or Natural Habitat Protection Areas in Japan are designated by the Ministry of the Environment to protect species of flora and fauna designated National Endangered Species, in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Both managed protection zones and buffer monitoring zones are established.
Designated Natural Habitat Conservation Areas As of March 2018, nine Natural Habitat Conservation Areas have been designated.
Natural Habitat Conservation Area Prefecture Municipality Area (ha)(managed) First Established Image CoordinatesHanda Tokyo bitterling Natural Habitat Conservation AreaHanda miyako-tanago seisokuchi hogoku Tochigi Ōtawara 60.6(12.8) 1994 Mount Kita Callianthemum hondoense Natural Habitat Conservation AreaKitadake kitadakesō seisokuchi hogoku Yamanashi Minami-Alps 38.5(38.5) 1994 Zennōji Nagaoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation AreaZennōji Nagaoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku Kyōto Kyōtango 13.1(3.9) 2006 Ōoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation AreaŌoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku Hyōgo Toyooka 3.1(3.1) 1998 Yamasako Polemonium kiushianum Natural Habitat Conservation AreaYamasako hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku Kumamoto Takamori 1.13(1.13) 1996 Kitaobasama Polemonium kiushianum Natural Habitat Conservation AreaKitaobasama hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku Kumamoto Takamori 7.05(1.94) 1996 Imuta-ike Libellula angelina Natural Habitat Conservation AreaImuta-ike bekkōtonbo seisokuchi hogoku Kagoshima Satsumasendai 153(60) 1996 Mount Uegusuku Kikuzato's brook snake Natural Habitat Conservation AreaUegusuku-dake Kikuzato sawa-hebi seisokuchi hogoku Okinawa Kumejima 600(255) 1998 Yonehara Platypleura albivannata Natural Habitat Conservation AreaYonehara Ishigaki-niinii seisokuchi hogoku Okinawa Ishigaki 9.0(9.0) 2003
Complementary measures Natural Habitat Conservation Areas are one element in a network of complementary protected area systems. Others include Wilderness Areas and Nature Conservation Areas under the Nature Conservation Law; Natural Parks under the Natural Parks Law; Wildlife Protection Areas under the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law; Natural Monuments and Special Natural Monuments under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties 1950; Protected Forests under the National Forest Management Bylaw; and Protected Water Surfaces under the Preservation of Fisheries Resources Law. Areas are also protected in accordance with three international programmes: the World Heritage Convention (see Yakushima, Shirakami-Sanchi, Shiretoko, Ogasawara Islands, and Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island); Man and the Biosphere Programme (see Mount Hakusan, Mount Ōdaigahara, Mount Ōmine, and , Shiga Highland, Yakushima and Kuchinoerabu-jima, Aya, Minami-Alps, Tadami, Minakami, and Sobo, Katamuki, and Ōkue); and the Ramsar Convention (see Ramsar Sites in Japan).
See also Wildlife of Japan National Parks of Japan Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan Environmental issues in Japan
References
External links Protected areas in Japan (Ministry of the Environment) Nature Conservation in Japan (Ministry of the Environment) List of Natural Habitat Conservation Areas (Ministry of the Environment)