Hitoshi Kadowaki

Hitoshi Kadowaki

Author, Faculty Member at Tokyo University of Science / After working for an international aid journal based on the principles of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, he moved to France. He completed the Advanced Research Program in Human Ecology at the University of Paris 8 (Vincennes-Saint-Denis) with a comparative study of forest ecosystems and forestry between Japan and France.After returning to Japan, he authored numerous works on forests and the global environment. He is particularly known for his book France: Land of Broadleaf Trees, which first introduced French forests and forestry to Japan, and his translation Tree Thieves, which reported on the current state of illegal logging in North America's Sequoia primeval forests.Other works include The World from an Ecocultural Perspective (Minerva Shobo), and translations include In Search of the Origin of Fragrance (Tsukiji Shokan), The Memory of Rivers as Told by Trout (Tsukiji Shokan), A History of Ecology (Ryokufu Publishing), and A History of the Environment (Misuzu Shobo, co-translated).