RIHN 7th International Symposium
Complexification and Simplification: Ecosystems, human health and lifestyle in Asia

Date: October 24 - 26, 2012
Place: RIHN Lecture Hall (arrow Access)
Organizer: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
Language: English (simultaneous interpretation provided)
Participation: Contact the address shown in the bottom of previous page
Remarks: Abstracts (PDF)
Program (PDF)
Program:
Wednesday - 24 October, 2012
Opening Session
Chair: Aysun UYAR (RIHN)
10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks

TACHIMOTO Narifumi (Director-General, RIHN)

10:10-10:20 Objectives of the Symposium

Daniel NILES (RIHN) / ABE Ken-ichi (RIHN)

10:20-11:20 Keynote Address 1
Biodiversity and Public Health: A Complicated but Important Science - Policy Challenge

Pim MARTENS (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

11:20-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Keynote Address 2
Theoretical Frameworks for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems

Graeme S. CUMMING (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

12:30-14:00 Lunch
Session 1 Collapse and restoration of social-ecological networks
Chair: YAMAMURA Norio (RIHN/Doshisha University, Japan)
14:00-14:40 Reshaping Neighbourhood Parks for Biodiversity and People: A Case of Unsung Socio-Ecological Systems in Bangalore, India

M. Soubadra DEVY (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India)

14:40-15:20 Co-benefits of Sustainable Forestry

KITAYAMA Kanehiro (Kyoto University, Japan)

15:20-16:00 Interaction of Human Activities and Ecologycal Resources: Focusing on the Changes of Peoples Living Environment in Malaysia

KATO Yumi (RIHN/JSPS)

Land Use Change and Loss of Biodiversity in Malaysian Borneo

TAKANO Takenaka Kohei (RIHN)

16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:00 Relationship between Livestock and Pasture in Mongolia

KODA Ryosuke (RIHN)

Quantitative Comparison of Sustainability between Nomadic and Sedentary System in Mongolian Pasture

KATO Satoshi (RIHN)

17:00-17:30 Discussion
Thursday - 25 October, 2012
Session 2 Physiological adaptation and recent lifestyle change in high-altitude environments
Chair: OKUMIYA Kiyohito (RIHN)
10:00-10:30 Three Patterns in Hypoxic Adaptation in the Three High-Altitude People and its Evolutional Significance

Cynthia M. BEALL (Case Western Reserve University, USA)

10:30-11:00 Aging in High Altitudes: Possible Association with Adaptation Methods

SAKAMOTO Ryota (Kyoto University, Japan)

11:00-11:30 Changing Livelihood and Non-Communicable Diseases in the Kingdom of Bhutan: Physiological Adaptation and Recent Lifestyle Change in High-Altitude Environments

Ugen DOPHU (Ministry of Health, Bhutan)

11:30-11:50 Coffee break
11:50-12:20 Tibetan Society and their Changing Livelihoods

Melvyn C. GOLDSTEIN (Case Western Reserve University, USA)

12:20-12:40 Discussant: INAMURA Tetsuya (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
12:40-13:10 Discussion
13:10-14:30 Lunch
Session 3 Ecohealth: Ecological transformation and human health
Chair: MOJI Kazuhiko (RIHN) & Hein MALLEE (International Development Research Centre)
14:30-15:10 Climate, Climate Change and Human Health

HASHIZUME Masahiro (Nagasaki University, Japan)

15:10-15:50 Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma in Southeast Asia: Current Status and Prospects for Long Term Prevention and Control

Paiboon SITHITHAWORN (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)

15:50-16:10 Coffee break
16:10-16:50 Study of Land Cover Change in Relation with Malaria and Liver-Fluke Infection in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

TOJO Bumpei (RIHN)

16:50-17:30 Cooking Up: a Nutrition Lens on Natural Resource Management

Jutta KRAHN (Consultant Food, Nutrition, Natural Resources, Laos)

17:30-18:00 Discussion
Friday - 26 October, 2012
Session 4 Synthesis and Summary Discussion
Chairs: Daniel NILES (RIHN)
10:00-10:15 Synthesis of session 1

SAKAI Shoko (RIHN)

10:15-10:30 Synthesis of session 2

OKUMIYA Kiyohito (RIHN)

10:30-10:45 Synthesis of session 3

MOJI Kazuhiko (RIHN)

10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20 Comments

Pim MARTENS (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Graeme S. CUMMING (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

11:20-11:45 Summary Discussion
11:45-11:50 Closing Remarks

SATO Yo-Ichiro (Deputy Director-General/Director of CCPC, RIHN)

11:50-12:25 Publication meeting
12:25-14:00 Lunch
14:00- Excursion

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