Evaluation of "High Nature Value Farmland": toward more strategic conservation through agri-environmental policy

• Project/Area Number: 24780230
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Irrigation, drainage and rural engineering/Rural planning
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: HASHIMOTO Shizuka 京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 准教授 (20462492)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 自然的価値の高い農地 / 生態系サービス / 多面的機能 / 景観のモザイク性 / Satoyama Index / 滋賀県

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to explore the spatial distribution patterns of the “High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF)” and influences of existing agri-environmental schemes on its conservation. Our study clarified that HNVF can often be observed in less-favored areas such as hilly and mountainous areas and often plays important roles not only in biodiversity conservation but also in provision of various regulating services for rural communities in their vicinity. Current agri-environmental schemes such as “direct payment for farmland in hilly and mountainous areas” and “farmland and water conservation grant” contribute to maintain farmland with different conditions. The former is effective to conserve medium to small farmland plots while the latter is more effective for the conservation of medium to large farmland plots.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 能登半島の社会生態生産ランドスケープ・ホットスポット評価 (2015)
  • Author(s): 橋本禅・高力千紘・中村省吾・星野敏・清水夏樹
  • Journal Title: ランドスケープ研究（オンライン版） Volume: 未定
  • NAID: 130005078657
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Mapping and characterizing ecosystem services of social-ecological production landscapes: Case study of Noto, Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto, Shogo Nakamura, Osamu Saito, Ryo Kohsaka, Chiho Kamiyama, Mitsuyuki Tomiyoshi, Tomoya Kishioka
  • Journal Title: Sustainability Science Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 257-273
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11625-014-0285-1
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Measuring ecosystem services of social-ecological production landscapes of Noto: toward the economics of Satoyama (2014)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto, Shogo Nakamura, Osamu Saito, Ryo Kohsaka, Chihiro Kohriki and Rina Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of International Conference: Sustainable Management including the use of Traditional Knowledge in Satoyama and Other SEPLS Volume: なし Pages: 17-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Institutional Capacity and Rural Community Planning in Japan: An Event History Analysis (2013)
  • Author(s): Li-Pei Peng
  • Journal Title: Journal of Paddy and Water Environment Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 55-69
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10333-013-0359-1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 生態系サービス概念の主流化への対応 (2012)
  • Author(s): 橋本禅
  • Journal Title: 水土の知（農業農村工学会誌） Volume: 80(11) Pages: 27-32
  • NAID: 130007783964
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 東日本大震災による里山・里海の生態系サービスへの影響評価 (2012)
  • Author(s): 齊藤修
  • Journal Title: ランドスケープ研究（オンライン論文集） Volume: 5 Pages: 63-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Morphological analysis of farmland conversion patterns of Kinki, Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto
  • Organizer: PAWEES 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Kaoshiung (Taiwan).
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-30 – 2014-10-31
• [Presentation] Factors affecting the extension of fallow period in heavy-metal contaminated areas in Taiwan (2014)
  • Author(s): Wanhui Huang, Shizuka Hashimoto and Satoshi Hoshino
  • Organizer: PAWEES 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Kaoshiung (Taiwan).
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-30
• [Presentation] Valuing and mapping ecosystem services of Noto (2014)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto, Tomoya Kishioka and Shogo Nakamura
  • Organizer: Natural Capital and Biodiversity Research Seminar #1
  • Place of Presentation: 国連大学（東京都渋谷区)
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-27
• [Presentation] Measuring ecosystem services of social-ecological production landscapes of Noto: toward the economics of Satoyama (2014)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto, Shogo Nakamura, Osamu Saito, Ryo Kohsaka, Chihiro Kohriki and Rina Tanaka
  • Organizer: International Conference of Sustainable Management including the use of Traditional Knowledge in Satoyama and Other SEPLS
  • Place of Presentation: Komatsu, Ishikawa
• [Presentation] Land Account for Noto Peninsula from 1976 to 2006: Toward the Assessment of Ecosystem Services (2013)
  • Author(s): S. Hashimoto, S. Nakamura, O. Saito and R. Kosaka
  • Organizer: International Symposium on the Connectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Presentation] Historic changes of prefectural provisioning services in Ishikawa, Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): S. Nakamura, S. Hashimoto, O. Saito and R. Kosaka
  • Organizer: International Symposium on the Connectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Presentation] Challenges in the decontamination of radioactive cesium of Fukushima: a rural planning perspective (2012)
  • Author(s): Shizuka Hashimoto
  • Organizer: PAWEES 2012 International Conference: Challenges of Water & Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Royal Irrigation Department (Pakkred), Thailand
• [Book] 農村計画と生態系サービス（農村計画のフロンティアシリーズ） (2014)
  • Author(s): 橋本禅・齊藤修
  • Total Pages: 152
  • Publisher: 農林統計出版
• [Book] 農村計画と生態系サービス (2014)
  • Author(s): 橋本禅・齊藤修
  • Total Pages: 120
  • Publisher: 農林統計出版