야생생물 위해 관리를 위한 제도 개선방안 –지속가능한 인간과 동물의 공존의 관점에서–

The risk of wild animals may cause damage to crops or to people’s lives and bodies, as well as threats to infectious agents of infectious diseases such as Corona 19 and may cause enormous economic damage by spreading animal diseases. Due to reckless habitat destruction and climate change, the number of such wild animals has been increasing. Thus, the Wildlife Protection and Management Act was enacted for the management of hazards to wild animals. In the management of wildlife diseases, the establishment of habitat management regulations related to the prevention in the border areas related to African swine fever, and regulations on the capture and disposal of wild animals, including wild boars, are typical examples. Furthermore, discussions are under way to limit the trade of wild animals raised as pets. Meanwhile, the prevention of ecosystem disturbance through the regulation of the introduction of invasive alien species has been continuously strengthened in relation to the management of wild animals. In other words, the government proactively defined the subjects of management of alien species that have not yet been introduced in Korea from the management of alien species flowing into the country, and strengthened the management system for alien species that were inevitably introduced in accordance with socioeconomic needs. However, despite such improvements in the management system for wild animals, it is necessary to secure habitat for wild animals and minimize their contacts in order to ensure a safe life from wild animals in nature, and to review the appropriateness of regulation in limiting commercial trade of wild animals. In the case of alien species regulation, it is required to strengthen the pre-introduction regulation from a pre-consideration point of view, as well as to prepare breeding and management standards of alien species in Korea. Finally, it is necessary to come up with proper treatment methods and standards for the management of harmful wild animals, especially regarding the use of captured wild boars for food purposes, an alternative that can be recruited as a level of food hygiene management is required. The study of management of animal-related risk in terms of future co-existence needs to reflect flexible and diversified values in terms of symbiosis rather than studies representing existing utilization relationships, specific values. Implementing the diversified value of improving human quality of life requires extensive efforts to analyze related legislation in each area of normality by subdividing various factors, including utilization relationships, environment, safety and health hygiene, and to improve the system under systematic convergence.