Mr Kazu Takemoto (Director, UNU-IAS OUIK) welcome the local and Internatinal experts to the symposium, described the collaborationality efforts with Ishikawa Prefecture towards serious challanges ahead - and opportunities of satoyama and satoumi lands; and expressed his hope that the symposium would help finding innovational ways for conservation use or management of these landscaes.
Mr. Kazu Takemoto (Director, UNU-IAS OUIK) welcomed the local and international experts to the symposium, described the collaboration efforts with Ishikawa Prefecture towards serious challenges ahead and opportunities for satoyama and satoumi landscapes, and expressed his hope that the symposium would help find innovative pathways towards sustainable use and management of these landscapes.