnkliang( Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(Thailand),Researcher,Social Group, Thailand study )34
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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 )TENGIS Erdenebat( Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University ofTokyo,Graduate Student,Stock Enhancement Group Biology )35
Research Projects

NILLOS Mae Grace
GarezaSANGTIPHONG Putsa
OOSAKA Emi( 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 )FR4:

Wewill record the processes and changes of the environment and social aspectaround Batan Bay in
Philippines based on the field survey. And shrimp stockenhancement will be continued with themeasurement of stock status andlivelihoods changes.
Keyfactors identification of potentials for good practices in which people carethe environment andtheir livelihood improvements, will be discussed on theworkshops based on the data and information
FR5:
Regarding the impacts of community basedstock enhancement on environment and social development, we
will compiles thecase study results as an installation manual books with good example of BatanBay. Key
factors of high resilienceagainst natural disaster will be identified based on the records and data
fromBatan Bay area and the results will be published as a guide books for ruraldevelopment. And all
data, information and results, we try to clarify the “Area-Capablity”and publish a book of What isArea Capability, the concept and practices. Andwe will hold an international seminar of Area Capability
as a new concept forevaluation of rural development with harmonizing conservation of environment
todisseminate this new concept and approach.

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Regarding the community based set-netfishery impacts on environment and social development, we willcompiles thecase study results as an installation manual books with good example of Rayong.We will
publish the evaluation manual of stock enhancements for harmonisingbetween environments and ruraldevelopment based on the case study of HamanaLake in Japan. And the technical guide book of the shrimp
stock enhancementwill be also published in English.

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

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

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

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

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

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The study group on human subsistence ecosystems in Arab societies examined Arab communities andIslamic civilization from the viewpoint of energy flow.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
Major Achievements:
When this fullresearch (FR) project started in 2008, oil consumption in Egypt had juststarted to
exceed its production there. What this means is that Egypt has arrivedat its oil peak, when oil demand
exceeds production, and is now rushing intothe “post-oil” era. The fact that the “Arab Spring”
occurred right after itsoil peak is not just a coincidence. The coastal zone has been the newfrontierfor human habitat in recent decades and has been damaged by the construction ofports, oil
refineries, military bases, and tourism facilities. This projectcompiled practical instructions forrecovering the natural environment throughmangrove plantations in order to provide local people andadministrators, alongwith other Arab and non-Arab societies worldwide, with the possibility
ofalternative choices.
In this regard,the separation of Sudan into Sudan and South Sudan in 2012 forced Sudan intothe“post-oil” era, and there is an urgent need to build a new industry andstimulate economic recovery.
Study of the management and utilization of the alieninvasive species mesquite attracted the attentionof federal and state governmentsas offering a source of local energy and feed/food to combat the
livelihooddegradation resulting from the invasion of mesquite.
The studyoutcome can be summarized as follows: 1) ten volumes of ArabSubsistence Ecosystems arestarted to be published in Japanese, as the mainbody of the research; 2) the research results
werepresented in the exhibition Surviving inthe Desert at the National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo; 3) Japanese citizens gave feedback onthe post-oil era; 4) the scientificdata were made available
universally by publishing the results in severallanguages in the Arab Subsistence Monographseries; and5) the research results were implemented through developmentprojects and protected area management inArab societies.
1) Publication of ten volumes of Arab Subsistence Ecosystems in JapaneseIn human subsistence ecosystems (socialecosystems) in Arab societies, camels, date palms, dugongs,
mangroves, andcoral (reefs) are believed to be keystone species. These species support
diversecommunities, and their extinction could lead to the disappearance of other species,including
human communities. The survival of these species is likely to dependon the wise use of combination ofenvironmental factors in ecotones, a socio-ecologicalniche in the arid Middle East environment (Nawata2010).
The ten volumes of ArabSubsistence Ecosystems containing our results are on the following: 1)
interrelationshipsbetween humanity and nature, 2) date palms, 3) mangroves, 4) the alien species
mesquite,5) camels, 6) coral reefs, 7) dugongs, 8) sorghum and millet, 9) motivatedpractitioners andlocal communities, and 10) is the modernhuman really a keystone species? Volumes1 and 10 containscientific syntheses.
2) The Surviving in the Desert exhibit at theNational Museum of Nature and Science
The exhibit Surviving in the Desert: Strategies of Humans, Plants, & Animalsran at the National
Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, from November 2013 toFebruary 2014. Research results and materials
collected in this project were ondisplay, including a book called DesertHistory (Nawata & Shinoda eds.
2014), illustrating the relationshipbetween humans and nature focusing on the strategies of humans,
animals andplants use to share water. The book was in full color and 474 page long.
We organized twenty-seven gallery talks,symposia and lectures to communicate with Japanesecitizens. More than one hundredthousand visitors have visited the exhibit. This helped a wide rangeof
Japanese citizens to understand the project results.
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4) Publication of the Arab Subsistence Monograph series in multi-languages
To increase the availability of scientific knowledge and provideuniversal and equitable access toscientific data and documents, we made ourresults accessible to local and national decision-makers byreporting theresults in English, the common language of the scientific community, and in Arabic,French,
English, and Kiswahili, the languages of the communities in the studyregion, in the first volume
Exploitation and Conservation ofMiddle East Tree Resources in the Oil Era (Nawata, Ishiyama & Nakamura,2013).
In the pre-research (PR) year, we published A Study of HumanSubsistence Ecosystems with Mangrove in
Drylands: To Prevent a New Outbreak ofEnvironmental Problems (Nawata ed. 2008). Our extensive
communicationnetwork provided access to a variety of information, such as the properscientificterminology in Arabic, and the optimum size of photos and figuresfor practical use in the field. Basedon this input, we decided to revise thebook under the new title DrylandMangroves: Frontier Research andConservation, in the Arab Subsistence Monograph series (Nawata ed. 2013).
5) Research implementationthrough development projects and protected area management in Arab societies
The results of the study were applied as partof the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
project “CapacityDevelopment Project for the Provision of Services of Basic Human Needs inKassala”(2011–2013) in cooperation with the Sudan University of Science andTechnology (SUST). We organized a
training course on mesquite management andutilization for outreach workers from the Technology Transfer
and ExtensionAdministration (TTEA), State Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Irrigation,KassalaState, in December 2011, June 2012, and November 2012. The contents were based on Japanese and Sudanese
research.The results were immediately presented at an international conference andpublished in an
academic book (Mendez-Vilas ed. 2012).
In collaboration with the Red Sea University,we proposed a management plan for the Dongonab Bay
Marine Protected Area to theMinistry of the Environment, Sudan, because there are no field data. Our
datasethas a high value with regard to the co-existence of a nature reserve and localsubsistence inthat it provides the identification of important dugong habitat,dugong travel patterns, and diving
profiles.

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

The book had been displayed (stackedone on top of the other) for more than 6 months at one of thebiggest bookshopsin Tokyo. One book review said: “This book took the initiative in examiningrenewable
human resources and engineering to get ready for the post-oil era”(June 5, 2013, Environment
Newspaper).

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A RIHN book series HumanResources and Engineering in the Post-Oil Era: A Search for Viable
FutureSocieties in Japan and Oil-Rich Countries of the Middle East was edited bythe Project Leader andProject Researcher, based on feedback from Japanesecitizens on the post-oil era, after attending three
RIHN Open Seminars for thepublic on “How will you live without oil?”presented between 2009 and 2011
(Ishiyama & Nawata eds. 2013).

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Abdel Basit,( Tottori University,Project researcher,Hydrology )Muhammad
El-Fatih, Muhammad ( Agricultural Research Cooperation,Researcher,Biochemistry )Abdel Magid, Afaf A.( Agricultural Research Cooperation,Researcher,Biochemistry )ElKhalifa, Abdel( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Forest/
Wadoud A.
products/ Charcoal )Eldoma, Ahmed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Tree
Mohamed Adamphysiology )Taha, Awad K.
( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Entomologist /Biological control )Mohamed, Abdalla( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Entomologist /A.H.
Biological control )Elrasheed, Mutasim ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Agricultural
Mekki Mahmoud
Economist/ Environmental economics )Hussin, Mohamed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Agricultural
Badawi
Extension/ Extension education )Makki, Hattim Makki ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food
Mohamedtechnology )Ahmed, Ahmed Elawad ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food quality andElfaki Mohamedsafety )Ati, Shadia Abdel( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Physiology ofdigestion and nutrition )Ahmed Idris, Yousif ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Food
Mohamedtechnology )Gaiballa, Abdelaziz ( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Professor,Remote sensing and range
Karamalla
management )El Tayeb, Nagat( Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan,Manager of research section,Weed science )MubarakIbrahim, Mobamed( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Associate professor,Forestry )Elgamri A.
Mohamedain, Mahgoub,( Sudan University of Science and Technology,Lecturer,Remote sensing and GIS )Suliman○ Miyamoto, Chiharu( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Trustee,Plantation )○ Yoshikawa, Ken( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Professor,Forest
ecology )Arai, Nobuaki( Kyoto University,Professor,Aquatic bioinformatics )Kishi, Akira( Shin-nippon Environmental Research Co. Ltd.,President,Marine biology )Ichikawa, Kotaro( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Bioacoustics )Kogo, Kiyomi( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Senior researcher,Plantation )Kogo, Motohiko( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,Chairman,Plantation )Suda, Seiji( Action for Mangrove Reforestation,President,Plantation )Takayama, Haruo( Kajima Technical Research Institute,Chief Research Engineer,Plant ecology )Nakashima, Atsushi ( Wakayama University,Professor,Plant ecology )Nakamura, Ryo( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Cultural
anthropology )Hori , Nobuyuki( Nara University,Professor,Geography )Matsuo, Naoko( Mie University,Assistant professor,Forest hydrology )Miyagi, Toyohiko( Touhoku Gakuin University,Professor,Environmental topography )Teraminami, Tomohiro( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University,Graduate
student,Plant physiology )Al-Wetaid, Abdullah ( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
H.
Arabia,Manager of Department of Plant Studies,Plant ecology )Sambus, Anas Zubeir ( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Manager of Marine Research,Marine biology )Tarik, Al-Abbasi( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Director of Terrestrial Researches,Plant ecology )Khushaim, Omar
( National Comission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi
Arabia,Director of Marine Research,Marine biology )Mohamed, Abbas( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,General Manager,Geology )Tahoon41
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Amgad Ali El-Shaffai( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,Assistant General Manager,Ocean )Tamer, Mahmoud( Wadi El Gemal National Park, Egypt,Assistant General Manager,Botany )Abdelwahab, Afefe( Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt,Environmental
Abdelwahab
Researcher,Agronomy )○ Laureano, Pietro( Traditional Knowledge World Bank, Italy,Director,Architecture )○ Abu Sin, Abdalla M. ( Gezira University,Trustee,Agro-economics )A.
○ Shinoda, Kenichi( National Museum of Nature and Science,Head of the Division & Curator of theCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research,Physical Anthropology )Watanabe, Tsugihiro ( Kyoto University,Professor,Agricultural engineering )Manger, Leif
( Bergen University,Professor,Social anthropology )Abdel Hadi A, W. M. ( Agricultural Research Cooperation, Sudan,Associate Professor,Water management )MohamedOnuma, Hiroyasu( Appropriate Agriculture International Co.,President,Village development )Kodama, Kanako( Chiba University,Associate professor,Cultural anthropology )Takaki, Keiko( Obirin University,Professor,Cultural anthropology )Meziani, Rim( Abu Dhabi University,Assistant professor,Urban planning )Abdel Bagi M. Ali( Agricultural Research Cooperation, Sudan,Professor,Plant physiology )Okamoto, Yoko
( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research associates )Wan, Na( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research
associates,Humanity )Mizuma, Sakiko( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project research associates )○ Kawatoko, Mutsuo( Research Institute for Islamic Archaeology and Culture,Director,Islamicarchaeology )○ Benkhalifa,( Ecole Normale Supérieure de Kouba Algérie,Lecturer,Fungology )Abdrahmane○ Ishiyama, Shun( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Cultural
anthropology )Kume, Takashi( Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University,Associate professor,Hydrology )Nagasawa, Ryota( Tottori University,Professor,landscape ecology )Kubota, Junpei( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Forest hydrology )Suzuki, Hideaki( The Toyo Bunko,Research fellow,History )Nishimoto, Shin'ichi( Cyber University,Professor,Architecture )Ota, Keiko( University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy,Research fellow,History )Ozaki, Kikuko( National Defense Academy of Japan,Associate professor,Islamic culture,
History )Kikuchi, Hiroko( Kitakami City Archaeological Operation Center,Research fellow,Archaeology )Sakamoto, Tsubasa( Waseda University,Graduate student,Archeology )Shimada, Yoshihito ( Nagoya University,Professor,Religious anthropology )Shindo, Yoko
( College of Literture, Aoyama Gakuin Unversity,Part-time lecturer,Islamicarchaeology )Takahashi, Nobuo( Hanamaki City Museum,Director,Archaeology )Maruyama, Daisuke( Kyoto University,Graduate student,Cultural anthropology )Yasuoka, Yoshifumi ( Vienna University of Technology,Graduate student,Architectural History )Ishikawa, Hiroki( Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,Assistant professor,History )Shinoda, Ken'ichi( Department of Anthropology, Division of Human Evolution, National Museum of
Nature and Science,Head of the Division,Natural taxonomy )Sekihiro, Naoyo( Kyoto Prefecture Research Center for Archaeological
Properties,Researcher,Archeology )Seo, Akihiro( Ryukoku University,Academic affairs assistant,Plant taxonomy )Endo, Hitoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Archeology )El-Hadj, Hamadi( Aulef Junior High school,Teacher,Education )ahmad
Hutiyah, Muhammad( Adrar University,Professor,History )Wassila, Benslimane ( Ecole Normale Supérieure Kouba Algérie,Part-time teacher,Biology )Tamoud, Benfetima( Centre National de développement des Ressources Biologiques,
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Hafiz Qoura Mohamed ( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project researcher,Archaeology )Fathy
Yoshimori, Ichido( Okayama University,Graduate student,Forest ecology )Mohamed El Amin
( Red Sea University,Professor,Fisheries science, Marine resource management )Hamza EL Amin
Ahmed AbdelAziz( Red Sea University,Professor,Agriculture, immunology, )Ahmed
Abdelgadir Dafaalla ( Red Sea University,Professor,Marine biology )Elhag Mohamed
Abdelmoneim( Red Sea University,Lecturer,Marine biology )Karamalla Gaiballa
Adir
Nishida, Harufumi( Chuo University,Professor,Plant systematics, Palaeophytology )Ishihara, Aiko
( Okayama University,Graduate student,Forest ecology )○ Future Themes
We continue to publish multilingual books as Arab Subsistence Monograph Series (Shoukadoh Book
Sellers), and a series of books in Japanese “Human subsistence in Arab Societies” (Rinsen Book Co.)
to conclude the study results and pass them on to the local society.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Nawata, H. 2014,01 "Going beyond a negative heritage of combating desertification: Based on sharing
results of inter-disciplinary researches". Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (ed.) Manuals
of Global Environmental Studies, Vol. 1. Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, pp.82-85. (in Japanese)
・Yabe, A. and H. Nishida 2014 “Inside stones shown by computed tomographic (CT) scanning”. Nawata,
H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water.
Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.209. (in Japanese)・Shindo, Y. 2014 “Grass bottles found at al-Fustat”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.361-362. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Dorcas gazelle ecology and its hunting”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.235-239. (in Japanese)
・Hoshino, B. 2014 “Desert areas of the world”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.3-7. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “How have local peoples adapted to droughts: Ecological, social, cultural, andreligious responses at rain-beg ceremonies”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.379-388. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Cultures of sharing scarce resources: Learned from desert peoples”. Nawata, H. andK. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.365-378. (in Japanese)・Shindo, Y. 2014 “Filters found at al-Fustat”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.359-360. (in Japanese)
・Watanabe, M. 2014 “System, history, and distribution of qanat”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.115-124. (in Japanese)

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・Yasuda, H. and K. Yoda. 2014 “Relation between underground water system and plants water use”.
Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for
Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.104-114. (in Japanese)・ Nawata, H. 2014 “Dust storm habub: Movements of Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) andrainfalls”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.97-103. (in Japanese)・Nishiaki, Y. 2014 “Nomadization in the Arabian Peninsula from archaeological points of view”.
Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for
Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.285-290. (in Japanese)
・Ushida, K. and T. Sakata. 2014 “Antelopes and donkeys living in deserts”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda(ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University
Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.230-234. (in Japanese)
・Sakata, T. 2014 “Strategies of one-humped camels bearing on the ground, and Syrian hamster goingunderground”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.221-229. (in Japanese)・Shindo, Y. 2014 “Glasses with date palms designs”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.216-217. (in Japanese)
・Takaki, K. 2014 “Everyday life tools from date palms”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.214-215. (in Japanese)
・Yoda, K. 2014 “Root of mesquites”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of
Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.210-211. (in Japanese)・ Abdirrahman Binkhalifah, Zaynab Zubaydi, and S. Ishiyama 2014 “Identification of genotypes ofvarieties and evaluation of its genetic diversities of date palms”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.195-208. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Vegetative propagation and artificial pollination of date palms as human techniqueto expand his niche into deserts”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of
Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.180-194.
(in Japanese)
・Yoda, K. and B. Hoshino. 2014 “Alien invasive species mesquites expanding into deserts”. Nawata, H.
and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water.
Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.173-179. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H., K. Tani, and B. Hoshino. 2014 “Relation between increase and decrease of grey mangrove
forest areas, and grazing pressure of one-humped camels”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.165-172. (in Japanese)
・Nakashima, A. and N. Matsuo. 2014 “Tree shape of grey mangrove growing horizontally”. Nawata, H.
and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water.
Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.156-164. (in Japanese)・ Matsuo, N. and A. Nakashima. 2014 “Water use strategies of plant living in arid and saline
environments”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan,, pp.147-155. (in Japanese)

Research Projects

・Shindo, Y. 2014 “City and water, from the Nile to families: Based on archaeological findings at alFustat, Egypt”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.346-351. (in Japanese)

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・Ozaki, K. 2014 “Drinking water of Egyptian cities of Islamic periods”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda(ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University
Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.352-358. (in Japanese)

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・Nakamura, R. 2014 “Two motivated fishermen whom I met in Africa”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.419-420. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2014 “A Motivated agriculturalist of oasis”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.417-418. (in Japanese)
・Yabe, A. and H. Nishida. 2014 “Plant fossil of the western desert of Egypt”. Nawata, H. and K.
Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.141-146. (in Japanese)
・Kobori, I. 2014 “Folk tool for water distribution, Sahara oasis”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.135-137. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Desert history for the purpose of creating future of desert studies”. Nawata, H.
and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water.
Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.404-416. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Children of deserts: Their styles of working, and development of traditions”.
Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for
Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.398-403. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H., Y. Okamoto, and S. Ishiyama 2014 “Experimenting the effect of vaporization heat with an
Egyptian earthenware jug for water”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of
Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.133-134.
(in Japanese)・Nishimoto, S. 2014 “Water jugs”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of
Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.131-132.
(in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “How can we overcome “negative legacy” caused by combating desertification: Fusionof modern science and traditional knowledge through collaborations among different industries anddisciplines”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.389-397. (in Japanese)
・Sakata, T. 2014 “Human abilities adapted to arid lands”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.37-44. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Coastal zones of the arid tropics as stable refugia of humans”. Nawata, H. and K.
Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.28-36. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “A local agricultural expert shooing away birds with stones”. Nawata, H. and K.
Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.279-281. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Ecology of dung beetles and use of excrement of humans and animals”. Nawata, H.
and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water.
Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.276-278. (in Japanese)・Shinoda, K. 2014 “Deserts, human evolution, and human dispersal”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.21-27. (in Japanese)
・Hasegawa, H. 2014 “Desert areas and environment changes in history of the earth”. Nawata, H. and K.
Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.8-20. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Multi-dimensional relations with one-humped camels”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda(ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University
Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.261-275. (in Japanese)

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・Hoshino, B. 2014 “Home ranges of domesticated and wild animals around water points”. Nawata, H. andK. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.249-260. (in Japanese)

・Tanaka, U. 2014 “Soils of deserts”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of
Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.92-96.
(in Japanese)・Kawai, T. and T. Saito. 2014 “Sands of arid lands”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.85-91. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2014 “Agriculture in the Sahara and Sahel: Human wisdom of sharing water in arid
lands”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants
for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.312-318. (in Japanese)
・Nakamura, R. 2014 “Living in sea of deserts: Fishing culture at Dungonab Bay, northern Red Sea
coast, Sudan”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, andPlants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.305-311. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H., Mahjub Sulayman Muhammadayn, Hafiz Muhammad Fathi Hafiz Qurah, Abdirrahman Binkhalifah,
Zaynab Zubaydi, S. Ishiyama, and Y. Okamoto. 2014 “Fashion and clothes as adaptive techniques todeserts”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants
for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.62-82. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Human techniques for water uptake in arid lands”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.)
Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.45-61. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Use of wild animals and plants, and bee keeping in juniper woodlands, highland of
the Arabian Peninsula”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans,
Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.291-304. (inJapanese)
・Nawata, H. 2014 “Chapters and sections: Perspectives of desert history”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda(ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University
Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.vii-xvi. (in Japanese)
・Kogo, K. and S. Ishiyama. 2014 “Professor Iwao Kobori, a pioneer of arid land studies: His brief
personal history and complete bibliography”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History:
Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa,Japan, pp.421-444. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2014 “Names of parts and classification of growing stages of dates”. Nawata, H. and K.
Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai
University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.212-213. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2014 “Water distribution system of oasis”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.125-130. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata. 2013,12 “Date palms and livelihoods of desert”. Ishiyama, S. and H.
Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol.2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
5-12. (in Japanese)・ Nawata, H. 2013,12 “History of domestication of date palms: Vegetative propagation, artificial
pollination, and micro-environments for other crops”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms.
Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.13-63. (in Japanese)

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・Nawata, H. 2014 “Pastoralism of one-humped camels and accessibility of resource patches in coastal
areas”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants
for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp.319-338. (in Japanese)

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・Nishimoto, S. 2014 “Wells and houses of ancient Egypt”. Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) Desert
History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for Sharing Water. Tokai University Press,
Kanagawa, Japan, pp.339-345. (in Japanese)

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・Nawata, H. and R. Nakamura. 2013,12 “Perspective on dryland mangroves”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata(ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.5-19. (inJapanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2013,12 “For future of oasis”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab
Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.295-302. (in Japanese)
・Takaki, K. 2013,12 “Date palms culture in the United Arab Emirates: From traditional subsistence togreen economy”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol.
2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.267-293. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S. 2013,12 “Date palms as foods”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab
Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.262-266. (in Japanese)
・Ishiyama, S., Abderrahmane Benkhalifa, H. Nawata, I. Kobori, Ahmad al-Haj Hammadi, Muhammad Assalih
Hutiyah, and Wasilah ben Sliman. 2013,12 “Local varieties of date palms and agro-biodiversity in
Sahara oases”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol.
2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.235-261. (in Japanese)
・Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata. 2013,12 “Mangroves and rehabilitation of livelihoods on the coast”.
Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten,
Kyoto, Japan, pp.303-317. (in Japanese)・ Yamada, I. 2013,12 “Mangroves living on marginal lands”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.291-302. (inJapanese)
・Nawata, H. and Hafiz Muhammad Fathi Qurah. 2013,12 “Islam and date palms”. Ishiyama, S. and H.
Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
125-169. (in Japanese)・Ozaki, K. 2013,12 “History of use of date palms and dates in Islamic Egypt”. Ishiyama, S. and H.
Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
101-124. (in Japanese)・ Miyamoto, C. 2013,12 “On Arabian coasts”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab
Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.203-270. (in Japanese)
・Suda, S. 2013,12 “Methods for mangrove reforestation and forest conservation in Qatar”. Nakamura,R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto,
Japan, pp.177-201. (in Japanese)・Shindo, Y. 2013,12 “Date palm designs of arts and crafts of the Middle East”. Ishiyama, S. and H.
Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
94-100. (in Japanese)・ Nishimoto,S., N. Nishimoto and Y. Yasuoka. 2013,12 “Date palms in ancient Egypt: Focusing on
building materials”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem SeriesVol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.65-93. (in Japanese)・Matsuo, N. 2013,12 “Physiological characteristics of mangroves”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.85-97. (inJapanese)
・Abderrahmane Benkhalifa. 2013,12 “Local varieties of date palms and agro-biodiversity in Saharaoases”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2.
Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.201-234. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2013,12 “Retrospect and prospect on studies of In Belbel oasis, Sahara: Thinking of days
with Professor Iwao Kobori”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence
Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.189-199. (in Japanese)
・Kobori, I. 2013,12 “Comparative studies on Qanat in Islamic world”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata(ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.171-188.
(in Japanese)・ Nakashima, A. 2013,12 “Adaptive strategies of mangroves”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.51-83. (inJapanese)47
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・ Kogo, M. and K. Kogo. 2013,12 “Paleontology of mangroves”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.21-49. (inJapanese)

