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Jeju City’s Jocheon-eup Accredited as a Wetland City Under Ramsar Convention

Jeju City’s Jocheon-eup Accredited as a Wetland City Under Ramsar Convention

JEJU, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The small town of Jocheon-eup on Jeju Island that holds the Dongbaek-dongsan wetlands has been accredited as a Wetland City under the Ramsar Convention. The Ministry of Environment and Jeju City announced on Thursday that Jeju City’s Jocheon-eup, along with the South Korean towns of Suncheon, Changnyeong-gun, and Inje-gun, [...]

Two Korean Wetlands Added to Ramsar List

Two Korean Wetlands Added to Ramsar List

SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean wetlands were registered with an intergovernmental treaty on protecting wetlands, officials said Friday, in the latest recognition of the country’s nature conservation areas. Sumeunmulbaengdui, a natural mountainous peat wetland on the southern resort island of Jeju, and the Hanbando Wetland in Gangwon Province, made the list [...]