Team Introduction
Team Introduction
Wetlands possess various functions that include flood control, irrigation, and biodiversity conservation. At the same time, wetlands are highly vulnerable, being at risk of overuse and development due to their long-standing use for fisheries agriculture and a lack of understanding of wetland functions. In order to protect wetlands with these functions, Japan has registered wetlands based on the Ramsar Convention, and has targeted individual laws such as the Natural Park Law, Bird Protection Law, River Law, and Species Conservation Law. Meanwhile, wetland conservation laws were enacted in 2007 in South Korea and in 2015 in Taiwan. The legal team aims to examine the legal system for maximizing wetland functions in Japan. However, in nature restoration and conservation measures, it is not only system construction that is important. Adaptive management and the participation in governance of those stakeholders who are knowledgeable about the characteristics of nature are also becoming important. The main team should not only be concerned with the international comparison of legal systems, but should also consider having a legal policy of wetland and water area management from multiple perspectives, considering water area management, general management, citizen participation, and adaptive governance.
Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Administrative Law, Environmental Law
International Environmental Law
Administrative Law, Environmental Law
International Environmental Law
According to the treaty of Wetland Conservation, especially concerning the international importance of wetlands in regard to the habitat of water birds, rivers are not readily included in registered wetlands. Taking an international and domestic law perspective, this study targets the Maruyama River downstream region located in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, which was registered in 2012 with the theme of domestic implementation of the Ramsar Convention. This study focuses on the legal issues involved before and after 2018, via interviews with the government and local residents.
・2017 Maruyama River downstream survey (November 18–19, 2017)
・2018 Maruyama River downstream survey (November 4–5, 2018)
See, https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2055
Shiina Suzuki, “Promoting the Implementation of Environmental Treaties for Sustainable Tourism: In the Light of the Ramsar Convention”, in 8th Asian Wetland Symposium-Wetland for Sustainable Life-: PROCEEDINGS, Asian Wetland Symposium 2017 Executive Committee, March 2018, pp.122-123.
Shiina Suzuki, “Promoting the Implementation of Environmental Treaties for Sustainable Tourism: In the Light of the Ramsar Convention”, in 8th Asian Wetland Symposium, November 8th 2017, Saga, Japan.
Shiina Suzuki, “Conservation of the River and Its Cultural Value in the Environmental Treaties”, in 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, August 23rd 2018, Tokyo, Japan.
