Coastal Zone Management Act Article 7

Coastal zone planning and management principles are as follows:1. Prioritize the protection of natural coasts and maintain the coasts’ natural dynamic balance.2. Protect natural and cultural heritage in coastal zones, maintain coastal landscape and field of vision, and plan functionally harmonized land use.3. Conserve coral reefs, algal reefs, sea grass beds, estuaries, lagoons, sand bars, sand dunes, sandy beaches, mud beaches, cliffed coasts, capes, mangroves, coastal forests, and other sensitive areas to preserve the integrity of their habitat and environment, and regulate human activity to achieve ecological conservation and coastal landform preservation.4. Disaster prone coastal zones shall adopt set-back buildings or adjust its land use in response to climate change and the risk of coastal disasters.5. Avoid building new waste landfills in coastal zones. Existing sites should be reviewed as part of integrated coastal zone management plan. When necessary, a budget should be prepared to sequentially remove existing sites or adopt other improvement measures, so as to maintain public security and the environmental quality of coastal zones.6. Coastal zones shall preserve public access and public use rights, avoid exclusive use, and protect existing rights.7. Development of coastal zones shall give consideration to the impact on and development of surrounding areas, so as to reduce the damage to coastal zones.8. Preserve the traditional wisdom of indigenous peoples, protect traditional settlements, cultural heritage, and space used for celebrations and rituals in shore land area, so that resources will be used sustainably and cultural heritage may be preserved.9. Establish a public participation system for decisions concerning coastal planning to improve coastal protection and management performance.