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Liaison Tomohiro Morimoto
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2012
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Hokkaido University
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Maki Komatsu
coordinator
office for a sustainable campus
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

"Outdoor Symposium", organized by Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, is an annual program, where students interested in the forestry study get together to talk and walk in the large forest in Hokkaido. The program is intended to introduce participants to academic forestry research by looking at, listening and touching the forest firsthand.

Participants are required to take garbage home. They collect minimum amount of sample for the purpose of learning how research should be conducted in a manner to preserve the ecosystem of forestry.  


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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