convener:Toru Sasaki(Miyagi University of Education), Gen Ueda(Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University), Takahisa Furuichi(Miyagi University of Education), Yoshinori OTSUKI(Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

(Language of the session is Japanese and English with no priority.) In this session, the situation and history of use, changes and management of natural resources and environment from various regions under diverse socio-economic and natural conditions are reported. Findings from local-scale fieldwork and feedbacks on their methodology and/or research concepts are particularly encouraged to be shared and discussed. A variety of research topics are covered through both human-ecological and earth-scientific perspectives, including local knowledge of natural resources and environment, environmental and climatic history, environmental geography, environmental degradation through resource use and/or management, effects of climate change, related socio-economic changes and adaptation for livelihood security, political ecology, and issues for overcoming gaps in linking between local and broader-scale (national, regional and global) studies.