Invited Paper

Sustainable Development and Minamata Disease – Some Lessons from Japan’s High-Speed Economic Growth – Manabu Kondo ………………….……………………………………………………………   2   Research Papers

Development of an Inquiry Laboratory Experiment for Upper Secondary School Biology

        – A Simple Preparation Method for Bacillus natto Cells from a Traditional Japanese

        Food “Natto” for Gram Staining and DNA Extraction –

     Tomoko Kaga and Motoo Arai ……………………….…………………….…..……………  19

A Study on Ferns as Teaching Material

    Toshiyuki Kawakami and Hideo Ikeda ……….……….……….……….……….……………   25

Fluctuating Asymmetry: An Early Warning Indicator of Environmental Stress       Salvacion P. Angtuaco and Maite Leyesa …………………………….……………………..   35

Environment, Resource Sustainability and Sustainable Behaviour

       – Exploring Perceptions of Students in South West Victoria 

     Anne Wallis and Laurie Laurenson …………………..……….……….……….……….……  39

Current State of Nature Experiences Activities and Nature Schools in Japan

        with Special Reference to Educational Reform

    Hideo Kitano ……………………………………..…………….……….……….……….……  50

Development of Teaching Material Using a Cellphone to Connect to the Internet

       – For Collecting Liverworts to Use Them for Observation Activities in the Classroom and in the Field

    Takayuki Sato, Kiyoyuki Ohshika and Hideo Ikeda  ………………………….………………   58

Effects of Cadmium on Oxygen Consumption and Tissue Accumulation in Tiger Shrimp

    Penaeus monodon Fabricius  Nongnud Tangkrock-Olan and Voravit Cheevaporn ……..….    65

Crisis of Biology Education in Japan

    Nobuyasu Katayama, Hisaki Takamori and Yasuhiro Kanaizuka ……………………….…..    75

Practical Report

A Survey of Insects in the Mangrove Forest at the Mouth of the Bangpakong River in Thailand

   Pragrom Prayoonrat …………………….…………………….…….………..……..……..…    81

Abstracts of the Papers Presented at the 19th Biennial Conference of the AABE

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