Thematic Track 3 (TT-3)
  • 28 September 2025
  • JST 10:30 - 12:00 (GMT+09:00)
  • Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-no-Tsu Museum “House of Hyogo Origins”
  • Simultaneous interpretation

Hyogo Satoyama Satoumi International Forum - Satoyama International Forum

This session framed under the Hyogo Satoyama Satoumi International Forum explores satoyama initiatives in the Kurokawa district of Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture—recognised as Japan's most significant satoyama landscape. Satoyama refers to the transitional zone between mountain foothills and cultivated flatlands, representing a traditional form of sustainable land management. We will examine both this model and international examples, while exploring how to share these insights across domestic and global networks.

Hyogo Satoyama Satoumi International Forum
About the Hyogo Satoyama Satoumi International Forum

The Hyogo Satoyama and Satoumi International Forum is an international forum organised by Hyogo Prefecture in collaboration with multiple organisations, including IGES, with the aim of utilising the opportunity presented by the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai to disseminate information domestically and internationally about the importance of satoyama and satoumi, as well as efforts towards their conservation and regeneration. The forum features six programmes, including 'Decarbonisation × SDGs × Regional Development Symposium' and Programme, and 'Satoyama International Forum,' which are implemented as ISAP-linked programmes with presentations by IGES researchers.

Keynote presentation | Satoyama Forests in Kurokawa, Kawanishi City, Hyogo – Sustained by the Culture of Tea Ceremony
Tamotsu Hattori, Professor Emeritus, University of Hyogo
Introduction of overseas cases | Localising Global Agendas: Regional-CES based Approach for Synergistic Local actions towards carbon neutral, resilient society
Bijon Kumar MITRA, Research Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES