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Table 4 Stakeholders and their roles in the raccoon trapping campaign in Asahikawa city, Japan

From: Invasive raccoon management systems and challenges in regions with active control

Stakeholders

Main role

Environmental division of local government

Planning, determining budget, organizing groups, dissemination and raising awareness; (dissemination and awareness rising)

Forestry association

Providing a place to store equipment; management and support for the TC

Environmental conservation organization

Advisory role

Group

Review of the trapping campaign; hosting workshops

Trapper

Conducting listening surveys; setting, managing, and patrolling traps; collecting captive raccoons

Agricultural division of local government

(Responding to reports from residents)

  1. Roles not related to the trapping campaign are noted in brackets