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Yusuke Yonekura, Ph.D.
Degraded Grassland following destruction of tropical rainforest
(East Kalimantan, Indonesia)
© Yusuke Yonekura
1980
Born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
1997
Until the second year of high school,
I thought it was natural to take over my parents' pharmacy, so I was thinking of majoring in pharmaceutical sciences at university.
By reading "Global Environmental Report" by Hiroyuki Ishi, however,
I felt that the most important thing in the 21 century was "global environmental problems" and decided to devote my life to global environmental issues.
2001-2005
Kyoto, Japan
B.S., Major in Forestry & Environmental Science
2004-2012
Laboratory of Tropical Forest Resources & Environments
Kyoto University
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. student
Major: Tropical Ecology, Soil Science, Climate Change, Environmental Science
Plant & Soil
(Impact Factor: 3.306)
Global Change Biology
(Impact Factor: 8.997)
(We clarified the soil carbon dynamics by evaluating the relative contribution of organic matter originating from primary forest (C3) and grasslands (C4).)
Plant & Soil
(Impact Factor: 3.306)
2012
Ascetic training of Yoga with one-week fasting (only water)
It was not until I was dying of disease that I realized that living was not a matter of course. It was not until I lost my loved one that I realized what was most important in my life.
I realized its real value for the first time when I lived in a rain forest of Indonesia where there was no electricity, running water, and gas. (At the same time, I found that I could live happily without them.)
It was not until this fast that I realized the true value of food.
The purpose of "ascetic training to cut off" is to consciously break various habits so that we are not enslaved by them.
A typical way to do this is to "fast." The method of fasting has been passed down for several 1000 years.
I also consider it is very important to control our body and mind.
It's only when we lose something that we realize the importance and true value of it.
In that time,
we know how lucky we are until then.
If we think that
something is "OF COURSE,"
we can't appreciate it.
So I feel that an experience of a temporary lack of variety has many perceptions and leads to a more profound life.
How about you?
2016～
Work in the Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences,
Yokohama National University
Engaged in the Strategic R&D Area Project
“S-14” of the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund,
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
“Strategic Research on Global Mitigation and Local Adaptation to Climate Change”
2018
Organized Session, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
【The 21st Century’s Dam Boom in the Tropics and the Challenge of Biodiversity Conservation】
Public Symposium
【Climate Change Adaptation using Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction】
© Yusuke Yonekura