Legal basis

Article 21-2, of the Act On The Conservation And Use Of Biological Diversity

Definition

The term "species with potential risks to the ecosystem" means the following species designated and publicly notified by the Minister of Environment as the management thereof is deemed necessary since such species has a risk of causing harm if it flows out to the ecosystem, etc., based on the outcomes of risk assessment conducted pursuant to Article 21-2 (1):

• Species that has or is likely to have negative impacts on the survival of certain living organisms, such as endangered wildlife defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Wildlife Protection and Management Act, or on the ecosystem of certain areas, such as an ecological and scenery conservation area referred to in Article 12 (1) of the Natural Environment Conservation Act;
• Species that is being used for industrial purposes and cannot be easily replaced by other species, among the species prescribed in any item of subparagraph 8;