Date & Time： July 25, 2016 PM15:00-18:00 Venue： Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Program(tentative)： 15:00-15:15 Opening remarks Noboru Ishikawa Professor Center for Southeast Asian Studeis, Kyoto University   15:15-16:00 Christine Padoch Director, Forests and Human Wellbeing, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) "Achieving Efficacy and Relevance in Environmental Research: Some Experiences and Examples of Successful Transdisciplinary Approaches" Understanding the complex, changing and urgent issues that link human behavior and well-being with environmental sustainability, typically demands research that transcends conventional disciplinary practices. The additional imperative to translate those research efforts and results into effective and positive change requires a command of tools and skills [ Read More ]