Abstract
This study clarified the spatial characteristics of buffer zone around farmland with the district unitin the hilly-mountainous and paddy farming area. The present situation of agricultural damage by wildlife and of cooperative work on countermeasure against wildlife was analyzed in order to find the relationships with the spatial characteristic of buffer zone. As a result, two indexes to show dispersion and scale of buffer were found. These indexes make it possible to judge objectively in which district cooperative management of buffer zone works easily and which shape of farmland is managed easily by cooperative management.
