Code：G2B60114 / Instructor：IMAZU Michio
Course Description
This course will explain fundamental knowledge and concepts related to the distribution and life of biological populations in various environments,
interactions between populations in biological communities, and the structure and functions of ecosystems, which comprise biological communities
and the environments surrounding them. The lectures will also explain several problems related to living organisms and the environment, from our
immediate surroundings to a global scale, using slides and video teaching materials.
Keywords
natural environment,
environmental change,
biodiversity, ecosystem service,
natural environment conservation
and regeneration of nature
Course Plan
1. The global environment and living organisms
2. Land environments and biomes
3. Japan’s natural environment and living organisms (1)
4. Japan’s natural environment and living organisms (2); report
5. Groups of living organisms (populations)
6. Structures of biological communities
7. Changes in biological communities (ecological shift)
8. Structures and functions of ecosystems
9. Transformation of the natural environment due to human activities; report
10. Environmental pollution and environmental destruction
11. Global warming and climate change (1)
12. Global warming and climate change (2)
13. Biodiversity and its conservation (1)
14. Biodiversity and its conservation (2); report
15. Conserving biodiversity and nature regeneration; class questionnaire
16. Final test
