“Fieldwork on sustainability (international)” of GPSS has been held with the collaboration between Ibaraki University and Master Program in Climate Change and Development in VJU, 2023

From September 8th to 10th, 2023, a group of 26 people (13 from Ibaraki University with 3 faculties, and 7 from MCCD with 3 faculties) conducted field surveys in Xuan Thuy National Park (XTNP) located in Nam Dinh province.

The research topics include A) Land use and land cover changes, B) Mangrove ecosystem and conservation, and C) Livelihood and disaster management. Both IU and MCCD students conducted interviews with local stakeholders, sampling the environment, such as water and soil, and had active discussions about climate change and sustainability in Xuan Thuy National Park.

The Graduate Program on Sustainability Science (GPSS) at Ibaraki University (IU) offers common subjects shared by all four graduate schools from 2009 (https://www.glec.ibaraki.ac.jp/gpss/).

The subject “Fieldwork on sustainability (international)” of GPSS has been held with the collaboration between MCCD (Master Program in Climate Change and Development) in Vietnam Japan University since 2019 (while it was not held between 2020-2022 due to COVID-19).  This fieldwork is also part of “Hands-on Training and Interdisciplinary Fieldwork on Climate Change” for MCCD students.

We wish this joint effort to promote sustainability science and climate change and development studies to contribute to both our education and research and deepen our partnership and collaboration.