Local People’s Concerns and Hopes towards Wildlife Reintroduction Project and Environmental Education

Abstract

Questioner surveys for local people have been conducted at Sado City and Tsushima City in 2014 and 2015 regarding reintroduction projects of wildlife. Comparative analysis of local people’s concerns and/or hopes on environmental education and awareness enlightenment activities in line with reintroduction projects in each community. As a result of the analysis, it was clarified that there was little differences of awareness between these communities and target species. Expected purpose, contents, methodologies for environmental education and awareness enlightenment activities showed similar tendencies as well. Local people who have reserved his/her opinions for reintroduction project showed comparatively negative sense for the necessities on environmental education and awareness enlightenment activities.