Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama, Regional Adaptation Research Center appears on NHK BS1 "Dynamics of Mother Nature: stories of super spectacles (English title tentative)."

"Chubu Nature Series" which was already aired in November, 2021, is broadcast again on NHK BS1 under the title, "Dynamics of Mother Nature: stories of super spectacles"

Name of the Program

NHK BS1 "Dynamics of Mother Nature: stories of super spectacles"

Time and Date of Broadcasting

7:00p.m. - 7:43p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021 (four episodes in total)

Cast

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama, Regional Adaptation Research Center, Gifu University

Third Episode "Kiso Three Rivers- tales weaved by rivers and people"

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama and TV personality, Mr. Tatsunori Tsujimoto from BOYS AND MEN walk together along the river. As an expert of a river basin environment, Professor Nagayama talks about ecological roles of "wando (artificially created pond-like habitats for fish and aquatic plants, etc.), and "Krib" which originally comes from Dutch, meaning flood control, both of which are observed in Kiso River.*

Kiso River*: a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly 229 km long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie