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The 4th RIHN International Symposium
“ The Dilemma of Boundaries: Toward a New Concept of Catchment  ”

Date: October 20 (Tue) - 22 (Thu)
Venue: RIHN Lecture Hall   access
Organizer: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
Language: English (simultaneous interpretation provided)
Participation: Contact the address shown in the bottom of the previous page

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[Program]

Tuesday Oct 20
Opening Session
Chair: Takayuki Shiraiwa(RIHN): Tentative
9:00 - 9:10

Opening Remark

Narifumi Tachimoto(RIHN, Director-General)

9:10 - 9:20

Objectives of the Symposium

Makoto Taniguchi(RIHN)

9:20 - 10:00

Keynote Address
Title:Codification of International Law for Transboundary Aquifers by the United Nations

Chusei Yamada(Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan / Former Member of UN International Law Commission)
Abstract , Full Paper

10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
Session 1 : Ignored Linkage between Surface and Sub-surface Environments
Chair: Takeo Onishi (RIHN): Tentative
10:20 - 11:00 Linkages beyond boundaries between surface/subsurface and land /ocean for better management of environment in Asia

Makoto Taniguchi(RIHN)
Abstract , Full Paper

11:00 - 11:40 The NA (nitrate-arsenic) boundary as an important concept in aquatic environmental studies

Takahiro Hosono(Kumamoto University)
Abstract , Full Paper

11:40 - 12:20 A Model to Assess Groundwater Inflows to Lakes via a Rn-222 Mass Balance aquatic environments

William Burnett and Natasha Dimova (Florida State University, USA)
Abstract , Full Paper

12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
Session 2 : Transboundary Linkage of Land and Ocean
Chair: Makoto Taniguchi (RIHN): Tentative
14:00 - 14:40 "Giant" Fish-Breeding Forest: A new environmental system linking continental watershed with open water

Takayuki Shiraiwa(RIHN)
Abstract , Full Paper

14:40 - 15:20 Numerical Simulation of Dissolved Iron Production and Transport in the Amur river and the Sea of Okhotsk

Takeo Onishi(RIHN)and Fumio Mitsudera(Hokkaido University)
Abstract , Full Paper

15:20 - 16:20 RIHN Tour・Coffee break
16:20 - 17:00 Basic Concept of a Newly Established Integrated Study on the Linkage of Forest-Sato-Sea Collaborating with a Social Movement Flagged “The Sea is Longing for the Forest” and Its Actual Case Research Conducted in Ariake Bay-Chikugo River System, Japan

Masaru Tanaka(Kyoto University)
Abstract , Full Paper

17:00 - 17:40 Transportation of Marine-derived Nutrients (MDN) onto Land by Anadromous Fish: A Case Study of Pacific salmon in Russian Far East

Takeshi Murota(Doshisha University)
Abstract , Full Paper

17:40 - 18:10 Discussion
18:20 - Buses leave for Grand Prince Hotel from RIHN Entrance
18:30 Reception at Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto
Wednesday Oct 21
Session 3 : Impacts of Human-made Boundaries
Chair: Takayuki Shiraiwa (RIHN): Tentative
10:00 - 10:40 National boundaries and the fragmentation of governance systems: Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem from the legal, political perspective

Yasunori Hanamatsu(RIHN)
Abstract , Full Paper

10:40 - 11:20 The History of "Uotsukirin"(Fish-Breeding Forest) in Japan

Hiroshi Wakana(Muroran University of Technology)
Abstract , Full Paper

11:20 - 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 - 12:20 Integrating Groundwater Boundary Matters into Catchment Management

William Todd Jarvis(Oregon State University)
Abstract , Full Paper

12:20 - 13:00 A Boundary between Surface and Ground Water in Japanese Legal System -Its Consequence and Remedy-

Takahiro Endo(RIHN)
Abstract , Full Paper

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Session 4 : Challenge for New Management beyond the Boundaries
Chair: Takahiro Endo (RIHN): Tentative
14:00 - 14:40 HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan – Ecosystem based approach to manage a semi-enclosed European sea area with nine riparian countries

Juha - Markku Leppänen (Finish Environmental Institute)
Abstract , Full Paper

14:40 - 15:20 Combining Activities of Sato-umi and Sato-yama in Japan: Towards a New Type of Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management

Osamu Matsuda(Hiroshima University)
Abstract , Full Paper

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 - 16:20 Aquifers know no boundaries... but farmers do ! So, who should care?!

Shammy Puri(Secretary General of IAH, Consultant to UNESCO)
Abstract , Full Paper

16:20 - 17:00 The trans-boundary management of groundwater resources in the Kumamoto area, Japan - Sustainable management of groundwater resources for over 700,000 residents -

Jun Shimada(Kumamoto University)
Abstract , Full Paper

17:00 - 17:30

Discussion

Thursday Oct 22
Session 5 : Discussion and Conclusion
Chair: Makoto Tanighichi (RIHN)
9:00 - 9:15 Summary of session 1

Rappoteur: Takanori Nakano (RIHN)

9:15 - 9:30 Summary of session 2

Rappoteur: Takeshi Nakatsuka(Nagoya University)

9:30 - 9:45 Summary of session 3

Rappoteur: Jumpei Kubota(RIHN)

9:45 - 10:00 Summary of session 4

Rappoteur: Osamu Ieda(Hokkaido University)

10:00 - 10:10 Agenda Setting

Takeo Onishi (RIHN)

10:10 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:30 Roundtable discussion
11:30 - 11:40 Symposium closing

Tsugihiro WATANABE (RIHN)

11:40 - 12:40 Business meeting
12:40 -

Lunch