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[fiveeagles]

THE SAEMANGEUM MUD FLAT SHOULD BE ALIVE


May 2000 KFEM

Mudflats are unique natural environments located throughout the world. They provide housing and feeding grounds for a wide range of marine life, animals and birds. Mudflats recharge water table levels, act as natural filters for polluted waters and protect the coast from storms and typhoons. Thus, the importance of preserving these unique areas benefits not only nature, but human kind.

In 1971, the international community recognized the importance of mudflats and their need for protection in the Ramsar Convention. There, one-hundred and seventeen nations participated in the Convention and designated one-thousand and eleven mudflats throughout the world to be protected. Korea signed onto the Convention in July 1977 and designated the Yong Wetlands in Daeamsan and Upo Wetlands in Changyoun for preservation. However, the Korean government failed to protect these mudflats and instead, deemed them as high priority areas for potential economic development.

http://english.kfem.or.kr/hot/hot1.htm

For more information,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemangeum_Seawall

[EFLtrainer]

A little l;ate, don't you think? The Saemangum dike was close off a month or two ago. I assume by now they are well into the fill-in portion of the project - or do they drain it first?

[fiveeagles]