Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being - UNU-IAS ...

The JSSA is an experimental exercise for
Japanese society that includes local scientists,
policy-makers, and practitioners,
among others. In order to create a platform
for translating scientific knowledge
into policy and relevant actions at the local
and national levels, it attempts to provide
relevant information and useful models for
ecosystem capacity assessment.
We hope that the JSSA is a useful vehicle
through its findings for stakeholders attempting
to promote sustainable development.
It is also hoped that the outcome of
the JSSA will be a base for future scientific
activities that contribute to improving decisions
and actions affecting ecosystems and
human well-being for future generations.
“I think satoyama landscape is a very current concept, because
increasingly the global community has been sensitised
to the linkage between ecosystem services and human wellbeing.
If you look at the ecosystem services that satoyama
and satoyama like landscapes provide, satoyama is a very
timely concept to be advanced in today’s increasingly urbanized
world.”
A. H. Zakri, Science Advisor to the Government of Malaysia
(Interview conducted at the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on the Satoyama
Initiative concept, 1-3 October, 2009, Penang, Malaysia)
“Satoyama accounts for approximately 60% of Ishikawa
Prefecture’s land. A number of spectacular satoyama areas
still remain in Ishikawa Prefecture. I believe that satoyama,
as a model of coexistence between humans and nature, is
a precious heritage for people in Ishikawa, Japan, and over
the world, and it should be passed down to future generations.”
Masanori Tanimoto, Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture
(Statement at the CBD/COP9 Side Event, 28 May 2008 in Bonn)