Aim
To develop skills in planning projects aimed at one or more of the three exit points (goals) of the PWS program (i.e., conservation specialization, curation, outreach). Required to design/conduct individual overseas training projects.

2017 FY (April 2017 - March 2018)

Chimpanzee picture database

Kumamoto Sanctuary, Kumamoto

Date 2017/04/03-2017/04/04

Name Gao Jie

Setting up pathogen avoidance experiments with semi-free ranging Asian elephants in Tamil Nadu, India

India

Date 2017/04/21-2017/04/29

Name Cecile Sarabian

Field work for my PhD study on Yunnan snub nosed monkey

Yunnan, China

Date 2017/04/22-2017/08/01

Name Liu Jie

UAV Lesson and monitoring of finless porpoise

Kumamoto Sanctuary

Date 2017/04/22 - 2017/04/26

Name Mi Yeon Kim

Visit ANC productions

Tokyo

Date 2017/04/23

Name Yuri KAWAGUCHI

Study on giraffe habitat selection for resting and nursing

Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Date 2017/05/08 - 2017/09/10, 2017/10/10 - 2017/12/02

Name Miho Saito

Study of spatial positioning and social behavior in feral horses. Joining behavior 2017 at Estoril

Porutgal, Serra D’Arga

Date 2017/05/11 - 2017/08/09

Name Sota Inoue

International Conference on Environmental Enrichment

Colombia, Bogotá, San Martín, Cali

Date 2017/05/14 - 2017/05/25

Name Josue Alejandro Pastrana

Study on local perceptions of bonobos among Bongando ethnic group in DRC Congo

DRCongo, Thuapa province

Date 2017/05/17 - 2017/09/13

Name Aya Yokotsuka

To take photos of an infant chimpanzee and observe the relationship between her and other menbers

Yokohama

Date 2017/06/12

Name Yuri KAWAGUCHI

Psychology Unit Meeting

Kyoto University

Date 2017/06/18

Name Duncan Wilson, Gao Jie, and Raquel Costa

Human-Gorilla Conflict in Bwindi Impenetrable national Park, Uganda / Stress Hormone Study of Mountain Gorilla

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Ugand

Date 2017/06/18 - 2017/10/25

Name Ryoma OTSUKA

Sampling for Preliminary experiment

Himeji central park, Himeji

Date 2017/06/28

Name Moe Yanagi

Observation of Japanese macaques on Shodoshima

Shodoshima, Kagawa

Date 2017/07/05-2017/07/07

Study on alpha-amylase enzyme and its potential use as a acute stress biomarker in Japanese macaques

Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture

Date 2017/07/10-2017/07/14

Name Nelson Broche

33rd Annual Conference of The Primate Society of Japan

Fukushima

Date 2017/07/15

Name Cecile Sarabian

33rd Congress of the Primate Society of Japan

Fukushima

Date 2017/07/15-2017/07/17

Name Hiroya Takiyama

Behaiour 2017, Observing feral horses, Visiting labs

German, Austria, Portugal and UK

Date 2017/07/21 - 2017/08/10

Name Yuri KAWAGUCHI

PWS Feral Horse Course Behaviour Conference in Lisbon, Portugal / ISAE Conference at Aarhus, Denmark

Montaria and Lisbon, Portugal/ Aarhus, Denmark

Date 2017/07/25 - 2017/08/12

Name Josue Alejandro Pastrana

The 35th International Ethological Conference ("Behaviour 2017")

Portugal, Estoril

Date 2017/07/30 - 2017/08/04

Name Cecile Sarabian

Behaviour2017 conference

Estoril, Portugal

Date 2017/08/01 - 2017/08/06

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

Experiment of pigeons’ navigation

Oxford university, UK

Date 2017/08/05 - 2017/08/09

Name Sota Inoue

Marunouchi Kids Jamboree

Tokyo International Forum

Date 2017/08/14 - 2017/08/17

Field work for my PhD study on Yunnan snub nosed monkey

Yunnan, China

Date 2017/08/15 - 2017/11/29

Name Liu Jie

Annual Meeting of Brazilian Primatology (Pirenopolis), Meeting with Dr. Wilson Spironello (Manaus)

