Episode 1.29 (371 to 379)

Article 371. Establishment of community protected areas
1. The ministry responsible for environment and natural sources shall have the authority to
establish community protected areas in sustainable use zones under the administrative
management of subnational administration.
2. Subnational administration may initiate, coordinate, support, give permission principles,
and recognize the establishment of community protected areas after receiving approval
from the ministry responsible for environment and natural resources.
3. Subnational administrations shall study the possibility of designating community protected
areas and determining specific appropriate locations and sizes in consultation and
coordination with local communities and relevant stakeholders.
4. Community protective areas communities shall enter into an agreement with subnational
administration, in which the agreement’s validity shall not exceed 25 years.
5. If community protected area communities do not comply with the agreement and
management plan of the community protected area, subnational administrations shall have
the right to suspend the operation of community protected areas to review and reassess.
6. Subnational administrations shall have the right to revoke the community protected area
agreement after receiving approval from the ministry responsible for environment and
natural resources in cases the communities do not comply with the agreement and
management plan of the community protected area.
7. When it is found that community protected area communities do not adequately comply
with the agreement, the ministry responsible for environment and natural resources shall
have the right to order subnational administration to revoke the agreement.
8. Rules for establishing and managing community protected areas shall be determined in a
sub-decree.
9. Guidelines for procedures and processes to designate community protected areas shall be
determined in a prakas of the minister responsible for environment and natural resources.
Article 372. Prohibited activities for community protected areas
1. Community protected area communities and/or their members shall not have the right to
cut, excavate, or clear the forest lands in the community protective area and convert them
to agricultural land or privately own, sell, change, rent, pawn, give, exchange labour,
allocate, trade, or transfer the community protected area’s management zones.
2. Provision of additional cultivating land to local communities shall be determined in a subdecree upon proposal by the ministry responsible for environment and natural resources in
consultation with subnational administration or upon proposal by subnational
administration to the ministry responsible for environment and natural resources.
Article 373. Participation in organizing community protected areas
Generous individuals, private sector, and civil society shall be encouraged to participate,
support, and coordinate in the organization and operation of community protected areas.
Article 374. Community Protected Area Planning
Community protected area communities shall develop a natural resource management plan
recognized by subnational administration. This plan should be reviewed every three years or before
if necessary. The natural resource management plan of community protected area communities
should be integrated with the subnational administration’s plan.

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