About Staff
KOSAKA, Yasuyuki
- Junior Research Fellow
- Division of Integrated Area Studies
- B.A. in Agriculture, Kyoto University, 2000
Ph. D. in Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2006
Current Research Interests
- Plant diversity in agricultural landscape in relation to human use and
management in Laos
Human-managed ecosystems have attracted increasing attention in line with
rising concern about the conservation of biodiversity. Such ecosystems
are also culturally important within local communities. My research is
on the agricultural landscape of Laos, where a diversity of wild and cultivated
plants is used in daily life. I aim to create an inventory of vegetation
in villages, to describe relationships between local people and plants,
and to estimate the process of change in vegetation and land-use in villages,
in order to discuss suitable plant resource management for local communities.
My research has also progressed through collaboration with researchers
in other fields since 2006. For example, field surveys were conducted with
nutrition scientists to evaluate the importance of wild edible plants in
Lao diets. In addition, the stand of trees within a paddy field, a characteristic
landscape of central Laos, has been studied with agronomists in terms of
productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation.
Research Activities in 2006 Fiscal Year
- Publications
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- Kosaka, Y. March, 2007,Rice-producing forest,The World of the Mekong: History and Ecology Edited by Akimicih, T., Kobundo, Tokyo. pp 20-21.
- Kosaka, Y.; Takeda, S.; Sithirajvongsa, S.; and Xaydala, K., November,
2006, The role of paddy field landscape in relation to plant species diversity
in central Laos, Proceedings of Kyoto Symposium "Crossing Disciplinary
Boundaries and Re-visioining Area Studies"pp. 285-291
- Kosaka, Y.; Takeda, S.; Prixar, S.; Sithirajvongsa, S; and Xaydala, K.
2006. Species Composition, Distribution and Management of Trees in Rice
Paddy Fields in cCentral Lao, PDR. Agroforestry Systems 67(1): 1-17.
- Kosaka, Y.; Takeda, S.; Sithirajvongsa, S.; and Xaydala, K. 2006. Plant
Diversity in Paddy Fields, in Relation to agricultural Practices in Savannakhet
Province, Laos. Economic Botany 60(1). : 49-61.
- Kosaka, Y.; Takeda, S.; Sithirajvongsa, S.; and Xaydala, K. 2006. Land-use
Patterns and Plant Use in Lao Villages in Savannakhet Province, Laos. Tropics 15(1): 51-63.
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- Field Research
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- Term:February 21 - March 25, 2007
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Impacts of environmental change on dietary consumption in Lao villages
- Term:December 14 - 31, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Research on food-borne and water-borne diseases in Laos
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- Term:November 13-20, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Accumulation of plant specimen and survey on flowering phenology and pollination
biology in Laos
- Term:September 10-30, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Survey on fallow vegetation and useful plants in Louangphabang Province,
Laos
- Term:August 20-30, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Field Note:Survey on fallow vegetation and useful plants in Louangphabang Province,
Laos
- Term:June 1 - 10, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Accumulation of plant specimen and survey on flowering phenology and pollination
biology in Laos
- Term:May 4 - 14, 2006
- Area:Laos
- Project:A Trans-Disciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon
Asia : 1945-2005
- Field Note:Impacts of environmental change on dietary consumption in Lao villages
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- Seminars/Symposia
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- Title:Kyoto Symposium "Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries and Re-visioining
Area Studies"
- Date & Time:November 10 - 13, 2006
- Place:Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall
- Topic: The role of paddy field landscape in relation to plant species diversity
in central Laos
- Presenter:KOSAKA Yasuyuki
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