Brazil/Pirenopolis and Manaus

Date 2017/08/18 - 2017/08/28

Name Makiko Take

The 4th forum for the earth environment with Ube City Sarurinpic ~challenge animal’s abilities

Tokiwa Zoo, Yamaguchi

Date 2017/08/19 - 2017/08/20

Name Yutaro Sato

“Do we need zoos?” A student led discussion on Animal Welfare aspects in the keeping of wild animals in zoos

Kyoto City Zoo, Kyoto

Date 2017/08/28

Name Josue Alejandro Pastrana

Animal Welfare Session: Do we need zoos?

Kyoto City Zoo, Kyoto

Date 2017/08/28

Name Cecile Sarabian

KOUDOU2017

University of Tokyo

Date 2017/08/29 - 2017/09/01

eDNA survey focusing on mammals using saltlicks in Malaysia

Malaysia, Perah, Belum-Temengor Forest Complex

Date 2017/08/29 - 2017/09/08

Name Kei Matsushima

Visit for supporting Kim’s dolphin research in Jeju island

Korea, Jeju island

Date 2017/09/04 - 2017/09/06

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan

Toyama University

Date 2017/09/08 - 2017/09/11

Name Makiko Take

Research: Male mating strategy in Japanese macaques in Shodoshima island

Shodoshima island

Date 2017/09/08 - 2017/12/30

Name Shintaro Ishizuka

eDNA survey focusing on mammals using saltlicks in Sulawesi island, Indonesia

Indonesia, Sulawesi island, Gorontaro, Nantu Forest Researve

Date 2017/09/12 - 2017/09/18

Name Kei Matsushima

Tanzania Tour

Tanzania/Dar es salaam, Kigoma, Gombe National Park, Ruaha National Park

Date 2017/09/13 - 2017/09/22

Name Yutaro Sato

How infants perceive the world: assessing the current impact of mountain gorilla ecotourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda), through the eyes of the youngsters

Kampala and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Date 2017/09/19 - 2017/10/25

Name Raquel Costa

Measurement of the body surface spectrum in Finless porpoise, Neophocaena spp.

Marine world "Uminonakamichi", Fukuoka

Date 2017/09/21

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

Symposium on Biocultural diversity and field visit

Yambaru, Okinarwa

Date 2017/09/28-2017/10/01

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

The 6th International workshop on Tropical Biodiversity Conservation focusing on large animal studies

Bogor and Ujung Kulon National Park (West Java), Indonesia

Date 2017/10/15 - 2017/10/22

Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) instruction

Kumamoto Sanctuary

Date 2017/10/16 - 2017/10/24

Name Maegan Fitzgerald

Proposal writing

Manaus, Brasil

Date 2017/10/24 - 2017/12/15

Name Makiko Take

Support of tour guide for guest researchers, SAGA20

Kyoto City Zoo, Kyoto Aquarium, Kyoto, Japan Monkey Centre

Date 2017/11/01 - 2017/11/05

Name Yutaro Sato

The 16th International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception

Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Date 2017/11/03 - 2017/11/04

Name YAN Xiaochan

2017 International Cosmos Prize Ceremony: Commemorative lecture by Dr Jane Goodall (2017 Cosmos International Prize Winner)

Nov 07: Kyoto / Nov 10: Tokyo

Iriomote Field Science Course

Iriomote Island, Okinawa

Date 2017/11/11 - 2017/11/15

Gakuto-Matsumoto Mountain Forum

Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Nagano

Date 2017/11/24 - 2017/11/27

Name Yutaro Sato

50th Anniversary Meeting of the Primate Society Great Britain (PSGB)

