Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the present status of participation and the related factors of partnership on the natural restoration under community development based on the results of questionnaire survey about consciousness of the NPOs and specialists. The results are as follows; 1) In the case of NPOs, the majority answered that they have not participated the project in its entry development stage. 2) The NPOs and specialists have clearly different images concerning the partnership. 3) In Evaluation of the public-private partnership for the project, the NPOs tend to place the importance on how the partnership could be achieved, while the specialists would be influenced more by the reason why the participation should be realized.