Current Progress
Here are the recent updates
of Environmental Valuation Project research
activities.
- November 2007
- Field tour and project member meeting was held in one of the project's research sites, Kyoto University's Wakayama Experimental Forest.
- October - November 2007
- Questionnaire survey on Peple's Attitude toward Forest, River, and Lake Environment was conducted on randomly selected 12,400 residents of selected Class-A-river sytems in Japan.
- September 2007
- IDEA Project changed its official nickname to "Environmental Valuation Project".
- August 2007
- Project leader and project members took a field trip to Shumarinai Lake area.
- May 2007
- New project leader, Masayoshi Nakawo joined the project team.
- February - March 2007
- Survey on Forest Management for the Next Generation was conducted on randomly selected 6,400 residents of selected Class-A-river sytems in Japan. The brief overview of the survey is available here.
- December 2006
- December 15, Project leader, Takahito Yoshioka has presented at the RIHN Project Research Presentation held at Kyoto Terrsa. Presentation slides and handout can be viewed from Resources > Products > Conference Presentations
- March 2006
- March 2, IDEA project
has passed the Interrim
Evaluation at
the 6th RIHN Evaluation
Committee held at RIHN.
- October - November
2005
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- November 28-29, Project
Core Member meeting was
held at RIHN
to share eachmember's
Research progresses.
- October 17 to
November 14, IDEA
Development Team conducted Sample Survey on Interests in Watershed Environment
on
randomly chosen
1,800 residents
in Japan. The brief overview of the survey is available here.
- September 2005
- September Sep 19
- 21, IDEA
Response Prediction
Model Team hosted
a theme session on
development of ecological
response prediction
model in the symposeum
of Japanese Sciety
of Limnology in Osaka.
- March 2005
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- March 10 - 11, Project
Core Member meeting was
held at RIHN
to share each
member's Research
progresses and
to discuss this
year's research
activity plans.
- March 30 - April
1, the forest ecosystem
subgroup of the Response
Prediction Model Team
had a PnET model
workshop in Moshiri.
- November 2004
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- IDEA
Development Team visited Dr.
Kisaburo Nakata at
Tokai University,
and discussed
the issues in
the development
of the lake ecosystem
model, as a component
of the IDEA response
prediction model.
The team also
discussed the
possible collaboration
in the model
development with
him.
- November 29 -
30, IDEA
Response Prediction
Model Team meeting was
held at Nagoya
University in conjunction
with the seminar
on the All Japan
Stream Water Survey.
The members discussed
the application
the Survey results
to the IDEA Response
Prediction Model
and other issues
on the model devlopment.
- August - September
2004
- Emi Kimura,
a Kyoto University
student and a member
of IDEA
development Team,
conducts preliminary Main
Questionnaire Survey in
Shumarinai Lake area.
- July 2004
- Preliminary Interest
Questionnaire Survey was
conducted in Kyoto
at the RIHN annual
symposium ("Chikyu-ken
Forum").
- June 2004
-
- Response
Prediction Model
Development Team made
a field trip
to Uryu Experimental
Forest for field
sampling and
to discuss the
plans of model
construction.
- IDEA
Development Team made
a field tour
to Uryu Experimental
Forest of Hokkaido
University and
the Shumarinai
Lake area for
site inspection
and information
collection for
the coming full-scale
social studies
with local residents.
The group conducted
preliminary interviews
with the staff
of Uryu Experimental
Forest to gather
the information
about the social
backgrounds of
the local community.
The group also
discussed the
plans of full-scale
social survey
to be conducted
later this year.
- May 2004
- IDEA Project invites Dr.
Charles Driscoll of
Syracuse University
for collaborative
research in the development
of Response Prediction
Model.
- April 2004
- IDEA Project was
promoted to a full-scale
study!
- March 2004
- Revisions of research
plan were accepted
by the evaluation committee.
- December 2003
- IDEA Project Member
meeting and workshop
were held.
- October 2003
-
- Dr.
Yuejun Zheng joined
RIHN as an associate
professor and
a core member
of IDEA Project.
- IDEA Project
invites Dr. Myron
Mitchell of SUNY-College
of Environmental
Science and Forestry
for a collaborative
research in the
development of
Response Prediction
Model.
- March 2003
- Due to the shortage
of funding, the promotion
to a full-scale study
scheduled in April
2003 was postponed
for a year, and the
project was requalified
as a Feasibility study
for another year.
- December 2002
- IDEA Project Member
meeting and workshop
were held.
- June 2002
- Dr.
Toshio Sugiman of
Kyoto University
joined the project
as a core member.
- April 2002
- IDEA
Development Team conducted Keyword
Questionnaire Survey in
Kyoto, Niigata, Saitama,
and Aichi prefectures.
- March 2002
- IDEA Project has
passed the Evaluation
Committee, and was
qualified to be a full-scale
study from April 2003.
- December 2001
- Project plan was
revised and submitted.
- August 2001
- IDEA Project was
qualified to be a feasibility
study from April 2002.
- July 2001
- Project plan was
submitted to the evaluation
committee.
- June 2001
- IDEA Project kicked
off at the Research
Institute for Humanity
and Nature as an incubation
study.
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