Regulations Governing Management, Operation And Coordination of Forests Located within National Parks Or Designated Scenic Areas Article 7

Zoning of areas other than the existing use area, recreation area of national parks and the protected area of designated scenic areas, and the regeneration of the forests concerned shall be in accordance with the following:1.The forest regeneration shall be conducted by selection cutting and, if necessary, by clear cutting of an area of less than three hectares.2.Each natural forest should be arranged in cutting series; the clear cutting area of each of such cutting series shall not exceed three hectares each year; the cutting of adjacent cutting areas (if any) shall be conducted alternately at an interval of five years or more.3.The total cutting area each year shall not exceed the quotient of the operable standing timber area of the cutting series divided by the average cutting age.4.Cutover forest shall be reforested with the appropriate species of tree(s) in consideration of the relevant reforestation season promptly after the cutting operation is concluded.5.The cutting percent of the selection cutting or the natural regeneration of woods shall be less than 30% of the total volume of the cutting area.Cutting is prohibited in the following areas encompassed in the scope provided in the preceding paragraph:1.The horizontal area extending 50 meters from each side of each main stream;2.The area of an altitude of 2,500 meters or above.3.The hillside area of an inclination of 35 degrees or more.