Global COE on Integrated Field Environmental Science

Date: 6th November 2009 (Friday)  10:00 – 17:30 Venue: Hokkaido University Conference Hall [No. 2 in Campus map] Organizer: Hokkaido University Global COE Program “Establishment of Center for Integrated Field Environmental Science” and Hokkaido University Sustainable Week 2009 Outline: As the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report describes it, a clearer picture has emerged of the prospective impact of global warming, such as climate change and influence on global ecosystems. On the other hand, regions have geo-specific systems such as water cycles and ecosystems, and the impact of global climate change on these elements combined with local human activity are not necessarily apparent. This symposium aims to discuss the sustainability of such geo-specific systems from local perspectives with the attending overseas and domestic experts in global climate change and ecosystem change, and to put together recommendations for related research and implementation.Research posters by GCOE supporting graduate students in Hokkaido university are also presented.

Program 10:00-10:10 Opening address by Yasuhiro Yamanaka (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) 10:10-10:55 (Invited) Seita Emori (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

Global climate projections with relevance to regional climate and impact analysis

10:55-11:10 Tomonori Sato (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

Projected changes of hydrological cycle in Northern Eurasia and maritime continent

11:10-11:30 Ryusuke Hatano (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

Necessity of research and education for tropical peatland management

11:30-12:00 Basuki Sumawinata (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)

Indonesian Peatland: Nature, Utilization and Problems

12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-13:45 (Invited) Johannes Feddema (Kansas Univ., USA)

Incorporating human activities in GCMs

13:45-14:05 Atsuko Sugimoto (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

Observations on ecosystems in Eastern Siberia

14:05-14:35 Trofim Maximov (Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Russia)

Permafrost-dominated ecosystems in a changing climate

14:35-15:15 Break and Poster viewing 15:15-16:00 (Invited) Hasi Bagan (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

Land cover land use mapping and change detection in Mongolian plateau using remote sensing data

16:00-16:20 Mamoru Ishikawa (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

Establishing long-term observatory of changing Eurasian ecotone, Mongolia

16:20-16:50 Urtnasan Mandakh (Institute of Geography, Mongolia)

Characteristics of vegetation cover in Steppe zone. -case study of Altanbulag soum , Tov aimag, Mongolia-

16:50-17:30 Discussion 18:00 – Reception （Hokkaido University  Centennial Hall:  No. 7 in Campus Map）