Legal Procedure for Collecting Samples in a National Park Based on the Natural Parks Act:

Abstract

Geologists,petrologists,geomorphologists,botanists and ecologists often collect samples through field surveys. They are required to obtain permission from the Ministry of the Environment before collecting samples in a special zone and a marine park zone of a national park. For example,permission is necessary for sampling prior to mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones in such zones. A legal procedure is introduced that is required to be followed before taking samples for AMS 14C dating in Keramashoto National Park,Okinawa.