Associate Professor of Kyushu University, Japan
mizouenn @ gmail.com
(604) 652-8555
Projects
- Cross-national comparisons of sustainable forest management systems adopting selection systems.
- Interdisciplinary and multi-scale evaluation of community forestry as socio-ecological system.
- Sustainability of selective logging and plantations in Tropical Asia.
Themes
sustainable forest management, socio-ecological system, silvicultural systems, selection system, Interdisciplinary evaluation, REDD+, community forestry, plantation, tropical forestry
Interests
I am interested in interdisciplinary and multi-scale evaluations of sustainable forestry as socio-ecological system in various countries. The current study sites are conifer plantations in Japan, selectively logged natural forests and protected areas in Cambodia and Myanmar, rubber plantations in Cambodia, community forestry sites in Cambodia, group and strip selection forests in Canada and Japan. The approaches are through forest inventory, household survey, remote sensing & GIS from various spatial and temporal scales.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic qualifications
BSc: 1991, Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
MSc: 1993, Forestry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
PhD: 1999, Forestry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
Research experience
1999-2000 Visiting Scientist at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, for developing image analysis system CROCO for tree crown condition assessment in forest health monitoring in Europe.
2010 Visiting professor, Institute for Agroecology and Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics (380a), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, for developing new management strategies of rubber plantations.
2014-2015 Visiting professor at Sustainable Forest Management Group, Faculty of Forestry, UBC, Canada, for international comparisons of selection systems.
Professional experience
1995 Assistant Professor of Kyushu University, Japan
2000 Lecturer of Miyazaki University, Japan
2004: Associate Professor of Miyazaki, Japan
present, Associate Professor of Kyushu University, Japan
Publications
(selected)
Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N., Yoshida, S. Changes in determinants of deforestation and forest degradation in Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar, Environmental Management 51, 423-434. 2013.
Htun NZ, Mizoue N, Yoshida S, Determinants of local people’s perceptions and attitudes towards protected area and its management: A case study from Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar. Society & Natural Resources 25: 743-758, 2012.08
Htun NZ, Mizoue N, Yoshida S, Classifying tropical deciduous vegetation: a comparison of multiple approaches in Popa Mountain Park, Myanmar. International Journal of Remote Sensing 32: 8935-8948, 2011.12
Mon, S.M., Mizoue, N., Htun, N.Z., Kajisa, T., Yoshida, S. Factors affecting deforestation and forest degradation in selectively logged production forest: a case study in Myanmar, Forest Ecology and Management 267, 190–198. 2012.
Shigematsu, A., Mizoue, N., Kakada, K., Muthavy, P., Kajisa, T., Yoshida, S. Financial potential of rubber plantations considering rubberwood production: Wood and crop production nexus. Biomass and Bioenergy 49, 131-142. 2013.
Top, N., Mizoue, N., Ito, S., Kai, S., Nakao, T., Ty, S. Effects of population density on forest structure and species richness and diversity of trees in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. Biodiversity and Conservation 18, 717-738. 2009.
Kitahara, F., Mizoue, N., Yoshida, S. Evaluation of data quality in Japanese National Forest Inventory, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 159, 331-340. 2009.
Yamashita K, Mizoue N, Ito S, Inoue A, Kaga ., Effects of residual trees on tree height of 18- and 19-year-old Cryptomeria japonica planted in group selection openings. Journal of Forest Research 11: 227-234, 2006.08
Mizoue N, Dobbertin M, Within country accuracy of tree crown transparency estimates using the image analysis system CROCO: A case study from Switzerland. Environmental Modelling & Software 19: 1089-1095, 2004.12
Mizoue N, Dobbertin, M., Sugawara, D, Operator errors in tree crown transparency estimates using the image analysis system CROCO. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 44: 247-254, 2004.09
Mizoue N, Dobbertin M, Detecting differences in crown transparency assessments between countries using the image analysis system CROCO. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 89: 179-195, 2003.12
Mizoue N, Masutani, T, Image analysis measure of crown condition, foliage biomass and stem growth relationships of Chamaecyparis obtusa. Forest Ecology and Management 172: 79-88, 2003.01
Mizoue N, Ito S, I T, Growth characteristics of understory trees of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and hanky (Chamaecyparis obtusa) in the alternate strip-clearcutting stand in morotsuka, miyazaki