・Nawata, H., K. Tani, Abd Aziz Karamallah Jayballah, Abdul Munim Karamallah Jayballah, Abdul Qadir
Bdawi Muhammad, and B. Hoshino. 2013,12 “Relation between seasonal herding patterns of one-humped
camels, and their grazing behavior on grey mangroves, halophytes and mesquites”. Nakamura, R. and
H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan,
pp.187-224. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H., N. Koga, Abdil Wadud Abdallah al-Khalifah, and Ahmad Muhammad Adam al-Dumah. 2013,12“Utilization of mesquites: focusing on charcoal”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien
Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.159-178.
(in Japanese)
・Hoshino, B. 2013,12 “Distribution and its expansion of mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.)
The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan,
pp.129-158. (in Japanese)
・Hoshino, B. 2013,12 “Joy of fixing sand dunes and distress of expanding mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and
H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten,
Kyoto, Japan, pp.120-128. (in Japanese)・Suzuki, H. 2013,12 “Mangroves on Gulf of Oman, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf coasts: Living
spaces of Arab societies built on trades in the western Indian Ocean”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata(ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.151-168.
(in Japanese)
・Nakaura, R. 2013,12 “Mangrove use and its historical role on Swahili coast: A case from Kilwa island
in south Tanzania”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem SeriesVol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.121-150. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H., K. Tani, Abd Aziz Karamallah Jayballah, Abdul Munim Karamallah Jayballah, Abdul Qadir
Bdawi Muhammad, and B. Hoshino. 2013,12 “Relation between change detection of grey mangrove
distribution area and grazing behavior of one-humped camels”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.105-120. (inJapanese)・Yoshimori, I. 2013,12 “My notes on mangrove research”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves.
Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.98-104. (in Japanese)・Hirata, A. 2013,12 “International politics and mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The
Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
237-241. (in Japanese)・Yasuda, H. 2013,12 “Groundwater uptake of mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien
Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.103-119.
(in Japanese)
・Yoda, K. 2013,12 “Growth characteristics and physiological ecology of mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and
H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten,
Kyoto, Japan, pp.67-102. (in Japanese)
・Babiker, A.G.T. 2013,12 “Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in Sudan: history, distribution and control”.
Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol.
4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.45-65. (in Japanese)・Fujii, Y. 2013,12 “Research on risk of allelopathic activities of plants focusing on mesquites”.
Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol.
4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.27-43. (in Japanese)

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・Tanaka, U. 2013,12 “Looking for effective methods of combating desertification: Focusing on mesquite
issues in arid lands of eastern Sudan”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite.
Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.225-236. (in Japanese)

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・Nawata, T. 2013,12 “My quest for integrated mesquite management methods”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata(ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto,
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・Nawata, H. 2013,12 “How can we combat “negative legacy” of combating desertification”. Hoshino,
B. and H. Nawata (ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen
Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.5-25. (in Japanese)
・Sato, Y. 2013,12 “Bibliographical essay on date palms”. Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) Date
Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.303-311. (inJapanese)
・Kogo, M. 2013,12 “Pioneer works of mangroves”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) Mangroves. Arab
Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.271-290. (in Japanese)
・Nakamura, R. 2013,12 “Fish nursery grounds on dryland coast”. Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.)
Mangroves. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.169-175. (inJapanese)・Sakata, T. 2013,12 “Nutritional strategies of ruminants and mesquites”. Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata(ed.) The Alien Species Mesquite. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto,
Japan, pp.179-185. (in Japanese)・Nawata, H. 2013,11 "Rain-beg ritual ceremony adjusting livestock numbers and herding zones: Adaptive
strategy to climatic variation in the eastern end of Sahel zone". Yokoyama, S. (ed.) Geography on
Resource and Subsistence. Kaiseisya, Otsu, pp.187-216. (in Japanese)○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・Nawata, H. and K. Shinoda (ed.) 2014 Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals, and Plants for
Sharing Water. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 474pp. (in Japanese)・Nawata,H. and S. Ishiyama (ed.) 2013,12 “Date palms and livelihoods of desert”. Ishiyama, S. and H.
Nawata (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, Japan, pp.
5-12. (in Japanese)
・Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,12 Mangroves, Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. Rinsen
Shoten, Kyoto, 323pp. (in Japanese)
・Hoshino, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,12 The Alien Species Mesquite, Arab Subsistence Ecosystem SeriesVol. 4. Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, 270pp. (in Japanese)○Papers【Original Articles】

・ Yasuda, H., Mohamed A.M. Abd Elbasit, K. Yoda, R. Berndtsson, T. Kawai, H. Nawata, Asaddig M.
Ibrahim, T. Inoue, W. Tsuji, Tarig El Gamri and T. Saito 2014,01 Diurnal fluctuation of groundwaterlevels caused by the invasive alien mesquite plant . Arid Land Research and Management 28(2) :242-246.(reviewed).
・Lee, H., H. Yasuda, S. Ishiyama, H. Nawata, and Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed 2014,01 Rainfall
time series of Gadaref in the midstream of the Nile basin. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology andWater Resources 27(1) :29-33. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Kogo, M. and K. Kogo 2013,12 At the edge of the Tethys Sea: Thinking about the origin of mangroves.
Journal of Arid Land Studies 23(3) :137-145. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Nawata, H. 2013,11 Relationship between humans and camels in arid tropical mangrove ecosystems on the
Red Sea coast. Global Environmental Research 17(2) :233-246.(reviewed).
・Inoue, T., Y. Yamauchi, A.H. Eltayeb, H. Samejima, A.G.T. Babiker, and Y. Sugimoto 2013,10 Gas
exchange of root hemi-parasite Striga hermonthica and its host Sorghum bicolor under short-term soil
water stress. Biologia Plantarum 57(4) :773-777.(reviewed).
・Ishiyama, S. 2013,09 Multiple livelihoods of farmer under variable rainfall condition in African semiarid zone: A case study on Gourmantche people, north east of Burkinafaso. Journal of Arid Land
Studies 23(2) :67-71.(reviewed).
・Nawata, H. 2013,09 Ecological, social, cultural and religious responses of local people to drought: A
case analysis of rain-beg ritual ceremony among the Beja in the eastern end of Sahel zone. Journalof Arild Land Studies 23(2) :61-66. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

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・ Nakamura, R. 2013 Coastal resource use and management on Kilwa Island, southern Swahili coast,
Tanzania. AWERProcedia Advances in Applied Sciences 1 :364-370.(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・Kogo, M. and K. Kogo 2013,11 A note on paleobotany of mangroves. Global Environmental Research 17(2).
(reviewed).

【Oral Presentation】

・ Badreldinn Khalafalla Adam, Kotaro Ichikawa, Abdelmoneim Karamalla Gaiballa, Moamer Eltayeb Ali"Current satatus and distribution of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in Sudan. RIHN 8th International
Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens: Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in the Balance",
2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Yasuda, H., K. Yoda, S.N. Panda, Mohamed A.M. Abd Elbasit, J. Huang "Dynamics of grondwater use byplants in arid environments". RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens:
Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Adel Mohamed Saleh, Ryo Nakamura, Moamer Eltaib Ali Mohamad "Resources use of coastal fisheries in
Sudan". RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens: Ecoysystems andLivelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Nawata, H. Synthesis of session 1: Human subsistence in relation to invasive and endangered species.
RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens: Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in
the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Hoshino, B., Mahgoub Suliman, Abdelaziz Karamalla, Kiyotsugu Yoda, Mohamed Elgamri, Hiroshi Nawata,
Shunsuke Yabuki, and Hiroshi Yasuda "Evaluating the invasive strategy of mesquite (Prosopis
juliflora) and risk management in Eastern Sudan: Using remotely sensed technique". RIHN 8th
International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens: Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in the
Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Yoda, K., Wataru Tsuji, Tomoe Inoue, Tadaomi Saito, Mohamed Abd Elbasit, Ahmed Eldoma, Buho Hoshino,
Hiroshi Nawata and Hiroshi Yasuda "Root system development of Prosopis seedlings under different
soil moisture conditions. RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environmens:
Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・ Nawata, H. "Oases landscape in risk". RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge
Environmens: Ecoysystems and Livelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.
・Kogo, M. Why seaside?. Mangrove paleontological research organization, 2010,09,18-92012020, RIHN,
Kyoto.

Research Projects○Research Presentations

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・ Suda, S. 2013,11 Findings from our mangrove reforestation activities over 30 years. Global
Enrivonmental Research 17(2) :189-197.(reviewed).

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-06
Project Name: Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian Watersheds
Abbreviated Title: LakeHEAD (Food Risk Project)
Project Leader: KADA Ryohei
Research Axis: Resources Program
URL: html http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn/project/R-06.html
Key Words: Ecological risk, Food and health security, Watershed management, Payment for Ecosystem Services, GIS based
Risk Mapping○ Research Subject and Objectives
Objective
The general objective ofthis research is to study how ecological risks affect the sustainablelinkagebetween agricultural and aquatic foods and public health. The study will focuson the social andnatural science perspectives in a Southeast Asian watershed. Ecosystem services have been deteriorating
owing to deforestation, increased human settlement,agricultural activities, and industrial development,
which have causedsignificant ecological risks such as floods, soil erosion, and water pollutionin
Southeast Asia. Furthermore, ecological risks critically affect agricultural and marine foods, which
public health heavilydepends on. Foodrisks result from inadequate food supply as well as poor-quality
andcontaminated food, which significantly contribute to public health risks.
The project has four principal objectives: 1) to documentthe current levels and pathways of heavy
metals pollution in the aquaticresources of Laguna Lake; 2) to investigate the health condition of
localresidents and their perception of food risks; 3) to analyze the ecologicaleffects of agrochemical
inputs, and their cumulative impact on food productionand relation to subsequent ecosystemdeterioration; and 4) to describe land usechanges in the Laguna Lake area and their impact on water andmaterial cycles,including impacts on sedimentation, groundwater level, and its quality.
Research Organization
Five research teams are comprised mainly of researchersat RIHN, Yokohama National University andUniversity of the Philippines; theywork in collaboration with government agencies such as the Laguna
LakeDevelopment Authorities (LLDA) and local government units. The EnvironmentalRisk Assessment Team
identifies the exact sources of, and factors responsiblefor, particular pollutants in the food chain,utilizing stable isotope andother analytical techniques. The Socio-Economic Evaluation Team explores
howmarket- and nonmarket-based instruments can be used to improve water quality,food security andpublic health. The Health Risk Evaluation Team describeshuman nutrition, history of disease, and life
expectancy in the region,especially in relation to socio-economic dynamics. The Payment for
EcosystemServices (PES) Team investigates the design of ecosystem service paymentprograms. The GISbased Risk Mapping Team supports the entire research projectby creating a spatially-explicit databaseof key variables associated with riskin the food chain.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
The major research outcome in 2013, as the final year of Full Research, can be summarized as follows:
Environmental Risk Assessment:
Analysisof multiple elements of water and sediment samples were performed in Laguna deBay and its
watershed.[The heavy metal concentration is generally high in river waters compared tolake waters.
Human activities such as urban development and industry in thewestern region as well as an open garbage
dumpsite, located upstream of thewatershed, couldbe major sources of pollutants and may help identify
the close linkage betweenenvironmental degradation and food-health security. AGIS-based risk mappingand flood resilience study have also been conducted inthe Santa Rosa sub-watershed.

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Health Risk Evaluation:

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A series of cross-sectionalstudies were conducted to determine the relationship between specificexposures(socio-economic, nutrition, exposure to environmental pollutants; water,sanitation, andhygiene; and health systems) and certain health outcomes. Leadhas been identified as a pollutant thatcauses negative impacts such as chronicpoisoning and affects children’s intelligence quotient as wellas otherabilities.
Designing Payment for EcosystemServices (PES):

Conducting “Yaman ng Lawa (YNL)” SocialExperiment:
The “Yaman ng Lawa” (YNL, blessings of lake in Tagalog) Programhas been conducted since April 2012.
It is a trans-disciplinary watershed researchproject that involves participatory and community-basedsocial action researchincorporating local knowledge. Theprogram has been challenged to combat lakedegradation and to restore localfish habitat and population as well as the livelihood of fisher folks.
Thisproject has inspired the renewal of the practice of the traditional “BayanihanSpirit” (Collective
Volunteerism).

○Project Members◎ KADA Ryohei○ MASUDA Tadayoshi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Environmental Economics )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Senior Researcher,Agricultural
Resource Economics )○ YAOTA Kiyoyuki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Researcher,Spatial Econometrics,
GIS, Remote Sensing )○ SAITO Satoshi( Ehime University,Assistant Professor,Stable Isotope Earth Science )○ NAKANO Takanori( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Isotopic Environmental
Science )□ ARIMA Makoto( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,,Professor,Earth Science )○ YUMOTO Takakazu( Primate Research Institute Kyoto University,Professor,Forest Ecology )○ RAZAFINDRABE Bam H.N( University of the Ryukyus,Associate Professor,Disaster Risk Management )○ MASUNAGA Shigeki( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Environmental Chemistry )□ MIZUSHIMA Shunsaku ( Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Yokohama City
University,Professor,Preventive Epidemiology )○ TANAKA Katsuya( Research Center for Sustainability and Environment, Shiga University,Associate
Professor,Resource Economics )NAKAI Satoshi( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Environmental Risk Epidemiology; Epidemiological Evaluationof Chemicals )NAGAI Takashi( National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences,Researcher,Organic Chemistry
Risk Analysis )○ TAN, J. Galvez( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Professor,Public
Health )○ RANOLA, R.F.
( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Resource Economics )○ CONCEPCION, R.N.
( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos,Visiting
Professor,Environmental & Resource Economics )○ BORJA, A,C.SANTOS( Research Department, Lake Laguna Development Authority,Director,Biological
Limnology )MOLINA, V.B.
( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Professor,Public
Health )PANGANIBAN L.C.R.
( Medical School, University of the Philippines at Manila,Professor,Environmental
Epidemiology )Research Projects

The primary objective of the PES group isto investigate the design of a cost-effective PES program toachievesustainable watershed management in the Laguna de Bay region in thePhilippines. Our results showthat there is significant variation in farmers’opportunity cost of PES participation. This suggeststhat PES should have aflexible payment mechanism to ensure the cost-effectiveness ofresourceconservation programs.

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ZAFARALLA Macrina T.( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Biology, Water Quality Assessment )MACANDOG Damasa( College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los
Banos,Professor,Plant Ecology, Evaluation of Soil Erosion )○ Future Themes
The following topics are among the most important issues to be further researched:
Theultimate goal of this project is to translate scientific evidence regardingenvironmental risks into
specific policies or programs at different levels toreduce pollutants and human waste. One of theapproaches explored by thisproject includes working closely with the local government units ascriticalpolitical entities to formulate and implement policies to address human wasteissues. In Santa
Rosa City, the mayor is supportive ofthe project and has shown very strong commitment and political
will toimplement and adopt LakeHEAD-initiated activities and strategies to manageenvironmental risks tofood and health security.
Thehealth damage caused by exposure to heavy metals is chronic in nature. Whenhealth symptoms manifest,
the disease is usually in the later stages and someirreversible health damage might have occurredalready. Therefore, preventivemeasures for heavy metal exposure through environmental and food risks
are veryimportant aspects of this project. We have identified significant health risksdue to heavy
metals associated with long-term fish consumption, which has beenvalidated by relatively low IQ scoresof children with blood lead levels >10µg/dL. An initial measure to prevent damage was to engage thestakeholders indiscussing environmental health issues through the community forum in 2012.
We consider that the implementation of thisproject in the Philippines is very timely because it started
at a time whendecision makers in local and national governments were fully aware of theimportance ofenvironmental health and the need to restore the damagedenvironment in the Laguna Lake region. The
support of local governmentexecutives at the project sites is overwhelming, which motivates the
projectresearchers and scientists. In addition, the present manager of the Laguna LakeDevelopment
Authority is supportive of the project; incidentally, he is theadviser to the Philippine president onenvironmental issues.
PES (payment for ecosystem services) has been widely recognized as a viableoption to mitigate landrelated non-point source pollution including waterquality issues. Our research results strongly
indicate that a well-designed PEScan mitigate the problem at lower costs. PES analysis has been
conductedthrough collaboration with other teams, including environmental and health riskteams. PESbased policy analysis is also expected to contribute to thereduction of various risks and to water
quality improvement of Laguna de Bay.

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Stage: Full Research
Project No.: R-07
Abbreviated Title: Desertification in Afro-Eurasia
Project Leader: TANAKA Ueru

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Project Name: Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

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 objectivesof this research are set as follows: 1) to deepen the understanding ofsocial andecological characteristics of some targeted areas of Semi-AridAfro-Eurasia as a premise to study ondesertification; 2) to design and verifysome practical techniques/approaches effective fordesertification control inthe context of rural development assistance; 3) to propose and implement
sometechniques/approaches to desertification control and rural development, with paying special
attention to for vulnerable people. Special focus is given tovulnerable people and areas left behind in
the trend of economic developmentand globalization.
Background
Desertificationis one of the globally concerned problems/issues with complex phenomena relatedto landdegradation and poverty in sub-humid, semiarid and arid areas of Afro-Eurasia.After the ratificationof the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in1994, the international community,
including Japan, signed its commitment tosolve the problems. Twenty years has past. So far, there havebeen many effortsmade by international organization, local government and NGOs, however, theproblems
still remain unsolved and become more serious year by year. Whydesertification have not been prevented
and even became worse? It may beexplained from its causes closely linking with poverty. As defined in
UNCCD (1994),the causes of desertification are both climatic factors and human activities. If thelatter are carefully focused, thecauses are the daily activities to support people’s livelihood andbasic needsfor survival, such as cropping, animal husbandry and gathering of fuel woods.Nobody canforce them to stop the livelihood activities of local people fordesertification control. Difficultyofdesertification control may also be explained from the complexity. Climaticfactors include short anduneven distribution of rainfall, excess rain andflooding, and wind. Livelihood activities arevaried
under different landscape, soils, vegetation, food customs, traditionsof techniques, socio-economic
condition and so on. Susceptibility of land resources and ecosystemsunder the pressure of humanactivities and the impact of climatic factors arealso different for each place. Thus, desertification
can be considered as a sumof these combinations.
Perception and contribution to global environmental problems
Desertification is one of the problems at global concern and, at the same time, the phenomena ofdesertification are the combinations of accumulated causes and consequences at local and human-scale
under complex socio-ecological environments. This means that solutions should be designed by the
combination of the actions at local and human-scale.

○ Progress and Results in 2013
Project research takes place in the Sahel of WestAfrica (Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal), Northeast
Africa (Sudan), SouthernAfrica (Namibia and Zambia), South Asia (India) and East Asia (Mongolia
and,hopefully, China), as shown in Figure 3, where socio-ecological condition andland resources aredegraded due to demographic pressure and uncertainsocio-economic conditions happened under extreme
weathers.

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Major research activities are 1) Innovation ofpractical techniques for desertification control andimprovement of householdeconomy, 2) Extension of verified techniques, e.g. fallow-bans system,
contourlines of Andropogon and extension method incorporated with social networksurvey, and 3) Studies
on vulnerable people, as well as 4) local livelihoodsystems, e.g. agro-pastoral system, adaptation
strategy to climatic andeconomic fluctuation, Islam in rural development context in West Africa.
InSouthern Africa, studies on 1) Monitoring of soil degradation and recoveryprocesses, e.g. changes ofnutrient status and organic matters under differentfarming practices and 2) Resilience of agro-pastoral
system, e.g. behavior ofgrazed animals and its impact on land resources, conflict between
cultivatorsand pastoralists, and socio-ecological adaptation are implemented. In SouthAsia and East
Asia, 1) Resilience of agro-pastoral systems, e.g. copingbehavior of local people in the years ofcrisis and 2) Inventory of indigenousfarming techniques, knowledge and tools and 3) Re-appraisal of
traditionaldry-farming techniques are focused.
Design of practical technique with local people
Many techniques havebeen introduced to control desertification to date, but unfortunately most arenot
adopted by local people. New techniques, however scientifically sound andrational, may not match theneeds and situation of local people if they are tooexpensive or require too much time or labor. Sometechniques are highlydependent on materials and machinery from outside that may not be locallyavailable. Together withvolunteer villagers in Niger and Burkina Faso, we designed analternativetechnique using local materials and indigenous knowledge to control soilerosion and increasehousehold income. The technique is called “Contour lines of Andropogon”. Andropogon (Andropogon
gayanus Kunth) is a wild perennial grass foundeverywhere in the Sahel and utilized as a material toconstruct granaries andhousing. The plant stalk and woven mats are sold in local markets, and theincome
is sometimes 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 withmanure, an indigenous technique known as“Zai”. Manure application tothe wild grass, a newly adopted practice, increases plant productivity
andharvest of stalk. Planting along the contour line reduces soil erosion byintercepting surface runoff water. This technique is also helpful forvulnerable people, such as elders and widows, who have noland or compete withthe others to collect wild Andropogon. This is a typical example of designingapractical technique, which satisfies desertification control and improvement oflocal livelihood,combined with indigenous knowledge, locally availablematerials 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 2013.
Follow-up survey in one village, however, revealed that thetechnique was accepted and practiced by thelimited households, not by theentire 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.

○Project Members◎ TANAKA Ueru
○ ISHIMOTO Yudai○ SHINJO Hitoshi○ IKAZAKI Kenta○ KOBAYASHI Hirohide○ NAKAMURA Hiroshi○ MIURA Rei-ichi○ UCHIDA Satoshi
ISHIKAWA Hirohiko
SAKURAI Takeshi○ MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi( RIHN,Associate Professor,Project management, Agricultural Studies )( RIHN,Researcher,Sub-leader, Anthropology )( Kyoto University,Assistant Professor,Soil Science )( Cosmopolitan University of Tokyo,Assistant Professor,Soil Science )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Architecture )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Social Economics )( Kyoto University,Lecturer,Tropical Ecosystems )( Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science,Proncipal
Researcher,Remote Sensing )( Kyoto University,Professor,Climatorogy )( Tokyo University,Professor,Rural Economics )( RIHN,Researcher,Boundary Agriculture )55
Research Projects( RIHN,Researcher,Rural Sociology )( RIHN,Researcher,Anthropology )( RIHN,Researcher,Geography )( RIHN,Researcher,Archeology )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Geography )( Kyoto University,Associate Professor,Area Studies )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Rudal Development )( Global Environmental Forum,Researcher,Rural Development )( Waseda University,Researcher,Anthropology )( Nanzan University,Researcher,Anthropology )( Nanzan University,Researcher,Anthropoloty )( Kyoto University,Researcher,Geography )( Kyoto University,Researcher,Soil Science )( Institute of Rajasthan Studies (India),Senior Researcher,Archeology )( RINH,Research Assistant,Project Management )RIHN
Research Projects○ SASAKI Yuko
○ SHIMIZU Takao○ TESHIROGI Koki
○ ENDO Hitoshi
MIZUNO Kazuharu
OHYAMA Shuichi
SETO Shinichi
SHIBATA Yoko
MIZOGUCHI Daisuke
ITO Miku
Nakao Seiji
KIRIKOSHI Hitomi
ANDO Kaoru
DEORA, K. P. SinghKIHIRA Tomoe○ Future Themes
Common activities of the entire project
1. To deepen the understanding ofsocial and ecological characteristics of some targeted areas of SemiAridAfro-Eurasia as a premise to study on desertification
1-a. Identification of socio-ecological characteristics of the targetedareas
1-b. Identification of causes and types of dominant desertificationphenomena in relating with thechanges of local livelihood under demographicand economic pressure, climatic trend and intervention byoutsiders
1-c. Identification of mechanisms and processes of socio-ecologicaladaptation being functioned underenvironmental and demographic changes
1-d. Identification of common features and specificity in thesocio-ecological characteristics of thetarget areas through comparativestudies for seeking the possibility of horizontal technology transfer
2. To design and verifysome practical techniques/approaches effective for desertification control inthe
context of rural development assistance
2-a. Re-examination of conventional techniques/approaches todesertification control and ruraldevelopment assistance
2-b. Collection ofdesertification control

indigenous

knowledge

andtechniquesanditsmodification

utilizedfor2-c. Identification of the requisites and possibilities oftechnology transfer within/between Africa
and Asia
2-d. Design and verification of some techniques/approaches effectivefor desertification control andimprovement of livelihood security
3. To propose and implement sometechniques/approaches to desertification control and rural development,with paying special attention to for vulnerable people
3-a. Provision of verified practical techniques/approaches,knowledge and experiences, and plan of
implementation project(s) to relevantorganizations
3-b. Dissemination of the study results through oral presentations(seminars, symposiums and workshops
for wide range of audiences), posters, academicpapers, publications, and advisories
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 desertificationcontrol (Andropogon grass-band system,
fallow-band system, extension methodincorporated with social-network survey) collaborating with local
NGO (Niger)
1-b. Monitoring of soil fertility maintenance and degradationprocess under different cultivation
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1-c. Cross-border migration, socio-ecological adaptation and processof community formation (Niger,
Burkina Faso and Togo)
1-d. Mechanisms and process of innovation by local people (BurkinaFaso)
1-e. Influences of “Islam” in daily livelihood of urban and ruralcommunities (Burkina Faso)
1-f. Background and conditions around street children as a vulnerableexistence (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 thetransfer of some verified
techniques (Senegal, Sudan)
2. Southern Africa
2-a. Impact of transformation in local animal husbandry on peoples’livelihoods, communities,
vegetation and land resources (Namibia)
2-b. Monitoring of soil fertility maintenance and degradation processunder different cultivation
practices in semi-arid condition (Namibia)
2-c. Changes of local livelihood activities and land use systems aftercompulsory trans-migration(Zambia)2-d. Local rules in utilizing land resources and ecosystems (Zambia)
3. South Asia
3-a. Data-base of indigenous tools, its manufacturing processes, andliteratures of traditionalfarming systems to seeking appropriate techniquesuseful for rural development assistance in semi-arid
Asia and Africa (India)
3-b. Co-existence of local livelihoods between the pastoralists andcultivators in highly populatedarea, Rajasthan (India)
3-c. Seasonal movement of pastoralists and its contribution of soilfertility maintenance (India)
3-d. Preliminary survey to seek possibility technology transferbetween India and Africa (India)
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 bypastoralists (Mongolia)
4-c. Preparation of a field experiment for re-appraisal of dry farmingtechniques described in antiquebooks (China)
5. Inter regional sites
We make comparative studies on 1) Adaptation strategies in agro-pastoral systemsbetween high/low
population areas, tropical/temperate climate regions, and cultivation/pastoralsystem” and 2)
Possibility of technology transfer, e.g. land use systems,restoration of degraded land, farming tools
and soil management practices inAfrica and Asia.