Royal Geographic Society, London

Date 2017/11/28 - 2017/11/29

Name Duncan Wilson

Internship at Ministry of Environment, Kinki regional environment office

Kinki Regional Environment Office, Osaka / Takeno Ranger Office, Hyogo

Date 2017/12/11 - 2017/12/19

Name Moe Yanagi

Salivary alpha-amylase enzyme as an acute biomarker of stress in Japanese macaques

Hyogo, Nagano, Chiba prefecture

Date 2017/12/28 - 2018/01/02

Name Nelson Broche

Drone observation in wild sunameri and meeting about researches

Misumi-city, Kumamoto

Date 2018/01/26 - 2018/02/04

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

Research: Male mating strategy in Japanese macaques in Shodoshima island

Shodoshima island

Date 2018/02/15 - 2018/02/18

Name Shintaro Ishizuka

2016 FY (April 2016 - March 2017)

Study on the proximate mechanisms of female dispersal in bonobo male-philopatry societies at Wamba

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wamba Village

Date 2016.05.07-2016.11.14

Name Kazuya Toda

1. Meeting with Mr. Doherty 2. Visiting two zoos 3. Attending International Giraffid Conference

USA, Chicago

Date 2016.05.08-2016.05.15

Name Miho Saito

Study on local perceptions to the bonobos among ethnic group Mongando and Mongo

Democratic Republic of Congo, Thuapa province

Date 2016.05.08-2016.08.01

Name Aya Yokotsuka

Research on feral horses

Serra de Arga, Portugal

Date 2016.06.02 - 2016.06.25

Name Sota Inoue

Study of nursery strategy of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Date 2016.06.04-2016.12.01

Name Miho Saito

Observation of pair swimming and individual identification of Indo pacific bottlenose dolphin around Mikura island

Mikurashima、Tokyo

Date 2016.06.10 - 2016.06.23

Name Natsuko Tajima

Research of scars and wounds on indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins

Japan/ Mikra island, Tokyo

Date 2016.06.10 - 2016.06.22

Name Miho Tanaka

Field work for my PhD study on Yunnan snub nosed monkey

China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Laojun Mountain National Park

Date 2016.06.25 - 2016.12.01

Name Liu Jie

Killer Whale Field Research in Rausu

Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

Date 2016.06.29 - 2016.07.04

Study on feeding ecology of 3 species of Amazonian primates in the fragment of the forest

Brazil, Manaus

Date 2016.08.06-2016.09.09

Name Makiko Take

Behavioral observation of giraffes at Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Tanzania, Katavi National Park

Date 2016.08.15-2016.11.30

Name Anna Kawakita

Grooming patterns and social dynamics in wild chimpanzees

Bossou, Guinea

Date 2016.08.31 - 2016.12.21

Name Morgane Allanic

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Date 2016.09.05-2016.12.05

Name Ryoma OTSUKA

Tanzania, Gombe National Park, Selous Game Reserve

Date 2016.09.21-2016.09.30

Iriomote Field Science Course

Iriomote

Date 2016.10.24-2016.10.28

Experiment of the rock-paper-scissors in children

Xinxinag, Henan, China

Date 2016.11.12-2016.11.26

Name Gao Jie

Sample collection for PhD research

Malaysia/ Sabah, Borneo

Date 2016.12.11 - 2017.01.07

Name Liesbeth FRIAS

Field work for my PhD study on Yunnan snub nosed monkey

China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Laojun Mountain National Park　
China, Yunnan, west side of Meili Snow Mountain Range, along the Nu river bank

