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WATANABE, Kazuya

Junior Research Fellow
Division of Human-Nature Dynamics
kwata@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
B. A. in Irrigation Engineering, Yamagata University, 1996
Dr. Agr., Iwate University, 2002

Current Research Interests

Ecological management techniques for rural environments

Man’s existence is an insignificant blip in the vastness of the environment. The environment is maintained in precarious balance.

I have been studying ecological management techniques for rural environments, which in applied ecology, is called adaptive management. I discuss the guidelines of habitat planning and management for coexistence between man and wildlife. My field sites include mountain streams, rice fields, and agricultural channels. These environments are important not only for us but also for wildlife such as fish and amphibians, and the purpose of this research is to think about how we should conserve their rural environments. To observe their habits and hear their voices, I undertake strenuous field work - in order to know their life, it may be necessary to investigate all day and night, sitting in the same place as long as 8 hours - which is full of surprises and discoveries.

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Research Activities in 2008-2009 Fiscal Year

Joint Research Projects

Research Topic:Infectious diseases spreading across international borders in Southeast Asia: elucidation of area specific features based on multifactorial analysis
Term:2007 - 2012
Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research（S）
Leader:Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
Outline:We will carry out the study to clarify the rout of emerging enteric infections that spread across international borders and its chronology in the areas of Southeast Asia where the infection is prevalent or the pathogens are distributed, or in related areas. In addition, we will study the transmission of malaria between Thailand and Myanmar and between Indonesia and Malaysia that is mediated by the migration of the labor and other people. Furthermore, we will try to elucidate important factors that affect emergence and spread of the above infectious diseases including natural environments, life environments, cultural factors, social factors, economic factors, and political factors; and influence of emergence and spread of the infectious diseases on people’s life and society. We will then summarize unique features of Southeast Asia.
No. of Members:17 persons
Members in CSEAS:14 persons

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