The workshop will be held!

The workshop, titled “Problems and Solutions to the Environmental Issues Facing the Southeast and East Asia, under Changing Climate”, will be held on February 10, 2020.

In this workshop, government officers and researchers from Southeast Asian and East Asian countries will report environmental issues they are facing and current governmental strategies. After listening their reports, we would like the participants to share the ideas about alternative solutions to those issues.

When: February 10^th (10am ~5pm)

Where: Room 1409, Center Zone 1, Kyusyu University Ito Campus

We invite all graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in the environmental issues in Southeast and East Asia. Please register through the following URL for participation by February 6^th. (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UQ0ZWQ8q9FTeDtmJTtECecjSqhQP1ghaiKIJhzCiqug/viewform?edit_requested=true)

The tentative schedule of the workshop is as follows.

10：00　 Opening Remarks

10：10　 Report from Malaysia:

“Forest landscape restoration towards sustainable management” by Ms. Halipah Binti Bujang & Aileen Sim Kai Fang, Forest Department Sarawak, Malaysia

10：50　 Report from Laos:

“Environmental Impacts of Hydro-power Projects and its Mitigation Programs in Laos” by Mr. Somsanouk Sodouangdenh, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, MONRE, Laos

11：20　Lunch break

13：00　Report from Cambodia:

“River Bank Instability Along the Country Boarder due to Increase in Flood Magnitude and Water Traffic” by Mr. Hun Sothy, Department of Hydrology and River Works, Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia

13：40  Report from Taiwan:

“Taiwan’s vulnerable montane cloud-fog forest and agricultural activities under climate change and human activities” by Yi-Shin Jang, Rong-Yu Gu & Tzu-Ying Yang, National Taiwan University

14：30　Groupwork
15：45　Presentation by participant to share alternative solution ideas
16：30　Concluding remarks

The participants are expected to come up with alternative solution ideas through group work and conduct a short presentation during the workshop to share the ideas.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ayumi Katayama (ayumi[at]forest.kyushu-u.ac.jp ) or Tamao Kasahara (tamao.kasahara[at]forest.kyushu-u.ac.jp) .

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