Division：Center for Southeast Asian Studies professor
Main Research: Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
Project Title："Sustainability evaluation of technology and works for large-scaleenvironmental changes" with "Environment-inspired technologies and institutions"
Research Theme：
- "Sustainability evaluation of large-scale tree plantation" with "Diverse and fluctuating natural resources-based livelihood systems"
References：
- Furukawa, H., Nishibuchi, M., Kono, Y. and Kaida, Y. eds. 2004. Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development: Advancing Asian Paradigms, Kyoto: Kyoto University Press and Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 638 p.
2007 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Bouahom, B., Kono, Y. and Nonaka, K. eds. 2007. Thammasat, Manut lae Saphapweadlon (Nature, Humand and Environment), Vientiane: National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, 182 p.
- Kuroda Y. Sato Y. Bounphanousay C., Kono Y. and Tanaka K. 2007. “Genetic Structure of Three Oryza AA Genome Species (O. rufipogon, O. nivara and O. sativa) as Assessed by SSR Analysis on the Vientiane Plain of Laos. Conserv Genet 8, pp. 149-158.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
- Wrap-up report, The First Kyoto University Southeast Asian Forum in Indonesia: In Search of New Paradigm on Sustainable Humanosphere, LIPI, Jakarta, 26th November 2007.
- Mechanism of Land Use Changes in the Mountainous Region of Mainland Southeast Asia, International Workshop on Sustainable Natural Resources Management of Mountainous Regions in Laos, Luang Nam Tha, Laos, November 2007
- “What are Nature-inspired Technologies and Institutions?”, The First International Conference for the Global COE. ‘In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa’, Kyodai Kaikan, 12th March 2008.
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Palanisami, K. Jegadeesan, M., Fujita, K. and Kono, Y. 2008. Impacts of the Tank Modernization Programme on Tank Performance in Tamil Nadu State, India, Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies No. 5 (G-COE series 3), Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 54 p
List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
- Environment, Technology and Institutions for Sustainable Humanosphere: A Water Perspective, International Conference on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth and Allied Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008 December
- Impacts of Population Growth on Land Use in the Northern Mountain Region of Vietnam: A Village-level Analysis, International Conference on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth and Allied Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2008 December
2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Leisz, S. J., Kono, Y., Fox, J., Yanagisawa, M. and Rambo, A. T. 2009. Land use changes in the uplands of Southeast Asia: Proximate and distant causes, Southeast Asian Studies 47(3), pp. 237-243.
- Dao Minh Truong, Kono, Y., Yanagisawa, M. and Leisz, S. J. and Kobayashi, S. 2009. Linkage of forest policies and programs with land cover and land use changes in the Northern mountain region of Vietnam: A Village-level case study, Southeast Asian Studies 47(3), pp. 244-262.
- Saphangthong, T. and Kono, Y. 2009. Continuity and discontinuity in land use changes: A case study in Northern Lao villages, Southeast Asian Studies 47(3), pp. 263-286.
- Kono, Y., Badenoch, N., Tomita, S., Douangsavanh, L. and Nonaka, K. 2010. Agency, opportunity and risk: Commercialization and human-nature relationships in Laos, Southeast Asian Studies 47(4), pp. 365-373.
List of Academic Presentations during 2009:
- Kono, Y.,Discussant, Inaugural workshop of “Transition of shifting cultivation systems at the agriculture/forest frontiers – sustainability or demise?”, Novotel Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR, November 4-6, 2009
- Kono, Y.,Invited talk, “Five decades of Area Studies in Thailand”, 2nd Thailand-Japan International Academic Conference (TJIA 2009) “Integrated Research for Sustainable Development” ,Katsura Campus, Kyoto University, November 20, 2009
- Kono, Y., Invited Commentator、Nagoya University Global COE International Workshop “Understanding the Contemporary Environmental Matters in Mainland Southeast Asia”、Nagoya University, December 5, 2009
- Kono, Y., Lessons of Agroforestry Practices for Sustainable Humanosphere Studies、Kyoto Sustainability Initiatives (KSI) International Workshop “Swidden Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Sustainability and Contribution towards Agroforestry and Forestry”, Kyoto, March 2010
2010 Research Outcome:
- Sidle, R.C., Furuichi, T., Kono, Y., 2010. Unprecedented rates of landslide and surface erosion along a newly constructed road in Yunnan, China. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-010-9614-6.
