As of March 2012, nine Natural Habitat Conservation Areas have been designated.[4]
| Natural Habitat Conservation Area | Prefecture | Municipality | Area (ha)
(managed) | First Established | Image | Coordinates | Handa Tokyo bitterling Natural Habitat Conservation Area
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Handa miyako-tanago seisokuchi hogoku | Tochigi | Ōtawara | 60.6
(12.8) | 1994 | 36.910866|N|140.081307|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Handa Tokyo bitterling Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Mount Kita Callianthemum hondoense Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|北岳キタダケソウ生息地保護区}}
Kitadake kitadakesō seisokuchi hogoku | Yamanashi | Minami-Alps | 38.5
(38.5) | 1994 | 35.674260|N|138.239071|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Kita Callianthemum hondoense Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Zennōji Nagaoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|善王寺長岡アベサンショウウオ生息地保護区}}
Zennōji Nagaoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku | Kyōto | Kyōtango | 13.1
(3.9) | 2006 | 35.599150|N|135.070883|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Zennōji Nagaoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Ōoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|大岡アベサンショウウオ}}
Ōoka Abe sanshōuo seisokuchi hogoku | Hyōgo | Toyooka | 3.1
(3.1) | 1998 | 35.512106|N|134.714516|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōoka Abe's salamander Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Yamasako Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|山迫ハナシノブ生息地保護区}}
Yamasako hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku | Kumamoto | Takamori | 1.13
(1.13) | 1996 | 32.8|N| 131.1|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yamasako Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Kitaobasama Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|北伯母様ハナシノブ生息地保護区}}
Kitaobasama hanashinobu seisokuchi hogoku | Kumamoto | Takamori | 7.05
(1.94) | 1996 | 32.8|N| 131.1|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kitaobasama Polemoniaceae Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Imuta-ike Libellula angelina Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|藺牟田池ベッコウトンボ生息地保護区}}
Imuta-ike bekkōtonbo seisokuchi hogoku | Kagoshima | Satsumasendai | 153
(60) | 1996 | 31.816906|N|130.468340|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Imuta-ike Libellula angelina Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Mount Uegusuku Kikuzato's brook snake Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|宇江城岳キクザトサワヘビ生息地保護区}}
Uegusuku-dake Kikuzato sawa-hebi seisokuchi hogoku | Okinawa | Kumejima | 600
(255) | 1998 | 26.376895|N|126.770022|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Uegusuku Kikuzato's brook snake Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
Yonehara Platypleura albivannata Natural Habitat Conservation Area
{{nihongo2|米原イシガキニイニイ生息地保護区}}
Yonehara Ishigaki-niinii seisokuchi hogoku | Okinawa | Ishigaki | 9.0
(9.0) | 2003 | 24.5|N|124.25|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yonehara Platypleura albivannata Natural Habitat Conservation Area}} |
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{{Complete list|date=December 2015}}Natural Habitat Conservation Areas are one element in a network of complementary protected area systems.[1] 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; Nature Conservation Forests under the National Forest Management Bylaw; and Protected Waters under the Preservation of Fisheries Resources Law.[1] Areas are also protected in accordance with three international programmes: the World Heritage Convention (see Yakushima, Shirakami-Sanchi, Shiretoko, and Ogasawara Islands); Man and the Biosphere Programme (see Yakushima, Mount Ōmine/Mount Ōdaigahara, Hakusan, and Shiga Kōgen); and the Ramsar Convention (see Ramsar Sites in Japan).[1]
1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/coop/document/08-ttmnce/08-ttmnce-41.pdf |title=Protected Areas in Japan |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=8 December 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ncj/section6.html |title=Nature Conservation in Japan -Section 6 |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=8 December 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H04/H04HO075.html |script-title=ja:絶滅のおそれのある野生動植物の種の保存に関する法律 |trans-title=Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |language=Japanese |publisher=law.e-gov.go.jp |accessdate=8 December 2015}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/nature/kisho/hogoku/list.html |script-title=ja:生息地等保護区一覧 |trans-title=List of Natural Habitat Conservation Areas |language=Japanese |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=8 December 2015}}