Risk Issues of Invasive Species and Requirements for Better Governance in Japan

Abstract

Many countries encounter the risk of suffering by invasive species with the rapid globalization of the world economy. In Japan, the Invasive Alien Species Act, which controls invasive species risk, has been enforced in 2005. However, there are still many difficulties in enforcing the risk governance due to the poor public awareness about the invasive species risk. In order to highlight regulatory and systemic problems with the invasive species risk governance in Japan. First, we surveyed governance system regarding Biosecurity of New Zealand for comparative study on invasive species risk governance. Second, we studied the requirements of risk literacy and risk governance with respect to information media of the invasive species risk problem through a questionnaire survey. Next, we established the relation between generation and information media by cluster analysis, which clearly resolved generation gaps that cause of digital divide. Finally, we discuss the requirements of governance system for widespread risk literacy.