Full positions
Associate Professor (January 2016 - Present): Natural Resources Management, SERD, Asian Institute of Technology
Associate Professor (April 2004 - December 2015): Environmental Informatics, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, the University of Hyogo (state university), Japan
Postdoc (May 2002 – March 2004): Forestry and Carbon Cycling Modeling, Global Ecology Unit, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
Forester (February 1995 – March 1996): SL International Limited, Malaysia and Cambodia
Full-time Visiting Positions
Visiting Associate Professor (September 2014 – August 2015): School of Biological Sciences, the University of Adelaide, Australia
Bullard Fellow (September 2008 – August 2009): Charles Bullard Fellowship in Advanced Forest Research at Harvard University, USA
Adjunct Positions
Adjunct Lecturer (April 2011 – March 2013): Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
Adjunct Associate Professor (January 2006 – March 2007): Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
Research Projects
1. Co-PI (Ongoing) "Creation of Community Forestry to Promote the Livelihood of Residents under the International Climate Change and Forest Conservation Policy" funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (B)
2. Co-PI (Ongoing) "Sustainable Forest Management through REDD+ Mechanism in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia" funded by International Tropical Timber Organization and Forestry Administration (Cambodia)
3. PI (April 2012 - March 2015) "Methods for Estimating Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (A)
University-corporate Partnership Projects
1. Co-PI (August 2011 to March 2012) "Baseline estimation for off-grid bioenergy production for CDM project development" funded by Japanese Ministry of Environment
2. Co-PI (August 2011 to March 2012) "Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Phnom Tbeng Forests (Cambodia) for Japan's new mechanism" funded by Japanese Ministry of Finance
3. Co-PI (August 2011 to March 2012) "Protecting Prey Long Forests (Cambodia) under the REDD+ Scheme for Japan’s new mechanism" funded by Japanese Ministry of Environment
Capacity Building Projects for ASEAN Member States
1. Workshop "Capacity Building on Climate Change Mitigation and Benefits in Forest Sector" held in Phnom Penh on 8-15 January 2015. Co-managed with the Royal Academy of Cambodia. 60 trainees from 10 ASEAN member states with financial support from Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
2. Training Course "Carbon Accounting System and Carbon Trading" to be held in Siem Reap (Cambodia) on 19-25 September 2015. Co-managed with the Royal Academy of Cambodia. 40 trainees from 8 ASEAN member states with financial support from JAIF
Selected Peer-reviewed papers
1. Chheng, K., Sasaki, N., Mizoue, N., Khorn, S., Kao, D. & Lowe, A. (2016) Assessment ofcarbon stocks of semi-evergreen forests in Cambodia. Global Ecology and Conservation 5, 34–47.
2. Chan, S., Sasaki, N. & Ninomiya, H. (2015) Carbon Emission Reductions by Substitution of Improved Cookstoves and Cattle Mosquito Nets in a Forest-Dependent Community. Global Ecology and Conservation 4, 434-444
3. Chheng, K., Mizoue, N., Khorn, S., Kao, D. & Sasaki, N. (2015) Tree-based approach to evaluate size dependence of residual tree damage caused by selective felling: Case study in tropical semi-evergreen forests of Cambodia. Forest Ecology and Management 356, 285-292
4. Sasaki, N., Chheng, K. & Ty, S. (2012) Managing production forests for timber production and carbon emission reductions under the REDD+ scheme. Environmental Science & Policy 23, 35–44
5. Sasaki, N., Owari, T., & Putz, E.F. (2011) Time to substitute wood bioenergy for nuclear power in Japan. Energies 4(7), 1051-1057
6. Etoh, H., Sasaki, N., Chay, S. & Ninomiya, H. (2011) Carbon emission reduction potentials through thinned wood in Japan. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 4: 107-112.
7. Sasaki, N., Asner GP, Knorr W, Durst PB, Priyadi H & Putz FE (2011) Approaches to classifying and restoring degraded tropical forests for the anticipated REDD+ climate change mitigation mechanism. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 4, 1-6
8. Sasaki, N. & Yoshimoto, A. (2010) Benefits of tropical forest management under the new climate change agreement—a case study in Cambodia. Environmental Science and Policy 13, 384-392
9. Etoh, H. & Sasaki, N. (2010) Comparison of promotion policies of woody biomass utilization in European Union and Japan. Japanese Forestry Journal 92(2), 88-92 (in Japanese)
10.
Sasaki, N. & Putz, F.E. (2009) Critical need for new definitions of forest and forest degradation in global climate change agreements.
