Division：Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor
Main Research:Initiative 3 "The Forestry Model of Sustainable Humanosphere"
Project Title：The Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forests related with Human Security of Local Community living with the Tropical Forest
Research Theme：
- The Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest and its Contribution
- Human Security of Local Community Living with the Tropical Forest
- Carbon Cycling of Tropical Forest related to Global Environment
- Utilization of Non-Timber Forest Products and Forest Rehabilitation on Secondary Tropical Forest Succession Processes
References：
- Shigeo Kobayashi 2008: Human Security of Local Community living with The Tropical Forests, SANRIN, 1-9. (In Japanese)
- Shigeo Kobayashi 2007: An overview of techniques for the rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests and biodiversity conservation. Current Science, Vol.93, 1596-1603.
2007 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Kobayashi Shigeo, Chanchai Yarwudhi, Ladawan Puangchit, Bunvong Thaiutsa. 2007. Thinning effects and coppices regeneration at the teak (Tectona grandis) plantation in Thong Pha Phum, Thailand-Management option for teak plantation. Proceedings of International Workshop on Thinning as an Essential Management Tool of Sustainable Teak Plantation. Kasetsart University and Kyoto University, 13-36.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
- Kobayashi Shigeo. 2007. Rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest based on secondary succession. Inaugural Conference of the Asian Chapter of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Keynote address: 29-30. GRT Temple Bay, India.
- Kobayashi Shigeo. 2007. Is the information of secondary succession process effective for rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest? Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Tropical Ecology. A20. Kochi University.