Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

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Poster

Symbol O (Public) » Public

[O-02] Poster presentations by senior high school students

Sun. May 22, 2016 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL6)

Convener:*Tatsuhiko Hara(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute), Miwa Kuri(International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University), Keiko Konya(Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Hajime Naruse(Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Kou Yamada(Waseda University)

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

[O02-P64] Is slash-and-burn method good for the earth?

*Marugame Yume1, *Yoshimura Izumi1 (1.Miyazaki Prefectural Gokase Secondary School)

Keywords:slash-and-burn

We began to research global warming because we are interested in the state of global warming today. But, this is a global issue. It’s difficult to recognize the immediate problem. So, we are looking at our local area before looking at the global situation.
Gokase and some nearby villages were chosen as a “Global Agriculture Heritage Site” last year. We took notice of the slash-and-burn agriculture system used in Shiiba village, a village near Gokase.
The system is a way to burn down farmland and restore soil fertility. We thought it must have an influence on the earth. So, we began to research the influence of this system on the environmental.
First, we took notice of the fact that the slash-and-burn system produces CO2 when fields are burned. CO2 is thought to be global warming’s cause. We thought that the slash-and-burn system may prevent poor soil. We began to examine the actual effects of this farming method.
We are analyzing the influence of slush-and-burn agriculture on the earth though this research.