Conservation Letters 2, 226–232 (
highly cited)
11. Putz, F.E. & Sasaki, N. (2009) What is ‘forest?’: response to Guariguata et al. Conservation Letters 2(6), 288 – 289
12. Sasaki, N., Knorr, W., Foster, D.R., Ninomiya, H., Etoh, H., Chay, S., Kim, S. & Sun, S. (2009) Woody biomass and bioenergy potentials in Southeast Asia between 1990 and 2020. Applied Energy 86 (S1), S140-S150
13. Sasaki, N. & Kim, S. (2009) Biomass carbon sinks in Japanese forests: 1966–2012. Forestry 82(1), 113-123
14. Kim, S., Sasaki, N. & Koike (2008) Assessment of non-timber forest products in Phnom Kok community forest, Cambodia. Asia Europe Journal 6 (2), 345-354.
15. Sasaki, N. (2006) Carbon emissions due to land-use change and logging in Cambodia- a modeling approach. Journal of Forest Research 11, 397-403
16. Kim, S., Kim Phat, N., Koike, M., & Hayashi H. (2006) Estimating actual and potential government revenues from timber harvesting in Cambodia. Forest Policy and Economics 8, 625- 635.
17. Kim Phat, N., Knorr, W. & Kim S., (2004) Appropriate measures for conservation of terrestrial carbon stocks – analysis of trends of forest management in Southeast Asia. Forest Ecology and Management 191, 283-299
18. Kim Phat, N., Ouk, S., Uozumi, Y. & Ueki, T. (2001) A case study of the current situation for forest concessions in Cambodia – Constraints and prospects. Journal of Forest Planning 7 (2), 59-67
19. Kim Phat, N., Ouk, S., Uozumi, Y. & Ueki, T., (2000) Stand dynamics of Dipterocarp trees in Cambodia’s evergreen forest and management implications- A case study in Sandan district, Kampong Thom. Journal of Forest Planning 6, 13-23.
20. Kim Phat, N., Ouk, S., Uozumi, Y. & Ueki, T. (1999) Analysis of forest management problems in Cambodia – a case study of F company. Journal of Forest Planning 5, 65-71
Selected Books
1. Sasaki, N. (2015, Guest Editor) Carbon Emission Reductions and Removals in Tropical Forests. Special Issue, Land.
2. Parrotta, J.A., Wildburger, C. & Mansourian S. (Editors) (2012) Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives. A Global Assessment Report prepared by the Global Forest Expert Panel on Biodiversity, Forest Management and REDD+. IUFRO 160pp.
3. Sasaki, N. (2012) Tropical Forestry Carbon Benefits. Japan Society of Forest Planning Press 228 pp.
4. Sasaki, N. and Yoshimoto (editors) (2008) A forest resource management and mathematical modeling.” FORMATH 7. Japan Society of Forest Planning Press, 272p.
Leadership Positions
April 2014 – March 2017: Board of Trustee for Kinki region, Japan Society of Forest Planning
January 2013 – Present: Climate Change Advisor, Royal Academy of Cambodia
International Contributions
December 2011 – April 2013:
Global Expert Panel on biodiversity, forest management, and REDD+, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations
June 2010 – March 2015:
Advisory Board for Urgent Need for Promotion of REDD+ project, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Japan
2005: Co-author of Chapter 13 of the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Journal Editor
Forestry, Oxford Journals, UK: 2010-2014
Journal of Forest Planning, Japan: 2014 - present
Land, Guest Editor for a Special Issue "Carbon Emission Reductions and Removals in Tropical Forests" (2/2014 – 2015)
Journals Reviewed
Scientific Reports (Nature); Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer); Biological Conservation (Elsevier); Conservation Letters (Wiley); Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (Elsevier); Environmental Conservation (Cambridge Journals); FORMATH; Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier); Journal of Forest Research (Springer); Sustainability Science (Springer); Journal of Tropical Forest Science; Forest Ecology and Management (Elsevier); Forests (MDPI); Forestry (Oxford Journals); International Forest Reviews; Journal of Forestry Research (Springer); Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier); Tropical Conservation Science.
Fellowships, Honors, Awards
1. Award for Best Paper from the International Society of Environmental and Rural Development in 2013
2. Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research, Harvard University in 2008-2009
3. Zayed International Prize for the Environment "Scientific Achievements in the Environment” in 2005
4. Won Competitive Fellowship Award for DISCCRS Symposium participationin 2003
5. Volkswagen Postdoc Fellowship (Germany)in 2002-2004
6. START Young Scientist Award for Outstanding Publication in 2002
7. University Presidential Award for (Academic) Excellence in 2002
8. Japanese Government Scholarship in 1996-2002 (Embassy Recommendation)
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