●Achievements○Books【Authored/Co-authored】

・Oyama, S. 2013 Land rehabilitation technology created in droughts and famine in Sahel zone of West
Africa: Resource efficiency of urban trash in Hausa farming society. . Nature and Society Research
Series, Geography on Livelihood., vol. 4. Kaisei-sha, Otsu City (in Japanese) T. Yokoyama ed. .
【Chapters/Sections】

・Takao SHIMIZU 2014,03 Traditional Education and Society in Niger: Islamic Education on Zarma Society.
The Diversity of Education in Africa: Local Perspectives. , pp.52-62. (in Japanese) In printing

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Research Projects○Papers【Original Articles】

・Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Noro, Y., Takenaka, S., Miura R., Sokotela, S.B., Funakawa, S 2014 Short term
effects of fire intensity on soil organic matter and nutrient release after slash-and-burn in
Eastern Province, Zambia. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition .(reviewed).in press.

・NAKAMURA, Hiroshi 2013,11 Natural Disaster on 2009-2010 and Herders' Behavior in Dundgobi Pref.,Mongolia. Papers on environmental information science 27 :237-242. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Mizuno, K. 2013,11 The change of natural environments and vegetation in Namib Desert. Special Issue"Dryland ecosystem and its problems" Nature and conservation of Namib Desert, Africa. . Journal of
the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 39(2) :290-292. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Umetsu, C., Tanaka, U. 2013,09 Resilience of Agro-pastoralists
Livelihood System in the Sahel : A Case of Introduction of Migration in I-village, Northeastern
Burkina Faso. Journal of Arid Land Studies 23(2) :73-77.(reviewed).
・ Sakurai, Takeshi 2013,08 Africa’s Economic Growth and Its Food Production. Josuikai Newsletter(993) :36-38. (in Japanese)
・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H, Umetsu, C. 2013,07 Social Safety Net Using Mobile Phones : A Case Study ofSouthern Province, Zambia. Journal of agricultural development studies 24(1) :26-35. (in Japanese)(reviewed).
・Oyama, S. 2013 "Frog in the boiled water":Water and life in the Sahel region of West Africa. .
Ethnology Ouarterly (Kikan Minzokugaku) 145 :52-59. (in Japanese)・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Yudai ISHIMOTO, Ueru TANAKA, Chieko UMETSU 2013,08 THE ROLE OF THE SWEET POTATOIN THE CROP DIVERSIFICATION OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA. African Study
Monographs 34(2) :119-137.(reviewed).
【Review Articles】

・ Yuji TAKENOSHITA, Nobutaka KAMEI, Kae AMO, Takao SHIMIZU 2013,12 Forum for "Studies on African
Childhood": School Education and Traditional Education in Francophone Africa. Jpurnal of African
Studies (83) :37-51. (in Japanese)○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・NAKAMURA, Hiroshi Natural Disaster on 2009-2010 and Herders' Behavior in Dundgobi Pref., Mongolia.
The 27th Academic Conference of Papers on Environmental Information Science, 2013,12,06, Nihon
University (Chiyoda City). (in Japanese)
・NAKAMURA, Hiroshi Analysis of Developing Herder's Resilience to Natural Disaster in Mongolia. The
24th Conference of The Japan Society for International Development, 2013,11,30-2013,12,01, Osaka
University (Suita City). (in Japanese)
・Takao SHIMIZU Quranic School as Traditional Ecucation on Inland West Africa 2: Case Study on Fakara
region. 12th Africa Educational Research Forum , 2013,10,25-October 2013, Waseda University, Tokyo.
(in Japanese)
・Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H, Miura, R., Funakawa, S Effect of burning on soil organic matterand vegetation in cropland and fallow land in Eastern Province of Zambia. Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plan Nutrition, 2013,09,11-2013,09,13, Nagoya University (Nagoya City). (in Japanese)
・Takao SHIMIZU “Street Children”, Taribé and NGOs in Ouagadougou. le workshop académique "Education
et travail des enfants dans les sociétés en modernisation : nouvelles perspectives africaines etasiatiques.", 2013,08,29, ISM, Dakar, Sénégal.

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・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Tanaka, U. 2013,12 Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the
Sahel: Survival Devices Embedded in Food Consumption System. Sand Dune Reasearch 60(2) :73-78. (inJapanese)

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・Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue 2014,01 Development of the Rural Economy of Burkina Faso in 30 Years:
Have They Escaped from the Poverty? . Economic Review 65(1) :23-41. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

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・Hirohiko ISHIKAWA, Weiqiang MA Comparison of GSMaP Mvk Data With Surface Data at Semi-Arid Regions in
Africa. The 10th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 2013,06,24-2013,06,28, AOGS,
Brisbane, Australia.
・NAKAMURA, Hiroshi Herder's transition of Economic Class and Labor after Natural Disaster. The 14th
Spring Conference of The Japan Society for International Development, 2013,06,08, Utsunomiya
University (Utsunomiya City). (in Japanese)・Yuji TAKENOSHITA, Nobutaka KAMEI, Kae AMO, Takao SHIMIZU, Nobuhide SAWAMURA Forum for "Studies on
African Childhood": School Education and Traditional Education in Francophone Africa. 50th Japan
Association for African Studies, 2013,05,25-2013,05,26, The Tokyo University, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
・Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue Economic Development and Desertification in the West Africa Semi-Arid
Tropics: The Case of Burkina Faso in 30 Years. Third Workshop of Desertification Project,
2013,05,11-2013,05,12, Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. (in Japanese)・MIURA R. On the origin of the Japanese aphorism "The good farmer weeds the field without seeing
weeds". The 52th Annual Meeting of the Weed Science Society of Japan, 2013,04,13-2013,04,14, Kyoto
Uni., JAPAN. (in Japanese)
・Takao SHIMIZU Quranic School as Traditional Ecucation on Inland West Africa 1: Case Study on Fakara
region. 11th Africa Educational Research Forum, 2013,04,12-2013,04,13, Kyoto Wemen's University,
Kyoto. (in Japanese)
・ K.P. Singh, H. Miyazaki, H. Endo, J.S. Kharakwal, Ueru Tanaka SAVE THE INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURETECHNIQUES (Special Reference to Rajasthan). National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology andAgricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India..
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, KP Singh, H. ENDO, U. TANAKA Soil Fertility Management for Smallholder Farmer in
Semi Arid Tropics: In case of South Rajasthan.. National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology
and Agricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India.
・Oyama, S. Why does population explosion occur in the country? : People's thought for the success inNiger. . Niger Day. NGO Common Niger , 2013,09,15, Moriya Citizens Activity Support Center. (inJapanese)
・Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu Discussion on the Informal Safety Net
by Mobile Phone in Southern Zambia.. The 4th Lusaka Resilience Workshop, "Towards Comprehensive Food
Security: Bridging Climate Resilience and Disaster Resilience, 2013,08,29, Lusaka, ZAMBIA.
・Oyama, S. Conflict in Africa and "African potential" for achieving coexistence based on indigenous
knowledge and institutions.. Geographical Union (IGU2013) Regional Conference Joint Session ,2013,08,05, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto.
【Poster Presentation】

・Yuko SASAKI The Extension Method of Practical Technique to Control Wind Erosion at Rural Areas in
NIger, West Africa.. GCOE-ARS Final Symposium 2013, 2013,12,01-2013,12,03, Uji Campus, Kyoto
University.
・Yuko SASAKI, Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA
Lessons learnt from theextenstion of practical technique to control wind erosion with improvement of crop performance inNiger, West Africa.. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation , 2013,06,17-2013,06,18,
Ghent, Belgium.
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Y. ISHIMOTO, U. TANAKA, C. UMETSU Transformation of the ownership of indigenous
trees as common resources - a case study in the semiarid tropics of Zambia -. IASC2013(International Association for the Study of the Commons 2013), 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Kitafuji,
Japan.
・Ueru Tanaka, K. Ikazaki, Y. Sasaki, H. Shinjo, S. Tobita Practical technique and extension method for
improvement of crop performance with wind erosion control.. UNCCD 2nd Scientific Coference,
2013,04,09-2013,04,12, Bonn, Germany.

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Research Projects【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Shinjo, H. How do we deal with soils in semiarid tropics of Africa?. The 197th seminar of Africanarea studies organized by The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2013,07,18, Kyoto
University, Kyoto.

・Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue Development of the Rural Economy of Burkina Faso in 30 Years: Have
They Escaped from the Poverty?. IER Seminar, Institute of Economic Research, 2013,07,03,
Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi. (in Japanese)
・Sakurai, Takeshi Africa’s Economic Growth and Its Food Production. Hitotsubashi University OpenCourse, 2013,05,16, Josuikaikan Hall, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

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・Ishimoto, Y. Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the Sahel. Symposium in the 59th Academic meeting forJapanese Society of Sand Dune Research, 2013,07,04-2013,07,05, Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo). (in Japanese)

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・ Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue Demand for Mineral Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa and Poverty
Reduction among Rural Households: The Case of Gold Rush in Burkina Faso. 2014 Annual Conference of
the Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, 2014,03,29-2014,03,30, Kobe University, Kobe. (inJapanese)

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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: Resources
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,
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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 2013
Group 1

Group 2:Preliminary studies were carried out, namely assessing the potential of unutilized energyand possible
conflicts in implementing the energy in each study site, as described as follows in detail.
(1)
Studies in primary sites domestic in Japan: Various physical measurements were performed inseveral sites in Obama City, Fukui Prefecture, to assess quantitatively the possibility of enhancing
exploitationof geothermal and ground water heat. In Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, several sites werechosen to measure gravity and other physical parameters to prepare for assessing the potential ofgeothermal and hot spring power generation in thefollowing fiscal year. In consort with Group 4,
Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture was selected as a secondary site of this study to compare
theexisting cases about geothermal and hot spring power generation with those inBeppu City.
(2) Collaborative studies with groups in overseas: Preliminary meetings about future study frameworks
and plans were held with counterparts ofthis project in Indonesia and Philippines, in both of whichhave a large potential and advanced cases of geothermal power generation. InCalifornia, USA, in whichwater is often a bottleneck of water-energy-food nexus, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) has been tried
to be optimized to acquire agricultural and domestic non-commercial water. Through discussions withcounterparts of this project in USA, Pajaro Valley was chosen as a primary siteto study water-energyfood nexus in California in detail from the following fiscal year.
Group 3:In FY2013, field survey and interview were conducted at three main sites (Otsuchi, Iwate Pref., Obama,
Fukui Pref. and Beppu, Oita Pref.) and a secondary site (Yuza, Yamagata Pref.). At Otsuchi, physicaland biological surveys were conducted under collaboration with Atmospheric and Ocean ResearchInstitute,Tokyo University. Submarine groundwater discharge and occurrence of crustaceansand fishes
were observed at a southern coast of Otsuchi Bay. At Obama, physicaland biological surveys including
fish sampling were conducted under collaboration with Obama Fisheries High School. At Beppu and Yuza,
physical andbiological surveys including underwater observation of marine organisms(including
crustaceans and fishes) were conducted under collaboration with HijiTown Sea Farming Center, Oita Pref.
and Yuza Town Office, Yamagata Pref., respectively. Preliminary field surveys and observations wereconducted at several sites within Japan since it was the first year of the project.
Group 4:Firstly, we collected around twenty cases which some participatory methods were applied so far inwater,
food, energy policy as a preparation for comprehensive case analysis. Observingthe database that wecreated with these cases arranging some indices of policyprocess and outcome, government support looked
like one the drivers for promoting participatory method.
Secondly, we conducted interview with the stakeholders of thirty eight organization (forty eight
persons) regarding sustainable use of groundwater in Obama city. Based on the analysis of their

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Frameworks of the science in society at local scale are established during 2013. Continuous processesof co-designing with various stakeholders including goverment, business sectors, citizen, have been
made at Obama, Fukui, Japan. Co-design in California, British Colombia, Philippine, and Indonesia areunder various stages depending on the issue. Identifications of stakeholders have been made at Obama,
Beppu, and Otsuchi. For regional and global scales for science and society, various nexus on waterenergy-food with different stakeholders are searched and to be made collaborative relationship withthose groups.

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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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perception and attitudes to the issue, we proposed the followings; i) integrating joint fact-finding to
the scientific study conducted by city office on the pointssuch as amount of groundwater andsuitability of groundwater for snow melting, ii)strengthening a connection with agricultural sector to
groundwater issues, andiii) putting a priority on groundwater in community development.
Finally, to analyze individuals’attitude and behavior change on the issue of disputes between
geothermal power and hot spring, we conducted interview with five experts of geothermal engineering andhot spring sciences. The results indicated that a variety of stakeholders should verify scientificevidence gained by trans-disciplinary approach (jointfact-finding). Then we carried out an experimentof group deliberation within electronic conference room on the Internet. We set up three groups
consisting of inhabitants of hot springs, people in hot springs industry, hot spring lovers andenvironmentalists for each, and the subjects deliberated several pointswith provided expert knowledge.
The results stressed that the most subjects got interest in being involved in the development processof geothermal power around the time of experiment and some subjects became aware of importance ofadaptivemanagement with scientific evidence.
Group 5:The objective of group5 is to create new tools such as integrated index, map and model which arefeatured human environmental security, and to build new scenario for future planning, aimingat
maximizing human well-being towards a sustainable society since water-energy-food nexus is one of themost important and fundamental global environmental issues facing theworld.
The sub-topics are
firstly, to identify water-energy-food nexus conflicts and tradeoffs and to clear which nexus has an
impact on human environmental security with quantifying and visualizing human environmental security,
secondly to develop new integrated index including components and indictors, and lastly to propose apolicy optionusing integrated index, map and model. The research activities and findings for the firstyears are as follows:(1)In tegrated index for water-energy-food; Regarding framework construction, the workshop on risk washeld to take interdisciplinarily approach. The concepts, theories, methodologies and practices of risk
are partially identified. As for indicator selections, profiling activities were conducted bothin
Indonesia and in the Philippines, and the existing data on local hazardshave been collected.
(2) Integrated map; The necessaryinformation on social, natural sciences for creating integrated map of
theObama Bay and Beppu Bay have been collected and the methodologies and practices for creating andusing the integrated map have also been developed.
(3) Environment-economy assessment; The Environment-economy assessment through internet questionnaire
survey on water-energy-food nexus in the Reinan district, Fukui prefecture was conducted and identified
the economic values of ground and spring water, and fisheries priduction.

○Project Members◎ Makoto Taniguchi◎ Aiko Endo
Naoki Masuhara
Makoto Yamada
Tomohiro Oh
Shun Teramoto<Group 1 >Seiichi Mori
Hein Mallee
Takahiro Endo
Aysun Uyar
<Group 2 >○ Masahiko Fujii○ Shinji Ohsawa
Hajime Araki
Hisashi Kobayashi
Seiichiro Ioka

( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Group leader, Group 1 ),Group leader, Group 5 ),Group 4 ),Group 2 ),Group 1 ))( Gifu Keizai University )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )( Osaka Prefecture University )( Doshisha University )( Hokkaido University)( Institute For Geothermal Sciences,Kyoto University )( Hokkaido University )( Ibaraki University College of Agriculture )( North Japan Research Institute for Sustainable Energy )63Research Projects

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Yuji Miyashita( Kanagawa Hot Springs Res. Ins )Jun Nishijima( Center for Environmental Science in Saitama )Hideki Hamamoto( Center for Environmental Science in Saitama )Masakatsu Sasada( Geo-Heat Promotion Association of Japan )Marnel A. R. Ratio ( Kyushu University Faculty of Engineering )Yayan Sofyan( Kyushu University Faculty of Engineering )Yoichiro Fukuda( Hokkaido University )Soichiro Tanabe( Hokkaido University )<Group 3 >○ Jun Shoji( Hiroshima University )Osamu Tominaga( Fukui Prefectural University )Takanori Nakano( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Ryo Sugimoto( Hiroshima University )Shiho Kobayashi( Hiroshima University )Hisami Honda( Fukui Prefectural University )Yuhei Ogino( Hiroshima University )Takuya Kuwahara( Hiroshima University )Hiromi Miyata( Kyoto University )<Group 4 >○ Kenshi Baba
( Hosei University)
Mitsuru Tanaka( Hosei University )Masahiro Matsuura( The University of Tokyo )Michinori Kimura( Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute )Satoshi Ishikawa( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )<Group 5>
Takeo Ohnishi( Gifu University )Terukazu Kumazawa( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Pedcris Orencio( Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University /RIHN )<Obama research>○ Daisuke Tahara( Fukui Prefectural University )Yasuyuki Kosaka( Fukui prefectural Wakasa high school )<Otsuchi research>
Tomohiko Kawamura( International Coastal Research Center )Ken Sasaki( Otsuchi Town Office )<Secondary site>
Tomoya Akimichi( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature )Kazuo Matsushita( Kyoto University )Minoru Tokumasu( Saijyo City Office )○ ALLEN, Diana M.
( Simon Fraser University, Canada )○ GURDAK, Jason( San Francisco State University, USA )BURNETT, Kimbaly( University of Hawaii, USA )CIPTOMULYONO,( PT. PLN, Geothermal, Indonesia )UdibowoBAGALIHOG, Elenito M( National Water Resources Board, Philippine )BURNETT, William C. ( Florida State University, USA )GORELICK, Steven M. ( Stanford University, USA )SWARZENSKI, Peter( United states Geological Survey, USA )KILDOW, Judith( Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA )LAPCEVIC, Pat( BC Ministry of Forest Lands & Natural Resource Operations, Canada )WEI, Mike( British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Canada )BAKKER, Karen( The University of British Columbia, Canada )KIRSTE, Dirk
( Simon Fraser University, Canada )○ SIRINGAN, Fernando ( University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippine )P.

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ROESALI, P. Andy
( PT. Matlamat Cakera Canggih, Indonesia )LUBIS, F. Rachmat( Indonesia Institute of Scienc )HABA, Johanis( Indonesia Institute of Scienc )HIDAYATI, Deny
( Indonesia Institute of Scienc )PAWITAN Hidayat( Bogor Agricultural University (IPB-Bogor) )BALANGUE, I. R. D. ( University of the Philippines )Maria
JAGO-ON, A. B. Karen( University of the Philippines )○ DELINOM, Robert( Indonesia Institute of Science, Indonesia )○ Future ThemesGroup 1:
The frameworks of science in society at Otsuchi and Obama have been made by continuous co-design andco-monitoringprocesses.
However,co-designfornational,
regional
andglobalscale, individual national level framework are establishing, inter-national continuous meeting forregional scale with theme group as well as relationship with Future earth program will
Group 2:
Mini/micro hydropower, which is supposed to be a core energy target in this project, has not been welldiscussed nor studied in this fiscal year. In the following year,assessing the potential of mini/microhydropower and the possible conflicts in implementation will be studied intensively, along with
continuing the studies described above.
Group3:
At Otsuchi, submarine ground water discharge was observed at the southern coast of Otsuchi Bay.
However, confirmation of an area with higher Rn concentration would be needed for future survey inwhich coupling between physical and biological research should be included. At Obama, confirmation of
possible observation stations in the future surveys would be needed since higher Rn concentration wasobserved at a couple of sites within Obama Bay. At Beppu, appropriate spatial scale for future survey
around the Beppu Bay should be identified sincehigh Rn concentration was observed both in the northernand southern areas ofthe bay. At Yuza, it would be easier to confirm the sampling station comparedto at
the other sites because high submarine groundwater discharge was observed directly by eyes at thecoast. Intensive field survey is expected in FY2014.Therefore, it would be essential to plan thesampling schedules as soon aspossible after talking with other members of the project. Preparation forfield experiments and application for permit for animal sampling in the field shouldbe processed prior
to the survey season.
Gtoup4:Firstly, as for comprehensive case analysis, we plan to collect further cases and analyze relationships
among indices on process and outcome statistically. One of the challenges is how much cases of nexus
issues we can collect.
Secondly, we have a plan to present the results of Obama study at the spring meeting of the Japanese
Association of Groundwater Hydrology and submit a peer-review paper to any journals. We are now
implementing a questionnaire for the identified stakeholders in Obama to analyze social network among
them. We will also present the results of this analysis at any conferences within this fiscal year. In
addition to this, we plan to conduct another stakeholder analysis regarding disputes between geothermal
power and hot spring in Beppu city.We are now coordinating with local governments to get a credible
preliminary lists of stakeholders and potential issues. Also, we are preparing a stakeholder analysis
regarding small hydroelectric generation in any sites.
Finally, we will continue the attitudeand behavior change analysis on the experimental data collectedin the lastfiscal year, and plan to present it at the meeting of the Geothermal Research Society ofJapan and submit a peer-review paper to any journals.We also continue to conduct interview with experts
to formulate an issue mapping of geothermal power engineering, hot spring sciences and the otherdisciplines. These results will be inputted to the stakeholder analysis in Beppu city.

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Gtoup5:

2.Integrated map: Theintegratedusingtransdisciplinarily approach.

map

in

Beppu

bay

and

Obama

bay

shouldbecompleted

4. Environment-economy assessment: The Environment-economy assessment through internetquestionnaire
survey on water-energy-food nexus in Beppu will be conducted to identifythe economic values of hot
spring water, geothermal energy and fisheriesproduction.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Tomohiro Oh 2013,08 Fishermen’s plantations as a way of resource governance in Japan. Jin Sato (ed.)
Governance of Natural Resources: Uncovering the Social Purpose of Materials in Nature. United
Nations University Press, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, pp.202-221.
○Editing【Editing / Co-editing】

・ Balsiger, Jörg and Aysun Uyar (ed.) 2013,12 Proceedings on Comparing Regional Environmental
Governance in East Asia and Europe (EE-REG). , 107pp. ISBN: 978-4-902325-89-8.
○Papers【Original Articles】

・Yoshida，K., Makino, T., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S., Hasebe, M., Kawata, M., Kume, M., Mori, S., C.
L. Peichel, Toyoda, A. and Kitano, J. 2014,03 Sex Chromosome Turnover Contributes to Genomic
Divergence between Incipient Stickleback Species. PLOS Genetics 10(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.
1004223.(reviewed).
・SOFYAN,Y., NISHIJIMA, J., FUJIMITSU, Y., YOSHIKAWA, S., KAGIYAMA, T., OHKURA. 2014,02 Monitoring
Geothermal Activity at Aso Volcano, Japan, After Small Eruption in May 2011. Proceedings of 38th
Workshop on Geothermal reservoir Engineering. Stanford University, , Stanford, California, USA, p.
9-9.
・Burnett, K., and C.A. Wada 2014,02 Optimal groundwater management when recharge is declining: amethod for valuing the recharge benefits of watershed conservation. Environmental Economics andPolicy Studies . DOI:10.1007/s10018-014-0077-y. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Burnett, K., Endress, L., Ravago, M.-L., Roumasset, J., Wada, 2014,01 Islands of sustainability intime and space. International Journal of Sustainable Society 6(1/2) :9-27.(reviewed).
・KAMIMURA, Y., KAWANE, M., HAMAGUCGI, M. and SHOJI, J. 2013,12 Age and growth of three rockfish
species, Sebastes inermis, S. ventricosus and S. cheni, in the central Seto Inland Sea. ICHTHYOL RES- Ichthyological Research . DOI:10.1007/s10228-013-0381-8.(reviewed).
・Uyar, A 2013,10 Social Sciences in Japan after Fukushima. World Social Science Report 2013: Changing
Global Environment :215-219.(reviewed).
・KAMIMURA、Y. SHOJI、J. 2013,09 Does macroalgal vegetation cover influence post-settlement survival andrecruitment potential of juvenile black rockfish Sebastes cheni?. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science 129 :86-93.(reviewed).

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3.Integrated model: Theintegrated model of the Kitagawa river watershed and Obana Bay should
becompleted.

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1.Integrated index for water-energy-food: Regardingframework construction, index workshop will be held
to identify the concepts,theories, methodologies and practice of index. As for indicator selections,profiling activities will be conducted inthe USA and Canada to identify the hazard and existing datafor creating index.

