Collaborative Research

List of the International Collaborative Projects Conducted During the Midterm Plan 2026–2032

Research and Development for Strengthening the Environmental Conservation and Regulatory Functions of Forests

• Coexistence mechanism of four bamboo species in tropical seasonal forests focusing on resistance to forest fire(2022-2026)
• Mechanism of maintaining plant biodiversity in boreal forests in terms of seasonal soil thaw and leaf phenology (2024-2026)
• Effects of permafrost thaw on stem CH₄ emission (2024-2027)
• Effects of climate changes on carbon dynamics in permafrost black spruce forests: Contribution of forest floor mosses (2025-2029)
• Frost heave as a driver of plant diversity on permafrost: insights from fine-root depth distribution and mechanical strength (2025-2027)
• What happens in forests during extreme storm events? –Delving into interception mechanisms under high rainfall intensity– (2022-2026)
• Does an increase in atmospheric CO₂ concentration increase or decrease transpiration from forests? (2023-2027)
• To what extent can we reveal the actual situation of groundwater flow and pore air flow using diverse observational data and numerical model? (2026-2028)
• Development of a Watershed Hydrological Model Based on Pre-Development Monitoring Data and Future Projections (2026-2029)
• Designing Artificial Soil to Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Degraded Lands (2021-2027)
• Does Forest Conservation Contribute to the Improvement of the Nutritional Status of Rural Residents in Developing Countries? (2019-2026)

Research and Development for the Assessment and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity

• Estimating soil animal diversity and their ecosystem functioning from above-ground vegetation using trait-based approach (2023-2026)
• Development of guidelines for the genetic conservation of endangered Mahogany species in the Amazon rainforest (2022-2026)
• Establishment of Integrated Forest Management System for Conservation of Mountain Forest Ecosystems in the Andean - Amazon (2019-2026)
• Conservation Genomics of Asian Black Bears Across the Asian Continent for Proposing International Protection and Management Strategies (2025-2027)

Research and Development for Forest Pest, Disease, and Wildlife Damage Control Technologies and the Advanced Utilization of Forest Microbial Resources

• Development of Combined Risk-Mitigation Techniques for Constructing a Systems Approach in Managing Pest Risks Associated with Wood Commodity Export and Preventing Tree Pest Invasion in Japan (2024-2028)
• Elucidation of the colony-level uric acid metabolism system underlying reproductive division of labor in social insects (2025-2027)

List of the International Collaborative Projects Conducted During the Midterm Plan 2021–2025

Research and Development for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts

• Carbon Dynamics in Permafrost Forests with Different Active Layer Depths (2016-2022)
• Relationship between the Soil Degradation Pattern and Vegetation Recovery in Tropical Forests under Illegal Selective Cutting (2018-2022)
• Vulnerability of Larch Trees to Extreme Weather Events in Permafrost Ecosystem of Eastern Siberia (2020-2023)
• How the function of carbon sequestration in boreal forests changes by permafrost table subside and re-rising process after forest fire(2022-2024)
• Effects of Different Logging Impacts on the Recovery of Fine Root Biomass in Tropical Forests in Borneo (2018-2022)
• Can Agroforestry Mitigate Soil-borne Disease of Banana? (2020-2022)
• Development of Technologies to Enhance the Functions of Forests for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Vietnam (2020-2024)
• Re-evaluation of ecological restoration projects in Peninsula Malaysia (2023-2025)
• Adaptive Strategies of Seasonal Tropical Tree Species Exhibiting Exceptional Delayed Leaf unfolding Phenology and their Establishment Conditions (2023-2025)
• Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils (HoliSoils) (2021-2025)
• Promotion of Forest-based Disaster Risk Reduction in the Global South (2025)

List of the International Collaborative Projects Conducted During the Midterm Plan 2021-2025

International Collaborative Projects Conducted During the Midterm Plan 2016-2020

Completed Projects in FY 2020

• Research on Water and Sediment Discharge Mechanisms in Tropical Monsoon Evergreen Forest Catchments (2016-2020)
• Investigation of Symbiotic Microorganisms for Acacia saligna and Agroforestry Applications in Ethiopia (2018-2020)

Completed Projects in FY 2019

• Effects of Bryophytes and Lichens on Nutrient Cycling in Circumpolar Forest Ecosystems (2015-2019)
• Reconstructing Development of Drunken Forest and Soil Hummocks to Analyze the Effects of Climate Warming on Permafrost (2017-2019)
• Development of Holistic and Sustainable Forest Resources Informatics Using Satellite and Ecological Data Analyses in Far East Russia (2017-2019)
• Research on the Supporting Activities of the Private Sector in REDD+ Promotion (2015-2019)
• Evaluation of the Impact of an El Niño Drought on the Dynamics of Tropical Forests at Different Altitudes and of Different Forest Types (2017-2019)
• Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Wood Production at Large Scales (2017-2019)

List of the International Collaborative Projects Conducted During the Midterm Plan 2016-2020

 

 

 

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