Ask the Minister of the Environment Koizumi about the initiatives of the revitalization of the National Park "Japan has zero in the top 25 national park rankings in the world. I want to change this."

The point of the revision of the Natural Park Law is "both wheels for protection and use"

で す ね Please tell us the points of the revision of the Nature Park Law and the background.

Minister of the Environment Koizumi: The point of this amendment is definitely based on "natural protection," but we will use it not only for protection but also on the premise.The biggest point is to turn "both protection and use".

　Before the corona evil, the demand for inbound was quite high.Currently, I want you to interact naturally in 34 national parks nationwide, 58 national parks nationwide, which are close to the Corona.I want to make a national park loved by the people.

　With that in mind, we will revise this natural park law.The point is to support both hard and software and strengthen protection.

　From a protection perspective, a photographer may approach the brown bear in a national park in Shiretoko, but this is an act that can be a sad conclusion not only for photographers but also for brown bears.。Brown bear behavior changes depending on the contact with people, including feeding, and as a result, the attack on brown bears has caused the brown bear to be killed.This is really sad for animals.

　Therefore, this is a bill that also makes penalties for new feeding acts.It is a determination to protect the symbiosis of humans and animals.

─ I mentioned earlier that it was “both protection and use”, but what are you thinking about in terms of use?

Minister of the Environment Koizumi: There is a ruin in a national park.There are many hot spring inns and resort hotels built in the bubble era.Unfortunately, buildings that are not used now may make the landscape of national parks worse.We are considering pushing the ruins to remove the ruins, and as a result, we are considering the quality of the national park.

　In addition, the demand for experiences in nature is growing due to corona evil.Working support projects were added to the supplementary budget for FY2012.Working is growing with great momentum due to corona evil.One private company survey shows 70 % of workers in their 30s and 50s.The National Park has 350 campsites nationwide.

　At campsites nationwide, the usage fee is often about hundreds of yen.At Bandai Asahi National Park in Fukushima Prefecture, I visited, there is a place where the facilities are managed at the campsite.We have you come to the camp by hand, and there are facilities so that you can camp, and rental tents.

　There is an environment where you can come by car, such as family and friends, stop the car in the campsite, borrow camping equipment there, and use it easily.There are places in national parks where you can experience such nature, so we will excite them.

　In terms of software, in terms of promoting nature experience activities, the council by municipalities and guide operators created a natural experience activity promotion plan and was certified.We make a bill that unnecessary permission to implement a business.

──Is that you should consult with the local government if you want to do soft aspects such as activities?

Minister of the Environment Koizumi: We will create a plan to promote nature experiences and create a place like a council in local governments.If you have this plan, you will not need individual procedures, such as whether you can set up a tent one by one in a national park, and will be simplified.

── Then, do you mean that you can decide between local governments and businesses when doing such things?

Minister of the Environment Koizumi: This is certified by the Minister of the Environment.If it is based on the certification, the individual procedures that have been needed will be unnecessary.

─ It may be a bit back to the original, but if you simplify the procedure too much, you're worried about the part that you will develop too much?

Minister of the Environment Koizumi: In terms of that, the main premise is that there is no loss in the nature of the national park.This is a major premise.Legally, the requirements for the plan are not to hinder nature protection.

　For example, it is not at all that large -scale development such as mega solar panels for solar power will be simplified in (this time) procedures.You want to accurately understand Japanese national parks, with gates in the park, such as Yosemite in the United States and Yellowstone, and only the magnificent landscape of nature that no one lives.It is not a place to be.

　There are factories, inns and hotels in the national national park area in Japan, and the fact that there is a network of national parks where human life is running anyway is the establishment of a Japanese national park system.

　For example, I would like to proceed with the fact that solar panels are laid on the roof of a house in a national park, and the energy of local production for local consumption is born with self -consumption.It does not eliminate these things.However, there is absolutely no simplification of procedures that can cause large damage to nature in the park.