The 1997 Kyoto Prize Workshops

Conservation of Biodiversity:Pratice and Theory

Daniel Hunt Janzen

/　　Tropical Biologist

Basic Sciences

Biological Sciences（Evolution, Behavior, Ecology, Environment）

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1997

11 /12 Wed

10:30 - 17:30

Place： Kyoto International Conference Center

Address：Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

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Program

10:30

Opening
Greetings	Toyomi Inamori Managing Director, the Inamori Foundation
Greetings	Junichiro Itani Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University (Chairman of the Kyoto Prize Committee)

10:40

Lecture	Takakazu Yumoto Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University Late Tamiji Inoue “Pollination Ecology of General Flowering in S.E.Asian Tropical Forests” Over the Blackwater

11:00

Lecture	Edward Allen Herre, Research Scientist, Smithonian Tropical Research Institute “Lessons from New World Figs and their Associates”

11:40

Lecture	Hideo Miguchi Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University “Seed Dispersal and Predation in Fagaceae”

12:10

Luncheon
Moderator	Takakazu Yumoto

13:10

Lecture	Tamaki Maruhashi Professor, Faculty of Human and Cultural Sciences, Musashi University “Primates and Mammals as Seed Dispersers in Tropical Forests”

13:40

Lecture	Norio Yamamura “Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Herbivore Defence”

14:10

Lecture	Makoto Kato Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University “Unique Flora and Fauna on Islands and its Conservation”

14:40

14:55

Introduction of the Laureate	Hiroya Kawanabe Director General, Lake Biwa Museum (Chairman of the Prize Screening Committee)

15:05

Commemorative Lecture	Daniel Hunt Janzen,Laureate “Arts and Science of Tropical Dry Forest Conservation through Non-Damaging Use: Area de Conservation Guanacaste, Costa Rica”

16:10

Symposium	How to Conserve the Earth with High Biodiversity for the 21st Century
ChairpersonToshisada Nishida	Panelists Daniel Hunt Janzen Edward Allen Herre, Takakazu Yumoto, Hideo Miguchi, Tamaki Maruhashi, Norio Yamamura, Makoto Kato
Closing

17:30

Laureates

Daniel Hunt Janzen

Tropical Biologist

As a pioneer of tropical biology, Dr. Janzen has formulated a large number of unique hypotheses, including mutualism for defense against predators and predation as a basis for biodiversity, making significant contributions to the flourishing of tropical ecology. Applying his special knowledge to practical situations, he has also been active in biological and environmental conservation in the tropics.

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date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997
place: Kyoto International Conference Center
Coordinator:: Toshisada Nishida, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University; Member of the Prize Screening Committee Tamiji Inoue, Former Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Moderator:: Norio Yamamura, Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University