The Forestry Act Article 6

With regard to undeveloped mountains and lands suitable for forestry, the central government agency shall request that the central land administrative authority classify them as forestland, and promulgate the classification accordingly.Land designated as forestland cannot be changed to other designations. However, forestland can be redesignated if approval is obtained from the special municipal and county (city) governments, and this is then reported to the central government and central land management agency.Indigenous land is also necessary to obtain approval from the central Indigenous authority.Forestland designated as such by other acts cannot be redesignated, except as provided in the preceding paragraph.