Follow-up on the FY2024 “Subsidy for Oki Islands UGGp Academic Research”

In support of academic research currently being conducted in the Oki Islands 

Seven research topics were conducted over one year! 

At Oki Islands UNESCO Global Geopark, our “Subsidy for Oki Islands UGGp Academic Research” program supports a variety of research activities related to the area’s natural and cultural landscapes. This initiative aims to deepen understanding of the value inherent in the Oki Islands and amass a body of academic materials through research into the broad fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. 

Seven research topics were chosen from around the world for this fiscal year, with research and surveys conducted over the year and culminating in the “Academic Research Conference” on March 22, where each topic’s findings were presented. 

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Sponsored research topics (Researcher, Affiliation) 

• Exploring the “Real” Mantle Below the Island Arc through Oki Islands Mantle Xenolith
  　（Norikatsu Akizawa, Hiroshima University） 

• Volcanic Edifice Construction and Eruption Dynamics: Insights from the Misaki tuff cone, Oki-Dōgo Island, Japan
  　（Shaun Ali Rizvi, University of Otago (New Zealand)） 

• Formation Mechanisms Behind Primary Orientations Seen in the Mafic/Felsic Dike Swarms of Oki-Dōzen Volcanoes
  　（Daisuke Miura, Osaka Metropolitan University） 

• Characteristics of Dietary Items and Parasites through Latrine Surveys and Collected Fecal Samples of Invasive Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) on Chiburijima, Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture
  　（Katherine Maria Majewski, Kyoto University） 

• Research Regarding Japanese Sea Lions in the Oki Islands Archipelago
  　（Hitoshi Sato, Shimane University) 

• New Findings from an Excavation Survey of Japanese Sea Lion Remains in Nishinoshima, Oki Islands
  　（Naoki Kohno, National Museum of Nature and Science） 

• Surveying, Recording, and Investigating the Origin of Akekure-no-iwaya Sea Cave 　（Toshimitsu Yamanishi and Akio Mizushima, Sea Cave Research Team）
  　※Due to various circumstances such as the weather, this survey was unable to proceed during this fiscal year and thus cancelled. 

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Academic Research Conference 

The Academic Research Conference was held online on March 22. A space for people to come and watch in-person was created on-site in the Dōzen Islands and Dōgo Island, allowing 49 people online and 17 people in-person to participate. 

※Footage of the conference is not available online but can be viewed at the Bureau’s office in-person. If interested, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

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Research Abstracts 

Please click the link below to view the abstracts for research sponsored this fiscal year.
👉【Subsidy for Oki Islands UGGp Academic Research Abstracts】