JEJU-DO < invest Korea

Jeju Island announced Monday that it will discuss global cooperative measures with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), including signing a cooperation agreement, establishing a working group and building the international network, to implement the Jeju Declaration adopted at the 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC).

A working group meeting to develop a global environment capital evaluation and verification system, an international workshop to implement the Jeju Declaration and an international symposium on Hanon Crater will be held this September in Jeju with the cooperation with IUCN, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and other international organizations.

Jeju aims at developing implementation measures with the support from the international organizations and the Korean government.

The Jeju Declaration covers development of a global environment capital evaluation and verification system, establishment of a comprehensive management system for UNESCO protected areas in Jeju, support for conservation and facilitation of the Jeju Gotjawal and sustainability of Jeju haeneo or women drivers.

Jeju organized an executive broad and advisory board for Jeju Declaration implementation in March and formulated a comprehensive plan. Jeju and IUCN are negotiating for global cooperative measures.

Recently a global working team and project team were formed to develop evaluation and verification system for a global environment capital. The global working tem consists of 12 experts from seven countries including representatives from IUCN’s Asia Regional Office, Korean National Commission for ICUN, MOE, Jeju Island, universities and researchers.

Jeju plans to become the first global environment capital recognized by the ICUN at the 8th WCC in 2020 by developing the system by 2015.

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Source: Yonhap News (June 24, 2013)

** This article was translated from the Korean.