環境影響評価制度論

13 weeks in total as follows: • Face to face class including the first class on April 9th. • The class starts on April 9 and ends on July 14th. No class on April 30th. • Time: the third (13:00-14:45) period in the afternoon • Room 514 Komaba #5 Bldg. (Please check updated room #.) • There are 2 tests about HEP accounting and terminologies of this course. • There is a group project to make a poster about the role of EIA to achieve real “Nature Positive”. ■Week 1: April 9th Notice: all classes are in person. • Orientation of this course. Self-introduction • Lecture: What is the most serious global environmental problem? Relationships between global environmental issues and EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) systems. • Keywords: Spaciotemporarity, Nature Loss, Development Project, UNCED (Earth Summit), Rio Declaration and the Principle 17, EIA, Precautionary Principle (Principle 15), Agenda21, Japan’s EIA Act, Biodiversity, Ecological Footprint, Nature Positive • Discussion: What is the cause of nature destruction/loss? What is the relationship between those causes and EIAs? Consequently, how should an EIA system be? • Assignment #1: Research on "Current EIA act in my country." Explain the purpose and the procedure and make presentation slides in pptx (PowerPoint data) up to 5 slides for next week’s presentations. ■Week 2: April 16th • Continuation from the last week. • Discussion • Presentation of assignment #1 • Lecture: Explanation of the final project (group project, assignment #7). A group project to make a poster about the role of EIA to achieve real “Nature Positive”. ■Week 3: April 23rd • Presentation of assignment #1 • Lecture: EIA procedure • Keywords: Timing of an EIA in a development project, Multiple Option (Alternatives) Assessment, No action plan, Mitigation • Discussion: What is the most important process in EIA procedure considering the cause and effect of global environmental problem? • Assignment #2: Research on the process of Habitat Evaluation Procedures and HSI Models. Explain HEP and HSI models and make presentation slides in pptx (up to 7 slides) for next week’s presentations. ■Week 4: May 14th • Presentation of assignment #2 • Continuation from the last week. • Discussion ■Week 5: May 21st • Presentation of assignment #2 • Lecture: HEP and HSI model and its application into EIA. • Keywords: Spaciotemporality, Quantitative ecosystems/habitats assessment • Discussion: HEP can reveal residual adverse impacts onto habitat. Then what should we do next (to achieve no net loss/”Nature Positive”)? • Assignment #3: Find an application case of Habitat Evaluation Procedure and HSI Models to EIA. Explain the process and make presentation slides in pptx (up to 7 slides) for next week’s presentations. ■Week 6: May 28st • Continuation from the last week. • Presentation of assignment #3 • Discussion • Assignment #4: Preparation for HEP accounting test. 　We will have HEP accounting test on June 4th. It is good way to study chapter 10 of the HEP text book (HEP入門（新装版）田中章　著　朝倉書店　ISBN 978-4-254-18036-7) ■Week 7: June 4th • Lecture: Kachituli Oxbow Restoration Project in California. • Keywords: Spaciotemporality, Mitigation Hierarchy, Biodiversity Offset (Compensatory Mitigation), No Net Loss Policy, Nature Positive, Mitigation Banking (Biodiversity Banking) • Discussion • Assignment #4: Preparation for HEP accounting test. 　We will have HEP accounting test on June 4th. It is good way to study chapter 10 of the HEP text book (HEP入門（新装版）田中章　著　朝倉書店　ISBN 978-4-254-18036-7) ■Week 8: June 11th • Test #1: HEP accounting test. (Bring a ruler and a calculator. You need to draw graph.) • Assignment #5: Research on “Mitigation Banking (Biodiversity Banking)” ■Week 9: June 18th • Presentation of assignment #5 • Lecture: Mitigation Banking and Biodiversity Credits • Keywords: mitigation credits, mitigation hierarchy, No Net Loss, net gain, loss & gain of habitats, Nature Positive, biodiversity credits, TNFD, 30 by 30 • Discussion • Assignment #6: Research on “Nature Positive” movement and definition of no not loss in the U.S.A. and discuss the relationships between them. Make presentation slides in pptx (PowerPoint data) up to 7 slides for next week’s presentations. ■Week 10: June 25th • Presentation of assignment #6 • Discussion • Group Project (assignment #7): Each group make a poster (A3 size in pptx format) about the role of EIA to achieve real “Nature Positive”. The title should be something like “the role of EIA to achieve Nature Positive”. For this project, you need to understand the goal of EIA systems and the goal of “Nature Positive”, and to find relationships between them. Explain positioning of EIA, mitigation hierarchy, no net loss, compensatory mitigation (biodiversity offset) in “Nature Positive”. And examine the situation of “Nature Positive” and EIA in specific countries such as USA, EU, UK, Germany, France, Australia, China, Korea, Japan, etc. You will present a draft poster next week. ■Week 11: July 2nd • Presentation of the group project (Assignment #7) • Discussion • Continuation of group work. ■Week 12: July 9th • Presentation of the group project (Assignment #7) • Test #2: Test of Terminology. The technical terms which we learned in this class. • Continuation of group work. ■Week 13: July 14th • Epilogue of this course • Submit files and present the final posters.

Lectures with PowerPoint slides and short movies, assignments, presentations and one group project. There are two tests during class time. Notice: Face to face classes including the first class of April 9th Monday.

Participation and discussion on class 30% Assignments and project 40% Tests 30%

Notice: The first class, orientation of this course, will be held on April 9th Thursday. This is a face to face class. No class on April 30th.

■■English reference papers for this course, ●AKIRA TANAKA(2024) Environmental Impact Assessment Systems and its Conditions to Achieve ”Nature Positive, Book of abstract the 16th Asia Impact Assessment Conference (AIC2024) in Denpasar, Bali,13-21 https://drive.google.com/***** ●Akira TANAKA（1997）Evolution of Mitigation Provisionsin Japanese Environmental Impact Assessment Systems, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center. https://www.comm.tcu.ac.jp/***** ●Tanaka, Akira (2001) Changing Ecological Assessment and Mitigation in Japan. Built Environment, Vol.27, No.1, p35-41 https://www.comm.tcu.ac.jp/***** ●Tanaka, Akira(2008) How to assess "no net loss" of habitats - A case study of Habitat Evaluation Procedure in Japan's Environmental Impact Assessment. International Workshop on Sustainable Asia 2008 -Sustainable water Resource and Environment- Proceedings, Wuhan, China. ●The need for integrative policy as an innovative approach in biodiversity conservation in Asia. IGES Interview ■■Japanese texts can be downloaded from http://www.yc.tcu.ac.jp/***** ●田中章（2024）ネイチャーポジティブ時代の都市開発に伴う環境アセスメントの役割, 都市問題2024年9月号（第115巻第9号）49-65. ●田中章（2024）ミティゲーション・ヒエラルキーと代償ミティゲーション（生物多様性オフセット）－ネイチャーポジティブの鍵－. 環境アセスメント学会誌2024 年 22 巻 1 号 38-45.

An instructor with work experience of a practitioner as a consultant for Environmental Impact Assessments, Mitigation and Ecological Restoration including biodiversity offsettings in both governmental office and private consulting firm for almost 50 years will give lectures using these experiences. https://www.comm.tcu.ac.jp/*****