124th KUASS: KYOTO UNIVERSITY AFRICAN STUDIES SEMINAR

Wildlife and Local Knowledge in Central Africa

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Event Info

Presenter
  • Invited Speakers:

    Daniel J. Ingram (University of Kent, UK),

    Graden Z.L. Froese (NADA, Gabon),

    Sandrine Gallois (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain),

    Etienne F. Akomo-Okoue (IRET-CENAREST, Gabon)

    Other speakers:

    Yoshihiro Nakashima, Shun Hongo, Mikako Toda, Ayana Tanaka, Hirokazu Yasuoka, Naoki Matsuura.
Date & Venue
Language
  • English
Contact
  • The Center for African Area Studies (CAAS), Kyoto University

    Tel：075-753-7803
  • caaskyot[at]gmail.com (Please replace [at] with @)

Summary

124th KUASS will be held for two days, on October 28th and 29th. This Seminar is co-hosted by CAAS and L-INSIGHT, Kyoto University and Research Institute of Humanity and Nature. Registration is required for the program on 28th October (day 1).

instructor

Invited Speakers:

Daniel J. Ingram (University of Kent, UK),

Graden Z.L. Froese (NADA, Gabon),

Sandrine Gallois (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain),

Etienne F. Akomo-Okoue (IRET-CENAREST, Gabon)

Other speakers:

Yoshihiro Nakashima, Shun Hongo, Mikako Toda, Ayana Tanaka, Hirokazu Yasuoka, Naoki Matsuura.

Date & Venue

28 (Mon) & 29 (Tue) October 2024
9:45-15:15 (28 Oct.), 10:20-16:00 (29 Oct.)
Day 1: Conference room, RIHN
https://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/about/access/
Day 2: Large conf. room, Inamori Foundation Hall 3F, Kyoto University
https://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access

Language

English

Program

Day 1（Oct. 28）
9:45-10:00 Opening
10:00-10:45 D. Ingram "Wild meat in changing times: from rural hunters to urban consumers"
10:45-11:30 Y. Nakashima "Estimating animal density using camera traps and the REST model:
potential roles in wildlife conservation and management"
11:30-12:15 S. Hongo "Harvest-based indicators for wildlife management and conservation"
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:00 G. Froese "Community (re)establishment of bushmeat hunting governance and management"
14:00-14:45 M. Toda "What is subsistence hunting?: Implications from bushmeat consumption in southeast Cameroon"
14:45-15:15 Discussion

Day 2 （Oct. 29）
10:20-10:30 Opening
10:30-11:15 S. Gallois "Children, local ecological knowledge, and art-science cocreation in a changing world"
11:15-12:00 A. Tanaka "Childcare among the Baka hunter-gatherers in southeastern Cameroon"
12:00-12:45 H. Yasuoka "Is hunting-based monitoring "local" knowledge?:
　　　　　　A case of R/B monitoring developed by the Coméca Project"
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:30 E.F. Akomo-Okoue "Assessment of hunting pressure on the relative abundance of medium and large mammals across non-protected areas in Gabon"
14:30-15:15 N. Matsuura "Toward human-wildlife coexistence in African tropical forests:
　　　　　　Case studies of human-elephant conflicts and protection measures in Gabon"
15:15-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16:00 Closing

Please visit below link for the details.
All speakers & Timetable

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Registration

Please email hongo.shun.8s[at]kyoto-u.ac.jp for registration for Day 1 (Oct. 28) at RIHN.　(Please replace [at] with @)

Organized by

The Center for African Area Studies (CAAS)

Co-hosted by


  • L-INSIGHT, Kyoto University
  • Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

Contact

The Center for African Area Studies (CAAS), Kyoto University

Tel：075-753-7803
caaskyot[at]gmail.com (Please replace [at] with @)