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・KINOSHITA, H., KAMIMURA, Y., MIZUNO, K. and SHOJI, J. 2013,09 Nighttime predation on post-settlement
Japanese black rockfish Sebastes cheni in a macroalgal bed: effect of body length on predation rate.
ICES Journal of Marine Science . DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fst033（査読付）.(reviewed).
・Endo, A. 2013,08 A review of Changes in the uses of whale resources over time in Japan, with a
specific example of the hand-harpoon fishery of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Nobuhiro Kishigami,
Hisashi Hamaguchi, James M.Savelle (ed.) Anthropological Studies of Whaling. Senri EthnologicalStudies. No. 84. National Museum of Ethnology :227-250.(reviewed).
・ Orencio, P. M., and M. Fujii 2013,07 A spatiotemporal approach for determining disaster-risk
potential based on damage consequences of multiple hazard events. Jounal of Risk Research . DOI:
10.1080/13669877.2013.816334.(reviewed).
・Kumazawa,T., Kozaki, K., Matsui, T., Saito, O., Ohta, M., Hara, K., Uwasu, M., Kimura, M., Mizoguchi,
R. 2013,07 Initial Design Process of the Sustainability Science Ontology for Knowledge-sharing toSupport Co-deliberation. Sustainability Science . DOI:10.1007/s11625-013-0202-z.(reviewed).
・Ishikawa, A., Takeuchi, N., Kusakabe, M., Kume, M., Mori, S., Takahashi. H. and Kitano, J. 2013,07
Speciation in ninespine stickleback: reproductive isolation and phenotypic divergence among cryptic
species of Japanese ninespine stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26(7) :1417-1430. DOI:
10.1111/jeb.12146.(reviewed).
・Honjo, K., and M. Fujii 2013,05 Impacts of demographic, meteorological, and economic changes onhousehold CO2 emissions in the 47 prefectures of Japan. Regional Science Policy & Practice, Regional
Science Policy & Practice 6(1). DOI:10.1111/rsp3.12013.(reviewed).
・Jishi, T., and H. Araki 2013,04 Effects of Long-term Storage of One-year-old Rootstocks in Snow Moundon the Sugar Contents of Storage Roots and White Spear Yield of Asparagus. Journal of the JapaneseSociety for Horticultural Science 82(2) :138-144.(reviewed).
・Uyar、A. and Taniguchi、M. 2013,04 Regional Science-Society Interface within Global Environmental andSocial Change towards Sustainability. Japan Social Innovation Journal 3(1) :36-47.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・Uyar, A. Environmental Regionalism” within Regional Economic Cooperation Frameworks of East Asia.
55th ISA-International Studies Association Convention, 2014,03,26-2014,03,29, Canada.
・Endo, A. Human-Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food NEXUS. .
International Expert Workshop on Sustainable Development: Addressing nexus issues in urbanizationera, 2014,03,11-2014,03,13, Jakarta, Indonesia..
・Baba, K. How do Joint Fact-Finding Approaches work in NEXUS Issues? Perspective and Application to
Japanese Cases. Nexus 2014, 2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina、USA.
・Taniguchi, M. Human-Environmental Security in the Ring of Fire:Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Side event in
Nexus 2014, 2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina, USA.
・Endo, A., Orencio, P. Developing integrated index for water-energy-food nexus.. WS on NEXUS 2014:
WATER, FOOD, CLIMATE AND ENERGY CONFERENCE, 2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina, USA.
・SOFYAN,Y., NISHIJIMA, J., FUJIMITSU, Y., YOSHIKAWA, S., KAGIYAMA, T., OHKURA. Monitoring Geothermal
Activity at Aso Volcano, Japan, After Small Eruption in May 2011. 38th Workshop on Geothermal
reservoir Engineering, February 2014, Stanford, California.
・Baba, K. Participatory approaches in climate change adaptation policy process. ICLEI USA and Japan
Exchange on Climate Adaptation Meeting the challenges of sea level rise, flooding, and water
management , January 2014, San Diego、USA.
・Hara, K., Kimura, M., Kumazawa, T., Kuroda, M., Uwasu, M. Historical Trends of Research on “Sound
Material-Cycle Society” in Japan - Evidences from a Database. Eco Design 2013,2013,12,04-2013,12,06, Jeju Island, Korea.
・Uyar, A., Müge Kınacıoğlu Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environment Dimension of Human Security.
Eighth Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 2013,09,18-2013,09,21, Poland.
・Uyar, A. International Migration Regimes and Human Security Implications in the Sending Countries.
8th International Convention for Asian Scholars, 2013,06,24-2013,06,27, Macao.

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・Balsiger, Jörg and Aysun Uyar Comparative Analysis of European and East Asian Regional Environmental
Governance. 54th ISA-International Studies Association Convention, 2013,04,03-2013,04,06, San
Francisco.

【Poster Presentation】

・Taniguchi, M Human-Environmental Security in the Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Nexus 2014,
2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina, USA.
・Masuhara, N., Kimura, M., Baba, K. Comprehensive Case Analysis on Participatory Approaches Applied to
Resolve Environmental Disputes in Local Community from Nexus Perspectives. Nexus 2014: Water, Food,
Climate and Energy Conference, 2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina.
・Pedcris M. Orencio, Aiko Endo, Makoto Taniguchi and Masahiko Fujii A Conceptual Two-fold Approach to
Evaluate the Security of Water. Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference,
2014,03,05-2013,03,08, North Carolina, USA.
・Endo, A., Orencio, P., Taniguchi, M. A review of coastal and water resource policies in Japan: anexus between water and food. NEXUS 2014: WATER, FOOD, CLIMATE AND ENERGY CONFERENCE,
2014,03,05-2014,03,08, North Carolina, USA.
・Makoto Yamada, Shinji Ohsawa, Taketoshi Mishima and Takuya Sakai Relationship between hot springdrainage and the amount of diatom flowing in river. 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting,2014,02,23-2014,02,28, Honolulu, Hawaii.
・Taniguchi, M.Shoji, J., Sugimoto, R., Yamada, M., Ono, M. Submarine Groundwater discharge as security
in the coastal zone. 2014 Ocean Science Meeting, 2014,02,23-2014,02,28, Honolulu, Hawaii.
・Taniguchi, M., Endo, A., Gurdak, J.J., Allen, D.M., Siringan, F., Delinom, R., Shoji, J., Fujii, M.,
Baba, K Human-Environmental Security in the Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus. American
Geophysical Union, 2013,12,09-2013,12,13, San Francisco, USA.
・Taniguchi, M., Endo, A., Gurdak, J.J., Allen, D.M., Sirigan, F., Delinom, R., Shoji, J., Fujii, M.,
Baba, K. Human-Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food NEXUS. AGU
Fall Meeting, 2013,12,09-2013,12,13, San Francisco.

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・Burnett, K. Optimal Joint Management of Interdependent Resources: The Case of Groundwater and Kiawe(Prosopis pallida). . Hanauma Bay Education Program. Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, 2013,05,16,
Honolulu, Hawaii.

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・Kozaki, K., Kumazawa, T., Saito, O., Mizoguchi, R. Ontology Exploration Tool for Social, Economic andEnvironmental Development. SEED (Social, Economic and Environmental Development) Workshop, 7th IEEE
International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies Special Theme (IEEE DEST 2013),
2013,07,24-2013,07,26, Menlo Park, California, USA..

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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://en.ilekcrp.org/index.html
Key Words: knowledge production, adaptive governance, residential research, multi-scale translator,meta-analysis○ Research Subject and Objectives
Research purpose:
Diverse ecosystem services should be managed as commons by collaboration of various stakeholders withdifferent values and interests. 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 as commons bycollaboration of various stakeholders with different values and interests on the basis of collective
knowledge base such as ILEK. We examine mechanisms to facilitate production and circulation of ILEK tounderstand ILEK-based adaptive governance mechanisms for creation and sustainable governance of suchcommons. This initiative-based project conducts meta-analysis and integrates a wide range of results of
RIHN projects and locally accumulated knowledge through daily practices of stakeholders in various
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 circulationof ILEK among different stakeholders. The project invites these important actors in local 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 of knowledge acrossmultiple scales by cross-level knowledge translators clarify cross-scale governance for solutions ofglobal 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 2013

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. Eleven candidate
sites of social experiments have been extracted among the case study sites. Organizations and people
working as a bilateral translator connecting multiple scales from global to local levels are reviewed
for their knowledge production and translation, and 11 cases of such cross-level knowledge translators
are identified for cross-scale analysis. Project member scientists conduct co-design, co-production andco-delivery processes of transdisciplinary research through daily interactions with local leaders,
decision makers, cross-level translators and other stakeholders. These localized research results areintegrated 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 of theoretical meta-analysis to give feedback
from the local perspectives to both theoreticians and empirical researches. These feedback at theworkshop will be immediately brought back to local level research and actions by participating
scientists and stakeholders deeply embedded to each case study sites. This two-tier structure oftransdisciplinary approaches will enable the scientists and stakeholders to achieve close collaborationand 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:
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

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This project effectively inherits research outcomes of cognitive sciences from previous RIHN projects
and integrates them with various cases of solution-oriented design science approaches from the world,which involve collaborative interactions between scientists and stakeholders to produce and utilize
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 of science forsolutions of diverse global environmental problems. The project analyzes scientific processes andoutcomes of various cases of solution-oriented knowledge productions by residential and other types ofresearches including RIHN projects from the viewpoints of knowledge users, based on the hypothesis thatthe multiple roles and functions of important actors to produce and circulate ILEK support the adaptive
governance of local communities for sustainable futures. We have established the preliminary conceptualmodels of ILEK-based adaptive governance based on the framing of local stakeholders and potential
responses of stakeholder networks. In 2013, we aimed to elaborate these theoretical frames from metaanalysis of case studies and modeling to produce verifiable hypothesis for designing social
experiments. We also conducted analysis of roles and functions of bilateral knowledge translators in
the contexts of cross-scale collaboration mediated by knowledge flow across multiple scale levels fromlocal to global. Through the research in FR1 and 2, we recognized that local communities are almost
always interacting with external actors and institutions including global and regional ones. Crossscale translators are an important component of stakeholder networks in each local community. Thisobservation led us to incorporate cross-scale analysis into each case study from FR3, and to avoid
analyzing cross-scale governance independently in a separate research group. Social experiments
starting from FR3 in selected case study sites will be designed to incorporate cross-scale elements asmuch as possible. With the approaches integrating empirical studies, social experiments and theoreticalanalysis, the project aims to elucidate the way forwards toward solution of global environmental
problems.

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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 will design a series of social
experiments in the case study sites, focusing on ILEK-based adaptive governance mechanisms to clarify
drivers of adaptive societal changes. Case Study group will be re-organized into Social Experimentgroup at the start of social experiments in FR3. We also make a quest of mechanisms to facilitate
scale-scale actions for global environment problems, by analyzing roles of bilateral translators acrossglobal, regional and local scales. Multi-scale Analysis group consisted of Top Down and Bottom Upteams. The group worked together with the Case Study group to elucidate dynamic translation andcirculation of knowledge across different scale levels. Theory and Modeling group works together withother groups to conduct meta-analysis of the case studies to establish and elaborate parameters formodeling. The results are fed back to other groups to refine research strategies. In order tofacilitate interactions among diverse project members with different academic background, the crosscutting Task Forces (TFs) are organized at different levels of analyses, including Ethics of Designoriented 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 of these groups and TFs, develop and improvebasic concepts and strategies, and integrate research results for design of sustainable societies.
General understanding of adaptive governance mechanisms of commons is expected to be achieved with thisintegrative research design.
Research outcomes of the year 2013: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 in FR1 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
ILEK-based adaptive governance (knowledge production, decision making and action at individual or small
group level, and adaptive societal change), driven by knowledge producers, knowledge users andtranslators. In this ILEK Triangle, ILEK productions were hypothesized to lead to dynamic changes ofsocial systems 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 four categories (below).
1. create and visualize values
Produced knowledge creates or visualizes new shareable values in local communities to mobilize
collaborative actions.
2. collaboration with diverse actors （local and cross-scale）
Knowledge is produced and circulated to open new potential of collaboration among stakeholders in andoutside the communities, including stakeholders at larger scale levels.
3. provide options and opportunities
Produced knowledge expand options and opportunities for sustainable actions among stakeholders andmediates changes in environmental perception.
4. appropriate translation
Knowledge translators (individual or organizational) mediate changes in individual actions or formal
and informal social systems by appropriate selection, modification and reconstruction of knowledge.
b) Preliminary results of discourse analysis

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Methods of computer-assisted text analysis based on the ILEK database launched in FR2 have beendeveloped to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of discourses of scientists, translators andstakeholders accumulated in the project research. Trial of simple principal component analysis offrequencies of nouns from time series of discourses of individual bilateral translators revealed its
potential to extract major messages that a particular translator had delivered, and the changes ofmessage 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 to participate
together in field works at case study sites in FR1 and 2. Particularly promising approaches include
communication dynamics models analogous to evolutionary dynamics of knowledge as a meme, complex
network models including asymmetric simple exclusion processes (ASEP) focusing on functions ofbilateral translators in knowledge circulation networks (≈social network), and game theoretic models of
exclusion mechanisms of free-riders in adaptive governance processes. A new project researcher
specialized in mathematical modeling was assigned to ILEK project in February 2014, and we are
expecting a leap in modeling study of adaptive governance mechanisms toward the rest of the project
period.

○Project Members◎ SATO, Tetsu

Management Group◎ KIKUCHI, Naoki( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Professor,Local Science forEnvironment and Sustainability Team leader of Developing country team：Case study
group )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,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 )Research Projectsc) Progress in text analysis and theoretical modeling

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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 November 2013 by improving the interview protocol.
Interview Specialists Group (ISG) was established in and has accumulated interview records of 37
individuals from 32 case study sites (28 from Japan and 4 from the world outside Japan), including 26translators, 3 knowledge producers, and 8 knowledge users. Preliminary analyses of 20 interviews inJapan revealed a strong emphasis on drivers classified into “collaboration among diverse actors”. Theinterviewees commonly shared importance of opportunities to expand human networks by collaborative
actions supported by ILEK, which were largely dependent on attributions of knowledge producers andtranslators, as well as knowledge itself. New values were recognized to be created and visualized
through the collaborative interactions, and options and opportunities also expanded as a result of
collaboration. Translators played significant roles in collaborative networking by bridging gaps inknowledge hierarchy and providing legitimacy for different stakeholders to collaborate. Thishypothetical scenario should be verified by further accumulation and detailed analyses of discourses,
both in interviews and naturally spoken records, and by theoretical modeling.

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○ TOKITA, Kei○ NAKAGAWA, Chigusa○ MAKINO, Mitsutaku○ MATSUDA, Hiroyuki○ MIYAUCHI, Tsisuke○ YANAKA, Shigeru○ YAMAKOSHI, Gen○ YUMOTO, Takakazu
ALEXANDRIDIS,
Konstantinos
ARICO, Salvatore
CHABAY, Ilan
○ CROSBY, Michael P
GUTSCHER, Heinz
THAMAN, Randolph( Graduate School of Information Science Nagoya University,Professor,Statistical
Physics, Team leader of Theory and modeling group )( Research Institute for Humanity and Nature,Project Researchers,Environmental
Sociology )( National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research
Agency,Group Leader,Resource Management )( Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University,Professor,Resource Management, Team leader of Europe/North America
team of Case study group )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Professor,Environmental
Sociology, Team leader of Environmental governance TF )( Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University,Associate professor,Rural
Sociology )( Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University,Associate
professor,African Studies )( Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University,Professor,Ecology )( Univ. of the Virgin Islands （US Virgin Islands),Associate professor,Network
Theory )( UNESCO Biodiversity Initiative (France),Director,Biodiversity Policy )( Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam(Germany),Professor,Sustainability Science )( Mote Marine Laboratory (USA),President,Coastal Management )( University of Zurich (Switzerland),Professor,Social Psychology )( The University of the South Pacific (Fiji),Professor,Coastal Management )Case Studies Group / East Asia TeamAKAISHI, Daisuke( Suzu City Hall,Research Fellow for Society Co-existing with Nature,Satoyama
Management )IGARASHI, Tsubasa( Social Innovation Course, Doshisha University Graduate School of Policy andManagement,Masters Course Student,Satoyama Management )KAMATANI, Kaoru( Kobe Women's University,part-time lecturer,History )KIMURA, Motoko( One of Tsushima Rangers in charge of conservation of biologicaldiversity,Research fellow,Residential Research )KORIYAMA, Shiho( Graduate School of Letters, Kobe Women's University,Research Worker,Modern
Japanese History )TAKAHASHI, Toshimori( Satoyama Science Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya
University,Special-appointed Associate Professor,Satoyama Management )TERABAYASHI, Akira ( Norinchukin Research Institute,Research fellow,Environmental Sociology )○ NIITSUMA, Hiroaki( Council of Energy In My Yard, Japan(EIMY), Tohoku University,Director,Renewable
Energy )HATTORI, Shiho( Faculty of International Studies, Tenri University,Lecturer,Cultural
Anthropology )○ HOSHI（TOMITA）,Sho ( Council of Energy in My Yard, Japan(EIMY) , EIMY Yumoto Regional
Conference,Senior Researcher,Residential Research )MASUDA, Yasushi( Shiretoko Nature Foundation,Director general,Residential Research )MITSUHASHI, Hiromune( Institute of Natural and Environmental Science, University of Hyogo, Lecturer
for the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo,Lecturer,Residential
Research )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 )73
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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 )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 )Research Projects

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

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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
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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 )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
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SEKI, Reiko
TAKASAKI, Yuko

TATSUZAWA, Shirow
TOMITA, Ryoto

NINOMIYA, Sakiko
HIRAKAWA, Zenki
HIRANO, Yu-ichiro
MIKAMI, Naoyuki
MEGURO, Norio
YASUDA, Akito
YAMAMOTO, Shinji
KARIN, Ree○ Future Themesa) 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 social experiment will play a key role in accumulation of interview records incase study sites outside Japan as a base of designing coordinated social experiments spreading over theworld. Text data of naturally spoken narratives and writings of important actors in case study andsocial experiment sites will also be accumulated to provide resources for discourse analysis.
In FR3, we will analyse these interview records and narrative data in detail using conventional andcomputer-assisted discourse analysis to elaborate hypotheses on important drivers and processes of
ILEK-based adaptive governance. Computer-assisted analysis techniques including semantic network
analysis and ontology will be 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 Social Experiment group described below
to improve design and hypothesis of the experiments in FR3 and 4. Research results are also applied tothe design of ILEK Simulator scheduled to be launched toward the end of the project.
b) Case studies and Social experiments
FR3 and 4 will be a critical stage of the project to implement social experiments at selected casestudy sites to verify focused hypotheses on drivers and processes of ILEK-based adaptive governance.
Initial designs of social experiments on the bases of ILEK Triangle model has been completed at 11
candidate sites in FR2, and other experiment sites will be added in FR3 to address remaining questions.
Each experiment is composed of attempted or ongoing actions delivered by knowledge producers ortranslators and expected societal changes observable within the project period. We will organize theSocial Experiment Group with project members committed to each social experiment sites to improve thedesign and implementation of the experiments and to integrate results. In parallel with these intensivesocial experiments, all remaining case studies will be continued by relevant project members for FR3
and 4. They are requested to deliberately incorporate experimental procedures in their case studies,

Research Projects

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TAKEUCHI, Kengo
TASHIRO, Yushu( Department of Contemporary Culture and Society, Rikkyo
University,Professor,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,Ddoctoral course,Environmental
Governance )( Aomori City Namioka Primary School,Teacher,Environmental Governance )( Tokushima Prefecture Sanago Biodiversity Experience
Center,Director,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters,AssistantProfessor,Environmental Governance )( Faculty of Agriculture,Shizuoka Universty,Assistant Professor,Environmental
Governance )( Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )( Kanto Gakuin University College of human and Environmental
Studies,Lecturer,Environmental Governance )( Hokkaido University of Research Faculty of Agriculture,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,Research Fellow,Environmental
Governance )( Hokkaido University of Institute for the Advancement of Higher
Education,Associate professor,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Research
Fellow,Environmental Governance )( Field Science Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University,Associate
professor,Environmental Governance )( Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo,Ddoctoral
course,Environmental Governance )76
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including design of actions and hypothetical changes of local communities to be verified. Societal
changes resulted from experimental actions can be measured by dynamism of stakeholder networks, changes
in perceptions among stakeholders and scientists, and emergence of collaborative actions. Methodologies
of qualitative and quantitative evaluation of social dynamism will be established and improved in FR3.
c) Stakeholder workshop at meta-analysis level
Stakeholder workshops will be an important component of two-tier transdisciplinary approach in the
project. We will complete appropriate design of workshops toward the first workshop scheduled in
October 2014 (within Japan), followed by second international workshop in 2015. The WS will mainly
invite scientists and stakeholders deeply embedded to each case study sites. The protocol willbasically follow those utilized in World Wide Views on Biodiversity project. The output of the WS will
be 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 developed in FR2, we will design a web-based ILEK Simulator as the societal output of the
project. ILEK Simulator provides plausible options and tips of ILEK-based adaptive governance fitted toparticular local settings, together with real-life examples of local actions in other sites sharing
common characteristics. ILEK Simulator will open a new pathway to connect local communities in theworld for collaboration in adaptive governance processes.

●Achievements○Books【Chapters/Sections】

・Brondizio, E. S. 2014,03 Forest Resources, City Services: Globalization, Household Networks, andUrbanization in the Amazon estuary.. K. Morrison, S. Hetch, C. Padoch (ed.) The Social Life ofForests.. University Of Chicago Press , Chicago, IL. USA, pp.348-361.
・Sato T. 2014,03 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.
・Makino, M. 2013,12 Country case studies on policy, governance and institutional issues . Marine
protected areas . FAO, Rome, pp.5-15.
・Thaman, R.R 2013,04 Islands on the frontline against the winds and waves of global change: Emerging
environmental issues and actions to build resilience in Pacific small island developing states(PSIDS). In Tsai, H.-M. (ed,) (ed.) Proceedings of the IGU Commission on Islands International
Conference on Island Development: Local Economy, Culture, Innovation and Sustainability. National
Penghu University, Makong, Penghu Archipelago Taiwan, October 1 – 5, 2013.. , pp.3-H-1-1-10.
・Thaman, R.R 2013,04 Silent alien invasion of our islands and seas: A call for action against invasive
alien species (IAS). In Tsai, H.-M. (ed,) (ed.) Proceedings of the IGU Commission on Islands
International Conference on Island Development: Local Economy, Culture, Innovation andSustainability. National Penghu University, Makong, Penghu Archipelago,Taiwan, October 1 – 5,
2013. , pp.2-D-3-1-6.

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・ Thaman, R.R. 2013,04 Ethno-biodiversity, taxonomy and bioinformatics for all ages: Engaging andeducating the next generation of taxonomists as a foundation for sustainable living on Planet earth– Challenges and opportunities. In L.A. Brooks and S. Aricò (eds.) (ed.) Tracking key trends inbiodiversity science and policy. , UNESCO, Paris, pp.23-25.

【Original Articles】

・Sakurai, R., Jacobson, S. K., & Ueda, G. 2014,03 Public perceptions of significant wildlife in Hyogo,
Japan. . Human Dimensions of Wildlife (19) :88-95.(reviewed).
・Reed, M.G., and Massie, M. 2014,01 Embracing ecological learning and social learning: Biospherereserves as exemplars of changing conservation and practices. Conservation and Society .(reviewed).
・Sasaoka, M., Laumonier, Y., Sugimura, 2014,01 Influence of Indigenous Sago-based agriculture on Local
Forest Landscapes in Maluku,East Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 26(1) :75-83.
(reviewed).
・Medeiros, H., Murrieta, RSS, Adams, C., Brondizio, ES. 2014,01 Local and scientific knowledge forassessing the use of fallows and mature forest by large mammals in SE Brazil: identifying
singularities in folk ecology.. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10 :7.(reviewed).
・Okano,T., Matsuda, H. 2013,12 Biocultural diversity of Yakushima Island: Mountain, beach, and sea.
Journal of Marine and Island Cultures (2) :69-77. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Hetrick, S., Roy Chowdhury, R., E. S. Brondizio, and E. F. Moran 2013,12 Spatiotemporal patterns andsocioeconomic determinants of vegetative cover in Altamira City, Brazil.. Land 2 :774-779. DOI: doi:
10.3390/land20x000x.(reviewed).
・ Welch, J., E. S. Brondizio, C. Coimbra, S. Hetrick 2013,12 Neotropical Savanna Recovery amid
Agribusiness Deforestation in Central Brazil. . PLOS ONE 8 :e81226.(reviewed).
・Sakurai, R., Jacobson, S. K., & Ueda, G 2013,12 Public perceptions of risk and government performance
regarding bear management in Japan. Ursus (24) :70-82.(reviewed).
・Duraiappah AK, S. T. Asah, E. S. Brondizio, N. Kosoy, P. O’Farrel, A-H Prieur-Richard, K. Takeuchi.
2013,11 The New Commons: Matching the Mis-Matches.. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
7 :94-100. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.031.(reviewed).
・Sakurai, R., Jacobson, S. K., & Carlton, J 2013,10 SMedia coverage of management of the black bear
Ursus thibetanus in Japan. Oryx (47) :519-525.(reviewed).
・Brondizio, E. S. 2013,09 A microcosm of the Anthropocene: Socioecological complexity and social
theory in the Amazon. . Journal de la Reseaux Francaise d’Institut d'études avancées 10 :10-13.
(reviewed).
・Ballestero, E. and E. S. Brondizio. 2013,08 Building negotiated agreement: The emergence of community
based tourism in Floreana (Galapagos Islands).. Human Organization 72 :323-335.(reviewed).
・Aricò, S. 2013,04 We should not miss this opportunity. Response to The Future We Want.. Environmental
Development 7 :171-173. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2013.04.008.(reviewed).
・Makino, M., Sakurai, Y. 2014,03 Towards the integrated research in fisheries science. Fisheries
Science (74) :printing.(reviewed).
・Kamitsuru, S., Akamatsu, Y., Kamiya, D. and Takemura, S. 2014,03 Factor Analysis for Forestation inFirst-class Rivers of Chugoku District.. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1(Hydaulic Engineering) 70(4) :Ⅰ_1393-Ⅰ_1398. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Keita Honjo, Akiko Satake. 2014,02 N-player mosquito net game: Individual and social rationality inthe misuse of insecticide-treated nets. Journal of Theoretical Biology (342) :39-46.(reviewed).

