Ryo Sakurai is an associate professor at the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, and completed his MS and PhD degrees at the School of Natural Resources and Environment with the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. He won the Academic Award of the Japanese Association on the Environmental Studies for his contribution to establish the discipline of Human Dimensions in Japan. He is currently a co-editor of “Environmental Education in Asia”, a special issue of the Japanese Journal of Environmental Education. His research interests are human dimensions of wildlife management and coastal management, evaluations of environmental education programs, human-wildlife issues, and social psychology.

• Introduction: New Perspectives of Wildlife Management.- Chapter 1: What is Human Dimensions?.- Chapter 2: Introducing Ideas and Approaches of Human Dimensions to Asia.- Chapter 3: Historical Management of Wildlife in Japan.- Chapter 4: Human Dimensions of Black Bear Management in Japan.- Chapter 5: Programs for Reducing Human-wildlife Conflicts in Japan.- Chapter 6: Educating human dimensions of wildlife management.- Chapter 7: Potential of Human Dimensions; from Asia to the world/ from wildlife management to natural resources management.- Conclusion.

Ryo Sakurai is an associate professor at the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, and completed his MS and PhD degrees at the School of Natural Resources and Environment with the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. He won the Academic Award of the Japanese Association on the Environmental Studies for his contribution to establish the discipline of Human Dimensions in Japan. He is currently a co-editor of “Environmental Education in Asia”, a special issue of the Japanese Journal of Environmental Education. His research interests are human dimensions of wildlife management and coastal management, evaluations of environmental education programs, human-wildlife issues, and social psychology.

• Introduction: New Perspectives of Wildlife Management.- Chapter 1: What is Human Dimensions?.- Chapter 2: Introducing Ideas and Approaches of Human Dimensions to Asia.- Chapter 3: Historical Management of Wildlife in Japan.- Chapter 4: Human Dimensions of Black Bear Management in Japan.- Chapter 5: Programs for Reducing Human-wildlife Conflicts in Japan.- Chapter 6: Educating human dimensions of wildlife management.- Chapter 7: Potential of Human Dimensions; from Asia to the world/ from wildlife management to natural resources management.- Conclusion.

Ryo Sakurai is an associate professor at the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, and completed his MS and PhD degrees at the School of Natural Resources and Environment with the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. He won the Academic Award of the Japanese Association on the Environmental Studies for his contribution to establish the discipline of Human Dimensions in Japan. He is currently a co-editor of “Environmental Education in Asia”, a special issue of the Japanese Journal of Environmental Education. His research interests are human dimensions of wildlife management and coastal management, evaluations of environmental education programs, human-wildlife issues, and social psychology.

• Introduction: New Perspectives of Wildlife Management.- Chapter 1: What is Human Dimensions?.- Chapter 2: Introducing Ideas and Approaches of Human Dimensions to Asia.- Chapter 3: Historical Management of Wildlife in Japan.- Chapter 4: Human Dimensions of Black Bear Management in Japan.- Chapter 5: Programs for Reducing Human-wildlife Conflicts in Japan.- Chapter 6: Educating human dimensions of wildlife management.- Chapter 7: Potential of Human Dimensions; from Asia to the world/ from wildlife management to natural resources management.- Conclusion.