International Seminar:”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo”

”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo: Views from governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities” 【Date】December 9-10, 2013 【Venue】Inamori Fundation Memorial Building, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan  On December 9 and 10, our project held an international seminar ”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo: Views from governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities with the co-hosted of Southeast Asian Studies for Sustainable Humanosphere research program.  The two-day seminar drew about 120 participants from Japan and overseas and was concluded with success.  From this Project, Samejima and Soda made their presentations based on the researches and studies of the […]

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The Program of Int. Seminar ”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo: Views from governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities”

”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo: Views from governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities” 【Date】Dec. 9(Mon.)-10(Tue.) Dec.9(Mon.) 13:00~17:00 (Registration start 13:00) Dec.10(Tue.) 9:00~17:00  (Registration start 9:00) 【Venue】Inamori Foundation Memorial Building 3F, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS) ※There will be informal get-together after the sessions on both date. Please contact us (sfmbor@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp)byDec.2(Mon)to participate in the get-togethers.. ※On the second day (10th), luncheon will be served to the presenters and to those who would like to attend (800 yen per person) Those who would like to attend the luncheon should contact us (sfmbor@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp)by Dec.2(Mon). 【Venue info】Inamori Foundation Memorial Building 3F, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University(CSEAS) 【Programs】for further […]

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International Seminar on December 2013

”Current Status and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management in Borneo: Views from governments, private sectors, NGOs, and local communities 【Date】9-10th December 2013 【Venue】Inamori Fundation Memorial Building, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 【Seminar’s Objective】  This international seminar aims to discuss current status and issues of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in the island of Borneo. It gathers various stakeholders of SFM practitioners (timber production and trading companies), promoters (governments and NGOs) and researchers from Borneo and Japan. This seminar provides a useful opportunity to share experiences and knowledge with each other, which may provide practical solutions to some of the problems faced by the stakeholders.  Borneo is the […]

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The feeback of the interim assessment to our project

19, September 2013 A Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), “Planted Forests in Equatorial Southeast Asia: Human-nature Interactions in High Biomass Society” has received the mark of “A” for its third-year assessment by the sponsor, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Grade A indicates the project has already accomplished a certain progress and expects to see academic achievements as the project has planned.

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