Sun. May 21, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (3) (Exhibition Hall 8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Noritaka Matsubara(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Takumi Sakakiyama(Shikoku Seiyo Geopark Promotion Council), Azusa Tonotani(Geopark Promotion office in Miyoshi city), Seiya Fukumura(Nanki Kumano Geopark promotion council), Chairperson:Suzuka Koriyama(Fossa Magna Museum), Takumi Sakakiyama(Shikoku Seiyo Geopark Promotion Council), Azusa Tonotani(Geopark Promotion office in Miyoshi city), Kyohei Sano(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Yukiko Yamasaki

Geoparks aim to reconnect human society at all levels to our home planet earth and to celebrate how the planet with 4.6 billion years long history has shaped every aspect of our lives and society. People have originally adapted to local natural conditions, based on the geological features, and have passed on the wisdom of adaptation from generation to generation. This session, we will focus on the " local wisdom" been rediscovered its value and conserved by each Geopark, and discuss traditional knowledge on the use of natural resources in local communities, including the response to climate change, and how to utilize this knowledge to realize a sustainable society in the future.