Center for Southeast Asia Studies

June 7 (Thu.), 2012 : Cross-Disciplinary Research Workshop

Posted on 2012/05/10 by nakane

Cross-Disciplinary Research Workshop Date：June 7 (Thu.), 2012 14：30～17：00 Speaker： Keitaro Fukushima “The factors attributing water quality change in the running out process of the river” Speaker： Osamu Kozan “The land surface hydrology model in the Southeast Asian archipelago” Place：Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto Univ. First Floor of East Build. Conference Room 　This time, two of our program members will talk on the topic of “water.” 　This will be the first time for Mr. Fukushima and Mr. Kozan to lay out their works in Cross-disciplinary research workshop. We believe this will be a great opportunity to deepen the knowledge of “water” by listening to their hands-on research activities. 　Please join […]

An overview of Anap-Muput Forest Management Unit [Hiromitsu Samejima]

Posted on 2012/05/07 by nakane

An Overview of Anap-Muput Forest Management Unit Hiromitsu Samejima（CSEAS, Kyoto University) 　 East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) can be divided into following land categories in general¹ 1. Government land 1.1 Natural reserves such as national parks 1.2 Concessions (the lease of commercial exploitation rights) managed by private companies 1.2.1 Logging management in natural forests (selective logging) 1.2.2 Industrial tree plantation (Plantations of fast-grow- ing trees species (ex. Acacia mangium) 1.2.3 Oil palm plantations 2. Private property mainly employing the shifting cultiva- tion system of hill padi ¹There is some land that is earmarked for other use, but the area is small. 　In sparsely populated East Malaysia, the major part of […]

Report on the Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia　[Motoko Fujita]

Posted on 2012/04/25 by nakane

Report on the Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia Motoko Fujita（CSEAS, Kyoto University）　Among the information I collected during this field trip, I discovered two facts about swiftlets that were particularly fascinating. One concerns the ecology of the bird and the other concerns human interaction with swiftlets that I witnessed during my stay. Two species of swiftlet produce edible birds’ nests, which is known as Chinese delicacy: the Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus hereinafter referred as to A.fuciphagus) and the Black-nest Swiftlet （Aerodramus maximus, hereinafter referred as to A.maximus）In general, A.fuciphagus lives close to coastlines and dwells in bird farm houses*, in which people try to attract birds to make nests. A.maximus […]

Kemena-Jelalong river: Ethno-linguistic view of an ecosystem in transformation　[Nathan Badenoch]

Posted on 2012/03/14 by nakane

Kemena-Jelalong river: Ethno-linguistic view of an ecosystem in transformation Nathan Badenoch（CSEAS, Kyoto University）　The profound changes underway in the landscape mosaic of the Kemena-Jelalong watershed are representative of the fast-paced, resource-intensive development trajectory of Sarawak. The upper watershed areas (ulu) are being opened up to new forces of change, as logging roads are constructed to facilitate the movement of natural resources. Improved access means that industrial plantations (acacia, oilpalm) and new forms of market-oriented smallholder agricultural production (oilpalm, pepper) are securing a place in the landscape as well. The rapid pace of change has implications for both the natural and human diversity of these landscapes. Although transportation and communications have […]

Characteristics of our research region

Posted on 2012/02/07 by nakane

Characteristics of our research region 　For our project we selected areas along the Kemena and Tatau rivers in the Bintulu district of Sarawak, Malaysia. 　In these areas, we can observe natural forests, logged forests, secondary forests, shifting cultivation fields, and pepper fields all of which are common in many regions of Sarawak. But our research regions have, in addition to that, large-scale oil palm plantations and planted forests of acacia. Today, oil palm is largely cultivated among the small farmers in this area. 　This region provides a wide variety of vegetation on a watershed scale and it is truly remarkable from the aspect of landscape ecology. This region’s heterogeneous landscape […]