Ecohealth
New Development of Ecohealth Research in Asia
This project is a collaboration with the National Museum ofEthnology and the National Institute of Japanese Literature,
supported by the National Institutes for the Humanities. Itadopts an Ecohealth approach that places human health ina wider ecosystem context and explores the linkages among
livelihoods, food and subsistence, ecological environmentand demographic and social change in Asia. Throughhistorical examination of concepts of health in East Asia andcontemporary fieldwork in communities in Laos, China andJapan experiencing rapid demographic change, the project

Project meeting for research exchange (Sep, 2017)

aims to move beyond disease-oriented understandings to aholistic and positive appreciation of health in specific contexts
and places.

Future Earth
Future Earth is a major international research platform
providing knowledge and support to accelerate transformations
to a sustainable world (see www.futureearth.org). It aims
to generate solutions-oriented research and innovation toaddress complex global problems, by linking the expertiseof researchers across disciplines with policy-makers,
business leaders, practitioners and other societal partners.
The Collaboration Division in the RIHN Center is actively
engaged in the co-design of research development, and hosts
the Regional Centre for Future Earth in Asia (www.futureearth.
org/asiacentre/). The Centre supports the development ofFuture Earth session at the 17th Conference of Science Council of Asia
At the session the Future Earth community in Asia discussed "Air Pollution and Human
Health in Asia" as a priority issue for the region.

Future Earth in the region, helps connect researchers andother stakeholders, and facilitates the formation of regionallyrelevant and credible governance structures for the initiative.
The Centre has convened a Regional Advisory Committeeto accelerate the regional development of Future Earth andsupported the launch of two Future Earth programs focused inAsia: Sustainability Initiative in the Marginal Seas of South andEast Asia (SIMSEA) and Monsoon Asia Integrated Research for
Sustainability – Future Earth (MAIRS-FE). The Centre also leads
the development of a Knowledge-Action Network on the focal
topic of “Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production”(http://www.futureearth.org/future-earth-sscp).
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The 6th International Workshop on
Future Earth in Asia: SustainableConsumption in Asia

Regional Centre for Future Earth in Asia
WebsiteA map of the Future Earth Community in
Asia has been developed on the website.
This map shows people and institutionsin the region that are actively engaged in
Future Earth activities. (www.futureearth.
org/asiacentre/)Collaboration
Research Areas

OthersAffiliate Organizations* Not incl. RIHN

13 1.9%* Not incl. RIHN

PrivateInstitutes

Humanities

92

13%

Total

Social Sciences

203

687

peopleForeignInstitutes

41 6.0%

126

18.3%

NaturalSciences

Total

National
Universities

people

293

687

392
57%

30%

42.6%

PrivateUniversities

Inter-University
Research Institutes

92

Public Institutes

9 1.3%

13.4%

Public Universities79 11.5%

34 4.9%*As of March 31st, 2018

Collaboration in Japan
Research Institutions

Municipal Governments and Other Agencies

1. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University

1. Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture

2. Doshisha University

2. Kyoto Municipal Science Center for Youth

3. Nagasaki University

3. Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center (FAMIC)

4. Kyoto Sangyo University

4. Ono City, Fukui Prefecture

5. Tottori University of Environmental Studies

5. Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture

6. Kyoto University

6. Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

7. Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University

7. Kyoto Prefectural Hokuryo Senior High School

8. Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society, Kyushu University

8. Kyoto Prefectural Rakuhoku High School

9. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University

9. Miyazaki Prefecture

10. Faculty of Engineering, GI-CoRE, Faculty of Health Sciences,

10. NHK Educational Corporation

Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

11. Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture

11. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
12. Kyushu University
13. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University

International Collaboration
Memoranda of Understanding and Research Cooperation Agreements (As of March 31st, 2018)
AUSTRIAInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
BANGLADESH
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
BHUTAN
College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
CHINA
East China Normal University
Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Peking University
People's Government of Changzhou City
Yunnan Health and Development Research Association
FRANCE
La Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

INDONESIAThe Agency of Peatland Restoration (Badan Restorasi Gambut)
The Center for International Forestry ResearchIndonesian Institute of Sciences
LAOS
Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health
PHILIPPINES
Laguna Lake Development Authority
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of Santo TomasRUSSIA
Far Eastern Federal University

TAIWAN
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica
THAILAND
Rice Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
UNITED KINGDOM
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
University of California, Berkeley
ZAMBIA
University of Zambia

SWEDENThe Sven Hedin Foundation

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