The Minister or the Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs shall both
establish the fundamental plan for conservation of wetlands (hereinafter referred to as the
“fundamental plan”) every five years on the basis of the outcomes of the surveys of
wetlands as prescribed in Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as “wetland survey”), and the(2) The basic plan shall contain the following matters:
1. Policy direction in respect to conservation of wetlands;
2. Matters concerning wetland survey;
3. Matters concerning distribution and size of wetlands, and current status of diversity of
life forms;
4. Matters concerning adjustments with the basic plans of other countries related to
wetlands;
5. Matters concerning international cooperation for conservation of wetlands; and
Minister shall establish the National Wetland Management Plan (hereinafter referred to as
the “basic plan”) on the basis of the fundamental plan through consultation with the Minister
of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. In this case, the plans related to conservation of
wetlands established under other Acts shall be respected as much as possible