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Program / Abstract >>"Biosphere as a Global Force of Change"[The Second International Conference]

 

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DAY 1 ( March 9th ) Abstract
8:30
- 9:00
  Registration  
9:00
- 9:20
  Welcoming Remarks
 by Kosuke Mizuno  (Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto
University)

Opening Remarks

Geosphere, Biosphere and Humanosphere: A New Perspective of Modern Global History
by Kaoru Sugihara (CSEAS and Convener, G-COE Program, Kyoto University)
 
Session 1 : Biospheric parameters in Actions and Norms:
Institutional Arrangements and Quantified Expressions.
Chair : Kaoru Sughihara (CSEAS and Convener, G-COE Program, Kyoto University)
9:20
- 9:50
I-1 Conflicts and Anarchy in Indian Natural Resources Governance:
Need for a Paradigm Shift.
by Vishwa Ballabh (XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur)
9:50
- 10:20
I-2 Bridging the Formal-Informal Gap? Changing Institutional
Arrangements in Communal Forest

by Fumikazu Ubukata (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
10:20
- 11:05
  Comments
by Koichi Fujita (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
Takeshi Murota (Doshisha University)
James E. Nickum (Tokyo Jogakkan College)
 
11:05
- 11:20
  Coffee Break  
11:20
- 11:50
I-3 How to Assess the Sustainability of Our Humanosphere?
Towards the Development ofHumanosphere Index

by Takahiro Sato and Taizo Wada (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
11:50
- 12:05
  Comments
by Yasuyuki Kono (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
 
12:05
- 12:45
  Discussion  
12:45
- 14:15
  Lunch  
Session 2 : Geospheric Implication for Biosphere
Chair : Masayuki Yanagisawa (CIAS, Kyoto University)
14:15
- 14:35
II-1 Biosphere as a Mediator between Geosphere and Humanosphere
by Masayuki Yanagisawa (Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS), Kyoto
University)
14:35
- 14:55
II-2 Interrelationship between Hydrological Cycle and Human Activities
by Osamu Kozan (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
14:55
- 15:15
II-3 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in the Human-made Landscape:
Birds Transport Human-Derived Nutrients into Urban Forests

by Motoko Fujita (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
15:15
- 15:35
II-4 Coping with Natural and Socio-economic Uncertainty in Arid Africa
by SUN Xiaogang (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
15:35
- 15:50
  Coffee Break  
15:50
- 17:15
  Discussion
Chair:
Mamoru Kanzaki (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)

Comments
by
Tetsuzo Yasunari (Hydrospheric Atmospheric Reseach Center, Nagoya University)
J.Terrence McCabe (Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado)
Sara A. O. Cousins (Stockholm University)

 
18:00
- 20:00
  Reception Party (at Shiran Kaikan)  
 
DAY 2 ( March 10th )
Session 3 : Biofuel as a Global Force of Change Session statement>>
Poster Session
Chair : Rumi Kaida (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University)
9:00
- 9:30
P1
-15
Poster Presentation (2 minutes for each person)
See "Poster Titles" page for detail
 
9:30
- 10:00
P1
-15
Poster session (with snack and coffee)  
Oral Presentation
Chair : Takashi Watanabe (RISH, Kyoto University)
10:00
- 10:40
III-1 Drivers for Sustainable Use of Bioenegy on a Global Scale
by Andre Faaij (Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University)
10:40
- 11:10
III-2 R&D on Bio-Fuel Production and Asian Biomass Strategy
by Kinya Sakanishi (Biomass Technology Research Center, AIST)
Discussion
Chair : Takahisa Hayashi (RISH, Kyoto University)
11:10
- 12:10
  Comments
by Retno Kusumaningtyas (RISH, Kyoto University)
Toshiaki Umezawa (RISH, Kyoto University)
Rumi Kaida (RISH, Kyoto University)
 
12:10
- 13:40
P1-
15
Lunch
Poster Session (with snack and coffee)
 
14:00
- 18:00
  Excursion
(Kyoto city sightseeing; Invited participants only)
 
 
DAY 3 ( March 11th )
Session 4 : Rehabilitating Biospheric Perspective in the Modern World. Session statement>>
Chair : Hiromu Shimizu (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
9:00
- 9:20
IV-1 A Virus, Democracy, and Sustainable Society:
The Experience of Community-based
HIV/AIDSInitiatives among the Gurage, Southern Ethiopia
by Makoto Nishi (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
9:20
- 9:40
IV-2 To "Live With" Earthquakes: An Attempt to Build a
Better Relationship between theHumanosphere
and the Geosphere in Istanbul, Turkey

by Shuhei Kimura (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
9:40
- 10:00
IV-3 Rice and People; Mechanistic and Organic Visions on
Biosphere and Humanosphere
by Harro Maat and Edwin Nuijten (Wageningen University,Wageningen University)
10:00
- 10:20
IV-4 Political Ecology of Life: Ideas on Humanosphere
by Akio Tanabe (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
10:20
- 10:35
  Coffee Break  
10:35
- 12:10
  Discussion

