On Sado Island, blessed with a rich natural environment where people’s lives are closely intertwined with nature, the Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, was established to serve as a scientific focal point for local revitalization and coexistence with nature. Concentrating on the three fields of forests, satoyama, and the sea, the Center hopes to develop research and educational programs for a comprehensive understanding and conservation of these ecosystems, aiming at the creation of a Sado Model which could contribute to the realization of societies in which man and nature can coexist.
Selected Papers No.26