KIF 2008: Nature Conservation and Cultural Background

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Open Forum "Reflection on Forest
- Fusion of Nature and Forest -"

Date: December 13, 2008 (Saturday), 13:00-17:00
Place: Hotel Rubino Kyoto Horikawa, Room Kamo (2F)
Horikawa Shimochojamachi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Tel: 075-432-6161

Language: Consecutive interpretation will be provided from English to Japanese, but not from Japanese to English.

Program

13:00 Welcome Message
Tsutomu Sugahara
Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and President of JCSD
13:05- Lectures  
 
1. Significance and Roles of Tropical Satoyama (Anthropogenic Forest-based Land-use) in Tropical Rain Forests of Southeast Asia
Masahiro Ichikawa
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
40 min
 
2. Nature our Culture - Reflection on Cultural Relationship between Papua New Guinea Communities and Their Local Forests
Jane Mogina
Biology Department, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
PNG Mama Graun Conservation Trust Fund, Pt. Moresby, Papua New Guinea
50 min
14:50- Music performance
Junko Konishi (piano), Akiko Atarashi (clarinet) and Naoko Hashimoto (soprano)
15:25- Lectures
 
 
3. Health Promotion, Culture and Forest Conservation in Norway
Gunnar Tellnes
Department of General Practice and Community Medicine
University of Oslo, Norway
50 min
 
4. Reflective Recurring to Forest
Kuninobu Kitao
Faculty of Bioenvironmetal Science, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto, Japan
40 min
16:55 Closing remarks
Kei Karasawa
Professor Emeritus of Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
 
 
Moderator: Ikujiro Wakai, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan
 

Welcome Reception for Open Forum and KIF 2008 Forum

Date: December 13, 2008 (Saturday), 17:00-19:00
Place: Hotel Rubino Kyoto Horikawa, Room Amour (3F)
All participants of the Open Forum and the KIF 2008 Forum are cordially invited.