Act on the Creation and Furtherance of Arboretums and Gardens. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Afforestation/reforestation Research Institution Certification Classification/declassification Data collection/reporting Policy/planning Expropriation Business/industry/corporations Forest management/forest conservation Genetic resources Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to provide for matters necessary for the creation, operation, and furtherance of arboretums and gardens to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of citizens and the development of the national economy by promoting the conservation and exploitation of forest genetic resources of national importance and by systematically managing gardens. For the purpose of the present Act "arboretum" means any institution primarily engaged in gathering, proliferating, conserving, managing, and exhibiting the genetic resources of forest trees and in conducting scientific and industrial research, etc. The text – consisting of 24 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: Business Activity (art. 3); Classification (art. 4); Korea National Arboretum (art. 5); Formulation of Master Plans for Promotion of Arboretums and Gardens (art. 6); Expropriation of Land (art. 8-2); Registration (art. 9); Entrance Fees (art. 11); Exchange of Forest Genetic Resources (art. 14); Assistance to Promote Exchange of Information(art. 16). Full text English Website elaw.klri.re.kr