julian_w
Joined: 08 Sep 2003
Location: Somewhere beyond Middle Peak Hotel, north of Middle Earth, and well away from the Middle of the Road
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 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: Jilli-san Tunnel protest - any info. ...? |
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I just surfed into a bit of info. about a community event/concert that seems to be protesting the building of a new tunnel in Jilli-san somewhere.
I can't quite read enough of the Korean, but I can guestimate that much.
Can't seem to find anything else from a google nor a search of this site.
Anyone know anything about what it's all about?
http://savejirisan.org/culture/index.php
http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=1420 |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, can't help you out. But this thread made me do a google on Jirisan, and I was surprised to learn about their problems with overpopulation:
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Critics of the highway plan point to another national park as an example of what can happen to Mt. Bukhansan if the road is built.
Down south in 1989, a highway was built through the nation's first park, Mt. Jirisan National Park. It revealed another problem: population pressure.
The highway runs almost to the top of the mountain and has made it easier for people to get to the summit. As a result, the number of visitors increased ten fold.
The park authority had to limit the number of climbers to Nogodan peak. Now the mountain top is open to the public only four times a day, with 40 people each time.
Though it is now protected by a special walkway, the mountain trail was trampled by 700,000 people annually damaging it seriously. Recovery seemed impossible.
To solve this problem, the staff of Mt. Jirisan first selected regions of the mountain that needed restoration and designated them as areas off-limit to the public. After that, they replanted grasses and trees to recover what had been lost. The restoration of Mt. Jirisan was so successful, the government extended the plan to other mountains.
The new Forest Control Act means that some regions in the mountains are designated for forestation purposes only. But only certain areas are safe from development. And it cannot be forgotten that the government is planning to expand the highway system to 3,400 kilometres by the year 2004.
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http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=1420
I've never been to Jirisan, but did they really run a highway near the top? Is there really a limit to how many people can visit the peak? Jesus, what idiot gave the OK to run a highway there? |
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