Wetland Conservation Act Article 27
When governments of all levels, upon consulting with The competent central government authority as prescribed in Article 20, should reckon that a development or utilization act may pose to destroy or undermine the Wetland of Importance environment and its ecological functions, such development or utilization applicant shall submit a Wetland Impact Report to competent government authorities for applying a review for permission. The principles governing the review of permission for the development or utilization act are as follows:1. To avoid Wetland of Importance with priority.2. If avoidance is deemed difficult, impact mitigation measures or an alternative plan shall be adopted with priority.3. If there are still difficulties despite the impact mitigation measures or the alternative has been considered, the absence of any impact mitigation may allow for off-site compensation.4. Only when off-site compensation is proven difficult may it allow other forms of ecological compensation to be implemented.The off-site compensation and ecological compensation measures prescribed in subparagraph 3 and subparagraph 4 of the paragraph 1 shall be implemented by the following specified methods:1. The competent government authorities shall set up the ecological compensation ratio and restoration level.2. The foresaid compensation shall have ecological restoration level achieved before the development or utilization on the initial land begins. However, through the evaluation of competent government authorities, if it is impossible to achieve ecological restoration level before the development or utilization of the initial land begins, it may be substituted by raising the percentage of the off-site compensation or the level governing the ecological compensation function.3. Those with an off-site compensation measuring less than 0.2 hectare may apply through the means of remitting the surcharge to the competent government authorities to include the land into the Wetland Fund and also apply for the designated funds for specified use in constructing a wetland with full functions.The criteria of development or utilization acts as described in paragraph 1 to be required to submit the Wetland Impact Report, and the report’s detailed items, information disclosure, public participation and other operating criteria are to be defined by competent central government authority.
中文原文 濕地保育法第27條
各級政府經依第二十條規定徵詢中央主管機關，認有破壞、降低重要濕地環境或生態功能之虞之開發或利用行為，該申請開發或利用者應擬具濕地影響說明書，申請該管主管機關審查許可。
審查許可開發或利用行為之原則如下：
一、優先迴避重要濕地。
二、迴避確有困難，應優先採行衝擊減輕措施或替代方案。
三、衝擊減輕措施或替代方案皆已考量仍有困難，無法減輕衝擊，始准予實施異地補償措施。
四、異地補償仍有困難者，始准予實施其他方式之生態補償。
前項第三款及第四款異地補償及生態補償措施，應依下列規定方式實施：
一、主管機關應訂定生態補償比率及復育基準。
二、前款補償，應於原土地開始開發或利用前達成生態復育基準。
但經主管機關評估，無法於原土地開始開發或利用前達成生態復育基準者，得以提高異地補償面積比率或生態補償功能基準代之。
三、異地補償面積在○˙二公頃以下者，得以申請繳納代金方式，由主管機關納入濕地基金並專款專用統籌集中興建功能完整之濕地。
第一項開發或利用行為應擬具濕地影響說明書者，其認定基準、細目、資訊公開、民眾參與及其他作業事項之準則，由中央主管機關定之。
審查許可開發或利用行為之原則如下：
一、優先迴避重要濕地。
二、迴避確有困難，應優先採行衝擊減輕措施或替代方案。
三、衝擊減輕措施或替代方案皆已考量仍有困難，無法減輕衝擊，始准予實施異地補償措施。
四、異地補償仍有困難者，始准予實施其他方式之生態補償。
前項第三款及第四款異地補償及生態補償措施，應依下列規定方式實施：
一、主管機關應訂定生態補償比率及復育基準。
二、前款補償，應於原土地開始開發或利用前達成生態復育基準。
但經主管機關評估，無法於原土地開始開發或利用前達成生態復育基準者，得以提高異地補償面積比率或生態補償功能基準代之。
三、異地補償面積在○˙二公頃以下者，得以申請繳納代金方式，由主管機關納入濕地基金並專款專用統籌集中興建功能完整之濕地。
第一項開發或利用行為應擬具濕地影響說明書者，其認定基準、細目、資訊公開、民眾參與及其他作業事項之準則，由中央主管機關定之。