Global COE Program - Kyoto University - In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa

Date: 2 Aug ，2007
Venue: RISH

Presentation:

 Kawai Shuichi of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Mizuno Kosuke of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and Tani Makoto of the Graduate School of Agriculture, both gave detailed reports concerning their own research. Kawai gave the following outline of the “The Global COE Sustainable　Humanosphere Group Project”:

 

1. The acacia project (comprehensive project on plantation forests); assessment of biodiversity, analysis of carbon and water circulation (environment); evaluation of biomass production (production); application of resources and energy (application)
2. Formulation of a sustainable humanosphere database, spatiotemporal database system using methods such as GIS
3. Integration with EAR; lower, middle and upper atmosphere
4. Development of new energy and resources in other regions

Following that, Mizuno gave a report titled “Regional Social Sciences of Acacia Forest Management.”

1. In order to minimize the risks stemming from the monoculture management of Acacia forest,
2. By maximizing the characteristics of small-scale polyculture management,
3. There is a need to create a sustainable forest system where surrounding forests are multilayered, multifaceted, complex, based on mixed planting and providing job diversity,
4. Furthermore, he gave a report regarding the strategy, organization and institutions involved in making this possible.

In his presentation, “Role Assessment on Forests in the Tropics in Relation to Water and Carbon Circulation,” Tani presented a study on contributions to formulating a sustainable symbiotic paradigm with forests in the tropical humanosphere by continuously observing yearly changes in the responses of water and carbon circulation.

(Mizuno Kosuke)