Efforts and Issues about Information of Creatures at Municipalities in Tama area, Tokyo Prefecture

This study aims to grasp the current circumstances of gathering and utilization of “information of creatures” in Tama area, Tokyo Prefecture. We considered “information of creatures” as “information about characteristics and distributions of natural creatures, such as plants, insects, amphibian, reptiles, fishes, birds and mammals.” In comparison with utilization and potential of gathering information of creatures in the municipalities, it becomes clear that the considerable differences exist among municipalities. It has also been identified that the differences depends on ‘the purposes of gathering the information’, ‘the level of interests of the administration’, ‘the existence of experts and citizen's eco-activity’, and ‘the financial conditions’. From the viewpoint of the succession of surround municipalities, projects about rivers and hills were cooperated with them, but, the exchanges about “information of creatures” were not practiced. As a result, the properties of creatures which move over administrative border were not considered. To enrich information of creatures , we propose that decide methods of investigation in politics which take effect in almost municipalities, such as Basic Environment Plan, to get the fixed information, first of all, it is necessary urgently to appreciate the conditions each other in neighboring municipalities.