Enforcement Rules of Soil and water Conservation Act Article 24

Pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 20 of the Act, the management authority of designated soil and water conservation areas shall apply to the central or special municipality regulatory authority in writing for amendment and identification of any forest area above a protection belt as land suitable for afforestation, and then request the competent forestry authority to list such land as protection forest pursuant to Forest Act.The management authority of designated soil and water conservation areas shall directly refer the matter to the management authority responsible for forest operation in the event the land mentioned in the preceding paragraph is state-owned forestry area, forestland for experimentation, or protection forest land.