Date 2016.12.22 - 2017.02.17

Name Liu Jie

Preliminary research about feeding behavior of Sumatran orangutan

Batang Toru Research Center, North-Sumatra, Indonesia

Date 2017.01.07-2017.01.21

Name Yugo Kawamoto

Observation of Japanese macaque in Jigoku-dani

Zigoku-dani, Japan

Date 2017.02.04 - 2017.02.05

Name Yuri KAWAGUCHI

To attend Shape-Japan workshop

Saitama children’s zoo

Date 2017.02.09 - 2017.02.11

Name Miho Saito & Anna Kawakita

Annual Meeting of Psychology Unit of Kyoto University

Kyoto University

Date 2017.02.12

Name Yuri KAWAGUCHI & Gao Jie

To attend Antelope, Giraffe, Hippo 2017 conference

Czech, Prague

Date 2017.02.18-2017.02.28

Name Miho Saito

Micro-analysis of grooming interactions in wild bonobos

Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo

Date 2017.03.05 - 2017.08.10

Name Morgane Allanic

64th ESJ (the Ecological Society of Japan) Annual Meeting

Waseda University

Date 2017.03.14 - 2017.03.18

Name Kei Matsushima

2015 FY (April 2015 - March 2016)

Vocalization research of killer whales in Hokkaido

Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan

Date 2015.04.09 - 2015.04.13

Name Kaede Mizukoshi

Preliminary identification surveys and underwater observation of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins around Jeju island.

Chejudo, Korea

Date 2015.04.29 - 2015.05.05 　

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

Observation of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins around Jeju Island

Jeju Island, Korea

Date 2015.04.29 - 2015.05.05 　

Name Natsuko Tajima

Field research on visual searching behavior of wild Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins at Mikura island, Tokyo, Japan.

Mikura island

Date 2015.05.29 - 2015.06.16

Name Kasumi Sakakibara

Visit of field site + conference on Rainforest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation in Borneo

Malaysia, Sabah / Danum Valley Conservation Area

Date 2015.06.03 - 2015.06.12 　

Name Morgane Allanic

Feeding ecology of 3 species of monkeys in a remnant forest in Amazon

Brazil /Manaus

Date 2015.06.20 - 2015.07.17　 　

Name Makiko Take

The study on the causes of female-transfer in bonobo societies

D.R.Congo, Wamba

Date 2015.06.23 - 2015.08.03

Name Kazuya Toda

Reserve research for wild bonobos

Wamba village, Luo scientific reserve area, DR Congo

Date 2015.06.23 - 2015.08.03

Name Shintaro Ishizuka

International training program on terrestrial / aquatic wildlife and primate conservation

Sri Lanka / Univeristy of Sri Jayewardenepura

Date 2015.07.31 - 2015.08.17 　

Name Morgane Allanic

International training program on terrestrial & aquatic wildlife & primate conservation

Sri Lanka

Date 2015.07.31 - 2015.08.17 　

Name Makiko Take

Participating on the International Training Program on Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife and Primate Conservation

Sri Lanka

Date 2015.07.31 - 2015.08.17 　

Name Cintia Garai

International Training Program on Primatology and Wildlife Conservation 2015

Sri Lanka

Date 2015.07.31 - 2015.08.17 　

Name Alejandro Pastrana Josue Samuel

International Training Program on Terrestrial & Aquatic Wildlife & Primate Conservation

Sri Lanka

Date 2015.07.31 - 2015.08.17 　

Name Liesbeth FRIAS

Field school, investigation for research collaboration

Uganda/Kalinzu Forest, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary

Date 2015. 08. 16 ? 2015. 08. 31 　

Name Cecile Sarabian

European Federation for Primatology, visit the Unit of Cognitive Primatology & Primate Center in Rome and the University of Vienna

Italy (Rome), Austria (Vienna)

Date 2015.08.24 ? 2015. 08. 04 　

Name Rafaela Sayuri Takeshita

IV International Workshop on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation

Malaysia

Date 2015.09.07 ? 2015. 09. 15 　

Name Rafaela Sayuri Takeshita

‘Chimpanzee Forest and Wild Animal Savannah Tour'

