Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
50146:Vision Building Special Lecture Ⅳ (P) 2020 Spring Mon3 College　Of　Policy　Science SAKURAI RYO 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AS356

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

This course will explore the relationship between human life and natural environment, and how conservation can be achieved with a specific focus on human-wildlife interaction and biodiversity conservation. Human-wildlife conflicts including agricultural and forestry damage by wildlife are big issues in most of rural area in Japan, and also in many area of all over the world. This course covers important elements for understanding human wildlife relationships such as hunting, and overviews international case studies in which people live in harmony with wildlife. The teacher will also explain tools such as facilitation that enable collaboration with other people, and students will practice them in a trial workshop.

Student Attainment Objectives

After taking this course students will be able to understand
1.how our lives are connected to natural environment,
2.human-wildlife conflicts in Japan and all over the world,
3.key factors and ideas for understanding and solving human-wildlife conflicts; hunting, human dimensions,
and 4.concept of workshops and facilitation for reaching consensus among different stakeholders.

Recommended Preparatory Course

N/A

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1

Introduction; what is nature?

2

Human life and natural environment; definition of nature, biodiversity.
Conservation of nature; history of environmental issues in Japan, framework for natural resource management (Short Report)

United Nations Environment Programme. 2009. Ecosystem Management Programme.

3

Conservation of endangered species; cases of American bison and Japanese wolf

4

Wildlife in Japan; how many species are in Japan? What are the population trends of bears, boars, deer, and monkeys?

Ministry of the Environment. 2008. The Wildlife in Japan.
Sakurai, R. 2019. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan.

5

Rural villages and wildlife conflicts: industrialization, urbanization, depopulation and aging in local communities, human-bear conflicts in Hyogo prefecture (Short Report)

Sakurai et al. 2014. Public perceptions of significant wildlife in Hyogo, Japan.
Sakurai, R. 2019. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan.

6

Students’ involvement in wildlife issues: student-rangers for protecting wildlife damage
What can you=students do to solve human-wildlife issues in rural village?

Sakurai, R. 2012. Evaluation of the monkey-persimmon environmental education program for reducing human-wildlife conflicts in Nagano, Japan.
Sakurai, R. 2019. Chapter 9: A collaborative approach for coexistence with wildlife in rural regions of Japan. in Human-Wildlife Interactions.

7

Hunting; rapid decrease and aging of hunters in Japan, traditional hunters: Matagi, student association of hunting

Serup, B. 2007. Female hunting participation in Europe and North America
Sakurai, R. 2019. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan.

8

Group work about debate (Report about wht you will say in debate)

9

Debate

10

Living with wildlife: cases of all over the world /
Human Dimensions: new science for solving wildlife issues: white tailed deer management in New York and wolf reintroduction in Michigan

Jacobson, S. K. 1998. Training idiot servant; importance of human dimensions.
Sakurai, R. 2019. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan.

11

Mid-term Exam
Survey & interview to encourage collaboration; preparation for interview exercise

12

Interview exercise (Short Report about results of interview)
Facilitation and workshop; importance of reaching consensus

13

Preparation for workshop; group-work (Short Report about role you play in workshop and what you will say)

14

Roleplaying Workshop; Solving human-bear conflicts

15

Review of workshop; presentation by evaluation group
Review of the course (Short Report about workshop)

Class Format

Recommendations for Private Study

This course will consist of a combination of lecture and group discussion sessions including role playing and facilitation workshops through the collaborative efforts of all students. Students are expected to read materials assigned for homework. Once in every two or three weeks, students will submit a short report. Also, students need to prepare for the Mid-term exam.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

35%: Six reports
25%: Mid-term Exam
40%: Attendance in classes and group discussion

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan: from Asia to the world Sakurai Ryo Springer 978-981-13-6331-3

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Some parts of the course are based on this book: "Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan". The instructor will provide more information about this book in the class..

Reference Books

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management D. J. Decker, S. J. Riley, W. F. Siemer Johns Hopkins University Press 9781421406541
Are Bears our Friends or Enemies? R. Sakurai Lambert Academic Publishing 978-3-8454-0386-1
Human-Wildlife Interactions: turning conflict into coexistence Frank, B., Glikman, J. A., and Marchini, S. Cambridge University Press 978-108-40258-3

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Talk with Students

Other Comments

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