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Environmental Scholars and Activists Urge Ramsar Convention to Review Saemangeum Airport Project Over Wetland Threats

JEONJU, South Korea, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A coalition of environmental organizations and international ecologists has formally petitioned the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to intervene in South Korea’s Saemangeum International Airport project, warning that it poses an existential threat to two ecologically vital tidal flats along a key migratory bird route. On April 23, 2025, the [...]

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

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 [...]