5 classes in total as follows:
⬤ 4 lecture classes on Friday (June 9, 16, 23 and 30; 13:15-14:45, 15:10-16:40 )
(Location: Building 5, Room 514, Komaba I Campus)
⬤ 1 field tour on Saturday (June 17), All day. A bus will be provided.
(Location: Satoyama field, Shisui, Chiba prefecture)
Lecture *****:
Orientation: Nature of environmental issues, SDGs, UNCED, sustainable development, two international conventions, land use transition (Earth, Japan, Chiba prefecture-level) and its causes, balance between development and conservation, EIA system, mitigation hierarchy
Lecture *****:
Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP), SI model, HSI model, and case studies of HEP application to EIA a quantitative evaluation method for ecosystems.
***** TC Satoyama Bank (Shusui, Chiba):
Observation of Satoyama ecosystem (landscape ecology, watershed, topography/vegetation, ecotone, species composition, rare species, etc.), (if applicable) explanation of participating companies, Satoyama economic activities (agriculture, forestry, fishing, ecotourism), Satoyama conservation activities (planting pot seedlings), Japanese version of Biodiversity Offset Bank
*In case of rain: Presentation of Assignment 3, DVD introducing Satoyama
Lecture *****:
Satoyama ecosystems as Japan's biodiversity's fundamentals, ecological hotspot, endangered species, landscape ecology, ecotone.
Lecture *****:
Compensatory Mitigation, Biodiversity Offsetting, California EIA and Offsetting Case Study, Biodiversity Bank, Satoyama Bank as Japanese Biodiversity Bank, Recent Trends, Carbon Neutrality, TNFD Environmental NEXUS, EIA and the Role of Mitigation