Enforcement Rules of Soil and water Conservation Act Article 23

Where the protection belt delimited in a designated soil and water conservation area is slopeland, the management authority of designated soil and water conservation areas shall, after applying on its own initiative to the central or special municipality regulatory authority for amendment and identification of such land as land suitable for afforestation or land subject to strengthened conservation, request the land administration regulatory authority in writing to amend and list said land as forestry land or national protection land pursuant to regulations.The management authority of designated soil and water conservation areas mentioned in the preceding paragraph may increase its reward to soil and water conservation obligor for completing afforestation.The management authority of designated soil and water conservation areas shall notify the result of the amendment mentioned in Paragraph 1 to the land operator, occupant or owner, or in the event of public land, to the land management authority as well.