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kiwiduncan
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harlowethrombey
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Thanks! Great list!
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Jane
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I once attended a lecture by Birds Korea. There was a British guy who was a full-time member of the group and he was so passionate about what he does and very knowledgeable.
What I thought would be a boring lecture, turned out to be quite interesting. From the sounds of it, it seems Birds Korea was a well run org. with a clear mission, and much needed considering Korea has destroyed only *the best* wetlands and ideal home for migratory birds in Asia, despite pressure from international groups. Very sad.
Read more here about Korea's negligent actions: http://www.birdskorea.org/Habitats/Wetlands/Saemangeum/BK-HA-Saemangeum-Mainpage.shtml
This is Korea's position on it according to Reuters:
They will replace natural wetlands with artificial ones and turn riverbeds into man-made lakes. They will build a park along the road on the sea dyke and try to attract tourists with a theme park, convention centre and even perhaps a casino.
"Saemangeum will turn Korea into a much happier place," said an announcer on a promotional video for potential investors. |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
I once attended a lecture by Birds Korea. There was a British guy who was a full-time member of the group and he was so passionate about what he does and very knowledgeable.
What I thought would be a boring lecture, turned out to be quite interesting. From the sounds of it, it seems Birds Korea was a well run org. with a clear mission, and much needed considering Korea has destroyed only *the best* wetlands and ideal home for migratory birds in Asia, despite pressure from international groups. Very sad.
Read more here about Korea's negligent actions: http://www.birdskorea.org/Habitats/Wetlands/Saemangeum/BK-HA-Saemangeum-Mainpage.shtml
This is Korea's position on it according to Reuters:
They will replace natural wetlands with artificial ones and turn riverbeds into man-made lakes. They will build a park along the road on the sea dyke and try to attract tourists with a theme park, convention centre and even perhaps a casino.
"Saemangeum will turn Korea into a much happier place," said an announcer on a promotional video for potential investors. |
Yes, the Korean government's making some positive moves in terms of encouraging cycling and improving energy efficiency in buildings and cars, but the approach to "restoring" degraded natural areas is pretty awful.
If 2MB was in charge of "restoring" the Indonesian rainforests he'd have what was left of them cleared to make golf courses, condominiums and "leisure hubs" where kids could go to enjoy some kind of re-made eco-experience - but they might have some wind turbines, and everyone would drive electric buggies 
And let's not forget some big paintings of butterflies |
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kiwiduncan
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Nial Moores from Busan-based Birds Korea would be happy for anyone interested in protecting Korea's remaining wetlands and birdlife to contact him.
The website is www.birdskorea.org If you have any Korean friends or family who might also be interested then perhaps you could direct them to the Korean-language website www.birdskorea.or.kr
BK is a great group to be involved in if you want to help protect Korea's environment but don't see any need to burn American flags, attend candlelight vigils or chop off your thumb  |
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kiwiduncan
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