For regional valuation of ecosystems as carbon sinks, current technology must be scaled up so that ecological data can be extrapolated to wider areas including territories in developing countries. One potential technology is quantitative classification through remote sensing, a technology that allows continuous collection of data from across a landscape (Hong et al. 2008). Remote […]
Category: Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes
Landscape Degradation Caused by Land-Use Changes
Landscape degradation is caused by land-use and land cover changes. We hope to discuss ecosystem management strategies that balance sustainable natural resources usage and carbon sink protection among different types of ecosystems. For example, the Wise Use of Biomass Resources (WUBR) group investigated the losses of ecosystem services in devastated ecosystems and landscapes such as […]
Framework of Research on Wise Use of Biomass Resources
The rate of deforestation has remained at 14 million ha annually since 1990. Most (78.6 %) of this decrease has occurred in tropical rainforests, which have large CO2 absorption capabilities. The tropics have high socioeconomic dependency on natural resources (Amelgia et al. 2009), and land-use management schemes and guidelines are lenient or poorly designed (Caesariantica […]
Introduction
Sustainable use and management of ecosystems are essential to preserve carbon sinks and to further develop alternative energy sources instead of relying on fossil fuels. It is our hope that the realization of low carbon societies will forestall the acceleration of global warming. The ongoing degradation of ecosystems continues to be a serious global problem. […]
Landscape Ecological Approaches to a Low Carbon Society
Nobukazu Nakagoshi and Jhonamie A. Mabuhay Abstract The first Global Environmental Leaders (GELs) education programs were commenced in 2008 as a 5-year national program financed by the Special Coordination Funds for Promotion of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. The GELs program for designing a low carbon […]
Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes
Violent tropical low-pressure airs or typhoons emerge from the Pacific Ocean and attack Eastern Asia regularly. However, the advent of “super typhoons,” which have caused unprecedented devastation in recent years, has increased fears among the people. Last year alone, several typhoons damaged many regions including Japan and other Asian countries. The Philippines, home country of […]