Japanese-German
Satoyama Research Forum
日独SATOYAMA研究フォーラム
Part 9 of the series: Satoyama
Concept in Fukui
On Saturday,
August 27, 2014 a Satoyama Research Forum was held in Japanese at the Mikata
Training Center (三方青年の家). This
event was open to the general public and well attended. Speakers included Prof. Izumi Washitani (Tokyo) on the concept of ecological infrastructure
in the outreach work of the Science Council of Japan, Prof. Tomohiro Ichinose (Keio) on ecological infrastructure
in Europe, Dr. Stefan Hotes (Marburg/Gießen)
on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Germany, and Prof. Takehiko Yoshida (Tokyo) on nature
restoration, biodiversity and restoration services at Mikata-goko. A welcome address to attendees was done by Andreas Kirchner, director of the Science and Technology division at the German Embassy in Tokyo.
To learn
more: 日独で里山保全の知恵を共有 若狭町で研究フォーラム (Fukui Shimbun, JP only)
In the
evening all participants in the Japanese-German Satoyama Research Forum were
welcomed in a reception, where they were able to meet with local community
members interested in sustainable landscapes and cultures.
The
following day, speakers from Germany and Japan participated in an
English-language forum:
Perception
and valuation of satoyama ecosystems:
Approaches
from natural sciences, economics, and the arts
里山生態系の認識と評価－自然科学、経済学、人文科学からのアプローチ
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2014, 13:30 - 18:00
Location:
Fukui Prefecture International Exchange Meeting Hall
日時：平成26年8月31日（日）13:30～18:00
場所：福井県国際交流会館（福井市宝永3-1-1 ）
Full program
and extracts: 発表要旨（PROGRAM ＆ ABSTRACT) (PDF 3,625KB)
Opening
Speech
Spatial
economic modelling as a tool for integrating ecosystem services into land
management
Amanda Eigner and Ernst-August Nuppenau
(Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
The
challenge of sustainable use and continued biocultural diversity in a satoyama
landscape on the west side of Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan
Katsue Fukamachi (Kyoto University)
Ecological
restoration of the Five Lakes of Mikata: Current status and future challenges
Takehito Yoshida (The University of
Tokyo)
Cultural and
social changes impacted by the environmental conservation in the coastal region
of Kilwa, Tanzania
Ryo Nakamura (Fukui Prefectural
Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute)
Using
ecosystem function models as tools for integrating ecosystem services into
landscape management decisions
Andrea Früh-Müller
(Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Characterizing
cultural landscapes from an ecological viewpoint: An example from central
Hesse, Germany
Keiko Sasaki
(Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Vegetation
restoration in a floodplain wetland, Watarase wetland, Japan
Jun Ishii (Fukui Prefectural
Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute)
Local
revitalization through sustainable use of satoyama resources by involving urban
citizens
Sora Fukushima (Fukui Prefectural
Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute)
Detecting
the exact timing of paddy field landscape formation using varved sediments
Junko Kitagawa (Fukui Prefectural
Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute)
Ecocritical
views of satoyama in Japanese popular culture
Catherine Munroe Hotes (Nishikata Film
Review)
Funding
opportunities for research collaborations and mobility through the programmes
of the DAAD
Franziska Kekulé (German Academic Exchange
Service [DAAD] Tokyo Office)
Discussion
and Closing Remarks
