Abstract
This is a proceeding for the annual symposium entitled “New development of grazing by using drones and robots-From countermeasure at bears to gibier, and to desert and grassland” organized by Commission of Agriculture Development for Arid Lands, The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies. The symposium was held on 7th November 2017, at Food Science Building, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Abandoned farmland is expanding because of old age of farmers and of decreasing of number of farmers. The damages by wild animals such as bears and dear are being actualized along with expanding abandoned farmland, which is concerned as one of the serious problems in super-aging society in the near future. Gibier, French term, which is an activity to consume meat of wild animals locally, is paid attention as one of the resolution to control wild animals. On the other hand, small-seized Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) such as drone is spread quickly and is used in various objectives. Small UAV is used for sheep management in New Zealand instead of sheep dogs. In Japan, small UAV is used for management of sand dune, grassland, and control for wild animals. Based on such background, four presenters were selected in the symposium. Twenty-five people including not only academia but also public organization staffs, private company staffs and NGO staffs who were interested in the above topics attended the symposium and made active and fruitful discussion.
