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Opening of the 2024 International Symposium on Getbol World Heritage

22nd of April marks the international Earth Day, this year under the motto of “Planet versus Plastics”. Earth Day is an annual event to raise awareness for environmental protection and to demonstrate support through various activities and events. One of the key activities of the Hanns Seidel Foundation is environmental networking, which is why Dr Bernhard Seliger, Ms Minjae Beak, and Dr Hyun-Ah Choi from HSF Korea participated in the 2024 International Symposium on Getbol World Heritage. One of the goals of the symposium is working together to bridge the gap between knowledge and implementation for nature conservation.

The Getbol site in South Korea is situated in the eastern Yellow Sea on the Korean southern and southwestern coast. The site presents very high levels of biodiversity and four different types of diverse coastal sedimentary systems. HSF Korea is very honored to participate in the opening of the 2024 International Symposium on Getbol World Heritage, co-organized by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. In the Korean Getbol, a great emphasis lies on tidal flats. However, due to rapid economic development in the Yellow Sea area, large parts of these tidal flats got lost. Fortunately, several years ago, the South Korean and the Chinese governments began to recognize their ecological value and endangered status and engaged in improved protection of tidal wetlands. One of the conducted measures is putting many of them on the World Heritage list of UNESCO. Since 2017, the conservation efforts also included cooperation with DPRK (North Korea) on wetland protection. During the next three days experts, academics, activists, and civil servants from South Korea, China, and worldwide are coming together in Incheon/ Songdo to discuss how to effectively protect biodiversity and tidal flats in the Yellow Sea area.

The Getbol site in South Korea is situated in the eastern Yellow Sea on the Korean southern and south-western coast. The site presents very high levels of biodiversity and four different types of coastal diverse sedimentary systems. HSF Korea is very honoured to participate in the opening of the 2024 International Symposium on Getbol World Heritage, co-organized by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. In the Korean Getbol, a great emphasis lays on tidal flats. However, due to rapid economic development in the Yellow Sea area, large parts of these tidal flats got lost.

 

[Translate to English:]

Fortunately, several years ago, the South Korean and the Chinese governments began to recognize their ecological value and endangered status and engaged in improved protection of tidal wetlands. One of the conducted measures is putting many of them on the World Heritage list of UNESCO. Since 2017, the conservation efforts also included a cooperation with DPRK (North Korea) on the protection on wetlands. During the next three days experts, academics, activists and civil servants from South Korea, China, and worldwide are coming together in Incheon/ Songdo to discuss the way ahead to effectively protect biodiversity and tidal flats in the Yellow Sea area.

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