Previous Academic Work, Activities and PhD Research Plan

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Previous Academic Work, ActivitiesandPhD
Research Plan

• MSc. Mari Shioya
• 29th October 2008

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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.)

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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

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MethodsInterviews 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?

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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?

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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 dont 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?

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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?

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ResultsDiscussion and Conclusion

• i) Relationship between Tourism and biodiversity
• Poaching animals/plants
• Contamination/Erosion
• Garbage
• Control of animals
• Transportation
• Visitor density

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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

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Recommendations and Suggestions from Respondents

• Transportation services
• Facility improvement
• Wastes management
• Setting limits for daily visitors

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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.

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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 Rangers
  jobs for Nature Conservation. 
• (Tokyo, Japan., 2005.)

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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• 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.

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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.

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• 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)

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Short term research plan ACollecting 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.

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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.
• lMt.Fuji N.P. Intensive pressure from tourism.
  Hiking
• Mountaineering spot.
  Transportation, Parking, Contamination,
• Erosion problems.

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Short term research plan BLiterature Review

• l?The Concept of Biodiversityl?Importance of
  Biodiversityl?Resilience theoryl?Socia-Ecologica
  l Resiliencel?Tourism l?The Importance of
  National Parksl?The National Park Conceptl?IUCN
  Categoriesl?The study of biodiversity in ecology
  and ecological
• economicsl?The ecological view of the
  relationship between humans
• and nature
• l?Regional development
• English/Japanese Literatures? Sources? Books??

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• Dakujem za pozornost
• MSc. Mari Shioya