Course title
生物生産学特別講義Ⅰ(環境系)   [Special Lecture on Biological Production Ⅰ(Agro-Environment)]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	0.5
Department		Year	3～	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	01AN3603
Instructor(s)
杉原 創, 高田 裕介   [SUGIHARA Sou]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

For implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainable soil management is receiving remarkable attention from the global citizen. In this lecture, distribution of soil resources from national to global scale, major threats to world soil resources, and sustainable soil management for combating soil degradation are outlined and then, a framework to ensure world soil resources - Global Soil Partnership - will be introduced.

Expected Learning

(1) Understanding of the world soil resources (2) Understanding of the world soil threats (3) Understanding of the sustainable soil management for combating soil degradation

Course schedule

(1) World soil resources (2) Soil resources in Japan (3) Major threats to word soil resources (4) Importance of soil in “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (5) What is sustainable soil management?

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Handout will be distributed.

References

Status of the World's Soil Resources (SWSR) ? Technical Summary (www.fao.org/3/a-i5126e.pdf) Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management （www.fao.org/3/a-bl813e.pdf） Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development （http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000101401.pdf）

Assessment/Grading

Attendance rate (40%) and essay score (60%)

Message from instructor(s)

No expertise is required.

Course keywords

soil resources, soil degradation, soil erosion, sustainable soil management, SDGs

Office hours

Remarks 1

Lecture in Japanese

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/22/2018 11:10:48 AM