Program

December 14 (Sunday)

9:15-12:15

Session 1: Forest and environmental protection I

Chairperson: Kei Karasawa Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University, Japan 1. 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 40 min 2. 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 20 min 3. The Impact of the Climate Change on Mountainous Area in Central and Southern Europe Reinhold Steinacker Department of Meteorology and Geophysics Fuculty of Geosciences, Geography and Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria 40 min Discussion between speakers and floor Abstract: Session 1 (267KB)

13:30-16:45

Session 2: Forest and environmental protection II

Chairperson: Ken Takeshita School of Law, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan 1. Chinese Forest Legislation and Its Cultural Background Chang, Ji-wen Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China 40 min 2. The Role of Sciences for Sustainable Society: From Economic Man to Total Man Yasuhiro Sakai Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University & Shiga University, Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, Japan 40 min 3. The Rupture and Continuity of Indigenous Forest Knowledge in the Philippines Bao, Maohong Beijing University, Beijing, China 20 min 4. Japan's Forest Culture: Threats and Opportunities Takuya Takahashi School of Environmental Science, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan 20 min Discussion between speakers and floor Abstract: Session 2 (319KB)

December 15, 2008 (Monday)

9:00-12:00

Session 3: Nature conservation and culture

Chairperson: Joao V. de Assuncao School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 1. From Sustainability to "Mottainai" - With the Help of an "Extended View" Walter Kofler1, David Schnaiter2 1 International Academy of Science - Health and Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria 2 Section Social Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria 40 min 2. On the Way to the Unity: The International Moscow Declaration for the Ecological Culture 10th Anniversary Oleg Glazachev, Stanislav Glazachev M.A.. Sholokhov Moscow State Humanitarian University, Russia Russian Section of the International Academy of Science, Russia 40 min 3. Sato-yama (Forests Adjacent to Villages) in Beautiful Japan and Its Problems Which Confront Us Now to Be Solved Yoshifumi Yabushita Division of Corporate Planning, Shidax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 20 min 4. Health Promotion, Culture and Forest Conservation in Norway Gunnar Tellnes Department of General Practice and Community Medicine University of Oslo, Norway 20 min Discussion between speakers and floor Abstract: Session 3 (315KB)

December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

9:00-11:50	Session 4: General discussion
Co-chairperson: Sun, Xin Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China Co-chairperson: Ikujiro Wakai Faculty of Human Environment, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan 1. Reflective Recurring to Forest Kuninobu Kitao Faculty of Bioenvironmetal Science, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto, Japan 20 min   Discussion among participants   Abstract: Session 4 (154KB)

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