Organization of Project

Whole project

Project leader: Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo)

Theme 1

Developing an integrated model of social-ecological systems and the strengthening of the science-policy interface

・Theme leader: Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo)

・Subtheme 1-1: Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo)

・Subtheme 1-2: Osamu Saito (Academic Programme Officer, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University)

・Subtheme 1-3: Yasuko Kameyama (Deputy Director, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies)

・Subtheme 1-4: Kazuo Matsushita (Senior Fellow, Green Economy Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies [IGES])

Theme 2

Predicting and assessing of natural values from natural capital and ecosystem services of terrestrial ecosystems

・Theme leader :Tohru Nakashizuka (President, Forest Research and Management Organization)

・Subtheme 2-1: Tohru Nakashizuka (President, Forest Research and Management Organization)

・Subtheme 2-2: Takashi Masaki (Research Director, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization)

・Subtheme 2-3: Takehito Yoshida (Associate Professor, Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo)

・Subtheme 2-4: Hideaki Shibata (Professor, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University)

Theme 3

Predicting and assessing the natural values of marine ecosystems from natural capital and ecosystem services

・Theme leader: Yoshihisa Shirayama (Executive Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

・Subtheme 3-1: Yoshihisa Shirayama (Executive Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

・Subtheme 3-2: Masahiro Nakaoka (Professor, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University)

・Subtheme 3-3: Hiroya Yamano (Director, Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies)

・Subtheme 3-4: Atsushi Nanami (Senior researcher, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency)

Theme 4

Predicting and assessing of the social-economic value of natural capital and ecosystem services, and multi-level governance of natural capital.

・Theme Leader: Kohta Asano (Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)

・Subtheme 4-1: Kohta Asano (Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)

・Subtheme 4-2: Kosuke Oyama (Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Keio University)

・Subtheme 4-3: Shunsuke Managi (Professor, Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University)