2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on mosaic protected areas contributing to local development and nature conservation
Project/Area Number |
15K00673
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Environmental policy and social systems
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Research Institution | Kanazawa University (2017-2018) Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2015-2016) |
Principal Investigator |
Kitamura Kenji 金沢大学, 先端科学・社会共創推進機構, 特任助教 (10733959)
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Research Collaborator |
SATO Tetsu
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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Keywords | 環境 / 地域 / 保護区 / コモンズ |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project examined theory and practice of protected areas spanning across multiple parcels of land with diverse structures of property rights. Learning from such cases as a communal forest in rural area of Costa Rica, community-based watershed restoration in Hokkaido, Japan, and grassroots designation and management of a biosphere reserve in Canada, the project showed possibilities of protected areas contributing both to local development and nature conservation, as a result of combining self-organization of local residents with support from outside.
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Free Research Field |
環境政策・環境社会システム
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
米国のイエローストーン国立公園に始まる近代的な自然保護区が、自然環境保全の名のもとに先住民を含む地域住民の福利を犠牲にするものであるという批判があるなかで、地域住民側が自然保護区という制度をむしろ積極的に活用することで、自然環境保全と地域づくりを両立させる仕組みを生み出すことが可能であることを、コモンズ論などからの学術的な視座を踏まえたうえで、実際の現場での事例の検証と結び付けたことに本研究の最大の特徴がある。
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