- Ahmad Muhammad and Yasuyuki Kono. 2010. Smallholder rubber farm in Riau, Indonesia: Its contributions to rural livelihood, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation, Proceedings of IUFRO World Congress.
- Xianfeng Song, Zheng Duan, Yasuyuku Kono and Mingyu Wang. 2011. Integration of remotely sensed C factor into SWAT for modeling sediment yield, Hydrological Process, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8066.
List of Academic Presentations during 2010:
- Keynote, International Seminar “Scientific Exploration and Sustainable Management of Bioresources in Tropical Peatland Ecosystems”, 2010年10月20日，Riau University，Pekanbaru，Indonesia.
- Discussant, Understanding Global India: The South Asian Path of Development and its Possibilities, 29,30 January 2011,Kyoto International Community House，Kyoto.
2011 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Haris Gunawan, Shigeo Kobayashi, Kosuke Mizuno, Yasuyuki Kono. 2011. Peat swamp forest types and their regeneration process in the Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve, Riau, Indonesia, Mires and Peat Journal, (accepted)
- Le Zhang, Kono Yasuyuki, Kobayashi Shigeo, Hu Huabin and Krishna Bahadur KC. 2011. Expansion Process of Commercial Cropping of Banana in Xishuangbanna, China, 『The 21nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Tropical Ecology（Okinawa)』, p. 20.
- Ahmad Muhammad, Kono Yasuyuki, Aslim Rasyad and Kozan Osamu. 2011. Tree Regeneration Process of the Rubber Jungle System: A Case Study at Riau Province, Indonesia, 『The 21nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Tropical Ecology（Okinawa)』, p. 31.
List of Academic Presentations during 2011:
- Haris Gunawan, Shigeo Kobayashi, Kosuke Mizuno, Yasuyuki Kono., The Biodiversity of Sumatran Peat Swamp Forest in Riau: Degradation and A Restoration Efforts, Proceedings of Seminar Nasional Konservasi Tumbuhan Tropika, Kondisi Terkini dan Tantangan Kedepan, Botanical Garden, Cibodas, 7th April 2011.
- Yasuyuki Kono, Wrap-up report, International Symposium on Rethinking Ecosystem Services in the Context of Montane Region in Mainland Southeast Asia, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Vientiane, Lao PDR, 19‐21st June 2011.
- Yasuyuki Kono, Caring for Environment and Active Adaptations: Mechanism of Agricultural Development in Tropical Asia, International Conference on the Role of Agriculture and Natural Resources on Global Change (ANGC 2011), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-9th November 2011, Perspectives of Sustainable Humanosphere Studies.
- Yasuyuki Kono, Encounters and Land Use Changes, International Conference on Southeast Asia Seminar Transformations of the Human Landscape in Southeast Asia, Mae Sai, Thailand, 22-25th November 2011.
- Osamu Kozan and Yasuyuki Kono., Caring for Geosphere and Active Adaptation: Water and Agriculture in the Tropics, The Fifth International Conference on In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa, Kyoto University, 4-6th December 2011.
- Yasuyuki Kono and Zhang Le., Local Society-centered Perspectives for Forest Resources Management: Progress Report of a Case Study at China-Lao Border Area, International Conference on Incentive of Local community for REDD and semi-domestication of non-timber forest products, Kyoto University, 20-24th January 2012.
- Yasuyuki Kono, Chair, Session7 Challenges for the Region, International Conference on
Plural Coexistence: East Asian Experiences in Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives,
Kyoto University, 17-18th December 2011.