Nadaoka Lab. - 11/25 CECAM Project Meeting held in Akkeshi, Japan
CECAM Project Meeting held in Akkeshi, Japan †
With the main goal of establishing more integrated approaches to
achieving the CECAM project prospective final outputs and planning in
detail the project activities ahead, a meeting between CECAM Philippine
experts and Japanese counterparts was held in Akkeshi, Japan last July
3-10, 2011. The specific objectives of the meeting were:
(1) finalizing the details of the next intensive survey (9/7-9/26 Field Survey in Philippines)
(2)improving coordination between research components
(3) revisiting the project’s plan of operation
(4) putting into action major decisions from the conference/workshop and the JCC
(6/20-6/22 CECAM National Conference).
The meeting was attended by the following CECAM members: Prof. Nadaoka,
Prof. Nakaoka, Dr. Miyajima, Dr. Umezawa, Dr. Nakamura, Dr. Tanaka, Dr.
Lian, Dr. Honda, Tsukamoto-san, Prof. Fortes, Dr. McGlone, Dr. Villanoy,
Dr. Campos, Dr. Uy, Dr. Blanco and Dr. Herrera. Aside from the series of
meetings, facilities orientation and field excursions were also
carried-out to familiarize participants of the available
instruments/equipment under the project for their respective researches,
and to gain insights in coastal ecosystem monitoring (seagrass beds and
tidal flats) and conservation efforts abroad.
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Left:CECAM Project leaders meeting and management planning, July 2011 (Akkeshi, Japan).
Right:CECAM Project leaders field and laboratory visit, July 2011 (Akkeshi, Japan).
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Left:CECAM Philippine Side Project leaders, July 2011 (Akkeshi, Japan).
Right:CECAM Project leaders field trip, July 2011 (Akkeshi, Japan).
