Teiji WATANABE Chairperson : Teiji WATANABE Members : Minoru ISHII Masahiro OSAKO Toshimasa OHARA Nobuko SAIGUSA Hiroshi NITTA Hideo HARASAWA Hideyuki MORI Yoshiki YAMAGATA Hiroyasu TOKUDA Guest Editor : Yoshiaki HASHIMOTO Editorial Secretary : Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies Ryoko MORIMOTO Patricia ORMSBY Professor, Hokkaido University President, Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka Prefecture Fellow, Planning Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies Director General, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research Director, Earth System Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies Program Advisor, Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies Program Director, Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies Former Executive Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Professor, Keio University Executive Director, Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo / The Museum of Nature and Human Activities Hyogo Editorial Administrator English Editor It is our great pleasure to issue the journal Global Environmental Research, which aims to disseminate the results of studies on global environmental issues conducted not only in Japan, but also other parts of the world. Many scientists monitor research in their own field. Communication among scientists, however, is not always easy, because the ranges of their fields are so broad and the subjects so diverse and because some reports may not even be written in an internationally spoken language. This journal is intended to help fill these gaps. Many publications, reports and other forms of information have been released relating to Japanese studies on global environmental issues in recent years. The primary purpose of Global Environmental Research is to provide information on Japanese research results promptly to scientists worldwide. We also hope that Global Environmental Research will encourage the exchange of information among countries of the Asian and Pacific regions, where local language barriers and limited opportunities exist. The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), International Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and other international and interdisciplinary programmes have accomplished much important work. A new global research platform, “Future Earth,” has started to provide knowledge necessary for facing the risks posed by global environmental changes and to seize every opportunity to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Worldwide distribution of the results of these studies is essential. We hope this journal will also contribute to this end. It has been said that the title of the IHDP’s third scientific symposium, “Global Change, Local Challenge,” recognizes that global changes are the result of a variety of local activities shaped by particular cultures, histories, political boundaries and national policies. We are certain that our Global Environmental Research will serve as a transmitter of information on local activities addressing or dealing with global change. Editorial Editorial Board
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