IFES-GCOE Global COE Program "Establishment of Center for Integrated Field Environmental Science"
Graduate School of Environmental Science & Division of Environmental Resources, Graduate School of Agriculture
Hokkaido University

GLP-Sapporo Open Workshop: Vulnerability, Resilience and Sustainability of Asian Land System


Vulnerability, Resilience and Sustainability of Asian Land System

<Date> Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:30-16:00
<Venue> Hokkaido University Centennial Hall
<Fees> Free (Registration is not required)
<Organizer> Global Land Project Sapporo Nodal Office
<Co-host> Tribhuvan University, International Network and Training Office of IFES-GCOE

*This workshop will be conducted in English.

The Hokkaido University campus is home to the Sapporo Nodal Office of the Global Land Project (GLP),
where research on the vulnerability, resilience and sustainability of the land system
in relation to land-use and land-cover change is conducted within the international
research network’s framework. In this workshop, lectures on the results of research
regarding land-use and land-cover change in Asia (including the outcomes of joint research
conducted by Nepal’s Tribhuvan University and Hokkaido University) will be given
as part of the Sapporo Nodal Office’s activities. Related ideas and views will also be exchanged.

<Lecturers>
◆Prof. Dr. Hira Bahadur Maharjan
(President of Tribhuvan University, opening, on joint research by both universities)
◆Prof. Dr. Narendra Raj Khanal
(Tribhuvan University, on the vulnerability and sustainability of land-use and land-cover change),
◆Prof. Dr. Narendra Man Shakya
(Tribhuvan University, on Nepal’s integrated water resource management),
◆Prof. Dr. Pramod Jha
(Tribhuvan University, on biodiversity and forest dynamics in Nepal),

poster
Poster (1MB) *Japanese only

Global COE Program "Establishment of Center for Integrated Field Environmental Science" at Hokkaido University