Research Projects○Papers

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・ Sakurai,R 2013,04 Facilitation skills for guiding participatory decision making. Japanese
Coordination Committee for Man and the Biosphere. (ed) (ed.) Sustainable Development of Regional
Society with Focus on Biodiversity : ProSPER. Net Joint Project. Japanese Coordination Committee for
Man and the Biosphere, Yokohama, pp.93-100.

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・Inui, R.; Takemura, S.; Koyama, A.; Onikura, N. & Kamada, M. 2014,01 Potential distribution of
Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) and Tridentiger nudicervicus (Tomiyama 1934) in the Seto InlandSea, western Japan. Ichthyological Research 61 :83-89.(reviewed).
・ Hong S-K, Wehi P, Matsuda H 2013,12 Island biocultural diversity and traditional ecologicalknowledge. Journal of Marine and Island Cultures (2) :57-58.
・Matsuda H, Abrams PA 2013,11 Is feedback control effective for ecosystem-based fisheries management.
J Theor Biol (339) :122-128.
・Oura, T. & Tokita, Kei 2013,09 GPGPU simulations of 2D lattice neutral models in ecology. Journal of
Physcs: Conference Series (454) :1-7.(reviewed).Conference Series. 454:012038.
・Kitamura, K., Clapp, R. A. 2013,09 Common property protected areas: Community control in forest
conservation. Land Use Policy 34 :204-212. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.03.008.
(reviewed).
・Tsujino, R., Matsui, K., Yamamoto, K., Koda, R., Yumoto, T., Takada, K-I 2013,09 Degradation of Abies
veitchii wave-regeneration on Mt. Misen in Ohmine ountains: effects of sika deer population. Journalof Plant Research (126) :625-634. DOI:10.1007/s10265-013-0551-9.(reviewed).
・ Fujimoto, K., & Sawai. S. 2013,06 A Design Principle of Group-level Decision Making in Cell
Populations. PLoS Computational Biology 9(6).(reviewed).e1003110.
・Miura G, Munakata A, Schreck CB, Noakes DLG, Matsuda H 2013,06 Effect of short-term decrease in watertemperature on body temperature and involvement of testosterone in steelhead and rainbow
trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss. . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A (166) :112-118.
(reviewed).
・Shibata Y, Matsuishi T, Murase H, Matsuoka K, Hakamada T,Kitakado T, Matsuda H 2013,05 Effects ofstratification and misspecification of covariates on species distribution models for abundance
estimation from virtual line transect survey data. Fisheries Science (79) :559-568.(reviewed).
○Research Presentations【Oral Presentation】

・ Takekawa,Daisuke How Evolution of Therory of Mind modifies perception of nature: Role ofanthropomorphism on social learning. International Workshop on “Social Learning and Innovation inContemporary Hunter-Gatherers: Evolutionary and Ethnographic Perspectives” , 2014,03,29-2014,03,30,
kobe, Hyougo.
・Jokim Kitolelei, Satoru Nishimura, Takashi Torii Understanding Fisheries Rules in Fiji. A Comparisonof Three Case Studies, 2014,03,14-2014,03,16, Kanazawa.
・Eizo Akiyama Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Evolving Population of Interacting Agents. 11th RISSInternational Conference -Understanding Complex Societyfrom Agent-Based Simulation The ResearchInstitute for Socionetwork Strategies, 2014,02,27, Osaka, Japan. .
・ Akça, E Effect of Power Plants to Karapınar, Karaman Environment. Public Meeting, 2014,02,27,
Karaman. (in Turkish)・Kanzaki, N Research(er) Ethics for Conservation. Applied Philosophy Workshop, 2014,02,19, Singapore.
・Akça, E Karapınar Agriculture Trade Chamber of Karapınar. Public Meeting, 2014,01,08, Karapınar. (inTurkish)・ Gen Yamakoshi Contexte des ateliers du symposium. Symposium International “Conservation desPopulation Isolee de Primates, 2013,11,16, Conakry, Guinea.
・Sasaoka, M and Laumonier, Y Potential conservation value of less-intensively managed human modified
forests in and around National park: Focusing on interrelationships between local people and wild
animal species formed through traditional arboricultural practices. The 1st Asia National Park
Congress, 2013,11,14, Sendai.
・Windra Priawandiputra, Tetsuya Kasagi and Koji Nakamura Comparison of flowering plant-bee linkages
between two types of satoyama habitats in Kanazawa, Japan. 61st Annual Meeting of EntomologicalSociety of America, 2013,11,10-2013,11,13, Austin, Texas, USA.

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・ Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa Strategic uncertainty and individual bounded
rationality in an experimental asset marke. Annual meeting of Association of Southern European
Economic Theorists, 2013,11,07-2013,11,09, Bilbao.

・Makino, M., Criddle, K Why do we need Human Dimensions for the FUTURE Program?. PICES 2013 Annual
Meeting, 2013,10,11-2013,10,20, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

・Vaughan, D. "Old Coral, New Tricks for community based active restoration projects". Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary,,Advisory Council. Coral Restoration Working Group Presentation,
2013,09,25, Key West, Florida, USA .
・ Reed, M.G. Partnering with Canadian Biosphere Reserves. ENVS 802.3 University of Saskatchewan,
2013,09,24, Saskatchewan.
・Kakuma, S MPA as a Tool for Fisheries Management. The 9th ICRI East Asia WS, 2013,09,09-2013,09,12,Singapore.
・Miyauchi, T. Common property systems and resilience following disasters: case study of tsunami-hit
villages in Kitakami area of Miyagi, Japan. ESA (European Sociological Associateion) 2013 Torino,
2013,08,28-2013,08,31, Torino, Italy.
・Yasushi Maruyama, Makoto Nichikido External Benefit of Renewable Energy Project: Sociopolitical
Changes and Problems after Fukushima in Japan. Europian Sociology Association 11th Conference,
2013,08,28-2013,08,31, Trino,Ita ｌ ia.
・Reed, M.G. Can indigenous perspectives and knowledge be included in UNESCO biosphere reserves in
Canada? . Canadian Association of Geographers. “Biocultural Conservation Session” , 2013,08,13,
St. John’s, NL.
・ Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa Strategic uncertainty and individual bounded
rationality in an experimental
asset marke. Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society,2013,08,02-2013,08,04, Singapore.
・Kakuma, S Satoumi & Marine Protected Areas in Okinawa. Meeting with Vanuatsu Government, August 2013,
Port Vila Vanuatu.
・ Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa Strategic uncertainty and individual bounded
rationality in an experimental asset marke. Economic Science Association World Meeting 2013,2013,07,11-2013,07,14, Zurich.
・Kume, T Rio+20, Future earth, and the ILEK project, RIHN - Co-design,. Ministry meeting (Ministry ofenvironment and forestry, Government of Turkey), 2013,06,29, Ankara, Turkey.
・ Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa Strategic uncertainty and individual bounded
rationality in an experimental asset marke. Annual meeting of Society of Experiental Finance,
2013,06,27-2013,06,29, Tilburg.
・Potvin, D., Mason, A., Godmaire, H., and Reed, M.G Biosphere Reserves as learning sites towards
sustainability: Community-research partnerships and the case of Clayoquot Sound. .Canadian Network
for Environmental Education and Communication, 2013,06,26-2013,06,30, Victoria, BC.
・ Eizo Akiyama, Nobuyuki Hanaki, Ryuichiro Ishikawa Strategic uncertainty and individual bounded
rationality in an experimental asset marke. Annual meeting of Association of French Experimental
Economists 2013, 2013,06,20-2013,06,21, Lyon.
・Kume, T Climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification. Drought,. Toprak ve Su, 2013,06,17,
Karapinar, Konya, Turkey.
・ Reed, M.G Community-engaged research at a national scale: Partnering with Canadian biospherereserves. Community-Engaged Scholar Seminar Series at Station 20 West, 2013,06,17, Saskatoon, SK.

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・ Sakurai, R., Ueda, G., & Jacobson, S. K Evaluation of the effectiveness of the community beareducation seminar at Tajima region, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan- Change of participants' awareness andbehaviors after the seminar-. . The Wildlife Society 20th Annual Conference, 2013,10,09, Wisconsin.

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・ Miyauchi, T., What makes social-ecological systems robust?: A case study of natural resourcesmanagement in the Kitakami area of northern Japan. International Symposium on Environmental
Sociology in East Asia 2013, 2013,11,02, Nanjing, China.

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・Sasaoka, M and Laumonier, Y Conservation Value of Less-intensively Managed Human Modified Forests
formed through arboricultural activities in Seram, east Indonesia: An Insight on Interrelationships
between local people and a protected wild parrot. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society ofTropical Ecology, 2013,06,16, Fukuoka.
・Reed, M.G., Godmaire, H., Abernethy, P., and Guertin, M.A Strengthening a community of practice forlearning (and evaluation of best practices) in Canadian biosphere reserves. Environmental Studies
Association of Canada., 2013,06,04, Victoria, BC.
・Makino, M. Comparison of stakesholders' roles: Case Studies of Marine Protected Areas in Japan.
IASC2013, 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
・Miyauchi, T. Common property systems and resilience following disasters: case study of tsunami-hit
villages in Kitakami area of Miyagi, Japan. 14th Global Conference of the International Associations
fro the Study of the Commons, 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Kitafuji, Japan.
・Kakuma, S Coral Reef Conservation in Okinawa, Satoumi & Marine Protected Areas. Symposium: Coral Reef
Conservation, June 2013, Onna-son, Okinawa.
・Smith, C.J. Conserving Riparian Habitat AND State Dollars with the Conservation Reserve Enhancement
Program (CREP).. Salmon Recovery Conference, 2013,05,14-2013,05,15, Vancouver, WA. USA.
・Sato, T. Residential Research and Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge concepts for Adaptive
Governance. 10th Annual Meeting of the ITdNet, 2013,04,10-2013,04,11, Munich, Germany.
【Poster Presentation】

・Arisu Tsuboi, Shizue Ohsawa, Tatsushi Igaki and Koichi Fujimoto Mechanical properties that regulatedifferential cell division rate during. Workshop on Mechanics and Growth of Tissues: From
Development to Cancer, January 2014, Paris, France.
・Vogt, N. D., K. Fernandes; M. Pinedo-Vasquez; F. Rabelo; E.J.P. da Rocha; M. Rollnic; A.S. dos
Santos; E. Brondízio; O. Almeida ; S. Rivero; P.J. Deadman; Y. Dou. Linking Ethnographic and HydroClimate Analyses to Identify Flood Regime Changes, Their Drivers and Socio-Cultural Responses Acrossthe Amazon Estuary.. Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 2013,12,10-2013,12,14, San
Francisco, USA..
・Sakurai, R., & Jacobson, S. K Assessing the Impact of a Wildlife Education Program in Japan. 42nd
North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, 2013,10,11, Maryland.
・Kinjo, T. and A. Terabayashi Role of Commons in the Combination of Subsistence: Focus on the Use ofJapanese Sago Palms (Cycas revoluta Thumb.) in Tokunoshima Island, Japan. The 14th Global Biennial
Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, 2013,06,03-2013,06,07,
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
【Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist】

・Aricò, S. the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface: The Case of the CBD. University of Delaware,2014,02,28, Newark, DE. USA.
・ Brondizio, E. S. Institutions and conservation: fit, interplay and mismatches.. Workshop on
Biodiversity and the new Sustainable Development Goals., 2013,12,17-2013,12,19, Washington D.C.,
USA.
・Sakai, A Country report: Activities of MAB Japan in the past two years. East Asian Biosphere Reserves
Network 13th Meeting, 2013,10,21-2013,10,25, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
・Reed, M.G., Godmaire, H., et. al. 16 biosphere reserves!, Canadian Commission for UNESCO 1 + 1 = 3:
The Benefits of Partnership & Social Learning. EuroMAB , 2013,10,15-2013,10,19, Brockville, Ontario.
・Guertin, M.A. and Reed, M.G Implementing the periodic review in Canada: La mise en oeuvre des examens
periodiques au Canada. Strengthening the Biosphere Reserve Network Management Framework. EuroMAB,
2013,10,15-2013,10,19, Brockville, Ontario.
・Sakurai, R. Perceptions and behavioral intentions of university students regarding citizen science
activities in Japan. Challenges & Successes of citizen science in international collaboraion. 42nd
North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, 2013,10,11, Maryland. .

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・Koichi Fujimoto How Noisy Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Dynamics Produce Group-Level
Decision-Making --- a Lesson from Microbial Chemical Communication . 2013 International Symposiumon Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA2013), 2013,09,08-2013,09,11, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

・Brondizio, E. S. The land above, within, and below: the evolving complexity of land and common pool
resources in the Amazon.. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Ecological Economics.,
2013,06,19, Lille, France.
・Tokita, K. & Oura, T A neutral fitness model in ecology. Annual Meeting of Society of Mathematical
Biology, 2013,06,10-2013,06,13, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
・Brondizio, E. S. Complexité institutionnel et ressource commune en Amazonie. Séance: La gestion desbiens communs.. Academie d'agriculture de France, 2013,06,05, Paris, France. (in French)・Brondizio, E. S. Managing forests of food. The International Conference on Forests for Food Security
and Nutrition.. The International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition.,
2013,05,13-2013,05,14, Rome, Italy.
・Sato, T. New types of scientists/knowledge producers supporting community actions to restore coastal
environment. Public Forum on the Concept and Implementation of “Sato-Umi”: Integration of Science
and Community in Restoration, Monitoring and Sustainable-use of Marine Resources, 2013,05,08,
Sarasota, FL, USA.
・Brondizio, E. S. : Dimensions socioculturelles de la valorisation de la biodiversité et des servicesécosystémiques.. Séminaire International Propriété et Communs Les nouveaux enjeux de l’accès et del’innovation partagés., 2013,04,25-2013,04,26, Paris, France. (in French)・Tokita, K A neutral fitness model in ecology. 2013 NCTS April Workshop on Critical Phenomena andComplex Systems, 2013,04,15-2013,04,16, Taipei, Taiwan.

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・Brondizio, E. S. A microcosm of the anthropocene: social theory and fieldwork in the Amazon.. Keynote
series of the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP), United Nations University,
2013,06,21, Bonn, Germany.

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・koji Nakamura Experiences and Lessons from the Japan Satoyama Satoumi Assessment (JSSA). Asia-PacificRegional Workshop on Regional Interpretation of the IPBES Conceptual Framework and Knowledge,
2013,09,03, Seoul, Korea.

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Incubation Studies
Understanding “Securitization of Nature”: History, Mechanism and Impact to Society and Nature
UBUKATA Fumikazu (Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University)
This study tries to explore historical origin, mechanism and the natural and social impacts of what I call“securitization of nature”, the most recent version of commodification of nature as we can see in the establishment ofcarbon markets. In the fiscal year 2013, our core members concentrated on the following three activities: literature
review, interview to resource persons who played a role in making carbon markets, and holding small workshops andmeetings. The results we obtained are as follows. First, we could deepen the concept of “securitization of nature”
vis-à-vis general commodification of nature. Second, we noticed the importance of the bases that support “securitization”, and found the peculiar aspects which differ from that of general commodification of nature. And third, we could
identify focal points of carbon markets in the study. Especially the way that the meaning of carbon is interpreted
and valued seems to be of crucial importance. Based on these preliminary findings, we specified some hypotheses forthe further study. In addition, Four potential research sites for further research, Laos (Luang Prabang), Cambodia(Oddar Meanchey), Indonesia (Central Kalimantan), and Japan, were also specified.

Global warming countermeasures by fusion of traditional knowledge and modern science: on regional andglobal scales
TACHIIRI Kaoru (Research Institute for Global Change)
In this study, we are investigating the countermeasures to Global Warming by fusion of traditional knowledge
and modern science on two different spatial scales, regional and global. As IS, we carried out information gathering,
concept arrangement and research team organization through literature review and attending/organizing study
meetings. In addition to reviewing existing related research results and future issues, by study meetings westrengthened our research team particularly in human science. We also carried out a preliminary field survey inMongolia to overview Mongolians’ risk reduction strategies for meteorological disasters and its spatial heterogeneity.
In addition, we discussed how to integrate human/social/natural sciences and how to model the traditional knowledge(TK), and concluded for former that we should emphasize the two-way communication between modelers and field
workers, and for the latter that we can model a regional human-nature system by defining TK as the ways of land use
and of livestock management, and that we start modeling, with trial and errors, the global system with a small
agent-based model simulating coordination and reliance and then try to scale up the model.

Breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation— Income inequality and its environmental impacts between urban and rural areas in South East Asian
countries —OKI Kazuo (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)
Policy implications regarding “the vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation hypothesis” is that
economic development represents the best environmental policy. However, this hypothesis is criticized for simplifying
people’s behaviors for coping with poverty, and ignoring outer region’s effects, such as international trade for resourceuse.
The purpose of this study is to reexamine the relationship between poverty and environmental degradation. In
short, this study’s analysis is conducted through the following three perspectives; (1)land use change in river basins,

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Microorganisms, as Potent Indicators of Human Interactions on the Nature— Human-borne transition of functional diversity of environmental microorganisms and its effect onhuman society —USHIDA Kazunari (Kyoto Prefectural University)
In this study, we focus the interaction between human and the environment from the microbiological point ofview. Based on the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) meta-analyses, the difference in the functional diversity ofthe microbial community located on the primeval nature, in the surrounding environments of multiple and diverse
livelihood, and in the environments where livelihood has been shifted to a system characterized by mass production
and globalization will be determined. In this IS period, we have selected a study site and established a researchorganization. Finally, Nepal was selected as the possible site for the further study due to his geological andgeographical properties; along with the valleys, distinct land uses are located from the end of glaciers (primeval naturearea), until villages (crop production area) via pastoral area. And even at the same altitude, valley to valley differencein acceptance European agricultural production system is quite clear. Such situation would be adequate for us to
conduct the study to reveal the symbiosis and co-evolution between human culture (or humanity) and environmental
microorganisms.

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Study on Humanosphere Sustainable Development Through the Rehabilitation of Tropical Peat Wet Land
Based on the Creation of People’s Forest
MIZUNO Kosuke (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)
In order to develop an appropriate method which can help regenerate degraded peat swamp forest, we collected
native tree seedlings from a natural forest area, grew them in a nursery, and planted them in degraded peat lands withthe aid of local people. We also carried out water management practices to raise the water level in drained peat areas
and evaluated the effects of this re-wetting process in degraded peat and palm oil plantations. We made an intensive
observation plot to clarify water and material cycling, distribution and activities of wood decomposers, as well as thebiodiversity of insects, animals, and birds both above and underground ground. The results of our preliminary observations imply that there is much difference between the primary forest and the degraded forest in the water and material
cycling and diversity of decomposers. During our Feasibility Study (FS), we will be able to suggest appropriate ways
for rehabilitating peat swamp forests with the aid of local people, as a way to consider sustainable forest management
and how it can affect local people’s livelihoods. For FS, we also composed research units to study sustainable development that takes places across and between the geosphere, biosphere and humanosphere.

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The main findings are summarized as follows. The induced production and demand of resources, such as land
by international trade has been increasing, however, it seems that there is a significant number to absorb rural labor
surplus. On the other hand, it is very difficult for residents in rural areas to get job in the formal sector due to their
low education level, therefore, their livelihood conditions are vulnerable. Previously described issues seem to affectthe expansion of arable land in marginal areas, like in steep land.

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The Social-Ecology of Food Security
NILES, Daniel (RIHN)
The IS period allowed me to opportunity to track developments in the IPBES and GIAHS processes, and todeepen my understanding of the role of narratives in contemporary environmental studies. IPBES has advanced
its conceptual framework, though clear methodologies for IPBES-relevant studies are not yet developed. I was able tovisit several GIAHS sites, both in Japan and China, as well as to follow proceedings at international meetings anddiscussions with the Secretariat. I found that the GIAHS sites are highly varied, but share a common feature in thatthey all must address both conservation of agricultural heritage and related ecosystems in the immediate context ofsocio-economic development. In this sense, they are affirmed as highly relevant sites for research on the links between
environment and human wellbeing. Lastly, the IS period allowed me to conduct several discussions and interviewson the role of narratives in societal discussion of contemporary environmental change. In particular I am interested indeveloping this discussion further, as I found that narratives are key vehicles able to synthesize (or usefully juxtapose)
cultural meanings and phenomena and objective processes, such as economic development, landscape change, or
ecological degradation.

Integrative analysis on the linkage of modernization and environmental degradation in tropical agriculture
FUNAKAWA Shinya (Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies)
The objectives of the present study were to investigate the ecological processes involved in the environmental
deterioration that has derived from agricultural development in tropical regions of three continents since modern era
and then to clarify how we could cope with such problems.
In the IS study in FY 2013, two main activities were carried out; that is, 1) constructing researchers’ network
in Latin America and 2) identifying effective approaches to understand the essence of agricultural development indifferent regions.
As a result, I successfully constructed the researchers’ network after visiting main institutions such as Sao Paulo
university, EMBRAPA and National Institute for Amazonian Studies during 3 weeks trip in Brazil (activity 1). On theother hand, methodology and approaches for investigating the linkage of agricultural development and environmental
problems are comprehensively discussed in the IS seminars held in Kyoto for six times, including an internationalseminar, with different specialists (activity 2).

Global bioelement management to avoid the food risks
KANEKO Nobuhiro (Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University)
The aim of this study was to discuss conservation agriculture based on ecosystem nutrient cycling, and to propose
sustainable bioelement management to sustain human population. Global application of chemical fertilizers andagrochemicals are decreasing especially in developed countries. However, amount of fertilizers is not based on
the budgets of nutrients in croplands, thus it is far from sustainable. In contrasts, fertilization is not enough in somedeveloping countries. Tillage always damages soil biodiversity and deteriorate soil functioning. We have started
no-tillage experiments in some tropical countries. In a sugarcane plantation, about righty percent of growth inno-tillage management compared to conventional management after 3-years. It is common in natural system thatnutrient cycling is tight and effectively used by plants, and few disturbance in soil. However, it not exists in croplands.
We could confirm that ecological analysis of agrosystem is useful to establish sustainable agriculture.

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Global environment and health: method development of Human Dimension Big Data for trend analysis on
healthKANEKO Satoshi (Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine)
The environmental data from a satellite is used for simulation and data analysis to evaluate the global environmental changes. However, source of information on human health is limited due to the difficulties to collect data,
especially in developing countries, which are vulnerable to global environmental change. In this study, we explored tocouple the vein authentication system, one of the biometric data acquisition systems, to a health and demographic
surveillance system (HDSS) for improvement of the identification accuracy and integration of different data sourcesof an individual. In addition, we discussed the research direction towards the feasibility and the main studies.
Furthermore, we sought for the possibilities of data linkage the HDSS data to DIAS (Data Integration & Analysis
System), and a way to contribute for the Universal Health Coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Understanding regional environmental resources and its application to agriculture and fishery in
Minamisanriku town.
KIMURA Kazuhiko (Miyagi University School of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Regional environmental resources such as water in rivers and the sea, soil around arable land and forests areimportant for agriculture and fishery. To understand deeply these aspects by local residents will be a key to motivate
people to know our environments and use our natural resources in a sustainable manner. We studied what we can do topromote understanding.

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Environmental Problems in the Linkage between Local and Broad Areas― Cooperative Research on the Basis of Actual Life and Philosophical Dialogue
KAJITANI Shinji (The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy)
The aim of this project is to take advantage of “philosophical dialogue” in order to cultivate the initiative of those
who are involved in the problems of living circumstances, and in order to connect it to concrete activities. Philosophicaldialogue is characteristic in that it enables participants to be free from expert knowledge, to start from their own
experience, to widen and deepen their own thinking by asking its reason and background, and to build a community
where participants share the problems and tasks. In 2013 I held dialogical workshops on various topics on various
occasions, and realized that philosophical dialogue could create a place where people of different ages, generations,occupations, types of education and social statuses can talk equally and freely. Through these events, I began to havecollaborators for the project in the academic, industrial and governmental fields, and began to understand that each
local community has its own needs and difficulties pertaining to communication and discussion. This has allowed
me to consider environmental problems from different perspectives in the context of the city-country relationship, andrethink the content of the project.

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Completed Research (CR) Follow-up Grants
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
for future development as RIHN projects.

