An international seminar with Prof. Corneille E.N. Ewango (University of Kisangani) and Prof. Emeritus Mitsuo Ichikawa (Kyoto University) will be held.
PROGRAM
Moderator: Osamu Kozan, Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
| 16:00 ～ 16:05 | Introduction of Speakers Kosaku Onaka, JICA |
| 16:05 ～ 17:00 | “Forest Ecosystems, Tropical Peatland Conservation, Wildlife Protection, and Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” Corneille E.N. Ewango, Professor, University of Kisangani |
| 17:00 ～ 17:20 | “Hunting and Gathering Peoples in the Congo Basin in the 1970s-Early 1990s: Nature and Culture” Mitsuo Ichikawa, Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University |
| 17:20 ～ 17:30 | Comment Mitsuru Osaki, Professor, Hokkaido University / President, Peatland Society |
| 17:30 ～ 17:40 | Comment Daiji Kimura, Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University |
| 17:40 ～ 18:30 | General Discussion |
| 18:30 ～ | Reception |
Bio
Corneille E.N. Ewango is a Congolese environmentalist, and was responsible for the Okapi Faunal Reserve’s botany program in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1996 to 2003. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his efforts to protect the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Ituri Rainforest during the Congo Civil War. The reserve is home to the Mbuti people, and houses animals such as okapis (found nowhere else), elephants and 13 primate species. Ewango has uncovered 270 species of lianas and 600 tree species in the area.
Contact:
Osamu Kozan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies