The birth of two new national parks on the Central Ryukyus in the Ryukyu Chain and the task of a World Natural Heritage Site

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  • Yamada Fumio
    Department of Wildlife Biology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)

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  • 琉球列島の中琉球における新たな二つの国立公園の誕生と世界自然遺産候補地としての課題
  • リュウキュウ レットウ ノ チュウ リュウキュウ ニ オケル アラタ ナ フタツ ノ コクリツコウエン ノ タンジョウ ト セカイ シゼン イサン コウホチ ト シテ ノ カダイ

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<p>“Yambaru National Park” was born in 2016, and “Amami Gunto National Park,” in the area called “Central Ryukyus” in the Ryukyu Chain, was born in 2017. The significance of the designation of these national parks is now high in the hopes of protection and security for “Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima Island, The Northern Part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island of the World Natural Heritage Nominated Site”. The biota of the Central Ryukyus is unique, isolated from the Eurasian Continent in the late Miocene to early Pleaistocene (approx. 11.63Ma to 2Ma), passing through a period of long isolation, and now showing unique evolution and high endemism in an island environment lacking predatory mammals. One rabbit species and rodents of the relict endemic species are representative. In recent years, there has been much research, and new results were added also in this special reports in the Mammalian Science. In response to endangered species and conservation of biodiversity in the Ryukyu Chain, the Mammal Society of Japan has been submitting requests and opinions for over 20 years. For new protection measures and designation of the World Natural Heritage in this region, it is important to conserve the habitat of endangered species, and to strengthen countermeasures against alien mammals as future tasks.</p>

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