Natural Habitat Conservation Areas in Japan

Natural Habitat Conservation Areas (生息地等保護区, seisokuchi tō hogoku) or Natural Habitat Protection Areas in Japan are designated by the Ministry of the Environment to protect species of flora and fauna designated National Endangered Species, in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Both managed protection zones and buffer monitoring zones are established.[1][2][3][4]

Designated Natural Habitat Conservation Areas

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As of March 2018, nine Natural Habitat Conservation Areas have been designated.[4]

Natural Habitat Conservation Area Prefecture Municipality Area (ha)
(managed)
First Established Image Coordinates
Handa Tokyo bitterling Natural Habitat Conservation Area
羽田ミヤコタナゴ生息地保護区
Handa miyako-tanago seisokuchi hogoku
Tochigi Ōtawara 60.6
(12.8)
1994   36°54′39″N 140°04′53″E / 36.910866°N 140.081307°E / 36.910866; 140.081307 (Handa Tokyo bitterling Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Mount Kita Callianthemum hondoense Natural Habitat Conservation Area
北岳キタダケソウ生息地保護区
Kitadake kitadakesō seisokuchi hogoku
Yamanashi Minami-Alps 38.5
(38.5)
1994   35°40′27″N 138°14′21″E / 35.674260°N 138.239071°E / 35.674260; 138.239071 (Mount Kita Callianthemum hondoense Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Zennōji Nagaoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area
善王寺長岡アベサンショウウオ生息地保護区
Zennōji Nagaoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku
Kyōto Kyōtango 13.1
(3.9)
2006   35°35′57″N 135°04′15″E / 35.599150°N 135.070883°E / 35.599150; 135.070883 (Zennōji Nagaoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Ōoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area
大岡アベサンショウウオ
Ōoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku
Hyōgo Toyooka 3.1
(3.1)
1998 35°30′44″N 134°42′52″E / 35.512106°N 134.714516°E / 35.512106; 134.714516 (Ōoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Yamasako Polemonium kiushianum Natural Habitat Conservation Area
山迫ハナシノブ生息地保護区
Yamasako hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku
Kumamoto Takamori 1.13
(1.13)
1996   32°48′N 131°06′E / 32.8°N 131.1°E / 32.8; 131.1 (Yamasako Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Kitaobasama Polemonium kiushianum Natural Habitat Conservation Area
北伯母様ハナシノブ生息地保護区
Kitaobasama hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku
Kumamoto Takamori 7.05
(1.94)
1996   32°48′N 131°06′E / 32.8°N 131.1°E / 32.8; 131.1 (Kitaobasama Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Imuta-ike Libellula angelina Natural Habitat Conservation Area
藺牟田池ベッコウトンボ生息地保護区
Imuta-ike bekkōtonbo seisokuchi hogoku
Kagoshima Satsumasendai 153
(60)
1996   31°49′01″N 130°28′06″E / 31.816906°N 130.468340°E / 31.816906; 130.468340 (Imuta-ike Libellula angelina Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Mount Uegusuku Kikuzato's brook snake Natural Habitat Conservation Area
宇江城岳キクザトサワヘビ生息地保護区
Uegusuku-dake Kikuzato sawa-hebi seisokuchi hogoku
Okinawa Kumejima 600
(255)
1998 26°22′37″N 126°46′12″E / 26.376895°N 126.770022°E / 26.376895; 126.770022 (Mount Uegusuku Kikuzato's brook snake Natural Habitat Conservation Area)
Yonehara Platypleura albivannata Natural Habitat Conservation Area
米原イシガキニイニイ生息地保護区
Yonehara Ishigaki-niinii seisokuchi hogoku
Okinawa Ishigaki 9.0
(9.0)
2003 24°30′N 124°15′E / 24.5°N 124.25°E / 24.5; 124.25 (Yonehara Platypleura albivannata Natural Habitat Conservation Area)

Complementary measures

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Natural Habitat Conservation Areas are one element in a network of complementary protected area systems.[1] Others include Wilderness Areas and Nature Conservation Areas under the Nature Conservation Law; Natural Parks under the Natural Parks Law; Wildlife Protection Areas under the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law; Natural Monuments and Special Natural Monuments under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties 1950; Protected Forests under the National Forest Management Bylaw; and Protected Water Surfaces under the Preservation of Fisheries Resources Law.[1] Areas are also protected in accordance with three international programmes: the World Heritage Convention (see Yakushima, Shirakami-Sanchi, Shiretoko, Ogasawara Islands, and Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island); Man and the Biosphere Programme (see Mount Hakusan, Mount Ōdaigahara, Mount Ōmine, and Ōsugidani [ja], Shiga Highland, Yakushima and Kuchinoerabu-jima, Aya, Minami-Alps, Tadami, Minakami, and Sobo, Katamuki, and Ōkue); and the Ramsar Convention (see Ramsar Sites in Japan).[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Protected Areas in Japan" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Nature Conservation in Japan -Section 6". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ 絶滅のおそれのある野生動植物の種の保存に関する法律 [Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora] (in Japanese and English). Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b 生息地等保護区一覧 [List of Natural Habitat Conservation Areas] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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