Natural Habitat Conservation Areas in Japan
Natural Habitat Conservation Areas (生息地等保護区, seisokuchi tō hogoku) 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 Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (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). Both managed protection zones and buffer monitoring zones are established.[1][2][3][4]
Designated Natural Habitat Conservation Areas
As of March 2012, 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Yamasako Polemoniaceae 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 | |
| Kitaobasama Polemoniaceae 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
Complementary measures
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; Nature Conservation Forests under the National Forest Management Bylaw; and Protected Waters 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, and Ogasawara Islands); Man and the Biosphere Programme (see Yakushima, Mount Ōmine/Mount Ōdaigahara, Hakusan, and Shiga Kōgen); and the Ramsar Convention (see Ramsar Sites in Japan).[1]
See also
- Wildlife of Japan
- National Parks of Japan
- Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan
- Environmental issues in Japan
References
- "Protected Areas in Japan" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- "Nature Conservation in Japan -Section 6". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- 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 [Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora] (in Japanese). law.e-gov.go.jp. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- 生息地等保護区一覧 [List of Natural Habitat Conservation Areas] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 December 2015.