Kyushu University Tropical Agriculture Research Center
Natural Resource Management Laboratory (hyakumura laboratory)

Past members

Past members
Students/Researchers Graduated

Tropical Agriculture Research CenterInstitute of Tropical Agriculture

  • ISLAM Kazi Kamrul (Bangladesh)JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan (Short-term) (Completed in March 2026)
    Developing climate-smart agroforestry models across Asia: Contribution to sustainable development
  • ISLAM Kazi Kamrul (Bangladesh) (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, May 2019)
    Forests Land Grabbing Across the Asia: Questioning the Sustainable Forest Future

Global Society of Integrated ScienceGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society

  • Eguchi Ken (Master's course, completed in March 2026)
    Study on the impact of urban development in Nusantara, Indonesia, on the displacement of the population and the destruction of the environment
  • Soukphavanh Sawathvong (Lao PDR) (PhD student, will complete his/her course in September 2023)
    The Possibility of Private sector to contribute to REDD+ activities: Case study of Lao PDR
  • Jixin Liu / (China) (Master's course, completed in September 2023)
    A Study on Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Focusing on Regional Revitalization Using the Case of "Ant Forest" Reforestation
  • ZHANG Ying (China) (Master's course, completed in September 2023)
    The Relationship Between the Changes of Urban Forestry and Human Beings —Take Shanghai, China as an Example
  • Feng Xiaohan / (Chugoku /China) (Master's course, completed in March 2023)
    Current status and issues of FSC forest certification in China - CAR analysis of audit reports -
  • Fujisaki Taiji (PhD candidate, completed course completion in March 2023)
    Analysis of REDD+ governance and policy processes
  • Deng Wen (China) (Master's course, completed in March 2022)
    A study on nature conservation systems in China: Trends toward the establishment of national parks
  • Pu Maling (China) (Master's course, completed in March 2021)
    Current status and issues of rubber forest production in state-owned farms in Yunnan, China
  • Xu Sihan (China) (Master's course, completed in March 2019)
    The current status of overlapping management of protected areas and the impact of tourism management on local residents: A case study of the Jianmenguan tourist scenic area in China
  • Wu Calligraphy (China) (Master's course, completed March 2018)
    The impact of the management of Wuzhishan Nature Reserve on the livelihoods of local residents in Hainan, China
  • Yuan Tingting (China) (Master's course, completed in March 2016)
    Impacts and challenges of changes in forest policy for collective forests in China: A case study of Yushan Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province
  • Mr. Liu (China) (Master's course, completed in March 2016)
    The current status and issues of the nature reserve management system of national forest estates in China - A case study of three nature reserves in Jiangsu Province -

Graduate School of Social & Cultural Studies

  • Saykham Boutthavong (Laos) (Doctoral course, completed in September 2016) (PhD obtained in March 9)(MEXT Scholarship)
    Participatory REDD+ Readiness, Land Tenure and Rights of the Local Community in Lao PDR
  • Makoto Ehara (Doctoral course, completed in December 2015)
    Clarifying the characteristics of residents who are vulnerable to the short-term effects of deforestation in developing countries: Aiming to expand the concept of the DPSIR framework

21st Century ProgramThe 21st Century Program

  • Hamaoka Michiho (Graduating March 2023)
    A study on the awareness of the guide system in Yakushima - Survey on attitudes towards guides -
  • Kaga HatsuneGraduated March 2017)
    Impact of community forestry on residents: Cases in Cambodia and Nepal

Biological Resources and Environmental SciencesGraduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences

  • Puangwong Chanthavichit Phouangvone CHANTHAVICHIT (Laos/Laos (Master's course, completed in September 2025)(JICA JDS course)
    Study on possibility for production of organic fartilizer as commodities in Lao PDR.
  • Ou Nary (Cambodia) (Master's course, graduating in September 2024)(JICA JDS course)
    Rubber agricultural cooperative role on luvelihood for its members in Mondulkiri Provice, Cambodia
  • Nilapha Vorachith (Laos) (Master's course, completed in September 2023)(JICA JDS course)
    Improving the contract farming system of the tree plantation in Lao PDR
  • Airyai Vongxay (Laos) (Master's course, graduating in March 2023)(JICA JDS course)
    Implement of Livelihoods of Local Residence through Village Forest Management
  • Bounhom ​​Chanthaxay (Laos) (Master's course, graduating in March 2022)(JICA JDS course)
    The Behavior of Smallholder Pig Producers in Lao PDR
  • Kay Khine (Myanmar) (Master's course, completed in September 2019)(JICA JDS Course)
    Participation of User Group members in Community Forest- based Coffee Plantations initiated by External Organizations: Case Study in Myanmar
  • Southida Vatthanatham (Laos) (Master's course, completed in September 2017)(JICA JDS Course)
    Trend of Policy and Legal Framework on Non Timber Forest Products Development in Laos
  • Somsanouk Khounthikoummane (Laos) (Master's course, completed in September 2016)(JICA JDS Course)
    Organic Vegetable in Vientiane Capital, Laos -Behaviors of Consumers and Producers- A case study on Organic Market and Organic Farmers Group, Vientiane Capital
  • Thant Sin Kyaw (Myanmar) (Master's course, completed in September 2014)(JICA JDS Course)
    The Gap between Institutional System and Implementation of Community Forest Management and Actors' Responses – Case Study in Taunggyi District, Myanmar

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