Previous Academic
Work, Activities
and
PhD Research Plan
MSc. Mari Shioya
29th October 2008
Previous works 1
2005-2007:
Ireland(University College Dublin)
Masters Programme in Environmentas
Resource Management
Thesis:
Management of Conservation Sites
(National Parks, World Heritage Sites).
-Tourism and Biodiversity.
(Dublin, Ireland., 2007.)
Study Areas
Study area 1: Japan - the author's home county
Study area 2: Ireland - author's current country of residence
Study area 3: Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Study area 4: Lake Mburo National, Uganda
Study area 5: Kafue National Park, Zambia
Study area 6: Kinabalu National Park, Pahan National park, Malaysia
Study area 7: Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia
Study area 8: Stelvio National Park, Italy
Study area 9: High Tatra National Park, Slovakia
Study area 10: Carreiron Natural Park in Galicia, Spain
Study area 11: The Follion National Park in Quebec, Banff NP, Canada
Study area 12: Galapagos National Park, Ecuador
Methods:
Interviews to Locals
1. What is your image of the word “National Park”?
2. Do you think there is an economic influence to this area?
3. When is the busiest season of this area?
4. Is there any problem living near the national park or world heritage
site (i.e.traffic, garbage)?
5. What government or local authority should do to solve those
problems?
Interviews to Tourists 1/2
1. What brings you here?
2. With whom have you come to the park with? i.e.
family/school/friends
3. Did you hear anything about this NP/P before
visiting? And from where?
What were your perceptions of the park before you
came and did they live up to reality?
4. Did you like it, did you enjoy being there? If Yes why? If No - why?
Interviews to Tourists 2/2
5. Do you want to go there again or not? And why?
If yes, what do you want to do next time?
6. Do you see/find any problems in that place?
7. What improvements would you suggest for the park?
8. If you don’t mind me asking, how much would you
estimate you spent during your visit?
9. What do you think of the idea that the authorities
should restrict/limit the daily number of visitors to
protect wildlife or other park assets?
Interviews to Rangers
1. How many people visit here annually?
2. When is the busiest season?
3. Are there any problems in that season, and other seasons?
4. What are the biggest/most significant problems in this national
park so far?
5. What is the most pressing problem at the moment in this
national park?
6. What problems do you foresee in this national park in the
future?
7. Are there any solutions for those problems?
8. Do you think the economic situation here changed after this
place became national park?
9. Does the protection that comes with being a national park
outweigh the possible negative effect on wildlife that increased
human contact might bring through visitors to the park?
Results:
Discussion and Conclusion
i) Relationship between Tourism and
biodiversity
Poaching animals/plants
Contamination/Erosion
Garbage
Control of animals
Transportation
Visitor density
ii) The effect of the National
Park on the local community
Benefit o the locality from tourism
Negative effects on locals from tourism
Benefit to the parks from locals
Recommendations and
Suggestions from
Respondents
Transportation services
Facility improvement
Wastes management
Setting limits for daily visitors
Conclusion
Management at each local level depends upon developing
human awareness, not only among the visiting tourists, but
also the local residents and the various authorities.
Poor management caused by a lack of information or
education, or actual neglect would create further problems.
So the park authorities must continuously assess the
human impacts upon their site(s) - including those that
come directly from the visiting tourists. Following this, they
need to inform and educate both tourists and locals in
order to encourage people to protect the natural or
cultural heritage resource concerned.
Where the
pressure comes from illegal activities they need to actively
enforce the legislation.
Previous work 2
2001-2005:
Japan (Chuo University, Dublin)
BA (Environmental Economics and
Politics in Faculty of of Policy studies)
Thesis:
The Management Policy of National Parks
for the Conservation of Biodiversity, and
the Ranger’s jobs for Nature Conservation.
(Tokyo, Japan., 2005.)
Related activities 1
2007 October- : Associate Fellow in The
Institute of Policy and Cultural Studies in
Japan.
Research in environmental policy for the
purposes of the institute, being able to
represent the institute on national and
international institutional level.
Related activities 2
2007
September-October:
Executive
assistant of Ministry of Environment in
Japan.
Organise "OECD Material flow Seminar"
between UNEP, EU commission, OECD,
Ministry of
Environment in Japan.
Translation and preparation of documents
of the respective parties, arrange meeting
Related activities 3
2007 July-August: Conservation Ranger
in Killarney National Park in Ireland.
Remove the invasive Rhododendron
ponticum from Killarney National Park to
protect the natural forest.
Related activities 4
2004 October - 2005January: Research
Assistant in Environmental Policy
research office, Tokyo ,Japan.
Research legislative and policy issues
to wildlife management and
environmental policies.
PhD Research plan
Theme:
Socio-ecological resilience as
dynamic concept
for biodiversity protection under
the globalisation.
“Socio-ekologicka reziliencia ako
dynamicky koncept ochrany
biodoverzity v podmienkach
globalizacie.”
Aims and objectives
The general aim of study is to assess and
define the human impact on the
environment, thus finding a way to
achieve sustainable development.
Aims and Objectives
The specific aims and objectives of the study are to:
Undertake research about the management of National
Parks and equivalent conservation areas.
To clarify and compare the problems of management of
National Parks in several contrasting countries on
different continents - including Slovakia, Japan and
Ireland.
To build on the theory of socio-ecological resilience and
evaluate and suggest mechanisms for managing the
potential conflicts between wildlife (biodiversity) and
tourism, giving appropriate consideration to both
environmental and economic aspects.
Interaction between people and environment in parks
(modified from Butler and Boyd 2000).
Parks and people
- Local communities
- Tourists, visitors
- Management authorities
↓↑
Parks and 'natural' environment
- Wildlife focus
- Ecologically sensitive focus
- Polar regions (inaccessibility, management strategy)
Short term research plan A:
Collecting Information
1. Gather National Park general information of
Japan, Slovakia, Ireland.
-Management system and process. Law,
restriction, rules. Related authorities etc.
2. Choose which park to research and the
reason for the choice.
Japan
Okinawa-Iriomote N.P. – Beach, ocean resort in the southes area
in Japan. Relationship, conflicts with U.S. Marine. Existence of
endangered species (Iriomote wild cats, yanbarukuina, etc).
Intensive tourism site in summer.
Shirakami N.P. – Akita & Aomori forestry protected area. Eistence
of local Indian people. (communication, conflicts etc.). original
culture and history.
Shiretoko N.P. - New set UNESCO site which consequences
rapidly growing number of tourist and pressure from tourism.
Mt.Fuji N.P. – Intensive pressure from tourism. Hiking
Mountaineering spot. Transportation, Parking, Contamination,
Erosion problems.
Short term research plan B:
Literature Review
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The Concept of Biodiversity
Importance of Biodiversity
Resilience theory
Socia-Ecological Resilience
Tourism
The Importance of National Parks
The National Park Concept
IUCN Categories
The study of biodiversity in ecology and ecological
economics
The ecological view of the relationship between humans
and nature
Regional development
English/Japanese Literatures? Sources? Books??
Dakujem za pozornost…
MSc. Mari Shioya