2022 Education Report of the UNESCO Chair Programme “Education in Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable Societies”

Prof. Fumito Koike (College of Urban Sciences / Graduate school of Environment and Information Sciences)

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Overseas dispatch

MAB/SDGs Globalization practice (Undergraduate Students)

  • Seagrasses in Phuket, south Thailand
  • Rhododendron arboreum in a cloud forest at Doi Inthanon National Park
  • Agricultural tourism in north Thailand

Overseas dispatch to Thailand.

National Parks in Thailand own land and have accommodations, and therefore the situation is different from Japan’s national parks.

In MAB/SDGs Globalization practicen in the fiscal year 2022, three students (+ four students in Prof. Fujikake’s project) went to Paraguay and six students went to Thailand both supported by JASSO, etc. The overseas dispatch to Thailand was planned with Prince of Songkhla University (PSU). In addition, four students went to Hawaii and one international student went to Mongolia both with their own plan.

  • native species
  • introduced species

Overseas dispatch to Hawaii (USA)

The National Park usually does not contribute to education in local schools.

WWWIntroduced species create the image of Hawaii tourism.

Invitation from overseas

MAB/SDGs International PBL (Foreign Universities)

Four graduate students were invited from Prince of Songkhla University (PSU), Thailand in the fiscal year 2022.

  • Introduction to Biosphere Reserves and conservation/restoration ecology
  • Bryophyte tourism (Shirakoma Ike)
  • Bryophyte tourism (Shirakoma Ike)
  • Bryophyte tourism (Shirakoma Ike)
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAlpine ecosystem (Shogigashira Mountain)
  • Seminar on Ecosystem management and Evolution
  • Biosphere Reserve at local government (Ina Municipal Office)