Wetland Conservation Act Article 4
Terms used in this Act are defined as follows:1. Wetland: Referring to areas of natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, still or flowing, freshwater, saltwater or semi-saltwater marsh, lagoon, peat land, tidal zone, water, including areas of marine water the depth of which at lowest tide does not exceed six meters.2. Constructed wetland: Referring to wetland built in simulating nature for the purpose of ecology conservation, flood control, landscaping, recreation or wastewater treatment.3. Wetland of Importance: Referring to wetland offering biodiversity, critical species conservation, soil conservation, water resource culmination, marine resource breeding, flood prevention, flood retention, cultural heritage, landscaping aesthetics, scientific research, environmental education, and have been evaluated per Article 8 and Article 10 and publicly announced per Article 11.4. Wise use: Referring to a timely, fittingly, moderately and adequately sustainable utilization of the biological resources, water resources and land resources that is achieved in a compatible approach within the wetland ecological capacity to maintain the quality and quantity of wetland resources in a stable condition.5. Wetland of Importance Conservation and Utilization Plan: Referring to an integrated and sustainable plan formulated for conserving and wise using of Wetland of Importance.6. Off-site compensation: Referring to the ecological compensation using the means of rebuilding the habitat off-site to restore the wetland ecology.7. Ecological compensation: Referring to remedial measures adopted to compensate the loss of wetland area or ecological functions of the ecological environment due to development or utilization acts.8. No net loss: Referring to adopting impact mitigation, off-site compensation or ecological compensation in the development and utilization acts, to ensure no loss to the wetland area and its ecological functions.
中文原文 濕地保育法第4條
本法用詞定義如下：
一、濕地：指天然或人為、永久或暫時、靜止或流動、淡水或鹹水或半鹹水之沼澤、潟湖、泥煤地、潮間帶、水域等區域，包括水深在最低低潮時不超過六公尺之海域。
二、人工濕地：指為生態、滯洪、景觀、遊憩或污水處理等目的，所模擬自然而建造之濕地。
三、重要濕地：指具有生態多樣性、重要物種保育、水土保持、水資源涵養、水產資源繁育、防洪、滯洪、文化資產、景觀美質、科學研究及環境教育等重要價值，經依第八條、第十條評定及第十一條公告之濕地。
四、明智利用：指在濕地生態承載範圍內，以兼容並蓄方式使用濕地資源，維持質及量於穩定狀態下，對其生物資源、水資源與土地予以適時、適地、適量、適性之永續利用。
五、重要濕地保育利用計畫：指為保育及明智利用重要濕地所擬訂之綜合性及永續性計畫。
六、異地補償：指以異地重建棲息地方式，復育濕地生態所實施之生態補償。
七、生態補償：指因開發及利用行為造成濕地面積或生態功能損失，對生態環境實施之彌補措施。
八、零淨損失：指開發及利用行為經實施衝擊減輕、異地補償或生態補償，使濕地面積及生態功能無損失。
一、濕地：指天然或人為、永久或暫時、靜止或流動、淡水或鹹水或半鹹水之沼澤、潟湖、泥煤地、潮間帶、水域等區域，包括水深在最低低潮時不超過六公尺之海域。
二、人工濕地：指為生態、滯洪、景觀、遊憩或污水處理等目的，所模擬自然而建造之濕地。
三、重要濕地：指具有生態多樣性、重要物種保育、水土保持、水資源涵養、水產資源繁育、防洪、滯洪、文化資產、景觀美質、科學研究及環境教育等重要價值，經依第八條、第十條評定及第十一條公告之濕地。
四、明智利用：指在濕地生態承載範圍內，以兼容並蓄方式使用濕地資源，維持質及量於穩定狀態下，對其生物資源、水資源與土地予以適時、適地、適量、適性之永續利用。
五、重要濕地保育利用計畫：指為保育及明智利用重要濕地所擬訂之綜合性及永續性計畫。
六、異地補償：指以異地重建棲息地方式，復育濕地生態所實施之生態補償。
七、生態補償：指因開發及利用行為造成濕地面積或生態功能損失，對生態環境實施之彌補措施。
八、零淨損失：指開發及利用行為經實施衝擊減輕、異地補償或生態補償，使濕地面積及生態功能無損失。