Development of evaluation and prediction model of biodiversity toward realization of a natural symbiotic society and reflection on the land policy

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26740062
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Toho University (2016); National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: UENO Yusuke 東邦大学, 理学部, 博士研究員 (90638818)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 景観生態学 / 生息適地モデル / 生物多様性 / グリーンインフラ / 環境アセスメント / 希少種 / 環境政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I gathered the information on more than 1800 distribution sites of rare species from survey reports such as environmental assessments conducted around the country, and I prepared them as GIS data. Next, I built species distribution models (SDMs) that predicts the suitable habitat for rare species and conserving biodiversity using these rare species distribution information and existing environmental information (e.g., topography, vegetation). Based on these SDMs, I identified important areas in order to preserve biodiversity and investigated the methods to improve prediction accuracy using new environmental investigation techniques such as UAV. In addition, I analyzed various role models (Green Infrastructure, Eco-DRR, etc.) for realizing a natural symbiotic society utilizing ecosystems against domestic important issues such as population reduction and disaster prevention/reduction.

Free Research Field

生態学、造園学、環境システム学、応用生態工学