2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Ecotourism: New tool for participatory soil and environmental education.
| Project/Area Number |
23650516
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOSAKI Takashi 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 教授 (00144345)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 環境教育 / 環境保全 / エコツーリズム |
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| Research Abstract |
The objective of this study was to develop the method of soil and environmental education introducing ecotourism. Critical evaluation of the currently operated eco-tours revealed that continuous and further effort is necessary for building up a simple story containing appropriate scientific information and philosophical message for sustaining society. We developed two eco-tours for global- and local-environmental education, i.e. "Enjoy desert and learn desertification" in Niger and "Where the Aral Sea was gone and what was left behind" in Kazakhstan, with supplemental tool such as promotion DVD and guidebook for assisting people in understanding and self-learning the relevant issues. Based on the tour monitored by the voluntary participants, we concluded that the tour operated and guided by the appropriate interpreters with high expertise is able to inspire deeper consideration and further actions in the participants for establishing sustainable society.
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Research Products
(32 results)
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[Journal Article] Rapid turnover of organic acids in a Dystric Brunisol under a spruce-lichen forest in northern Saskatchewan2013
Author(s)
Fujii, K., Morioka, K., Hangs, R., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. and Anderson, D.W
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Journal Title
Canada. Can. J. Soil Sci
Volume: 93(3)
Pages: 295-304
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Importance of climate and parent material on soil formation in Saskatchewan, Canada as revealed by soil solution studies2013
Author(s)
Fujii, K., Morioka, K., Hangs, R., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T., and Anderson, D.W
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Journal Title
Pedologist
Volume: 57(1)
Pages: 27-44
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Soil nutrient loss from a cultivated field during wind erosion events in the Sahel2012
Author(s)
Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Iwai, K., and Kosaki, T
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Journal Title
West Africa. Pedologist
Volume: 55(3)
Pages: 355-363
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Distribution of Ultisols and Oxisols in the serpentine areas of East Kalimantan2011
Author(s)
Fujii, K., Hartono, A., Funakawa, S., Uemura, M., Sukartiningsih, Kosaki, T
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Journal Title
Indonesia. Pedologist
Volume: 55(2)
Pages: 1-7
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Fluxes of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen throughout Andisol, Spodosol and Inceptisol profiles under forest in Japan2011
Author(s)
Fujii, K., Funakawa, S., Shijo, H., Hayakawa, C., Mori, K., and Kosaki, T
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Journal Title
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr
Volume: 57(6)
Pages: 855-866
Peer Reviewed
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