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 project.

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【Program】
Hiromu Shimizu (Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Welcome and Opening Address”

●Hiromitsu Samejima (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Objectives of the Seminar”

●Hiromitu Samejima (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Biodiversity of Tropical Rainforest in Borneo”

●Ryoji Soda (Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Japan)
“The Trends in Forest Development and Adaptability of Indigenous Communities in Sarawak, Malaysia”

●Yuyun Kurniawan (Kutai Barat program, WWF Indonesia)
“Status of Forested Areas and Its Management Practices including REDD+ in the Upper Mahakam, East Kalimantan”

●Reuben Nilus (Sabah Forestry Department, Malaysia)
“The Current State of Forest Resource Management in Sabah”

●Jason Hon (Sarawak Office, WWF Malaysia)
“State of Forestry and SFM in Sarawak – Sharing of Experience”

●Sofyan P. Warsito (Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia)
“Periodic Inventory (IHMB): Its Role on Forest Sustainability Monitoring and Forest Management Planning”

●Rizki Pandu Permana (The Borneo Initiative, Netherlands & Indonesia)
“Large-scale Forest Certification in Borneo: Challenges and Opportunities”

●Mamoru Kanzaki (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Integrated Forested Area Management beyond the Sustainable Forest Management”

●Kanehiro Kitayama (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Management of Bornean Production Forests”

●Ferry Kadi (PT. Tirta Mahakam Resources Tbk, Indonesia)
“A Trend of FSC Products Order To PT. Tirta Mahakam Resources Tbk.”

●Junichi Mishiba (FoE Japan)
“Tropical Plywood Imports and Distribution in Japan”

●Mutai Hashimoto (WWF Japan)
“The State of Production Forests in Indonesia and Responsible Purchasing Behaviour by Japanese Timber Related Industries”

●Tohru Kimura, Hiroki Yokota (TOYO MATERIA, Japan) and Akihiro Soma (JUTEC, Japan)
“Our Effort and Instance for FSC plywood business”

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