京都大学 京都大学

Tropical Forest Environments 2

Numbering Code G-AGR02 6BA49 LB80 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 1 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese and English Day/Period
Instructor name ONODA YUUSUKE (Graduate School of Agriculture Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course この授業では、熱帯林地域の地元住民による共同体による森林管理や資源利用について学ぶ。

Students will learn about conceptual underpinnings, efficacy and practice of community forest management (CFM) in tropical forest regions.
Course Goals 熱帯の共同体林業の歴史、現状、および、課題について専門的文献を読解する力をつける。

The goal of this course is to gain enough knowledge a) to comprehend scholarly and practitioner debates on the history, current status and challenges to community-based forest management (CFM)in the tropics and b) critically reflect on this new knowledge in relation to personal and professional experiences.
Schedule and Contents 合計７回の授業においては、以下のテーマにおいて、担当教員による解説の補助の元、英語専門書の読解に基づく質疑応答を行う。

In the seven class meetings to cover the following seven topics, the students will have interactive learning opportunities consisting of reading of English literature, instructor-led discussions, and cross-student learning.

1. Getting to know each other and the course
2. Conservation, development and the role of CFM
3. Unpacking “community” and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
4. The bigger picture through the lens of political ecology
5. Forest rights and forest governance
6. Collaborative management of timber: Amazonian examples
7. Collaborations and field research
Evaluation Methods and Policy 出席と，議論への積極的な参加、課題提出、などを総合的に評価する．評価基準及び達成度については，当該年度農学研究科学修要覧記載の「評価基準及び達成度」による.

The grade will be determined in an integrative manner on the basis of attendance, active participation, and assignments. The evaluation criteria follow the description on "the Guide to Degree Program" of the Graduate School for the current academic year.
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) それぞれの授業で課された論文等を、前もって読み込んでおくこと。
All participants are expected to have read the assigned papers in detail.
References, etc. Below is a draft of the required readings:
Class 1: No readings
Class 2: Roe, D. 2008. The origins and evolution of the conservation-poverty debate: a review of key literature, events and processes. Oryx 42(4):491-503
Class 3: Agrawal, A. and C.C. Gibson. 1999. Enchantment and disenchantment: The role of community in natural resource conservation. World Development 27(4):629-649.
Class 4: Mulder, M.B. and P. Coppolillo. 2005. Chapter 7: The bigger picture. Pages 156-180, In: Conservation: Linking ecology, economics, and culture. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Class 5: Larson, A.M., D. Barry and G.R. Dahal. 2010. New rights for forest-based communities? Understanding processes of forest tenure reform. International Forestry Review 12(1):78-96.
Class 6: Violato Espada, A.L. and K.A. Kainer. 2020. Fellowship report. Tropical Forest Update 9(3):20-24. International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Yokohama, Japan.
Class 7: Toomey, A.H. 2016. What happens at the gap between knowledge and practice? Spaces of encounter and misencounter between environmental scientists and local people. Ecology and Society 21(2):28. [online] URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08409-210228
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