From September 2nd to 4th, 2019, Professor KITAJIMA Kaoru from Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University came to IGS to give a lecture entitled “IGS Special Topics AⅠ” and “IGS Special Topics AⅡ”. Her specialty is tropical ecology and tropical forests management.

This class focused on tropical ecology in order to deepen students’ understanding of global environmental issues through lectures and discussion on biological diversity, ecosystem service, importance of tropical environment for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable natural resource use.

“IGS Special Topics” courses invite several specialists in various fields and provide IGS students opportunity to enrich their knowledge and education.