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The 1st Field Workshop


Eiji Kyotani, Dean, Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University


Tetsu Sato presenting on the project outline


Mahito Kamada presenting on residential research institutions


Nobuya Miwa, Tadashi Yogi and Hiroyuki Matsuda participating in a field work to create a waterfront


Kazuaki Takahashi (foreground)


Daisuke Takahashi


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Report on the 1st Field Workshop

The 1st Field Workshop
Dates: November 14 to 16, 2008
Venue: Nagano University
At the launch of the project, the 1st Field Workshop was held to share the big picture of the project, our future challenges, and the R&D roadmap with the participants. We also had an in-depth discussion about research styles suitable for working out solutions to specific problems with Nagano University's Restoration of Satoyama Forest Project and other projects as case examples.

November 14 (Friday)

● Opening address / self-introduction / briefing on the project and its logistics
  Outline of the project, "Construction of a pragmatic scientist community contributing to stakeholder-driven management of local environment" Project Director: Tetsu Sato (Faculty of Tourism and
Project Leader: Tetsu Sato (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)
●R&D outline of each group
 

- The "Analysis of the Emergence of Solution-oriented Scientists Focusing on Residential Research Institutions" Group
Group Leader: Mahito Kamada (Institute of Technology and Science, the University of Tokushima)
- The "Analysis of Interactions and Collaboration Between Stakeholders and Scientists" Group Group Leader
Shigeru Yanaka (Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University)

●General discussion
  - Convivial party at Koinishi (a local freshwater fish restaurant http://www.koinishi.com/

November 15 (Saturday)

- The "Emergence of a New Scientific Community Through the Development of the Local Science Network for Environment and Sustainability" Group
Group Leader: Tetsu Sato (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)
● Workshop: "Knowledge and Local Systems for Solutions"
● Toolkits for restoring satoyama: knowledge sets for solutions
 

Kazuaki Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)
- "An example of the tool kit: constructing reservoirs"
Daisuke Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)

● Field trip to see tool kits for restoring satoyama
● Participation in a field work to create a reservoir and ecotones in the forest
  Daisuke Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)
● Field trip to see tool kits for restoring satoyama
  Kazuaki Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University)
- "Diversity in designing marine protected areas – design of MPA systems compatible with local-specific settings"
Shinichiro Kakuma (Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Management Div., Okinawa Prefectural Government)
●General discussion
 

"The role of science in Shiretoko World Heritage Site and other natural reserves"
Commentator: Hiroyuki Matsuda (Graduate School of Environment and Information Science, Yokohama National University)

 
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Shinichiro Kakuma and Toshiaki Sawada at AUN Nagano University forest

November 16 (Sunday)

●"What is expected for stakeholder members in the project" (explanation and discussion)
Presenter / Discussion Facilitator: Tetsu Sato
"R&D roadmap for making guidelines for collaboration and developing a system to evaluatione system of solution-oriented science"
Tetsu Sato
●General discussion

Participants:
Tetsu Sato (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University), Hiroyuki Matsuda (Graduate School of Environment and Information Science, Yokohama National University), Daisuke Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University), Mahito Kamada (Institute of Technology and Science, the University of Tokushima), Shigeru Yanaka (Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University), Atsushi Makino (Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum), Kazuaki Takahashi (Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies, Nagano University), Nobuya Miwa (Faculty of International Studies, Osaka Gakuin University ), Hideyuki Onishi (Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts), Shinichiro Kakuma (Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Management Div., Okinawa Prefectural Government), Katsunobu Shirakawa (Natural Museum of Geihoku), Toshiaki Sawada (Environment & Town Planning / NPO Commons), Mariko Katsuse (Tokushima Prefectural Sennen no Mori Fureai Kan), Tadashi Yogi (Fisheries Cooperative Association of Yaeyama), Kyoko Fukushima (Japan Science and Technology Agency)


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