Name:
Yasuda, Akito
Principal Subject:
The relationship between recreational hunting and local community in Northern Cameroon
Major Field
Environmental Sociology, African Area study
Key-WordsRecreational hunting, Local people, tourism, protected area, wildlife conservation
Education:
- 2000-2004 Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Awarded the degree of BS in Agriculture
- 2004-2007 Division of African Area study, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. Awarded the degree of MA in Area Studies.
- 2007-2009 Division of African Area study, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. Leaving graduate school a doctorate
- 2012 Awarded the degree of PhD in Area Studies from Kyoto University
Professional experience:
- 2006 Teaching Assistant in Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
- 2006-2007 Sasagawa Science Research Grant, The Japan Science Society
- 2007-2009 Research Fellow (DC2) in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2009-2010 The Grant for Graduate School Student, Shibusawa Ethnology Promotion Foundation
- 2009-2010 Researcher of Scientific research expenses of Prof. KIMURA Daiji, Kyoto University
- 2010 Part-time lecturer in Rikkyo University
- 2010-2012 Research Fellow (PD) in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2010-2012 Research Fellow of the University of Tokyo
- 2011-2012 Part-time lecturer in Hosei University
Membership of academic societies:
- Domestic:
The Japan Association for Environmental SociologyJapan Association for African StudiesAssociation of Wildlife and Human Society
- International:
International Association for Society and Natural Resources
List of Publications in International journal:
- Yasuda, A. 2012, Is sport hunting a breakthrough wildlife conservation strategy for Africa? –A case study of northern Cameroon. Journal of Field Action, FACTS (Field Actions Science) Report Vol 6. (http://factsreports.revues.org/1362)
- Yasuda, A. 2011. The Impacts of Sport Hunting on the Livelihoods of Local People: A Case Study of Bénoué National Park, Cameroon. Society and Natural Resources 24 (8): 860-869.
- Yasuda, A. 2009. “Significance of Sport Hunting in Conservation Policy and Impact on the Livelihood of the Local People: A Case Study of Bénoué National Park, Cameroon.” T. Meguro (eds.) Re-conceptualization of Wildlife Conservation: Toward Resonation between Subsistence and Wildlife, 51-56. Nairobi: ACTS Press.
List of Presentations at International Symposium:
- Yasuda, A. “The Concept of Sustainability and the Social Influences of Sport Hunting on the Livelihoods of Local People: A Case Study of Bénoué National Park, Cameroon.” Perspectives on human-nature relationships in Africa: Interrelations between epistemology and practice, Kyoto University, September 19th, 2012.
- Yasuda, A. “The village named "obligation": forced migration of local people for sport hunting in North Province, Cameroon,” Society and Natural Resources, The 18th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, In University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 17th-21th, 2012.
- Yasuda, A. “The concept of sustainability and the social influences of sport hunting on the livelihoods of local people: A case study of Bénoué National Park, Cameroon” Society and Natural Resources, The 16th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A., June 6th-10th, 2010.
- Yasuda, A. “The Impact of Sport Hunting on the Local People in North Province, Cameroon,” Kyoto University/Japanese Embassy in Cameroon/Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, International Symposium Biological Conservation and Local Community's Needs Lessons from Field Studies on Nature-Dependent Societies, in Yaounde, Cameroon, February 7th, 2009.
- Yasuda, A. “The significance of sport hunting in conservation policy and impact on the livelihood of the local people: A case study of Bénoué National Park, Cameroon,” KWS/JSPS/the ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology, Japan, International Workshop Re-conceptualization of wildlife conservation: toward resonatable action for living people, in Kenya, Nairobi, August 7th, 2008.