Programme


Keynote address: "Characteristics of a Coastal Lake Ecosystem and Its Wise Use and Restration"
-Hidenobu Kunii (Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University)
"Rejuvenation of Chilika Lagoon: A Journey from Montreux Record to Ramsar Wetland Award - A Case Study from India"         
-Gautam Buddha Mukherji (Principal Secretary Forest and Environment, Government of Orissa, India)
-Ajit Kumar Pattnaik (Chilika Development Authority)
Session 1:
 Chair: Hiroji Isozaki  Co-chiar: Kelin Chen
"Lake Saroma, a Rich Cradle-Its History and Present Conditions"
-Kimihiko Maekawa (Aquaculture Cooperation of Lake SAROMA)
"Fisheries of The Sundarban Wetland: A Sustainable Management Approach"
-Md. Emdadul Haque (Divisional Forest Officer, Aquatic Resources Division, Bangladesh)
"Organizing Local Communities and Building Capacities for Participatory Management of Costal Wetland in Bangladesh: An NGO Initiative"
-Sanowar Hossain (Bangladesh POUSH)
"Involving Local Communities in Wetland Management"
-Asae Sayaka (Wetlands International-Thailand office)
"Wise Management of Lagoon Wetlands and the Law"
-Amado S. Tolentino, Jr. (International Council of Environmental Law, Philippines)
"Towards Protection of the World’s Lakes and Wetlands ? The Role of the World Lake Vision"
-Satoru Matsumoto (International Lake Environment Committee, Japan)
 
 
Session 2:  Chiar: Toru Iwama  Co-chair: Gea-Jae Joo
"Making Wetland Education Successful: Some Regional Experiences"
-Bishnu B. Bhandari (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan)
"Community Participation in Restoring Biodiversity and Aquatic Eco-system through Environmental Education and Awareness Programme in Chilika Lagoon"
-Durga Prasad Dash (PALLISHREE, India)
"Environmental Education Programs Based on the Ramsar CEPA for Mothers during the Childrearing Years"
-Ikuko Yabunami (Graduate School of Hokkaido University of Education, Japan)
"Status, Issues and Future of South Korea’s Lagoon Wetlands"
-Gi-Chul Yi (Dong-A University, Korea)
"Nature and Management of the Rokkaku River in nortnwest Kyushu Lsland"
-Yukihiro Shimatani and Akira Takase (Takeo River Office, Japan)
Session 3:
Chiar: Tatsuichi Tsujii  Co-chair: Sansanee Choowaew  Reporter: Sundari Ramakrishna
"Unwise use of a coastal wetland in Ariake Sound, Japan"
-Toru Takita (Nagasaki University, Japan)
"Salt Marsh Plant Communities on the Lakeside of Lake Akkeshi Eastern Hokkaido"
-Fusayuki Kanda(Hokkaido University of Education),
"The biogeographic importance of Lake Harutori, Hokkaido, Japan - Paying Attention to Fishes"
-Tsutomu Hariu (Kushiro City Museum)
"Lagoon Management and Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation"
-Wen-Yan Chiau (National Sun Yat-sen University)
"The Migratory Birds of Lake Akkeshi in Winter -The Present Condition of Whooper Swans, Steller's Sea Eagles and White-tailed Sea Eagles"
-Tatsuo Shibuya (Akkeshi Waterfowl Observation Center)


Poster Session
1 Characteristics in Geomorphological Parameters of the Coastal Lakes Facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido Ren Kuwabara (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
2 The Lake Nakaumi Reclamation Plan and Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary in Japan Kaname Kamiya (Nakaumi Waterbirds International Exchange Foudation)
3 Effects of Land Use and Sporadic Runoff on Estuary and Coastal Ecosystems Hiroshi Mukai(Akkeshi Marine Station, Hokkaido University))
4 Nature and Fisheries in Lake SAROMA Koichi Sakaguchi
5 Merits and Demerits of an Enclosure from the Construction of Dikes and Evaluation of Comprehensive Development in Wide and Shallow Lakes Atsushi Numazawa (Lake Kasumigaura Citizens' Association)
6 Preventive Effects of Wetland Conservation to Global Warming: A Quantitative Assessment of Wetland Carbon Pools in Japan Hiroyasu Sugihara (Research Center of Regional Policy, Development Bank of Japan)


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