South Korea

Erosion Control Work Act

Legislative

Law

Passed in 1994

This act classifies different types of erosion control projects, requires the Minister of Korea Forest Service to create an erosion control master plan and investigate eroded lands to evaluate outcome of master plans, requires subnational and local governments to designate land in need of erosion control, requires the national government to undertake erosion works or delegate the responsibility to do so to to local governments or businesses, and defines some procedures for conducting erosion control works. This includes coastal erosion.

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