Sea ice glows with the splendor of the setting sun
photo by KURASAWA Eiichi

6. Monitoring
6a. Key indicators for measuring state of conservation
6b. Administrative arrangements for monitoring property

Monitoring

6c. Results of previous reporting exercises

6a. Key indicators for measuring
state of conservation
Activities such as scientific studies and research as well as long termmonitoring projects will be conducted on topics including the integrity ofthe site and the link between the ecosystems of the land and sea, and tocollect basic data necessary for the adequate management of the area.
Additional monitoring sites will be established in Shiretoko tocontinuously collect data on both the terrestrial, freshwater and marine
environment in order to carry out a long term monitoring study on thehealth of these ecosystems.
Table 6-1 is a summary of the key indicators currently used formeasuring state of conservation.

6b. Administrative arrangements
for monitoring property
Monitoring

A framework to facilitate cooperation and coordination among relevant
agencies, groups, researchers and other related parties will beestablished to conduct periodic and systematic monitoring projects. Inaddition, a system to share and effectively use the information collectedby surveys, researches and monitoring projects will be created.
Specific policies regarding monitoring activities are described in themanagement plan for the nominated site (Appendix 4-A). The contact
addresses for agencies responsible for the monitoring projects are listed
in sections 4d. and 4e.

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Table 6-1 Key indicators for measuring state of conservation
CategoryIndicators

Agency responsible for record keeping

ClimateAir temperature, precipitation, wind direction, Japan Meteorological Agency (AMeDAS observation data)wind speed, sunshine duration, snow depth Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau (Shiretoko pass observationinformation)

Sea ice

Observation data from the sea ice monitoring Japan Coast Guard
radarPlants

Number of species etc. (flora)

Shiretoko Museum
Rausu Visitor Center

Distribution and area of vegetation etc. Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)(vegetation map)
Status of specific plant communities

Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)

Status of large trees and forests of large Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)
trees

Monitoring

Animals:
Mammals

Animals:
Birds

Status of forest resources

Forestry Agency (Forest Resources Monitoring Program)

Number of species etc.

Shiretoko Museum
Rausu Visitor Center
Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)
Forestry Agency (Shiretoko Peninsula Green Corridor Wild Fauna andFlora Monitoring Program)Status of brown bear

Shari town
Shiretoko Nature Foundation
Rausu Visitor Center

Status of Yezo sika deer

Shari town
Shiretoko Nature Foundation
Rausu Visitor Center
Ministry of the Environment
Forestry Agency

Status of red fox and other wild animals

Shari town
Shiretoko Nature Foundation

Number of species etc.

Shiretoko Museum
Rausu Visitor Center
Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)
Forestry Agency

Number of visiting Steller's sea eagles and Working Group for White-tailed Eagles and Steller's Sea Eagles
white-tailed eagles
Distribution of nesting trees and breeding Shiretoko Museum
status of white-tailed eagles (Shari town side)
Breeding status of Blakiston's fish-owl

Ministry of the Environment
Forestry Agency

Animals:
Reptiles andamphibians

Number of species etc.

Shiretoko MuseumRausu Visitor Center
Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)

Animals:
FishesNumber of species etc.

Shiretoko Museum
Rausu Visitor Center
Ministry of the Environment (National Survey on the Natural Environment)

Animals:
Rare species

Status of species listed on the Ministry of Ministry of the Environment
the Environment's RDB

Landscapes

Images taken from fixed observation points Ministry of the Environment

Utilization

Number of visitors

Shari town (Tourism statistics)
Rause town (Tourism statistics)

Number of visitors to the Visitor Center, Shiretoko Nature Foundation
etc.
Rausu Visitor Center1066c. Results of previous reporting
exercises
There have been a number of survey and research projects conducted
for the nominated site. The following Table 6-2 contains a brief
description of the papers and reports on the state of preservation of thenominated site.
Table 6-2 A list of key papers and reports in Japanese:
Issued by;

Natural Conservation Division, Department of Lifestyle
Natural Conservationand Environment, Hokkaido (1981)
Division, Department ofReport on the Synthetic Survey of Nature of the Shiretoko Lifestyle and Environment,
Peninsula (Outline, Plants)
Hokkaido
Natural Conservation Division, Department of Lifestyleand Environment, Hokkaido (1981)
Survey on Vertebrate Communities in Shiretoko
Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Brief description
Overview of the natural and social
environment, brief history of research on
higher plants, results of studies on vegetation,etc.

Natural Conservation
Results of the studies on fishes, birds,Division, Department ofterrestrial and marine mammals, etc.
Lifestyle and Environment,
Hokkaido

Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency,
Nature Conservation
Japan (1985)
Bureau, Environment
Conservation Reports of the Onnebetsudake Wilderness Agency, Japan
Area, Hokkaido, Japan

Results of the studies on weather, geology,topography, plants, animals, birds, insects,etc.

Ohtaishi, N. and Nakagawa, H. (1988)
Animals of Shiretoko, Vertebrate fauna in their naturalstate and their conservation in the Shiretoko Peninsula,
Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido University Press The animal communities (river fishes, birds,small and middle sized mammals, Yezo sika
deer, brown bear, Pinnipedia) in Shiretoko
and the measures to protect the population,etc.

Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency andNature Conservation Society of Japan (1997)
Long Term Ecological Studies in The Onnebetsudake
Wilderness Area and its Surrounding Areas

Nature Conservation
Bureau, Environment
Agency, Japan

Results of the studies on vegetation, birds,mammals, insects, etc.

Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of theEnvironment* (2001)
Report on the National Wildlife Protection Area
(FY 2000)Nature Conservation
Bureau, Ministry of theEnvironment*, Japan

Results of the studies on birds, mammals, etc.

＊ In January 2001, the Environment Agency was restructured and the Ministry of the Environment was founded in place.

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Monitoring

Paper or report