Teacher introduction
Teacher introduction
Faculty Profile

Dr. Hyakumura (Agriculture)
HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Ph.D.
Affiliation
- Kyushu University Tropical Agriculture Research Center Director of the Center / Professor of International Development
- (Concurrent post) Graduate School of Earth and Social Sciences The instructor
- (Concurrent post) Faculty of Co-creation Subject Instructor
- (Concurrent post) Graduate School of Agriculture・International Agricultural Education and Research Promotion Center
- (Concurrent post) Center for Urban Studies Collaborating Teachers
University/Graduate School Education
Graduate School of Earth and Social SciencesAs a professor in charge of this course, I give lectures and seminars, and also provide research guidance to the graduate students (master's and doctoral programs) in my department.
Faculty of Co-creationAs a subject instructor, I am in charge of lectures such as "Issue Research (National and Regional Areas)."
Graduate School of Bioresources and Environmental SciencesIn addition to being in charge of some of the lectures,JDS ProgrammeWe provide support for research guidance for international master's students.
Faculty of AgricultureI am in charge of some of the lectures.
Expertise
- natural resource management
- Political Ecology
- Southeast Asian Area Studies
- Environmental Policy Studies
Career history
- Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Forestry Bureau (Japan International Cooperation Agency/JICA Long-term dispatched expert) (July 1996 - July 7)
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Researcher, Natural Resource Management Group (September 1998 - March 9)
- Kyushu University Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Professor (April 2011 to present)
Awards
- Forest Economics SocietyEncouragement Award (March 2008)
Visiting researchers, part-time lecturers, etc.
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Fellows (2011-2017)
- Institute for Global Environmental Studies Joint researcher (2003-2005, 2014)
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, REDD Research and Development Center Visiting Researcher (2011-2014)
- Kyushu University Asian Center for Conservation Ecology Associate Professor (2011-2013)
- Global and Human Environment Forum Advisor (September 2013 - March 9)
- Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University Part-time faculty (2010)
- The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Cooperative Researcher in Agriculture (2007-2009).
- Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos Visiting Researcher (2001-2003)
- National Museum of Ethnology Joint researcher (1999-2001)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) experts, etc.
- Research team member: "Project for Strengthening the Capabilities of Tay Bac University for Sustainable Rural Development" (Vietnam) (September 2012)
- Short-term Expert "Project for Strengthening the Capabilities of Tay Bac University for Sustainable Rural Development" (Vietnam) (September 2011)
- Long-term expert "Laos Forest Conservation and Restoration Project" (Laos) (July 1996 - July 7)
- Long-term researcher, "Laos Forest Conservation and Restoration Plan" (Laos) (November 1995 - December 11)
External committee members, etc.
- Member of the research committee for the Forestry Agency-commissioned project "Collecting local information in producing countries (Europe, etc.)" (April 2018 - March 4)
- Member of the committee for the Forestry Agency's "Survey on the Actual Conditions of Wood Distribution" (April 2016 - December 4)
- Member of the review committee for the Forestry Agency's "Support Project for Developing Countries' Efforts to Prevent Forest Degradation" (2014-2016)
- Member of the steering committee for the Forestry Agency-commissioned project "Forest Conservation Safeguard Establishment Project" (2015)
- Expert member of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science's Special Research Fellowship Review Committee and document reviewer for the International Project Committee (August 2013 - July 8)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency "REDD+ Related Project Support" Domestic Support Committee (in charge of social and economic safeguards) (September 2012 - March 9)
- Member of the review committee for the Forestry Agency's "Project to Support Developing Countries' Efforts to Prevent Deforestation" (2009-2013)
- Committee member for the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute's Workshop on REDD+ Implementation (September 2012)
- Member of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute's "Review Committee on Policy and Methodology for REDD+" (October 2011 - March 10)
- Member of the Ministry of the Environment's REDD+ Task Force (August 2011 - March 8)
- Member of the Afforestation and Forest Management Technical Committee of the Credit Mechanism Support Committee under the Ministry of the Environment (May 2011 - March 5)
- Kamakura City "Environmental Council" member (May 2008 - March 5)
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute's project "Policy Subcommittee for REDD+ Implementation" (October 2010 - March 10)
- Member of the Forestry Agency's "Legal Wood Promotion Committee" (2009-2010)
- Member of the Forest Carbon Credit Study Group of the Japan Climate Policy Center (June 2010 - March 6)
- Member of the Afforestation CDM Study Group of the Japan Climate Policy Center (June 2009 - March 6)
- Member of the review committee for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries project "Survey on forecasting socio-economic changes related to efficient agricultural and forestry economic cooperation" (December 2006 - March 12)
- Member of the review committee for the Ministry of the Environment's "Study on the formulation of international codes of conduct for sustainable forest management" (April 2006 - March 4)
University Committee
- Chairperson of the Center District Council (April 2025 to present)
- Vice-chair of the Center District Council (April 2024 - March 4)
- Member of the Tropical Agriculture Research Center (April 2011 - Present)
- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society Publication Committee (April 2012 to present)
- Member of the Subcommittee on JDS Program Management, Faculty of Agriculture (April 2014 to present)
- Faculty of Global and Social Sciences Academic Affairs Student Committee (April 2015 - March 4)
- Harassment Prevention Committee Member (April 2015 - March 4)
Doctoral thesis examiner
- Graduate School of Global and Social Sciences, Kyushu University (2018, 2020) (Assistant Researcher)
- Kyushu University Graduate School of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies (2015, 2016) (Chief examiner)
- Graduate School of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Kyushu University (twice in 2011, 2) (Assistant Examiner)
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo (2017) (Co-examiner)
- Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (2013) (Co-examiner)
- Waseda University Graduate School of Human Sciences (2012) (Co-examiner)
Affiliated academic society, etc.
- Japanese Society of Tropical Ecology Chairman of the Conference Executive Committee (2025), Council Member (2014-present), Public Relations Manager (2014-present), Kira Award Selection Committee Member (2020-present), Chairman of the Conference Executive Committee (2013), Public Symposium Executive Committee Member (2008)
- Japanese Forest Society Editorial Board Member of Journal of Forest Research (2015-present)
- Forest Economics Society Editorial Committee (2013-2016, 2024), Autumn Conference Organizing Committee (2017, 2024)
- Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture Tournament Organizing Committee (2014)
- Environmental Sociology Association
- Environmental Economics and Policy Studies Association
- forests Reviewer Board (Since Dec. 2019)
- Country Reviewer Board (Since Aug. 2020)
Field research experience (since 2015)
For external parties (requests for lectures, committee work, or interviews)
I accept requests for lectures, presentations, committee and council meetings, and media appearances related to natural resource management, forestry, tropical agriculture, and other related fields. Please contact me first. I will listen to your request, consider whether I can accommodate it, and then respond.
Contact: hyaku[at]agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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