Tanzania, East Africa - Gombe Stream National Park and Selous Game Reserve

Date 2015. 09. 16 - 2015. 09. 25 　

Name Duncan Wilson

2014 FY (April 2014 - March 2015)

Hormonal profile of free-ranging Japanese macaques

Jigokudani, Nagano prefecture, Japan

Date 2014.04.02 - 2014. 06. 10

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

Workshop for conservation of wild apes

DRC, Kinshasa, Basankus, Lomako

Date 2014.04.04 - 2014. 04. 20

Name Kazuya Toda

Study on killer whale’s vocalization

Japan, Hokkaido

Date 2014.05.14 - 2014. 05. 18

Name Kaede Mizukoshi

Study on the ecology of the armadillos

Nagoya city, Aichi

Date 2014.06.21

Name Kei Matsushima

Study on killer whale’s vocalization

Japan, Hokkaido

Date 2014.06.24-2014.07.02

Name Kaede Mizukoshi

Research on Bonobos

DRC, Kinshasa, Wamba

Date 2014.06.24-2014.09.16

Name Kazuya Toda

Attend the conference titled "Aim to coexist with African elephants"

Waseda University, Japan

Date 2014.06.29

Name Aya Yokotsuka

Hormonal profile of free-ranging Japanese macaques

Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary, Dilley, Texas, USA

Date 2014.06.30-2014.07.29

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

The observation of Chimpanzee

Uganda / Kalinzu Forest

Date 2014.07.12-2014.09.13

Name Natsumi Aruga

Fieldwork practice in rainforest and observation on wil d crocodiles

Sepilock and Kinabatangan - river , Sabah state, Borneo island, Malaysia

Date 2014.07.29-2014.08.09

Name Ryo Kutsuma

Study on the ecology and behavior of the armadillos

Malaysia, Sabah

Date 2014.07.29-2014.08.09

Name Kei Matsushima

Non-invasive analysis of adrenal hormones in wild orangutans and Japanese macaques/Presentation at Conference

Danum Valley, Borneo, Malaysia/Hanoi, Vietnam/Bogor, Indonesia

Date 2014.08.02-2014.08.22

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

Study on coexistence between bonobo and human

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Date 2014.08.17-2014.09.17

Name Aya Yokotsuka

ベトナム野外観察実習・保全活動視察

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Date 2014.08.07-2014.08.17

Name Yosuke OTANI et al.

Marunouchi Kids Jambry2014 TIF wonder campus.

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM / TOKYO

Date 2014.08.12-2014.08.14

Name 　Kei Matsushima/ Ryo Kutsuma

Participation at the III Workshop on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation

Tanzania/Arusha, Ngorongoro, Gombe

Date 2014.09.20-2014.10.01

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

Ecological study on nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) living in Amazon rainforest

Brazil, Manaus

Date 2014.10.08-2014.11.28

Name Kei Matsushima

Vocalization and ID research of killer whales in Hokkaido

Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Date 2014.10.09-2014.10.20

Name Kaede Mizukoshi

Hormonal profile of free - ranging Japanese macaques : effects of environment, social behavior and reproductive state

Jigokudani, Nagano prefecture, Japan

Date 2014.10.20 - 2014.12.15

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

The observation of chimpanzee

Uganda / Kalinzu Forest

Date 2014.11.07 - 2015.02.28

Name Aruga Natsumi

Study on the process of female-dispersal until natal emigration in wild bonobos at Wam

DR Congo, Wamba village

Date 2014.11.15 - 2015.02.27

Name Kazuya Toda

Study on What influences on the taboo against consuming bonobo meat in Bongando population in Wamba, DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

Date 2014.11.15-2015.02.27

Name Aya Yokotsuka

Current situation of primatology in Brazil: prospects for a future collaboration

Brazil, São Paulo (USP)/Belém (CENP)

Date 2014.12.22 - 2015.01.07

Name Rafaela Sayuri Cicalise Takeshita

Student Conference on Conservation Science

Australia, Brisbane

Date 2014.12.22 - 2015.01.30

Name Cecile Sarabian

Develop Museum Exhibit on Tibetan macaques

Central Washington University Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.A.

Date 2015.01.30 - 2015.03.01 　

Name Sofi Bernstein

PWS Shodoshima Field Course

Shodoshima

Date 2015.03.12 - 2015.03.16

Name Sofia Bernstein et al.