Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes

Preface.- Contributors.- Part I Understanding Agricultural Systems in Japan.- 1 Japan's Agricultural Policies after World War II: Agricultural Land Use Policies and Problems (Takuya Hashiguchi).- 2 Socio-Ecological Systems in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes in Asian Monsoon (Osamu Saito and Kaoru Ichikawa).- 3 Column: Promoting Agriculture with a Recognition of Biological Diversity in the Context of Rice Paddy Resolutions (Shinji Minami).- 4 Distribution and Abundance of Organisms in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes with Implications for Wildlife-Friendly Farming (Tadashi Miyashita, Miyu Yamanaka, and Masaru H Tsutsui).- Part II Restoring the Multifunctionality of Paddy-Dominated Landscapes.- 5 Environmentally Friendly Farming in Japan: Introduction (Nisikawa Usio).- 6 Column: Endangered Species in Japan: Ex Situ Conservation Approaches and Reintroduction in the Wild (Mariko Kato).- 7 Effectiveness of Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity on Sado Island in Japan (Nisikawa Usio, Ryoji Saito, Hiromi Akanuma, and Ryugo Watanabe).- 8 Column: Sado Wrinkled Frog: An Alternative Symbol for Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Sado Island? (Raita Kobayashi).- 9 Using the Oriental White Stork as an Indicator Species for Farmland Restoration (Kazuaki Naito, Shiro Sagawa, and Yoshito Ohsako).- 10 Nursery Grounds for Round Crucian Carp, Carassius auratus grandoculis, in Rice Paddies Around Lake Biwa (Taisuke Ohtsuka).- 11 Column: Rice-fish Culture: The Contemporary Significance of a Traditional Practice (Yusuke Koseki).- 12 Responses of Aquatic Insect, Terrestrial Arthropod, and Plant Biodiversity to the V-Furrow Direct Seeding Management in Rice Fields (Shinsaku Koji, Koji Ito, Daisuke Akaishi, Kohei Watanabe, Shin-ya Nomura, Daisuke Utsunomiya, Hongshu Pei, Nobuko Tuno, Kazumasa Hidaka, and Koji Nakamura).- 13 Can Paddy Fields Mitigate Flood Disaster? Possible Use and Technical Aspects of the Paddy Field Dam(Natsuki