Dealing with various kinds of problems as to the circulation of substances such as water, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen in the human sphere and their imbalance and inappropriate uses.

	Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols, and Human Activities in East Asia (HAYASAKA Tadahiro)
	Global Water Cycle Variation and the Current World Water Resources Issues and Their Perspectives (KANAE Shinjiro)
	Recent Rapid Change of Water Circulation in the Yellow River and Its Effects on Environment (FUKUSHIMA Yoshihiro)

	Human Activities in North-eastern Asia and Their Impact on the Biological Productivity in North Pacific Ocean (SHIRAIWA Takayuki)
	Human Impacts on Urban Subsurface Environments (TANIGUCHI Makoto)
	Effects of Environmental Changes on the Interactions between Pathogens and Humans (KAWABATA Zen'ichiro)

Peoples and Nature in Siberia Associated with Global Warming (INOUE Gen)

	Migration, Sojourn, and Possibilities in Cities (MURAMATSU Shin)
	Study of regional Diversity of Water Quality: Toward Water Management Based on Circulation (NAKANO Takanori)

Dealing with global environmental problems derived from the loss and degradation of genetic-specific and ecological biodiversity, as well as cultural diversities related to language, social structure, religion, and cosmology.

Sustainability and Biodiversity Assessment on Forest Utilization Options (ICHIKAWA Masahiro)

	A New Cultural and Historical Exploration into Human-Nature Relationships in the Japanese Archipelago (YUMOTO Takakazu)
	Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human Activity (YAMAMURA Norio)
	Human Life, Aging, and Disease in High-Altitude Environments: Physio-medical, Ecological and Cultural Adaptation in the Three Great "Highland Civilizations" (OKUMIYA Kiyohito)

Dealing with global environmental problems associated with food and energy resources and with the relevant economic activities (agriculture, forestry, fishery, and animal husbandry) for human survival.

	Impact of Climate Changes on Agricultural Production System in the Arid Areas (WATANABE Tsugihiro)
	A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon Asia: 1945-2005 (AKIMICHI Tomoya)

	Historical Interactions between the Multi-Cultural Societies and the Natural Environment in a Semi-Arid Region in Central Eurasia (KUBOTA Junpei)
	Environmental Changes and Infectious Diseases in Tropical Asia (MOJI Kazuhiko)

A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems among Arab Societies: To Combat Livelihood Degradation (NAWATA Hiroshi)

Dealing with historical consequences of human-nature interactions, particularly of civilization as global environmental history.

Historical Evolution of the Adaptability in an Oasis Region to Water Resource Changes (NAKAWO Masayoshi)

	Agriculture and Environment Interactions in Eurasia: Past, Present and Future- A Ten-Thousand-Year History- (SATO Yo-Ichiro)
	Noelithisation and Modernisation: Landscape History on East Asian Inland Seas (UCHIYAMA Junzo)
	Environmental Change and the Indus Civilization (OSADA Toshiki)

Interactions between man and the environment in Mesopotamia (WATANABE Chikako)

Seeking new approaches and methodologies to study global environmental problems.

Multi-Disciplinary Research for Understanding Interactions (YACHI Shigeo)

	Interaction between Environmental Quality of the Watershed and Environmental Consciousness: With Reference to Environmental Changes Caused by the Use of Land and Water Resource (SEKINO Tatsuki)
	year Interactions between Natural Environment and Human Social Systems in Subtropical Islands (TAKASO Tokushiro)
	Vulnerability and Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems (UMETSU Chieko)