Comments
by
Yoko Hayami (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
Koji Tanaka (CIAS, Kyoto University)
 
12:10
- 13:40
  Lunch  
Session 5 : General Discussion
13:40
- 16:40
  Chair :
Yasuki Kono & Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS, Kyoto University)

Comments
by
James E. Nickum (Tokyo Jogakkan College)
David Pietz (Washington State University)
Hiroki Nogami (IDE-JETRO)
Shuichi Kawai (RISH, Kyoto University)
Hiromu Shimizu (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
 
16:40
- 17:00
  Closing Remarks
by Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
 
17:30
- 19:30
  Advisory Session
(Closed Session)
 
   
POSTER TITLES
(Poster Session, Session 3, March 10th)
9:00
- 9:02
P1 Evaluartion of Biomass Production of Plantation Forest in Tropical Area;
A Case Study of AcaciaPlantation Forest, P.T. Musi Hutan Persada, Indonesia
by R. Widyorini, S. Kawai, B. Subiyanto*, E.B. Hardiyanto**,
A. Firmanti***, R.Gunawan†, T. Suryanti† and
A. Wicaksono† (RISH, Kyoto University; *LIPI,Indonesia;
**Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia;
***Research Institute for HumanSettlements, Indonesia;
†PT Musi Hutan Persada, Indonesia )
9:02
- 9:04
P2 Estimation of Planted Tree Growth Using Ground-based Observation and
Satellite Remote Sensing Data

by Shoko Kobayashi, Yoshiharu Omura*
and Shuichi Kawai* (CSEAS, KyotoUniversity; *RISH, Kyoto University)
9:04
- 9:06
P3 Addressing the Food-Biofuel Dilemma; Using Parasenriathes falcataria as
a BioethanolFeedstock in an Integrated Cropping Approach

by Retno Kusumaningtyas and Takahisa Hayashi (RISH, Kyoto University)
9:06
- 9:08
P4 Loosening Xyloglucan for The Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose in Wood
by Rumi Kaida, Tomomi Kaku, Kei'ichi Baba and
Takahisa Hayashi (RISH, KyotoUniversity)
9:08
- 9:10
P5 Molecular Breeding of Tropical Acacia
by Shiro Suzuki, Md. Mahabubur Rahman*, Takefumi Hattori*
and ToshiakiUmezawa* (CSEAS, Kyoto University; *RISH, Kyoto University)
9:10
- 9:12
P6 Development of Pretreatment System for Enzymatic Saccharification of
Japanese Cedar Wood byWet-Grinding bench plant

by Motohito Yoneda, Sadayoshi Kitajima* and
Takashi Watanabe (RISH, KyotoUniversity; *Yamani Co. Ltd.)
9:12
- 9:14
P7 Technology of Biodiesel Production in China
by Jian Liu and Takashi Watanabe (RISH, Kyoto University)
9:14
- 9:16
P8 Energy Development in East Karimantan, Indonesia
by Yasunori Ohashi, Rudianto Amirta* and
Takashi Watanabe (RISH, KyotoUniversity; *Mulawarman University, Indonesia)
9:16
- 9:18
P9 Current Status of Biofuels Policy and Their Technological Development in India
by Pradeep Verma and Takashi Watanabe (RISH, Kyoto University)
9:18
- 9:20
P10 The Role of Remnant Forest in Conserving Bird Diversity in Acacia Plantation in Indonesia
by Motoko Fujita, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga* and
Tsuyoshi Yoshimura** (CSEAS,Kyoto University; *LIPI, Indonesia; **RISH, Kyoto University )
9:20
- 9:22
P11 Spatial-Temporal Variabilities of Nitrous Oxide Emission from Acacia mangium Soils
by Ryota Konda, Seiichi Ohta and Shigehiro Ishizuka*
(Graduate School ofAgriculture, Kyoto University;
*Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
9:22
- 9:24
P12 Land Surface Monitoing in The Kyzyl Kumdesert, Central Asia
by Osamu Kozan, Naoko Matsuo*, Satoru Oishi**
and Kengo Sunada** (CSEAS,Kyoto University; *Mie University; **University of Yamanashi)
9:24
- 9:26
P13 Resilience, Vulnerability and Regime Shift: Metamorphoses of
A High Biomass Society in Sarawak,Malaysia.

by Noboru Ishikawa (CSEAS, Kyoto University)
9:26
- 9:28
P14 Protecting Forest, Empowering Communities: Development of
Community Forestry Policy inDecentralizing Indonesia

by Motoko Shimagami, Motoko Fujita*, Keron Petrus**
and Koji Tanaka (CIAS,Kyoto University;
*CSEAS, Kyoto University; **University of Indonesia)
9:28
- 9:30
P15 Recent Collaboratives Researches for Developing Earthquake
Resisting Wooden ResidentialHouses with Tropical Fast Growing Timbers

by Kohei Komatsu, Maryoko Hadi* and Bambang Subiyanto**
(RISH, KyotoUniversity; *Research Institute for Human Settlement,
Indonesia; **LIPI, Indonesia)