沿岸域の生態系を重視した持続可能な発展に向けて

抄録

The world population reaches 6 billion and is growing continuously. It is predicted to continue high growth of the world population reaching to 8 billion and 6 billion people will be settled on the coastal zone in the year 2025. The Coastal zone where source of variety of species, has currently arisen many kinds of issues. In the near future, we will be faced tremendous symbiotic conflict s between human activities and ecosystems around the world.

In the coastal zone of Osaka Bay, it has arisen many problems originated from population growth and human activities as shown in the its history . Based on the lessons from the history, some leading projects have been proceeded to solve those problems. We need to improve those leading projects in the coastal zone of Osaka Bay emphasizing standpoints from the sea and to propose the future symbiotic model of coastal zone. That will lead the model of ecologic al development in the coastal zone around world.

In the Southern part of Sumoto-City named Yura-Oishi Research Village holds important position of the coastal zone of Osaka Bay. It still remains wealthy ecosystems of the sea and the land, and local people 's living culture/custom harmonizing with ecosystem. Therefore, Yura-Oishi Research Village must be the real area for discus sing the ecological development of the coastal zone.

Here in Yura-Oishi Research Village, people of the wisdom and information assemble from the world to promote the discussions for the future prospect of the coastal zone. And they announced Yura-Oishi Declaration; For the Ecological Development of the Coastal Zone.