Natural Habitat Conservation Areas in Japan (original) (raw)

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.