| Course title | |||||
| 資源保全学特論 [Advanced Conservation of Natural Resources] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 0.5 | ||
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 96314 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 戸田 浩人 [TODA Hiroto] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | 1-416 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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“Sustainable forest management of Satoyama” Satoyama landscape is a traditional Japanese multi-functional land use system in which agricultural practices and forest resource management techniques are used to optimize the benefits derived from local ecosystems. The products obtained (including food, fuel, wood and compost) help safeguard the community life, but without degrading the land, water or other resources. Protecting biodiversity entails not only preserving pristine environments, such as wilderness, but also conserving human-influenced natural environments, such as farmlands and secondary forest, that people have developed and maintained sustainably over a long time. But these Satoyama landscapes ? and the sustainable practices and knowledge they represent- are increasingly threatened in many parts of the world, due for example, to urbanisation, industrialisation, and rapid rural population increase and decrease (Satoyama Initiative 2010) . This course will teach the outline of forest management in Kanto satoyama area, and we will discuss the biogeochemical cycles of satoyama. In this course we will have out-door lecture in the park where the conservation of Satoyama landscape is conducted. |
| Expected Learning |
| Understanding of Satoyama nature and its sustainable management |
| Course schedule |
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This course will teach the outline of forest management in Kanto satoyama area, and we will discuss the biogeochemical cycles of satoyama. In this course we will have out-door lecture in the park where the conservation of Satoyama landscape is conducted. 1. Outline of forest management and biogeochemical cycles in satoyama 2. Present situation of forest management in satoyama 3. Land use, water and biodiversity in satoyama 4. Challenges of sustainable forest management of Satoyama |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be provided in class. |
| References |
| Toda, H.（2013）NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND SATOYAMA UTILIZATION. (in Research Approaches to Sustainable Biomass Systems, editors Tojo, S and Hirasawa, T., 399pp., Elsevier). 19-30. |
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| Message from instructor(s) |
| In the morning, we have a lecture in a room. In the afternoon, we will make a field trip and walk around a hill of the satoyama park at Sayama-kyuryo, Musashi-murayama city. Therefore, you need to prepare the train and bus fare and the field activity items. I will inform a student attending a lecture of the detail. |
| Course keywords |
| Satoyama, Sustainable management, Forest, Natural park |
| Office hours |
| Please make an appointment by email. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/14/2018 2:02:36 PM |