How can we "coexist" with wild animals? In order to explore this question, we aim to provide an opportunity to reexamine what "coexistence" actually means. The lecture will look back on the history of the relationship between humans and wild animals in Hokkaido, and in the panel discussion, we will invite experts involved in wildlife management to discuss the form of "coexistence" between humans and wild animals in the present day from various perspectives.

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Title: Coexistence of humans and wild animals: Thinking from the history of conflict
1. The changing concept of "coexistence": The example of brown bear management in Hokkaido (Speaker: Takafumi Hino)
2. Changes in deer populations and their relationships with humans over the past 100,000 years (Speaker: Hayato Iijima)
3. Wild Animal Use by the Ainu People (Speaker: Yuichi Uchida)
4. Science communication promotes public dialogue (Speaker: Miki Arisaka)
5. Panel Discussion (Panelists: Takafumi Hino, Hayato Iijima, Yuichi Uchida, Miki Arisaka, Takashi Kiyo, Koichi Waseda)