Living Environment Conservation Zones

• Legal basis : Grounds for designation: Article 7 of the Forest Protection Act
• Definition : Areas surrounding a city, an industrial complex, a major hospital or a sanatorium that are deemed necessary to designate for the conservation and maintenance of the living environment of such facilities and for public health and sanitation

Landscape Conservation Zones

• Legal basis : Grounds for designation: Article 7 of the Forest Protection Act
• Definition : Areas surrounding a scenic spot, a historical site, a tourist attraction, a park or an amusement park, or access roads to such a place or areas surrounding a road, a railroad, or a beach that are deemed necessary to designate for the conservation of the landscape

Watershed Conservation Zones

• Legal basis : Grounds for designation: Article 7 of the Forest Protection Act
• Definition :Areas that are deemed necessary to designate for watershed conservation, flood prevention and quality control of drinking water source

  Disaster Prevention Conservation Zones

  • Legal basis : Grounds for designation: Article 7 of the Forest Protection Act
  • Definition : Areas that are deemed necessary to designate in order to prevent soil runoff and rockslides and damage from sea wind, tsunami and sand

  Forest Genetic Resources Protection Zones

  • Legal basis : Grounds for designation: Article 7 of the Forest Protection Act
  • Definition : Definition: Areas that are deemed necessary to designate for the conservation of genes and species of forest plants and forest ecosystems: Provided, that in cases of national parks defined in Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Natural Parks Act, consultation with a park management agency is required in accordance with Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the said Act.