Building resilience network in Southern Africa and organization of Lusaka Workshop
UMETSU Chieko (Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University)
Southern Africa is a region that has increasingly close relationships with Asia in both economic and politicalterms. This region also has been experiencing population transfer from Asia and changing dynamically. There is aconcern that development by foreign direct investment is causing environmental problems through exploitation ofnatural resources. The importance of resilience of social-ecological systems in this region is suggested. In the past,
Resilience Project organized the Lusaka Workshop three times (2007, 2009, 2011) and discussed pressing issues
together with researchers, government officials, and the staffs from NGO and international organizations. The purposeof this CR project is to expand the participants of Lusaka Workshop to Southern Africa region and organize Southern
Africa Resilience Network to discuss resilience of social-ecological systems to environmental change such as climatechange, natural disasters. During the FY2013, we are planning to organize Lusaka Workshop 2013 in August and form
resilience network among stakeholders.

The wisdom of the aged: Learning from the high-altitude elderly
OKUMIYA Kiyohito (Center for Southeast Studies, Kyoto University)
We focused on aging problems and lifestyle-related diseases because we regard these as manifestations of global
environmental issues in the human body. Project research also aimed to clarify the meaning of “highland civilization”,
defined by human ecological, physiological, and cultural adaptations to high-altitude environments, and to describe
how recent changes in lifestyle have affected quality of life (QOL) among the elderly. Based on these observations, we
also proposed a model of human-nature interactions appropriate for highland civilizations.
Community-based healthcare design has progressed in Bhutan with the collaboration of the Ministry of Healthand local health staff involved in the Kyoto University Bhutan friendship program.
The project has published extensively, including:“Aging, diseases and health in the Himalayas and Tibet
from medical, ecological and cultural viewpoints: studies on Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Qinghai”; “Pastoral
nomadism, pastoral transhumance, and sedentary pastoralism-from the fields of Mongolia, Tibet, the Himalayas
and the Andes” (in Japanese); “Himalayan Study Monographs (No. 15)” (in Japanese); “Ladakh: Ecology, Disaster,and Health”; several chapters in a forthcoming volume on Ecohealth in the RIHN Book Series, and two additional
books are currently in preparation.

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 Soviet Union and the independence of present central Asian countries, conflicts
and lack of coordination on resources and environmental issues have been rising among countries in the region. The
aim of this research is to develop the research network originally founded in the RIHN’s Ili Project, and to extend its

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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)
The purpose was to operate the Amur-Okhotsk Consortium as a multilateral academic network to discuss thesustainable use and conservation of the Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem. We held the 3rd International Meeting of
Amur-Okhotsk Consortium from October 7 to 8, 2013 in Vladivostok, Russia, and published the English report for
the findings as the project of 2013. A policy proposal for sustainable use and environmental conservation of theAmur River and the Sea of Okhotsk will be also published by the end of March, 2014.

Co-hosting of the 7th National Health Research Forum of Lao P.D.R., and its related field activities
MOJI Kazuhiko (School of International Health Development, Nagasaki University)
Co-hosting the 7th Laos National Health Research Forum (NHRF), and supporting the related activities after
the forum. Outcome: The 7th Laos National Health Research Forum was successfully held in Vientiane on October 16
and 17. More than 150 participants, including 39 Japanese joined to the forum. There were 30 oral presentations
and 29 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 and promotion in Lao
P.D.R. After the forum, many participants travelled to Xepon district of Savannakhet province, to attend the opening
ceremony of the Xepon Village Health Volunteer Training Center. The center was built with the grass-root fund of
the Japanese Embassy of Lao P.D.R. Capacity building of village health volunteers as well as health staff of the district
and health centers will be made for improving the health status of the area especially through controlling endemic
malaria and improving maternal and child health in this region.

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Startup of consortium for in-situ conservation of wild rice
SATO Yo-Ichiro (Kyoto Sangyo University)
As an ancestor of rice (Oryza sativa), wild rice (O. rufigogon) is an important genetic resource for future breeding
programs.  However, natural populations of wild rice have are threatened by economic development in Southeasterncountries, because the conservation of natural stands of wild rice is often contradictory policy to the expansion ofmajor roads or the construction of buildings.   RIHN research project H-02 (2006-2010) has been evaluating thelevel of genetic diversity (GD) of various crop species and their wild relatives, and has attempted to emphasize theimportance of wild relatives and natural stands to society through joint research with local policy-makers andscientists. In FY2013, the project’s contribution to the significance of conservation of genetic resources was
summarized in a brief text book, and it was translated into Thai and Lao at the end of 2013.   The localized text
books were then distributed to elementary schools, junior high schools, and local stakeholders.

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activities among various stakeholders in central Asia.
In order to extend our network, we conducted field trips to China and Kazakhstan to investigate the present status
in the area. Additionally, we held a workshop on the future plan for social implementation of our outcomes at RIHN
with two researchers of Kazakh National University. Also, we discussed with the Japanese Association of Arid Lands
Studies and related researchers the plan for “2nd International Conference on Arid Lands Studies”, which will be heldin Uzbekistan in September 2014.

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Classification and global distribution of ecosystem networks
YAMAMURA Norio (Culture and information science, Doshisha University)
When the biomass of vegetation is small and highly fluctuating as in the grasslands of Mongolia, enterprises buy
products from livestock that local people accumulate as their assets. When the biomass is large and stable as in forestsof Sarawak, Malaysia, enterprises directly develop the forests. The properties of natural resources thus influences
effective strategies of enterprises. The historical right of local people to their livelihoods also is an important factor
for the enterprise strategy. We examine by reference search whether or not characterization of social-ecologicalnetworks given in Mongolia and Sarawak is useful in general systems including fishery and agriculture.  In the fiscal
year of 2013, we examined several sites for grassland and forests, and those for coastal and pelagic fishery. In the fiscal
year of 2014, we extend them to a world scale.

Application of the environmental scenario which the revival of the stricken area
YOSHIOKA Takahito (Kyoto University)
MATSUSHIMA Kenta (Kyoto University)
The purpose of the original RIHN research project entitled “Interactions between the environmental quality of awatershed and the environmental consciousness,” was to verify the applicability of environmental scenarios toreconstruct areas in Tohoku that have suffered severely from the East Japan great earthquake disaster.  This year, wesurveyed important issues to to make the local society safer and more secure, while effectively using local resources.
Kamaishi City is considering the target goal of the reconstruction of the city be based on the “Smart Community Plan”
proposal.
We also conducted a workshop for high school students in Kamaishi City. We estimated their recognition of
the smart community, and surmised important issues for introducing the system of the smart community into thereconstruction program of the Kamaishi City. Scenario workshops were suggested as an effective means to introduce
the new system and concepts such as the smart community. Local issue recognition and expected city goals weresuggested to be very important for exchanging the people’s intentions and for the reconstruction of the local society.

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CRD & CRP

Centers for Research Development (CRD)
and Promotion (CRP)In RIHN’s second phase, the Core Research Hub has been established within the CRD. It focuses on therealization of the Futurability Initiatives by conjoining the existing RIHN Domain Programmes through a setof 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 ofIntegrated Local Environmental Knowledge”, and “Human-Environmental Security in Asia-Pacific Ring of
Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus”.
● 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

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The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication (CCPC), which was established in 2007, has been
responsible for crossproject, 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).
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 ofindividual- and institutional-collaboration projects and to develop new research projects within RIHN (the ‘initiativebased’ 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 8th International Symposium
In order to diffuse the findings of the three FR projects concluding in March 2013, the RIHN 8th International
Symposium “Risk Societies, Edge Environments: Ecosystems and Livelihoods in the Balance” was held on 23-25
October 2013 at the RIHN Lecture Hall. The details of the symposium are as follows.
<Wednesday 23 October>Opening Session
Chair: MALLEE, Hein (RIHN) & MCGREEVY, Steven R. (RIHN)· Opening Remarks: YASUNARI Tetsuzo (Director-General, RIHN)· Objectives of the Symposium: NILES, Daniel (RIHN) & ABE Ken-ichi (RIHN)· Keynote Address 1: Responding to Risk: Perception and Decision Making
GUTSCHER, Heinz (University of Zurich, Switzerland)· Keynote Address 2: The Research Challenge from Global Risks
JAEGER, Calro. C (Global Climate Forum, Germany)
Session 1: Human Subsistence in Relation to Invasive and Endangered Species
Chairs: MOHAMED, Moamer Eltayeb Ali (Red Sea University, Sudan) & PANDA Sudhindra Nath (Tottori
University, Japan)· Resource Use of Coastal Fisheries in Sudan
SALEH, Adel Mohamed (Red Sea University, Sudan)· Current Status and Distribution of Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in Sudan
ADAM, Badar eldinn Kahalaf alla (Red Sea University, Sudan)· Evaluating the Invasion Strategic of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) and Risk Management in Eastern Sudan Using
Remotely Sensed Technique
HOSHINO Buho (Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan)· Root System Development of Prosopis Seedling under Different Soil Moisture Conditions
YODA Kiyotsugu (Ishinomaki Senshu University, Japan)· Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) Water Uptake under Different Simulated Drought Conditions
YASUDA Hiroshi (Tottori University, Japan)
Comment: MOHAMEDAIN, Mahgoub Suliman (RIHN/ Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan)
NAWATA Hiroshi (RIHN/ Akita University, Japan)<Thursday 24 October>Session 2: Global Warming Risk in the Far North
Chair: HIYAMA Tetsuya (RIHN)· Political Economy of Extreme Events: Storms and Floods in Northern Finland
TENNBERG, Monica (University of Lapland, Finland)· Flood Risk and Migration in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
FUJIWARA Junko (RIHN)· Climate Change in the Eyes and Actions of the Northern Native Peoples of Sakha
DMITRIEVA, Valentina I. (North-Eastern Federal University, Russia)· Adaptation Strategies for Risk and Uncertainty: The Role of an Interdisciplinary Approach including Natural and
Human Sciences
OKUMURA Makoto (Tohoku University, Japan)

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2. RIHN Forum“What are global environmental problems?” “What are integrated global environmental studies?” “What will be theoutcomes of such studies?” “What is the future of global environmental problems?” “Will it be possible to solve suchproblems?”
The RIHN Forum is intended to help us to address such fundamental questions and to animate discussion of up-to
date environmental topics. The twelfth forum was held in fiscal 2013 as below.
The 12th RIHN Forum
Date: 29 June, 2013
Theme: Our Global Environmental Research for Humanity
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center

Outreach Programs and Events<Friday 25 October >Session 4: Synthesis and Summary Discussion
Chair: NILES, Daniel (RIHN) & MCGREEVY, Steven R. (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 1
NAWATA Hiroshi (RIHN/Akita University, Japan)· Synthesis of Session 2
HIYAMA Tetsuya (RIHN)· Synthesis of Session 3
KADA Ryohei (RIHN/Yokohama National University, Japan)· Comments: GUTSCHER, Heinz (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
MORI Soichi (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan)
VAN DER LEEUW, Sander Ernst (RIHN/Arizona State University, USA)
· Closing Remarks
SATO Tetsu (Deputy Director-General, RIHN)

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Comment: TAKAKURA Hiroki (Tohoku University, Japan)· Discussion
Session 3: Transdisciplinary Approach to Food/Health Risk in Southeast Asian Watersheds
Chairs: MASUDA Tadayoshi (RIHN)· Food and Health Risk and Watershed Management in South AsiaRAÑOL,Roberto Jr. (RIHN/University of the Philippines Los Baños, the Philippines) & KADA Ryohei (RIHN/
Yokohama National University, Japan)· Economic Development, Environmental Degradation, and Public Health: The Case of Langat River Basin,
Malaysia
POON, Wai–Ching (Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia)· The Effects on Household Food Security and Health of Transient Displacement due to Flooding Events in
Communities in the Silang–Santa Rosa Sub–Watershed Area: A Venue for Trans–Disciplinary Management
JUBAN, Noel R. (Universtiy of the Philippines Manila, the Philippines)· Yaman ng Lawa Social Action Agenda: The “Yankaw Fish Garden Sanctuary”
CONCEPCION, Rogelio Navea (University of the Philippines Los Baños, the Philippines)· 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 2013 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 50th Public Seminar

The 51st Public Seminar

The 52nd Public Seminar

The 53rd Public Seminar

The 54th Public Seminar

The 55th Public Seminar

The 56th Public Seminar

The 57th Public Seminar

24 May, 2013
Transdisciplinary Science Supporting Sustainable Community Development :Goals of ILEK Project
SATO Tetsu (RIHN)
21 June, 2013
The Daily Life in Rural Area — The Reality of Wild Beast Damages and Protection
MesuresYAOTA Kiyoyuki (RIHN)
10 September, 2013
Minamata Disease in Canada: Why again?
Judy da Sylva (Grassy Narrows Firsts Nations community, Canada)
HANADA Masanori (Kumamoto Gakuen University)
20 September, 2013
“Arab Spring” from Environmental Point of View
TAKAKI Keiko (J. F. Oberlin University)
NAWATA Hiroshi (RIHN)
18 October, 2013
Coastal Environment and Marine Resource
ISHIKAWA Satoshi
11 December, 2013
Global Warming: Which Way to Go
EMORI Seita (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
21 February, 2014
“A Conversation with a Hunter – The Mountains and Animal Life in Kyoto”
SENMATSU Shinya (Hunter)23 February, 2014
“A Conversation with Wanjira Maathai about Peace and Environment”
MATHAI, Wanjira (The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies)

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 2013 seminar was held as below.
The 4th Kids Seminar “The Secret of the Soils of the Rice Fields”
Date: 2 August, 2013
Venue: RIHNHASHIMOTO Satoko (RIHN)

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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 2013.

The 13th RIHN Area Seminar“Future of the Earth and Regional Knowledge – Towards a Solution for the Environmental Problem”
Date: 11 February, 2014
Venue: Tottori University of Environmental Studies (Tottori City, Tottori)
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 2013 as below.
5th Tokyo Seminar“Are cities Earth-Friendly? –  The Past, Present, and Future of Earth Environment and Megacities”
Date: 24 January, 2014
Venue: Yurakucho Asahi Hall
8. The Earth Forum Kyoto; Special Session and International Symposium
RIHN, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto University, and Kyoto Prefectural University co-host this forum inorder to clearly convey our message of the importance of environmental issues to the world. The forum was held in
fiscal 2013 as below.
The Earth Forum Kyoto“Thinking about the Future of the Forest (green) and the Earth (blue) – Towards Global Commons”
Special Session: 22 February, 2014
International Symposium: 23 February, 2014
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center

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6. RIHN Area Seminars
The RIHN Area Seminars offer an opportunity for RIHN research staff to gather with regional intellectuals andlocal citizens to consider problems related to the environment and culture of each area of Japan. The first seminar washeld in 2005. The fiscal year 2013 seminar was held as below.

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Date: 2 August, 2013
Venue: RIHN

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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 2013 recipients of the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto Award：
Dr. MIYAWAKI Akira (Director of Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology)
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 88th

The 89th

The 90thThe 91st

The 92nd

The 93rd

The 94th

5 July, 2013
Breakthroughs in Eco Health and Trans Disciplinary Research through Participatory Public Policies in
Laguna Lake Watersheds in the Philippines
GLVEZ TAN, Jamie (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Professor, University of the Philippines
College of Medicine / President of Health Futures Foundation, Inc.)
25 July, 2013
Water Productivity and Emission Factor as the Essential Indicators to Improve Water Management in
Paddy Field
SETIAWAN, Budi Indra (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Professor, Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University)
26 July, 2013
Reflection on Cultural & Morphological Sustainability
WIDODO, Johannes (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Associate Professor, Department ofArchitecture School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore)
27 August, 2013
Urban Lakes in Megacity Jakarta: Threats and Management Strategy for Future Sustainability
HENNY, Cynthia (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Senior Researcher, Research Center for Limnology
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI))
25 September, 2013
Molecular Identification and genetic diversity of date palm (/Phoenix dactylifera/ L.) cultivars at
InBelbel and Matriouen In Algerian Sahara
BENKHALIFA, Abderrahmane (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Assistant Professor, Ecole Normale
Superieure, Kouba)
3 October, 2013
Water Ethics: A Values Approach to Solving the Water Crisis
GROENFELDT, David (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Director, Water-Culture Institute)
30 October, 2013
Adaptive Co-Management of Community Wastes for Selected Communities in Silang-Sta. Rosa
Subwatershed
RANOLA, Roberto Jr. Dela Fuente (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Professor, Department ofAgricultural Economics, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los
Banos)

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The 96th

The 99thThe 100th

The 101st

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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No.2142 April, 2013Market Driven Natural Resource Management - the Case of Forest Certification in Malaysia
NAITO Daisuke (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
30 April, 2013
Reintroducing Storks: from the perspective of transdisciplinarity and residential research
KIKUCHI Naoki (Associate Professor)
7 May, 2013
Sustainability and Transition: Envisioning and enacting change from the bottom-up
MCGREEVY, Steven Robert (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
18 June, 2013
City Spatial Data Infrastructures for Historical GIS
MIMURA Yutaka (Project Researcher)

Outreach Programs and Events

The 98thRIHN

The 97th

11 November, 2013
Towards a Cultural Understanding of Water Management
GROENFELDT, David John (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Director, Water–Culture Institute)
12 November, 2013
Understanding Mesquite Risk Dilemma and Sophism in Sudan
MOHAMEDAIN SULIMAN, Mahgoub (Visiting Research Fellows, RIHN, Assistant Prof. at
College of Forestry and Range Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST),
Khartoum-Sudan)
21 November, 2013
Toward Solution Oriented Water Management Research in Sulawesi, Indonesia
RAMPISELA, Dorotea Agnes (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Senior Lecturer at Faculty ofAgriculture Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia)
3 December, 2013
Environmental Humanities and a Transdisciplinary Response to Global Environmental Change.
The experience of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
EMMETT, Robert (Director of Academic Programs, Rachel Carson Centor for Environment andSociety, Germany)
19 December, 2013
Occurrence and levels of major ions in Laguna Lake: Impacts on drinking water production
ESPINO, Maria Pythias Baradero (Visiting Research Fellow, RIHN / Associate Professor, Institute ofChemistry, University of the Philippines)
19 December 2013
On the background and foreground of Future Earth Initiative
MORI Soichi (Visiting Professor, RIHN / Senior Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology
Policy)20 March 2014
The relationship between gas emissions, energy and development in the context of China
WANG, Yuan (Visiting Researcher, RIHN / Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing
University, China)

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No.22816 July, 2013
Coral communities of Sekisei Lagoon- the past, present, and rehabilitation
YAP, Minlee (Project Researcher)
30 July, 2013
Alternative Forms of International Environmental Governance– The Use of Rights In Environmental Protection
WEST, Thomas (Visiting Researcher)
6 August, 2013
Focusing on various stakeholders around local resources: The case studies on coastal areas in Japanand West Africa
NAKAGAWA Chigusa (Project Researcher)
20 August, 2013
Water use and material cycle in Agriculture in JapanHASHIMOTO Satoko (Project Researcher)
3 September, 2013
Towards a Data Hub with Linked Open Data
MINAMI Yoshitaka (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
17 September, 2013
Analytical Science for “Food Safety”
TADA Yohei (Technical Assistant)
15 October, 2013
Assessment of Coastal Environments in Fisheries Area: Batan Bay, Aklan,
Philippines
NILLOS, Mae Grace (Visiting Research fellow)
19 November, 2013
Livelihood and social networks in rural areas of southwest Niger
SASAKI Yuko (Project Researcher)
3 December, 2013
The Two Types of Commons, Generalized and Specific, in Coastal Fisheries in Yaeyama, SouthwesternJapan
AKIMICHI, Tomoya (Emeritus Professor)
17 December, 2013
How to use RIHN Archives
YASUTOMI Natsuko (Assistant Professor)
7 January, 2014
Study on groundwater recharge and flow system using multi-tracer method in semi-arid region,
Northwest China
ABE Yutaka (Technical Assistant)
14 January, 2014
Definition of cities: Analysis of relations between population size and characteristics of cities
UCHIYAMA Yuta (Project Researcher)
21 January, 2014
Ecohealth and Pandemic Threat: Coexisting with Avian Influenza Viruses
MALLEE, Hein (Specially Appointed Professor)
18 February, 2014
The developing path of subsistance based rice production in the rain-fed paddy village, Northeast
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No.229WATANABE Kazuo (Project Researcher)
18 March 2014
Ocean and coastal policy issues in Japan
ENDO Aiko (Associate Professor)

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 2013.

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 title was published in fiscal year 2013.
Syoku to Nou no Survival Senryaku (Survival Strategies for Food and Agriculture)
Edited by KADA Ryohei, Showado, March 2014 (in Japanese).
14-2. RIHN Science Series“Mongolia, The Collapse and Regeneration of Grassland Ecosystem Network”  
Edited by FUJITA Noboru, KATO Satoshi, KUSANO Eiichi, Kyoto University Press, October 2013
“Indus, Investigating the Worlds found in Southern Asia Strata”
Edited by OSADA Toshiki, Kyoto University Press, October 2013
14-3.Others“Earth Environmental Studies Manual 1 – A Suggestion for Joint Research” Edited by RIHN, Asakura Publishing,
January 2014
“Earth Environmental Studies Manual 2 – Measure, Examine, Understand” Edited by RIHN, Asakura Publishing,
January 2014
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 42-47 were published in fiscal 2013.

Outreach Programs and Events

Date: 4-6 December, 2013
Venue: Co-op inn Kyoto

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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 335 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
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ABE Ken-ichi
AKIMICHI Tomoya
ARIMA Makoto
BENKHALIFA, Abderrahmane
CHEN, Xin
ENDO Aiko
ENDO Hitoshi
ESPINO, Maria Pythias Baradero
FUJIWARA Junko
FUKUMOTO Sou
FUKUSHI Yuki
FUKUSHIMA Atsuko
GALVEZ TAN, Jaime
GROENFELDT, David John
HABU Junko
HAFIZ KOURA, Hafiz Mohamed Fathy
HAMASAKI Hironori
HANDOH Itsuki C.
HASHIMOTO Watanabe Satoko
HAYASHI Kengo
HENNY, Cynthia
HIMIYAMA Yukio
HIYAMA Tetsuya
ICHIKAWA Kotaro
IMAGAWA Chie
ISHIHARA Hiroe
ISHIKAWA Mamoru
ISHIKAWA Satoshi
ISHIMOTO Yudai
ISHIYAMA ShunJIANG, Hong-wei
KADA Ryohei
KANIE Norichika
KATO Hisaaki
KATO Tsuyoshi
KIHIRA Tomoe
KIKUCHI Naoki
KISHITA Yusuke
KITAGAWA Hideki
KOYAMA Masami
KUBOTA Jumpei
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
KURATA Takashi
KUSAKA Soichiro
LIN Hebin
MACHI Yoshihiko
MALLEE, Hein
MASUDA Tadayoshi
MASUHARA Naoki
MATSUDA Hiroko

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MCGREEVY, Steven Robert
MCLELLAN, Benjamin-Craig
MEUTIA, Ami Aminah
MIKI Hiroshi
MIKRIGUL, Adil
MIMURA Yutaka
MINAMI Yoshitaka
MIYAKAWA Chie
MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
MIZUMA Sakiko
MOJI Kazuhiko
MORI Soichi
MURAMATSU ShinMUTO Nozomu
NAITO Daisuke
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
NAKAGAWA Chigusa
NAKAMURA Ryo
NAKANO Takanori
NAKATSUKA Takeshi
NATSUME Muneyuki
NAWATA Hiroshi
NILES, Daniel Ely
NILLOS, Mae Grace Gareza
NISHIMOTO Futoshi
NOSE Mitsuhiro
OGATA Yuka
OH Tomohiro
OKAMOTO Takako
OKAMOTO Yoko
OKAMOTO Yuki
OKUDA Noboru
OKUMIYA Kiyohito
OMOTO Reiko
ONISHI Masayuki
OSADA Toshiki
RAMPISELA, Dorotea Agnes
RANOLA, Roberto Jr. Dela Fuente
SAKAI Toru
SANO Masaki
SASAKI Yuko
SATO Tetsu
SATO Yo-Ichiro
SEKINO Nobuyuki
SEKINO Tatsuki
SETIAWAN, Budi Indra
SHIMIZU Hiromi
SHIMIZU Takao
SHIN Kicheol
SHIRAIWA Takayuki

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TAKEMURA ShionTANAKA Masakazu
TANAKA Ueru
TANIGUCHI Makoto
TERADA Masahiro
TERAMOTO SyunTESHIROGI Kouki
TSUWA Saeka
UCHIBORI Motomitsu
UCHIYAMA Junzo
UCHIYAMA Yuta
VAN DER LEEUW, Sander Ernst
WANG NaWANG Yuan
WATANABE Kazuo
WEST, Thomas Ernest Riversdale
WIDODO, Johannes
XU Chenxi
YAMADA Makoto
YAOTA Kiyoyuki
YAP, Minlee
YASUNARI Tetsuzo
YASUTOMI Natsuko
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HAMASAKI Hironori
Project Researcher

Born in 1979 年.
[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Doctoral Course (2008-2010)
The Okuma School of Public Management, Waseda University, Master Course (2003-2005)
College of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University (1998-2003)[Professional Career]
Project Researcher, Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL), Graduate School ofEngineering, University of Tokyo (2010)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Ritsumeikan University, 2011)
MSc (Waseda University, 2005)[Fields of Specialization]

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Policy Science
International Public Policy
Water Resources Management/Water Governance/Water Security[Academic Society Memberships]

Japan Association of Global Governance―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Hamasaki, H. and K. Nakagami New paradigm of Integrated Water Resources Management. The 12th Annual
Convention of the Society of Environmental Conservation Engineering, 2013,09,03, Ritsumeikan Biwako
Kusatsu Campus, Kusatsu City, Shiga. (in Japanese)
・Hamasaki, H. Governance in water resources management - a case of the Mekong River Basin. The 2nd
Convention of Japan Association of Global Governance, 2013,04,06, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. (inJapanese)

HANDOH Itsuki C.
Specially Appointed Associate Professor

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)

Individual Achievements

Public Policy Studies Association JAPANJapan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy

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Visiting Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2007)
Senior Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2006)
Consultant, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom(2005)
Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics & Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation
Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom (2004)
Senior Research Associate, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
United Kingdom (2001)
Teaching Assistant, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United
Kingdom (1998)
Research Assistant in Physics and Environmental Modelling, Departmentof Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries (1996)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (University of East Anglia, 2002)[Fields of Specialization]
Earth Systems Science
Transdisciplinary Mathematical Modelling[Academic Society Memberships]
American Geophysical Union
Society for Risk Analysis[Awards]
NIHU Humanities Research Encouragement Award (2013)―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kawai, T., Jagiełło, K., Sosnowska, A., Odziomek, K., Gajewicz, A., Handoh, I.C., Puzyn, T., Suzuki,
N. 2014,02 A New Metric for Long-Range Transport Potential of Chemicals. Environmental Science &Technology 48(6) :3245-3252.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]・Itsuki C. Handoh Consilience Cyberspace: A world connected through your environmental values . RIHN
Futurability Initiatives International Symposium 2014: Humanity in Nature: What ought to be?,2014,03,24-2014,03,24, Tokyo International Forum. (in Japanese)

HASHIMOTO WATANABE Satoko
Project Researcher

Born in 1983.
[Academic Career]
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course(2012)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course(2008)
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course(2006)

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Individual Achievements[Professional Career]
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotionof Science(2010)[Higher Degrees]
D. Agr.(Kyoto University, 2012)
M. Agr.(Kyoto University, 2008)[Fields of Specialization]
Soil science
Hydrology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering
Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Japanese Society of Soil Physics―Achievements―[Poster Presentation]

Hein MALLEE
Specially Appointed Professor[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

Individual Achievements

・ Satoko Hashimoto Watanabe, Kimihito Nakamura, Hironori Hamasaki, Chie Imagawa, Hisaaki Kato,
Tsugihiro Watanabe The Characteristics of Water quality in Agricultural Area Reusing Drainage Water.
1st World Irrigation Forum, 2013,09,30-2013,10,03, Mardin, Turkey.3.3 Irrigation and drainage forenvironmental sustainability: Full Papers 7p.

