In postwar Tokyo, ornithologist Oliver L. Austin's leadership of the Wildlife Branch of the Natural Resources Section (NRS) for the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) serves as an intriguing lens into the reconstruction of Japanese conservation activities. His experiences as a scientist working on wildlife policies in US-occupied Korea (1945-1946) and Japan (1946-1949) illuminate the war's impact on individuals and their environment. Austin collaborated closely with elite Japanese colleagues, despite their ruined laboratories, burnt collections, inadequate shelter, and despair. Science and conservation provided a common language for intimate connections. Why did these collaborations fail in Korea, but succeed in Japan? How did postwar political realities shape scientific research, conservation, and environmental policies? I propose that what anthropologist and occupation official John W. Bennett calls "colleagueship" (citing sociologist Everett Hughes), or "the establishing of intellectual links across political and cultural boundaries in the modern world," offers a useful model for understanding the revival of these oftentimes trans-war relationships.

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拯救鸟类：Oliver L. Austin 与日本科学家合作修订美国占领的日本的野生动物政策，1946-1950

在战后的东京，鸟类学家奥利弗·L·奥斯汀 (Oliver L. Austin) 领导的盟军最高指挥官 (SCAP) 自然资源科 (NRS) 野生动物分部的领导作用是日本保护活动重建的有趣镜头。他作为科学家在美国占领的韩国（1945-1946）和日本（1946-1949）从事野生动物政策研究的经历说明了战争对个人及其环境的影响。奥斯汀与日本精英同事密切合作，尽管他们的实验室被毁、收藏品被烧毁、庇护所不足和绝望。科学和保护为亲密关系提供了一种共同语言。为什么这些合作在韩国失败，而在日本成功？战后政治现实如何影响科学研究、保护、和环境政策？我建议人类学家和职业官员约翰·W·贝内特 (John W. Bennett) 所说的“同事关系”（引用社会学家埃弗雷特·休斯 (Everett Hughes)）或“在现代世界中跨越政治和文化界限建立知识联系”，提供了一个有用的模型来理解这些通常是跨战关系。