Mitsuru Osaki

Professor

Hokkaido University

  • Mitsuru Osaki was Professor at the Research Faculty of Agriculture and the Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, from 2006 to 2017. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University, and president of the Japan Peatland Society (JPS), founded in 2014. He was trained as a plant physiologist and soil scientist and obtained his doctorate degree from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, in 1981. Osaki has carried out many collaborative research and teaching projects on tropical land management and rehabilitation of tropical peatland forests. He was Project Leader of the JST-JICA project on Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia from 2008 to 2014. This collaborative research project between Japan and Indonesia resulted in concrete policy recommendations for the Indonesian government, inventory manuals and reports, and the first book of tropical peatland, entitled Tropical Peatland Ecosystems, published by Springer (2016).

  • Researcher ID

    Scopus ID: 56041442900

  • Educations

    M.Sc. in Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Agriculture

    Ph.D. in Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Agriculture

  • Position

    Professor, Hokkaido University

Publications

2017

Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

Wijedasa, L.S.; Jauhiainen, J.; Könönen, M.; Lampela, M.; Vasander, H.; LeBlanc, M-C.; Evers, S.; Smith, T.E.L.; Yule, C.M.; Varkkey, H.; Lupascu, M.; Parish, F.; Singleton, I.; Clements, G.R.; Aziz, S.A.; Harrison, M.E.; Cheyne, S.; Anshari, G.Z.; Meijaard, E.; Goldstein, J.E.; Waldron, S.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Dommain, R.; Frolking, S.; Evans, C.D.; Posa, M.R.C.; Glaser, P.H.; Suryadiputra, N.; Lubis, R.; Santika, T.; Padfield, R.; Kurnianto, S.; Hadisiswoyo, P.; Lim, T.W.; Page, S.E.; Gauci, V.; van der Meer, P.J.; Buckland, H.; Garnier, F.; Samuel, M.K.; Kim Choo, L.N.L.; O'Reilly, P; Warren, M.; Suksuwan, S.; Sumarga, E.; Jain, A.; Laurance, W.F.; Couwenberg, J.; Joosten, H.; Vernimmen, R.; Hooijer, A.; Malins, C.; Cochrane, M.A.; Perumal, B.; Siegert, F.; Peh, K.S.-H.; Comeau, L.-P.; Verchot, L.V.; Harvey, C.F.; Cobb, A.; Jaafar, Z.; Wösten, H.; Manuri, S.; Müller, M.; Giesen, W.; Phelps, J.; Ding, L.Y.; Silvius, M.; Wedeux, B.M.M.; Hoyt, A.; Osaki, M.; Takashi, H.; Takahashi, H.; Kohyama, T.S.; Haraguchi, A.; Nugroho, N.P.; Coomes, D.A.; Le, P.Q.; Dohong, A.; Gunawan, H.; Gaveau, D.L.A.; Langner, A.; Lim, F.K.S.; Edwards, D.P.; Giam, X.; van der Werf, G.; Carmenta, R.; Verwer, C.C.; Gibson, L.; Grandois, L.; Graham, L.L.B.; Regalino, J.; Wich, S.A.; Rieley, J.; Kettridge, N.; Brown, C.; Pirard, R.; Moore, S.; Capilla, B.R.; Ballhorn, U.; Hua, C.H.; Hoscilo, A.; Lohberger, S.; Evans, T.A.; Yulianti, N.; Blackham, G.; Onrizal; Husson, S.; Murdiyarso, D.; Pangala, S.; Cole, L.E.S.; Tacconi, L.; Segah, H.; Tonoto, P.; Lee, J.S.H.; Schmilewski, G.; Wulffraat, S.; Putra, E.I.; Cattau, M.E.; Clymo, R.S.; Morrison, R.; Mijahid, A.; Miettinen, J.; Soo, C.L.; Valpola, S.; Wilson, D.; D'Arcy, L.; Gerding, M.; Sundari, S.; Thorton, S.A.; Kalisz, B.; Chapman, S.J.; Mat Su, A.S.; Basuki, I.; Itoh, M.; Traeholt, C.; Sloan, S.; Sayok, A.K.; Andersen, R.

Co-authors networks

Map of Sciences.

PARTNERS

Founding member states
Republic of Indonesia Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of Peru
Coordinating partners
Ministry of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia CIFOR UN Environment FAO