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China Studies
Natural Resources Management
Forest Governance
Ecohealth―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]
・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).
(Accepted).
・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.
(Accepted).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ Hein Mallee Ecohealth and Pandemic Threat: Coexisting with Avian Influenza Viruses. RIHN Lunch
Seminar, 2014,01,21-2014,01,21, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
・ Hein Mallee Ecohealth Research in Southeast and East Asia. JSPS-AASPP/GRENE Joint International
Symposium on Water and Health in Urban Areas, 2013,12,16-2013,12,16, Hue, Vietnam.
・ Hein Mallee
Ecohealth,
Watersheds
2013,11,08-2013,11,08, Los Banos.

andTransdisciplinarity.

LakeHEAD

Community

Forum,・ Hein Mallee Ecohealth Research. 5th RIHN-Sangyo University Study Meeting, 2013,10,30-2013,10,30,
Sangyo University, Kyoto. (in Japanese)・Hein Mallee Research Integration at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. First Global
Conferenceon
Research
Integration
andImplementation,
2013,09,08-2013,09,11,
ANU,
Canberra."Lightning Talk".

HIYAMA Tetsuya
Associate Professor

Born in 1967.
[Academic Career]
1986-1990: College of Natural Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1990-1995: Graduate School of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba[Professional Career]
1995-1995: JSPS Research Fellow, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
1995-2001: Assist. Prof., Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya Univ.
2001-2001: Assist. Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya Univ.

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Individual Achievements

2002-2010: Assoc. Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya Univ.
2010- : Assoc. Prof., Research Institute for Humanity and Nature[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D.(Science), University of Tsukuba, 1995

[Fields of Specialization]
Ecohydrology, Hydrometeorology―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Lu, P., Liu, Y. and Hiyama, T. 2014,01 Linking surface temperature based approaches for estimating
soil heat flux with error propagation. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences 4(1) :29-41. DOI:10.4236/
acs.2014.41004.(reviewed).

・ Hiyama, T., Asai, K., Kolesnikov, A.B., Gagarin, L.A. and Shepelev, V.V. 2013,09 Estimation ofresidence time of permafrost groundwater in the middle of the Lena River basin, eastern Siberia.
Environmental Research Letters 8 :035040. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035040.(reviewed).

・Hiyama, T., Ohta, T., Sugimoto, A., Yamazaki, T., Oshima, K., Yonenobu, H., Yamamoto, K., Kotani, A.,
Park, H., Kodama, Y., Hatta, S., Fedorov, A.N. and Maximov, T.C. 2013,07 Changes in eco-hydrologicalsystems under recent climate change in eastern Siberia. IAHS Publication 360 :155-160.(reviewed).
・Fedorov, A.N., Gavriliev, P.P., Konstantinov, P.Y., Hiyama, T., Iijima, Y. and Iwahana, G. 2013,04
Estimating the water balance of a thermokarst lake in the middle of the Lena River basin, eastern
Siberia. Ecohydrology . DOI:10.1002/eco.1378.(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Tetsuya Hiyama, Toru Sakai, Shamil Maksyutov, Heonsook Kim, Takahiro Sasai, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Atsuko
Sugimoto, Shunsuke Tei, Takeshi Ohta, Ayumi Kotani, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro
Oshima, Hotaek Park, Trofim C. Maximov, Alexander N. Fedorov Global warming and changes in Siberianterrestrial environments. 2nd International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature
Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an
Emphasis on Water Environments", 2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Lecture Hall, National Academy of Republicof Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk, Russia.
・ Yoshihiro Tachibana, Kazuhiro Oshima, Tetsuya Hiyama Climatological features of atmospheric andterrestrial water cycles in the three great Siberian rivers and their interannual variations. 2nd
International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social
Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments",
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Conference Hall of Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone,
Yakutsk, Russia.

Individual Achievements

・Suzuki, T., Ohta, T., Hiyama, T., Izumi, Y., Mwandemele, O. and Iijima, M. 2013,08 Effects of theintroduction of rice on evapotranspiration in seasonal wetlands. Hydrological Processes (accepted).
DOI:10.1002/hyp.9970.(reviewed).

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・Kurita, N., Fujiyoshi, Y., Wada, R., Nakayama, T., Matsumi, Y., Hiyama, T. and Muramoto, K. 2013,12
Isotopic variations associated with north-south displacement of the Baiu front. SOLA (Scientific
Online Letters on the Atmosphere) 9 :187-190. DOI:10.2151/sola.2013-042.(reviewed).

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・ Ryuhei Yoshida, Masahiro Sawada, Takeshi Yamazaki, Takeshi Ohta, Tetsuya Hiyama Estimation ofregional water cycle changes by various land-cover-change scenarios in eastern Siberia. 2nd
International Conference on "Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social
Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments",
2013,10,08-2013,10,11, Conference Hall of Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone,
Yakutsk, Russia.
・Hiyama, T., T. Ohta, A. Sugimoto, T. Yamazaki, K. Oshima, H. Yonenobu, K. Yamamoto, A. Kotani, H.
Park, Y. Kodama, S. Hatta, A.N. Fedorov, T.C. Maximov Changes in eco-hydrological systems underrecent climate change in eastern Siberia. IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Joint Assembly "Knowledge for the
Future", Session H02 "Cold and mountain region hydrological systems under climate change: towards
improved projections", 2013,07,22-2013,07,26, Gothenburg, Sweden.
・Jack Ratjindua Kambatuku, Tetsuya Hiyama, Miho Hanamura, Tetsuji Suzuki, Yuichiro Fujioka, Takeshi
Ohta, Morio Iijima Regional Precipitation Patterns and their Implication for Drought-Adapted Mixed
Cropping Systems in the Cuvelai Drainage Basin, North-Central Namibia. International Symposium of
SATREPS Rice-Mahangu Project "Agricultural Use of Seasonal Wetland Formed in Semiarid Region of
Africa", 2013,07,13, Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University, Nagoya.
・Tetsuya Hiyama, Shamil Maksyutov, Heonsook Kim, Takahiro Sasai, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Atsuko Sugimoto,
Hitoshi Yonenobu, Takeshi Ohta, Ayumi Kotani, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Oshima,
Hotaek Park Global warming and changes in Siberian terrestrial environments. 日本地球惑星科学連合
2013 年大会, 2013,05,19-2013,05,24, 千葉市（幕張メッセ）.
・ Kazuhiro Oshima, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Tetsuya Hiyama Climatological features of atmospheric andterrestrial water cycles in the three great Siberian rivers. 日 本 地 球 惑 星 科 学 連 合 2013 年 大 会 ,2013,05,19-2013,05,24, 千葉市（幕張メッセ）.

ICHIKAWA Kotaro
Project Researcher

Born in 1978.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University(B.S. 1999-2003)
Biosphere Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University(M.S. 2003-2005)
Biosphere Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University(Ph. D. 2005-2007)[Professional Career]
2005.4-2007.9. Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)2007.10.-2008.3 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)2008.4-2010.9 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)2010.10- Project researcher at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature[Higher Degrees]
Bachelor of Agriculture (Kyoto University, 2003)
Master of Informatics (Kyoto University, 2005)
Doctor of Philosophy of Informatics (Kyoto University, 2007)[Fields of Specialization]
Bioacoustics[Academic Society Memberships]
Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
Acouctical Society of America
Advanced Marined Science and Technology
Japanese Society of Biologging Science107
Individual Achievements[Awards]
1. TOP 10 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE SAME DOMAIN SINCE YOUR PUBLICATION (2010), BioMedLib, Ichikawa K,
Akamatsu T, Shinke T, Sasamori K, Miyauchi Y, Abe Y, Adulyanukosol K, Arai N: Detection probability of
vocalizing dugongs during playback of conspecific calls. J Acoust Soc Am; 2009 Oct;126(4):1954-9,
September 10, 2010.
2. 海洋理工学会平成 19 年度業績賞 (2008), 海洋理工学会, 5 月 16 日（京都大学情報学研究科バイオテレメトリ
ーチームの一員として受賞）
3. Poster award (2004): Kotaro Ichikawa, Tomonari Akamatsu, Tomio Shinke, Nobuaki Arai, Chika
Tsutsumi & Kanjana Adulyanukosol, Acoustical monitoring of dugong, OCEANS’04/TECHNO-OCEAN, November
10-12, 2004

―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]

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

Individual Achievements

ISHIMOTO Yudai

RIHN

・ICHIKAWA, Kotaro 2013 Notes on the aerial surveys. Hiroshi NAWATA (ed.) Dryland Mangroves. Arab
Subsistence Monograph Series, 2. Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, pp.31.

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―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Tanaka, U. 2013,12 Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the
Sahel: Survival Devices Embedded in Food Consumption System.. Sand Dune Reasearch 60(2) :73-78. (inJapanese)
・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Umetsu, C., Tanaka, U. 2013,09 Resilience of Agro-pastoralists
Livelihood System in the Sahel : A Case of Introduction of Migration in I-village, Northeastern
Burkina Faso.. Journal of Arid Land Studies 23(2) :73-77. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H, Umetsu, C. 2013,07 Social Safety Net Using Mobile Phones : A Case Study ofSouthern Province, Zambia.. Journal of agricultural development studies 24(1) :26-35. (in Japanese)(reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Yudai Ishimoto Water Management for the Livelihood in Semi-Arid Area, West Africa. History, Culture,and Society of Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa, 2014,03,07, Akita. (inJapanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Ishimoto, Y. Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the Sahel. . Symposium in the 59th Academic meetingfor Japanese Society of Sand Dune Research, 2013,07,04-2013,07,05, Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo). (in Japanese)

ISHIYAMA Shun
Project Researcher

Born in 1965.
[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Letters(Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences), Nagoya University,
D. Course (2006)
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University,M.A.Cource(2000)
Tokyo University of Agriculture (1989)[Professional Career]
Staff, NGO Action for Greening Sahel(1993）
Staff, NPO Mori no Enerugi Foramu（2004）
Lecturer(Part-time), Fukui Prefectural University（2006）
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

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Individual Achievements[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]
・Shun ISHIYAMA 2013,12 Dates as foods. Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series, 2. RinsenShoten, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.262-266. (in Japanese)・Shun ISHIYAMA 2013,12 Chainges of Subsistence and life; Water Source, Farm Expansion and Residence
Area.. Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA (ed.) Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series , 2. Rinsen
Shoten, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.235-261. (in Japanese)・ Shun ISHIYAMA 2013,12 Future of Oases. Shun ISHIYAMA/Hiroshi NAWATA (ed.) Date Palms. Arab
Subsistence Ecosystem Series, 2. , Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.295-302. (in Japanese)[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・ Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA (ed.) 2013,12 Date Palm. Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab
Societies, 2. Rinsen Shoten, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 315pp. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・Hyungjun LEE,Hiroshi YASUDA, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed ABD ELBASIT, Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA 2014,01
Rainfall Time Series of Gadaref in the Midstream of the Nile Basin.. Jounal of Japan Society ofhydrology and Water resouces. 27(1) :29-33. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Shun ISHIYAMA 2013,09 Multiple Livelihoods of Farmer under Variable Rainfall Condition in African
Semi Arid Zone -A Case Study on Gourmantche People, North East of Burkinafaso.. Journal of Arid landStudies 23(2) :67-71. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA, Mutasim Mekki M. E., Mussab Hassan A., Rotation Cropping and Rainfall
Variation –Indigenous Method in Gadaref State, Sudan. 50th Anual Meeting of Japan Association for
African Studies, 2013,05,25-2013,05,26, Univercity of Tokyo, Shibuya-ku Tokyo, Japan. (in Japanese)
・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.

Individual Achievements

・ISHIYAMA, S. 2013,04 Environmental Change and Dynamism of Livelihood -Goumanché, an agricultural
People of African semi-arid land.. Sato, Y. and Taniguchi, M. (ed.) Environmental history in yellow
belt -From Sahel to Silkroad. Civilization and Environmental history series of the RIHN. Kobundo,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, pp.98-111. (in Japanese)

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・Shun ISHIYAMA 2013,12 Date palms and Subsistence of the Desert. Shun ISHIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA (ed.)
Date Palms. Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series , 2. Rinsen Shiten, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.5-12.
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KUMAZAWA Terukazu
Assistant Professor

Born in 1974 年.
[Higher Degrees]
Dr of Engineering[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental planning
Regional informatics―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Keishiro Hara・Michinori Kimura・Terukazu Kumazawa・Masashi Kuroda・Michinori Uwasu Historical Trendsof Research on “Sound Material-Cycle Society” in Japan – Evidences from a Database. Jeju, Korea,
2013,12,04-2013,12,06, Jeju, Korea.
・Terukazu Kumazawa, Hidehiko Kanagae Towards describing the transition process ontology for making acompact city more resilient. the 50th annual meeting of the Japan Section of the Regional Science
Association International, 2013,10,12-2013,10,14, Tokushima. (in Japanese) The resume is written by
English..
・Terukazu Kumazawa・Takanori Matsui Description of Social-Ecological Systems Framework Using Ontology
Language. The 14th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons(IASC2013), 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi.Only abstract and ppt file.
・ Kouji Kozaki, Terukazu Kumazawa, Osamu Saito, Riichiro Mizoguchi Ontology Exploration Tool for
Social, Economic and Environmental Development. SEED (Social, Economic and Environmental
Development) Workshop, 7th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
Special Theme (IEEE DEST 2013), 2013,07,24-2013,07,26, Menlo Park, California, USA.国際会議論文（査読付）.

LIN Hebin
Visiting Researcher

Born in 1981.
[Academic Career]
Graduate School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, China (2004)
Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Japan (2006)
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan (2013)[Professional Career]
Teaching Assistant, Hiroshima University, Japan (2005)
Research Assistant, Hiroshima University and Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan (2006)
Research Assistant, Kyoto University, Japan (2008-2011)
Lecturer, Training Course, International Lake Environment Committee Foundation-Japan International
Cooperation Agency, Japan (2011-2013)

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Individual Achievements

Research Assistant, Kobe University, Japan (2012)
Visiting Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2013)
Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2013)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies (Kyoto University, 2013)
M.A. in Master of Arts (Hiroshima University, 2006)
B.A. in Public Administration (Renmin University of China, 2004)[Fields of Specialization]
Ecological economics
Environmental economics
Watershed management
Ecosystm management―Achievements―[Books]・Lin H, Thornton JA 2013,10 Integrated payments for ecosystem services: a governance path from lakes
and rivers to coastal areas in China. Mohammed EY (ed.) Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal
Conservation. Earthscan, London, pp.69-92.

[Oral Presentation]
・ Lin H Rewarding conservation services for water and biodiversity: science, stakeholders,organizations and rules. 2nd World Congress of Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment,
2013,04,23-2012,04,27, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

MASUHARA Naoki
Project Researcher

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

Individual Achievements[Research Presentations]

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―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・ Naoki Masuhara, Michinori Kimura, and Kenshi Baba Comprehensive Case Analysis on Participatory
Approaches Applied to Resolve Environmental Disputes in Local Community from Nexus Perspectives.
Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference, 2014,03,05-2014,03,08, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina USA.

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―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・ McGreevy, Steven R. , Akira Shibata 2013,10 Mobilizing biochar: A multi-stakeholder scheme forclimate-friendly 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.In Press

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ McGreevy, Steven R. ’Carbon negativity’—responding to the ‘green grab,’ framing biochar
battlelines, and mobilizing stakeholder support. 2013 North American Biochar Symposium, ,2013,10,13-2013,10,16, University of Massachusetts- Amherst.
・McGreevy, Steven R. New possibilities for common-pool resource use in rural Japan: Agroforestry,carbon sequestration, and renewable energy. 14th Global Conference of the International Association
for the Study of the Commons, 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Kitafuji, Fuji Calm.

[Poster Presentation]
・Bates, Albert K., Jonathon Dawson, J.T. Ross Jackson, Erich J. Knight, Steven R. McGreevy, FrankMichael, and David Yarrow eCOOLvillages. 11th International Conference of the International Communal
Studies Association, 2013,06,26-2013,06,28, Findhorn Community, Scotland.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・McGreevy, Steven R. Sustainable rural revitalization efforts in Japan: Bridging actors and knowledge.
Global Carbon Project Seminar, 2014,03,10, Tsukuba City, National Institute for Environmental
Studies.

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Project Researcher[Academic Career]
Department of Marine Biosciences,Tokyo University of Fisheries(2006)
Graduate school of Marine System Engineering,Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology(2008)
Graduate school of Applied Marine Environmental Studies,Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology(2012)[Professional Career]
Project Researcher,Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2012.04-)[Higher Degrees]M.Sc(Tokyo Univeristy of Marine Science and Technology,2008)
PhD (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,2012)[Fields of Specialization]
Coral Reef Ecology[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
The Japanese Coral reef Society―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kakaskasen Andreas Roeroe, Minlee Yap, Mineo Okamoto 2013,07 Development of new assessment methods
for Acropora coral recruitment using coral settlement devices and holes of marine block. Fisheries
Science Volume 79 (Issue 4) :617-627.(reviewed).

Individual Achievements

Minlee YAP114
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・ Minlee Yap, Kakaskasen Andreas Roeroe, Laurentius Theodorus Xaverius Lalamentik, Mineo Okamoto
2013,05 Recruitment patterns and early growth of acroporid corals in Manado, Indonesia. Fisheries
Science Volume 79(Issue 3) :385-395.(reviewed).

NAKAMURA Ryo
Project Researcher

Born in 1976.
[Academic Career]Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (Cultural Anthropology), Nagoya University, D.
Course (2008)
Comparative Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences (Cultural Anthropology), Nagoya University, M.A.
Course (2003)
Shizuoka University, B.A. Course (2000)[Professional Career]
Project researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2008-)
Part-time staff, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2008)
Tutor, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2006)
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University(2003-2007)[Higher Degrees]
Ph.D. (Nagoya University, 2008)
M.A. (Nagoya University, 2003)
B.A. (Shizuoka University, 2000)[Fields of Specialization]
Cultural Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Comparative Study on Swahili Maritime Societies[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Association for African Studies (2003-)
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (2008-)
Japan Association for Religious Studies (2008-)
Japan Association for Middle East Studies (2009-)
Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies (2011-)―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・NAKAMURA, Ryo "Coastal resource use and management of Kilwa Island in the southern Swahili Coast,
Tanzania". Global Conference on Environmental Studies (CENVISU-2013), 2013,04,24-2013,04,27,
Antalya, Turkey.

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NAKANO Takanori
Professor

Born in 1950.
[Academic Career]
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)
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Education(1974)[Professional Career]
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(2004)
Associate Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba(1992)
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][Academic Society Memberships]

Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences
The Society of Economic Geologist[Awards]
Ecological Research Award(2009)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Takanori Nakano 2014,01 . Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (ed.) Global Environmental
Studies Manual 2 . measure the earth, 2. Asakura Pulishing Co, Ltd., Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, pp.39-61.
(in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano 2013,12 Production area information . SEEDer editorial committee (ed.) SEEDer -Futureof our planet thinking from local environmental information-. SEEDer, 9. Showado, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto,pp.10-16. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano 2013,12 Diversity of alcohol and water. National Institutes for the Humanities (ed.)
HUMAN -Invitation to the forest of knowledge-. . HUMAN, 5. Heibonsha Ltd., Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo city,
pp.99-104. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano 2013,10 The book to enjoy the Geopark, the Japanese archipelago Geo site geology
hundred election. Japan Geotechnical Consultants Association,NPO Geological Information Utilization
and Promotion Initiative,Study of geo -diversity of Japanese archipelago (ed.) Water quality
diversity connecting geo-diversity and biodiversity. the Japanese archipelago Geo site geology
hundred election, 5. Ohmsya, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo , pp.146-151. (in Japanese)

Individual Achievements

The Society of Resource Geology
The Geological Society of Japan

RIHN

Environmental Resource Geology
Isotope Geochemistry

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[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kusaka, S., Nakano, T 2014,03 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. DOI:10.1002/rcm.6799.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・ Takanori Nakano Exploring the connections of groundwater from isotope Environmental Studies.
Otsuchi's treasure Urban development that leverages the power of water, 2014,02,08, Otsuchi central
community center. (in Japanese)・ Nakano Takanori Past, present and future of isotope environmental studies. The 3rd isotope
environmental studies symposium, 2013,12,17-2013,12,18, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
(in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Knowing from the water quality map of spring . Spring Council, 2013,08,29, Echizen
Ono City . (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Overview of Dozenheiya groundwater resources survey results:1 The report from thewater quality. , 2013,07,19, Saijyo City Hall Main Building 5F large conference room. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Network of water and people starting from water quality map making . Government
Buildings office multipurpose meeting room , 2013,05,19, Otsuchi-cyo Mini Symposium. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Environmental map project for Future Asia study. Japan Geoscience union meeting 2013,2013,05,19-2013,05,24, Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex. (in Japanese)[Poster Presentation]
・Takanori Nakano Elements of groundwater in Otsuchi-cyo, Iwate Prefecture - Stable isotope map. The
3rd isotope environmental studies symposium, 2013,12,17-2013,12,18, Research Institute for Humanity
and Nature. (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Geochemical and isotopic map of spring water and surface water in Yuza town of
Yamagata prefecture. Japan Geoscience union meeting 2013, 2013,05,19-2013,05,24, Makuhari Messe
International Convention Complex. (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Takanori Nakano Water quality map making for environmental realization city . Graduate school for
creative cities, Osaka city university, Knowledge information infrastructure study field workshop ,2013,04,30, GSCC Umeda-satellite . (in Japanese)
・Takanori Nakano Global environmental chemistry map and isotope sedimentology. The sedementologicalsociety of Japan 2013 Chiba meeting, 2013,04,10-2013,04,15, Chiba campus, Chiba University. (inJapanese)

RAMPISELA, Dorotea Agnes
Associate Professor

Born in 1957.
[Academic Career]
Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, D. Course (1992)
Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, M. Course (1989)
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University Indonesia (1981)

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Individual Achievements[Professional Career]
Visiting Research Fellow Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2013)
Visiting Research Fellow CSEAS Kyoto University (2007)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Hasanuddin University (1993)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture Hasanuddin University (1981)[Higher Degrees]
D. Agr. (Kyoto University, 1987)
M. Agr.（Kyoto University, 1983）[Fields of Specialization]
Soil and Water Conservation
Hydrology
Action Research
Sustainable Development[Academic Society Memberships]
The Japanese Forestry Society
Himpunan Ilmu Tanah Indonesia (HITI), Indonesia Soil Science Society

RIHN―Achievements―[Books]・Hidemi Yoshida, Rampisela Dorotea Agnes, Mochtar Solle and Muh. Jayadi 2013,11 A long-term evaluationof families affected by the Bili-Bili Dam development resettlement project in South Sulawesi,
Indonesia.. Mikiyasu Nakayama , Ryo Fujikura (ed.) Restoring Communities Resettled After Dam
Construction in Asia . Routledge.

