SAGA7 in 2004

12th to 14th November 2004

at Kyoto University and Kyoto City Zoo in Kyoto, Japan

SAGA7 Schedule

November 12 (FRI) 13:00-20:00

Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall

13:00-13:10 Opening address by Tetsuro Matuzawa (Kyoto Univ.)

Symposium 1. Environmental education (in Japanese) Chair: Gen Yamakoshi (Kyoto Univ.)
13:10-13:30 Kikuo Hisayama (Field Society)
Nature School in the Forest of Temple
13:30-13:50 Yutaka Itakura (Kyoto Seika Univ.)
Naturing Movement in urban areas for 19 years
13:50-14:10 Hiroko Hirotani (Kanagawa Prefecture Life and Earth Museum)
Education in Museums
14:10-14:30 Sumie Sato-Yamamoto (Public Health Center of Sendai City)
Environmental Education in Saba, Malaysia
14:30-14:50 Chie Hashimoto (Kyoto Univ.)
EnvironmetalEducation in Kalinzu, Uganda
14:50-15:10 Discussion

15:10-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 Poster presentation

17:00-18:00 Workshop
Conservation: Chair: Hiroshi Ihobe (Sugiyama Women College)
Enrichment: Chair: Masato Takeda (Tennoji Zoo)
Welfare: Chair: Yoshikazu Ueno (Kyoto Univ.)

18:00-20:00 Special lecture by Jane Goodall (in English) Chair: Genichi Idani (Jane Goodall institute Japan)

18:00-20:00 Opening party

November 13 (SAT) 09:00-20:00

Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall

Symposium 2. Zoo education (in Japanese) Chair: Masayuki Nakamichi (Osaka Univ.)
09:10-09:30 Koji Takada (Umini no Nakamichi Marine Science Museum)
Environmental Problems on the Waterside and the Role of Aquarium
09:30-09:50 Hidesi Daimaru (Hiroshima City Asa Zoo)
Lack of Zoo Education: Role of Zoo Keepers
09:50-10:10 Misako Namiki (Chiba Zoological Society)
Interpretation, Appreciation, Negotiation, and Conservation in Zoos
10:10-10:30 Naoaki Kume, Mariko Tsujii, Noriko Sadahira (Seibo Women College)
Nature Education for Children in Zoos
10:30-10:50 Osamu Ishida (Tama Zoo)
Education in Zoos

10:50-11:10 Discussion

11:10-11:20 Coffee break

11:20-12:00 Awarding Ceremony of Enrichment Prize
Keeper Prize: Junichi Yoshida (Maruyama Zoo)
Visitors Facility Prize: Takuya Azuma (Kushiro Zoo)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Poster presentation

Symposium 3. Environmental education and zoo education (in English) Chair: Juichi Yamagiwa (Kyoto Univ.)
14:30-14:50 Hou-Chun Chen (Taiwan)
How zoos support and execute ex/in situ conservation education
14:50-15:10 Nathan Wolfe (Johns Hopkins University)
The impact of hunting apes on the emergence of human disease
15:10-15:50 Tatyana Humle (University of Wisconsin) & Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto University)
Chimpanzee conservation in Bossou and Nimba, Guinea, West Africa: the green corridor project
15:50-16:30 Leszek Karczmarski , Caryn Self-Sullivan & Bernd Wursig (Texas A&M University)
Conservation of coastal marine mammals in developing countries: involvement of local communities

16:30-18:30 General Discussion

18:30-20:00 Farewell party

November 14 (SUN) 11:00-16:30

Kyoto City Zoo

11:00-16:30 Introduction of NGOs for the great apes conservation

13:00-15:00 Special lecture (in Japanese)
Juichi Yamagiwa (Kyoto Univ.)
What we learn from gorillas in the wild
Tetsuo Takahashi (Kyoto City Zoo)
What we learn from gorillas in zoos

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