The human-wildlife conflict has been escalating in Japan. To mitigate this conflict, collaborative management, an effective damage management method, has been advocated. However, many villages are reluctant to conduct this method. Previous studies stated damage management method chose by perception of farming or damage management based on farm conditions. However, few studies have attempted to understand one village's farmers' perception of damage management. We focused on the perceptions of damage management of the residents of village A, Sano city, Tochigi Prefecture, and considered how these perceptions affected their notions of collaborative management. We conducted interviews with individual farm classes, which were classified according to the farmland area of each farmhouse. The responses showed that individual farm classes had different perceptions, but all had some incentive to practice farmhouse management. However, all farm classes doubted the effectiveness of collaborative management or felt dissatisfaction. There were also the concerns for their village's future, and the low incentives offered by the village relatively youth. In conclusion, when considering effective collaborative management, we need to analyze not only farm conditions but also other factors such as villages' capacity to introduce this management method.
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