Special Act on Management of Mountainous Districts North of the Civilian Control.
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The purpose of this Act is to improve functions of mountainous districts for public interest and contribute to the conservation of conditions of national land by providing for matters necessary for the management of mountainous districts north of the Civilian Control Line to conserve and use the mountainous districts in a methodical and ecologically sustainable manner.
The central government and each local government shall manage mountainous districts north of the Civilian Control Line in compliance with the following basic principles: 1.Mountainous districts shall be managed in a manner that ensures the sustainable conservation of the ecosystem thereof; 2.A mountainous district shall be diverted in a manner that maintains the ecosystem of the mountainous district; 3.An active cooperation system shall be maintained between the central government and local governments so that mountainous districts can be conserved and used in a methodical and ecologically sustainable manner. The Minister of the Korea Forest Service and the head of a local government shall conduct activities for evaluation, education and public relations regarding surveys and inspections of the actual conditions of the conservation and use of mountainous districts, the surveillance of activities. The kinds of projects for assisting residents shall include: 1.Projects for increasing income from forests, such as production, processing, and distribution of forest products; 2.Projects for the enhancement of forest welfare; 3.Projects for the installation of facilities for the conservation and use of mountainous districts; 4.Subsidization for decreased income of a person; etc.
The Act further makes provisions for: plans for management of mountainous districts; application for designation, and restriction on designation of zones subject to ecologically sustainable diversion of mountainous districts; standards for ecologically sustainable diversion of mountainous districts; etc.
The central government and each local government shall manage mountainous districts north of the Civilian Control Line in compliance with the following basic principles: 1.Mountainous districts shall be managed in a manner that ensures the sustainable conservation of the ecosystem thereof; 2.A mountainous district shall be diverted in a manner that maintains the ecosystem of the mountainous district; 3.An active cooperation system shall be maintained between the central government and local governments so that mountainous districts can be conserved and used in a methodical and ecologically sustainable manner. The Minister of the Korea Forest Service and the head of a local government shall conduct activities for evaluation, education and public relations regarding surveys and inspections of the actual conditions of the conservation and use of mountainous districts, the surveillance of activities. The kinds of projects for assisting residents shall include: 1.Projects for increasing income from forests, such as production, processing, and distribution of forest products; 2.Projects for the enhancement of forest welfare; 3.Projects for the installation of facilities for the conservation and use of mountainous districts; 4.Subsidization for decreased income of a person; etc.
The Act further makes provisions for: plans for management of mountainous districts; application for designation, and restriction on designation of zones subject to ecologically sustainable diversion of mountainous districts; standards for ecologically sustainable diversion of mountainous districts; etc.
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