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)
African and Asian Studies (Folklore),University of Khartoum,Sudan,Diploma Course(1994)
Letters, Arts and Sciences (Asian History),Waseda University,B.A.Course(1992)[Professional Career]
Visiting Professor, Reserach Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2013-present)
Professor, Faculty of International Resource Sciences, Akita University (2013-present)
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)

Individual Achievements[Chapters/Sections]

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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
Japan Association for Middle East Studies
Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies[Awards]
Encouragement Award of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies(2003)―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Hiroshi NAWATA 2014,01 "Going beyond a negative heritage of combating desertification: Based on
sharing results of inter-disciplinary researches". Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (ed.)
Manuals of Global Environmental Studies, Vol. 1. Asakura Syoten, Tokyo, pp.82-85. (in Japanese)・ Hiroshi NAWATA 2013,11 "Rain-beg ritual ceremony adjusting livestock numbers and herding zones:
Adaptive strategy to climatic variation in the eastern end of Sahel zone". Satoshi YOKOYAMA (ed.)
Geography on Resource and Subsistence. Kaiseisya, Otsu, pp.187-216. (in Japanese)[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Ishiyama, S. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,12 Date Palms, Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 2. .
Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, 315pp. (in Japanese)
・Nakamura, R. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,12 Mangroves, Arab Subsistence Ecosystem Series Vol. 3. .
Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, 323pp. (in Japanese)・Hosniho, B. and H. Nawata (ed.) 2013,12 The Alien Species Mesquite, Arab Subsistence Ecosystem SeriesVol. 4. . Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, 270pp. (in Japanese)

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Individual Achievements[Papers][Original Articles]・Hiroshi YASUDA, Mohamed A.M. Abd Elbasit, Kiyotsugu YODA, Ronny BERNDTSSON, Takayuki KAWAI, Hiroshi
NAWATA, Asaddig M. Ibrahim, Tomoe INOUE, Wataru TSUJI, Tarig El Gamri and Tadaomi SAITO 2014,01
Diurnal fluctuation of groundwater levels caused by the invasive alien mesquite plant. Arid Land
Research and Management 28(2) :242-246.(reviewed).
・Hyungjun LEE, Hiroshi YASUDA, Shun ISIYAMA, Hiroshi NAWATA, Mohamed Abd Elbasit Mohamed Ahmed 2014,01
Rainfall time series of Gadaref in the midstream of the Nile basin. Journal of Japan Society ofHydrology and Water Resources 27(1) :29-33. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Hiroshi NAWATA 2013,11 Relationship between Humans and Camels in Arid Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems on
the Red Sea Coast. Global Environmental Research 17(2) :233-246.(reviewed).
・ Hiroshi NAWATA 2013,09 Ecological, social, cultural and religious responses of local people todrought: A case analysis of rain-beg ritual ceremony among the Beja in the eastern end of Sahelzone. Journal of Arid Land Studies 23(2) :61-66. (in Japanese) (reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]

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

Individual Achievements

・ Nawata, H. "Synthesis of session 1: Human subsistence in relation to invasive and endangered
species". RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge Environments: Ecosystems andLivelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.

RIHN

・ Nawata, H. "Oases landscape in risk". RIHN 8th International Symposium "Risk Societies, Edge
Environments: Ecosystems and Livelihoods in the Balance", 2013,10,23-2013,10,25, RIHN, Kyoto.

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[Academic Society Memberships]
Australian Linguistic Society
The Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea
Okinawa Center of Language Study―Achievements―[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Masayuki Onishi Linguistic and cultural diversity in south Bougainville. International Symposium on
Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific, 2013,08,12, RIHN, Kyoto, Japan.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Masayuki Onishi Biocultural diversity in Bougainville. MAPS seminar, 2013,07,18, Melanesian andPacific Studies Center, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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)
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)[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

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Individual Achievements―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Yohei KOMURA, Ueru TANAKA, Yuko SASAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO 2013,04 The perception and coping behaviors ina “crisis year” among villagers in the Sahel region – A case study based on the Haousa and Foulani
people of Southern Niger-.. Journal of the Japanese Agricultural Systems Society 29(2) :41-50. (inJapanese) (reviewed).

[Research Presentations][Poster Presentation]
・ Yuko Sasaki 2013, 2013.12.01-2013.12.03, Uji Campus, Kyoto University The Extension Method ofPractical Technique to Control Wind Erosion at Rural Areas in Niger, West Africa.. GCOE-ARS Final
Symposium , 2013,12,01-2013,12,03, Kyoto Univ. Uji Campus.

・Yuko SASAKI, Ueru TANAKA, 2013. The Social network structure and the survival strategies of female
households in the rural sahelian villages in West Africa. . 14th Spring Conference of the Society
for International Development Studies , 2013,06,08, Utsunomiya Univ. . (in Japanese) Best Poster
Presentation Award.

・ Yuko SASAKI The livelihood and Environmental Awareness of the Cultivators and Pastoralists in
Shaelian Rural Area of West Africa.. 2013 Fall Conference of the Japanese Agricultural Systems
Society , 2013,11,02-2013,11,03, Iwate Univ. at Morioka. (in Japanese) 2013 Award for Young.

SATO Tetsu
Professor

Born in 1955.
[Professional Career]
Associate professor, Department of Bioloby, Unversity of Malawi, Republic of Malawi (1997)
Conservation director, WWF Japan (2001)
Professor, Nagano University (2006)
Professor, RIHN (2012)
Deputy Director-General, RIHN (2013)[Higher Degrees]D.Sc(Sophia University,1985)
M.Sc(Sophia University,1980)[Fields of Specialization]
Ecology
Sustainability Science

Individual Achievements[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]

RIHN

・Yuko SASAKI, Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA Lessons learnt from theextenstion of practical technique to control wind erosion with improvement of crop performance inNiger, West Africa.. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation , 2013,07,17-2013,07,18,
University of Ghent, Belgium .

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―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Sato, T. 2014,03 Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge Supporting Adaptive Governance of Local
Communities. Alvares, C. (ed.) (ed.) Multicultural Knowledge and the University. Multiversity India,
pp.268-273.

[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Sato, T. Residential Research and Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge concepts for Adaptive
Governance. 10th Annual Meeting of the ITdNet, 2013,04,10-2013,04,11, Munich, Germany.

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Sato, T. Behavioral interactions and niche construction: Implications for rapid evolution of complex
communities among cichlid fishes in Africa. Brown Bag Seminar, Mote Marine Laboratory, 2014,03,19,
Sarasota, FL, USA.
・ Sato, T. Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge supporting decision making and actions towardsustainability. Seminar at University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability,
2013,10,13, Saskatoon, Canada.
・Sato, T. New types of scientists/knowledge producers supporting community actions to restore coastal
environment. Public Forum on the Concept and Implementation of “Sato-Umi”: Integration of Science
and Community in Restoration Monitoring and Sustainable-use of Marine Resources, 2013,05,08,
Sarasota, FL, USA.

SATO Yo-Ichiro
Emeritus Professor

Born in 1952.
[Academic Career]
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University (1977)
Department of Agronomy, Kyoto University, M. Course (1979)[Professional Career]
Assistant at Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University (1981)
Research Associate at National Institute of Genetics (1983)
Associate Professor at Shizuoka University (1994)
Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2004)
Deputy Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2008)
Program Director - Ecohistory Program (2013）
Program Director - Ecosophy Program （2013）
Emeritus Professors（2013）[Higher Degrees]
D.Agr. (Kyoto University, 1986)[Fields of Specialization]
Plant genetics[Academic Society Memberships]
Japan Society of Breeding

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Individual Achievements

Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Properties
Society of Tropical Ecology
The Society of Biosophia Studies
Japanese Society for DNA Polymorphism Research
The Society for the Study of Phytogeography and Taxonomy
The Japanese Forest Society[Awards]
Ninth Matsushita Konosuke “Hana to midori no hakuran-kai kinen shorei-sho” (2001)
Seventh NHK Shizuoka broadcasting station “Akebono-sho” (2001)
Seventeenth Hamada Seiryo-sho (2004)―Achievements―[Books][Authored/Co-authored]

Associate Proffesor

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

Individual Achievements

SEKINO Tatsuki

RIHN

・Sato Yo-Ichiro 2013,07 Know about and eat various rice in the world/Shirou Tabeyou Sekai no Kome.
Iwanami Junior Series. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 214pp. (in Japanese)

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―Achievements―[Books][Chapters/Sections]・Sekino, T. 2014,01 Application of database. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (ed.) Manualfor Global Environmental Science Vol. 2. A, Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo, pp.126-127. (in Japanese)・Sekino, T. 2014,01 Why integration and visualization are required?. Research Institute for Humanity
and Nature (ed.) Manual for Global Environmental Science Vol. 2. Asakura Pub., Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo,
pp.115. (in Japanese)・Sekino, T. 2014,01 Time Information System. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (ed.) Manualfor Global Environmental Science Vol. 2. Asakura Pub., Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo, pp.116-117. (in Japanese)[Papers][Original Articles]
・ Sekino T. and Yasutomi N. 2014,01 How can we leave research resources originated in various
scientific fields? -An example of "RIHN Archives". IPSJ SIG Technical Reports 2014-CH-101(6) :1-6.
(in Japanese)・Sekino T. and Yamada T. 2013,12 Interpretation of character strings expressing date and conversion of
calendar – Toward construction of integrated base of calendars . IPSJ Symposium Series 2013(4) :161-166. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Sekino T. 2013,10 Can SIG-CH become a Hub between Humanities and Informatics? . IPSJ SIG Technical
Reports 2013-CH-100(10) :1-3. (in Japanese)[Review Articles]
・Sekino T., Yamada T., Ohmukai I. and Hara S. 2013,12 Information Technology for "Knowledge of Area".
IPSJ Symposium Series 2013(4) :87-88. (in Japanese)[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Sekino T. and Yasutomi N. How can we leave research resources originated in various scientificfields? -An example of "RIHN Archives".. IPSJ SIG-CH 101, 2014,01,25, Doshisha University. (inJapanese)・ Sekino T. and Yamada T. Interpretation of character strings expressing date and conversion of
calendar – Toward construction of integrated base of calendars. Computers and Humanities Symposium
2013, 2013,12,12-2013,12,14, Kyoto University. (in Japanese)・Sekino, Tatsuki Time Information System HuTime and Realization of "Temporal Information Science". PNC
2013 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings, 2013,12,10-2013,12,12, Kyoto University.
・Sekino, T. GT-Tools: Role of spatiotemporel information in resource sharing for the humanities. PNC
2013 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings, 2013,12,10-2013,12,12, Kyoto University. (in Japanese)・Sekino T. Can SIG-CH become a Hub between Humanities and Informatics?. IPSJ SIG-CH 100, 2013,10,05,
National Museum of Ethnology. (in Japanese)[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・ Sekino T., Yamada T., Ohmukai I. and Hara S. Information Technology for "Knowledge of Area".
Computers and Humanities Symposium 2013, 2013,12,12-2013,12,14, Kyoto University. (in Japanese)・Sekino T. Application of temporal information for humanities. Special Session "Application of spatiotemporal information for humanities", Forum on Information Technology 2013, 2013,09,04, Tottori
University. (in Japanese)

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TAKEMURA Shion
Project Researcher―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]・Kamitsuru, S., Akamatsu, Y., Kamiya, D. and Takemura, S. 2014,03 Factor Analysis for Forestation inFirst-class Rivers of Chugoku District.. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1(Hydaulic Engineering) 70(4) :Ⅰ_1393-Ⅰ_1398. (in Japanese) (reviewed).
・Inui, R.; Takemura, S.; Koyama, A.; Onikura, N. & Kamada, M. 2014,01 Potential distribution of
Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) and Tridentiger nudicervicus (Tomiyama 1934) in the Seto InlandSea, western Japan. Ichthyological Research 61 :83-89.(reviewed).

RIHN

TANIGUCHI Makoto

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]
D.Sc (The University of Tsukuba,1987)
M.Sc.(The University of Tsukuba,1984)[Fields of Specialization]
Environmental dynamic analysis
Hydrology/Weather/Oceanic physics[Academic Society Memberships]
American Geophysical Union
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
International Association of Hydrogeology
Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology
Japanese Association of Hydrological Science
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
The Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
The Association of Japanese Geographers

Individual Achievements

Professor

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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]
・ Uyar, A., Taniguchi, M. 2013 Regional Science-Society Interface within Global Environmental andSocial Change towards Sustainability. Japan Social Innovation Journal 3(1). DOI:1.(reviewed).

[Review Articles]・Taniguchi, M. 2013 Groundwater and climate change: Problems and ideas for the better management as
the water resources. Proceedings of The 3rd Gelk International Symposium (20) :21.

Ueru TANAKA
Associate professor

Born in 1960.
[Higher Degrees]
Dr.Agric(Kyoto Univeristy, 1997)―Achievements―[Editing][Editing / Co-editing]・Le Van An, Ueru Tanaka and Hirohide Kobayashi (ed.) 2013,09 Project report on local livelihood
diversification for vulnerable people in natural disaseter prone areas. Agricultural Publishing
House, Hanoi, Vietnam, 331pp.

[Papers][Original Articles]
・Ho Trung Thong, Vu Chi Cuong, Ho Le Quynh Chau, Tanaka Ueru, Nguyen Van Hoang 2013,11 Nitrogencorrected metabolizable energy values and nutrient apparent digestibilities of fish meal for
broiler. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 19/2013 :78-84. (Other)(reviewed).(in Vietnamese with English summary) .
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI、Yudai ISHIMOTO、Ueru TANAKA、Chieko UMETSU 2013,08 The role of the sweet potato in
the crop diversification of small-scale farmers in SouthernProvince, Zambia. African Study
Monographs 34(2) :119-137.(reviewed).

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Individual Achievements[Research Presentations][Oral Presentation]
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI、 KP Singh、 H. ENDO、 U. TANAKA Soil Fertility Management for Smallholder Farmer
in Semi Arid Tropics: In case of South Rajasthan. National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology
and Agricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India.
・K.P. Singh、 H. Miyazaki、 H. Endo、 J.S. Kharakwal、 Ueru Tanaka Save the indigenous agricultural
techniques (Special Reference to Rajasthan). National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology andAgricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India.
・Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu Discussion on the Informal Safety Net
by Mobile Phone in Southern Zambia. 4th Lusaka Resilience Workshop, "Towards Comprehensive Food
Security: Bridging Climate Resilience and Disaster Resilience" , 2013,08,29, Lusaka, Zambia.

[Poster Presentation]
・Ueru TANAKA, K. IKAZAKI, Y. SASAKI, H. SHINJO and S. TOBITA A technique practical for local people toimprove crop performance with erosion control in the Sahel, West Africa. GCOE-ARS Final Symposium
2013, 2013,12,01-2013,12,03, Uji Campus, Kyoto University.

・Ueru TANAKA, K. IKAZAKI, Y. SASAKI, H. SHINJO and S. TOBITA A technique practical and affordable for
local people to improve crop performance with erosion control in the Sahel, West Africa. Conferenceon Desertification and Land Degradation, 2013,07,17-2013,07,18, University of Ghent, Belgium.
・Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Y. ISHIMOTO, U. TANAKA, C. UMETSU Transformation of the ownership of indigenous
trees as common resources - a case study in the semiarid tropics of Zambia - . IASC2013(International Association for the Study of the Commons 2013), 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, kitafuji 、Japan. .
・Ueru Tanaka, K. Ikazaki, Y. Sasaki, H. Shinjo, S. Tobita Practical technique and extension method for
improvement of crop performance with wind erosion control. UNCCD 2nd Scientific Coference,
2013,04,09-2013,04,12, Bonn (Germany).

[Invited Lecture / Honoronary Lecture / Panelist]
・Ueru Tanaka Practical technique to improve crop performance and wind erosion control in the Sahel,West Africa. Special Seminar in Ankara , 2013,07,29, Ministry of Water and Forest, Ankara, Turkey.
・ Ueru Tanaka, Yuko Sasaki, Takao Shimizu and Kenta Ikazaki Design and verification of practicaltechniques concurrently enhancing farmland productivity and desertification control in the Sahel,West Africa. TICAD V Official Side Event, 2013,06,02, Yokohama, Japan.
・Ueru Tanaka Local knowledge and soil-friendly tool in Sahelian traditional agriculture. International
Forum on GIAHS, 2013,05,29, Nanao, Japan.

Individual Achievements

・T. Shimizu, U. Tanaka, Y. Sasaki, K. Ikazaki, H. Shinjo and H. Nakamura Co-design of practicaltechnique using local materials and knowledge to control water erosion with improvement of householdincome in Niger, West Africa. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation,
2013,07,17-2013,07,18, University of Ghent, Belgium .

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・Yuko SASAKI, Ueru TANAKA, Kenta IKAZAKI, Hitoshi SHINJO, Satoshi TOBITA Lessons learnt from theextenstion of practical technique to control wind erosion with improvement of crop performance inNiger, West Africa. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, 2013,07,17-2013,07,18,
University of Ghent, Belgium .

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YASUNARI Tetsuzo
Director-General

Born in 1947.
[Professional Career]
Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (4/2013- )Designated Professor, Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC),(4/2012-3/2013 )NagoyaUniversity.

Professor, Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya University. (8/2002-3/2012)
Leader, Global COE program “From Earth System Science to Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies”(2009-2012)
Leader, the 21st Century COE Program "The Sun-Earth-Life Interactive System (SELIS)" (2003-2008)
Visiting Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo. (4/2003-3/2006)
Professor, Climatology & Meteorology, University of Tsukuba. (4/1992-7-2002)
Associate Professor, Climatology & Meteorology, University of Tsukuba. (6/1990-3/1992)
Assistant Professor, Climatology & Meteorology, University of Tsukuba. (8/1984-8/1985)
Visiting Scientist, Department of Meteorology, Florida State University (8/1984-8/1985)
Research Associate, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. (4/1977-3/1982)[Higher Degrees]
D.Sc., Meteorology & Climatology (Kyoto University, 1981)
M.S., Meteorology (Kyoto University, 1974)[Fields of Specialization]
Meteorology
Climatology
Climate systems studies[Academic Society Memberships]
The Association of Japanese Geographers
Meteorological Society of Japan
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society[Awards]
Chichibuno-Miya Memorial award (as a group member) 1980
Yamamoto Prize, Meteorological Society of Japan 1981
Research Award (Gakkai-sho), Meteorological society of Japan 1986
Nikkei Prize for Global Environmental Study and Technology 1991
Fujiwara Prize, Meteorological Society of Japan 2002
International Award, Japanese Society of Hydrology and Water resources

2006―Achievements―[Papers][Original Articles]
・Kanamori, H., T. Yasunari, and K. Kuraji 2013 Modulation of the diurnal cycle of rainfall associatedwith the MJO observed by a dense hourly rain gauge network at Sarawak, Borneo. J. Climate .
(reviewed).in press .

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Individual Achievements

・Abe, M. M. Hori, T. Yasunari, A. Kitoh 2013 Effects of the Tibetan Plateau on the onset of the summer
monsoon in South Asia: The role of the air-sea interaction. J. Geophy Res. . DOI:10.1002/jgrd.50210.
(reviewed).inpress.
・AP Dimri, T Yasunari, A Wiltshire, P Kumar, C Mathison, J Ridley, D Jacob 2013 Application ofregional climate models to the Indian winter monsoon over the western Himalayas. Science of thetotal environment, Elsevier . DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.040.(reviewed).
・ Yasunari, T., Niles D.N., Taniguchi,M. and Chen, D 2013 Asia: Proving Ground for Global
Sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Elsevier . DOI:10.1016/j.cosust.
2013.08.002.(reviewed).in press.

YASUTOMI Natsuko
Assistant Professor

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

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][Oral Presentation]
・ N. Yasutomi Effects of increase of observation data input on terrestrial climatological mean
temperature over Asia. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, 2013, 2013,05,19-2013,05,23, Chiba, Japan.

Individual Achievements

Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,
M.Course(1998)

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53

25

Title of the project

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

Megacities and the Global Environment

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

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

Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian
Watersheds

Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

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

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

Project
Number

C-07
（FR5）

C-08
（FR4）

C-09-Init
（FR3）

D-05
（FR2）

R-05
（FR5）

R-06
（FR3）

R-07
（FR2）

R-08-Init（FR1）

E-05-Init（FR2）

Societal Adaptation to Climate Change:
PR
Integrating Palaeoclimatological Data with Historical and Archaeological（NAKATSUKA）
Evidences

FS ※Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption: Agrifood Systems in（MCGREEVY) Transition

33

37

Improving Environmental Literacy to Promote Self-Sustaining Communities

Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Pacific : Linking Community-based
Participatory Research and the Transmission of Ecological Knowledge toFuture Generations

FS(ISHIKAWA)FS(ONISHI)9

Co-designing Futurable Anthropospheric Energy Systems

FS ※(MCLELLAN)

69

30

26

93

112

90

67

Total

Number and Affiliation of Project Members

Appendix 1

2

1

1

2

3

8

10

7

7

6

11

7

8

3

RIHN

9

18

5

10

27

49

22

14

8

19

53

20

32

30

National

1

1

0

1

2

6

4

1

1

1

0

5

2

1

PublicUniversity / College

3

6

0

4

9

17

5

3

0

12

18

6

14

0

Private

2

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

InterUniversity
Research
Institute

2

2

0

2

8

9

5

1

1

5

8

3

1

7

PublicInstitution

0

0

0

2

1

10

1

3

0

9

0

1

2

0

PrivateInstitution

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

Others

18

5

3

4

0

28

22

1

8

40

22

48

6

17

Overseas
institution

954

Total

FS ※＝ Initiative Feasibility Study

37

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

FS(HABU)

17

A Transdisciplinary Study of the Environmental Impact of Military Activities

FS(TANAKA)

68

Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling in Social-ecological Systems: New
Measures of Ecosystem HealthFS（OKUDA）

80

2

1

1

357

5

8

28

33

2

1

4

117

4

4

12

9

1

1

0

74

3

1

16

31

1

0

1

7

1

0

1

As of 31 March, 2014

246

18

1

5

Appendix 2
Project Number

C-07
（FR5）

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

C-08
（FR4）

Megacities and the Global Environment

C-09-Init（FR3）

Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources
Management

The number of projects members
Natural Sciences

46

14

63

Humanities

10

21

10

Social Sciences

4

32

17

Total

Research Background of Project Members

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

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, Economic history of Dutch East Indies, Religion, 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, Cultural Anthropology of Urban history, Anthropology, Urban study in South East Asia, Historical demography, Regional resources management, Geographic information system, Urban policy planning, Food engineering,
Information agriculture, 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,
Soundscape studies, Axiology, Sociology, Agro informatics, Food (marine products), Fisheries resource management, Consumer behavior, Commerce, Innovation research, Social science

90(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(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

112(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

D-05
（FR2）

Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia

R-05
（FR5）

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

52

28

13

93

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

R-06
（FR3）

Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in
Asian Watersheds

19

0

7

26

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

R-07
（FR2）

Desertiﬁcation and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

15

5

10

30

(Natural Sciences) Agronomy, Boundary agriculture, Remote sensing, Soil ecology, Soil science, Weed science, Meteorology, Natural geography, Architecture(Humanities ) Ethnoarchaeology, Cultural anthropology, Ethnic geography(Social Sciences) Rural development studies, Social development studies, Rural economics, Area studies (Africa, South Asia), Social anthropology

R-08-Init（FR1）

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

69(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

128(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（FR2）

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

86

39

44

9

6

17

17

24

67

PR
Societal Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrating Palaeoclimato（NAKATSUKA） logical Data with Historical and Archaeological Evidences

32

20

1

53

(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

FS ※（MCGREEVY)

Lifeworlds of Sustainable Food Consumption:
Agrifood Systems in Transition

10

3

12

25

(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

FS ※(MCLELLAN)

Co-designing Futurable Anthropospheric Energy Systems

7

0

2

9

(Natural Sciences) Energy engineering, Earth system science, Life cycle engineering, Process engineering(Social Sciences) Politics, Public policy

FS(ISHIKAWA)

Improving Environmental Literacy to Promote Self-Sustaining
Communities

18

8

7

33

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

FS(ONISHI)

Biocultural Diversity in the Asia-Paciﬁc : Linking Communitybased Participatory Research and the Transmission of Ecological
Knowledge to Future Generations

13

18

6

37

(Natural Sciences) 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(Social Sciences) Forestry, Environmental governance, Environmental economics, Economics, Peace studies

FS（OKUDA）

Biodiversity-driven Nutrient Cycling in Social-ecological Systems:
New Measures of Ecosystem Health

56

1

11

68

(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

FS(TANAKA)A Transdisciplinary Study of the Environmental Impact ofMilitary Activities

3

0

14

17

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

FS(HABU)

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

9

0

28

37

(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

526

156

272

954

Total

FS ※＝ Initiative Feasibility Study
As of 31 March, 2014