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Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region: A Stakeholder Discourse Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 KCP Hotel Yanggu A workshop sponsored by: Kangwon National University (KNU), Chuncheon, South Korea Research Institute for Gangwon, Chuncheon, South Korea Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, Bayreuth, Germany Hanns-Seidel Foundation, Seoul, South Korea In cooperation with: Korean Forest Research Institute, Seoul, Korea Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 Stakeholder Workshop and Excursions, June 13 – 19, 2010 June 13 Arrival of Germany excursion participants to Sejong Hotel Pre-workshop Excursions / Background preparation June 14 8:30 Departure from Chuncheon 10:30 - 12:00 Arrival in Jaunri and field tour guided by Mr. Jaesung Eum. Stops at water quality measurement sites and viewing point over the watershed. Some brief explanation on agriculture and research activities by Mr. Eum 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch at local restaurants 13:30 - 14:00 Move to Long-Term Ecological Research Site at Gyebangsan (deciduous forest site) 14:00 - 15:30 Field tour guided by Dr. Jonghwan Lim in KFRI. A brief introduction on the LTER activities will be given by Dr. Jonghwan Lim 15:30 - 17:30 Move to accommodation place near by Mt. Jumbong 17:30 Dinner (Korean Pork Barbecue) June 15 8:00 Breakfast and preparing lunch boxes 9:00 Start hiking to Mt. Jumbong guided by Sinkyu Kang (starting elevation around 700 meters) 10:30 Stop by a field site of Prof. Kang's PhD research 12:00 Climbing up to the main ridge and lunch 13:30 Top of Mt. Jumbong (1424 meters), sightseeing of one of the most beautiful sceneries in Korea 15:00 Stop by a Seoraegul Buddhist temple and chat with Monk Sungil 18:00 Arrival in KCP hotel in Yanggu June 16 Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region: A Stakeholder Discourse (Presented in Korean with English translation available by using head sets) 10:00-10:10 Welcome address – County Governour in Yanggu 10:10-10:20 Sinkyu Kang (Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University) A synopsis of TERRECO Korean-German collaborative research project 10:20-10:50 Kim Gwang-Sam (Deputy Director for Water Quality Conservation in the Pure Water Conservation Division at Gangwon Provincial Office) Management strategies for non-point-source pollutants in Soyang drainage basin 10:50-11:20 Kim Dae-young (Vice County Governour in Yanggu) Comprehensive development plans for Yanggu county 11:20-11:50 Jun Man-Sik (Committee member for the Research Institute for Gwangwon) Strategies for equity in water resource management and usage 11:50-13:30 Lunch (KCP Hotel) 13:30-14:00 Ha Sang-Kwon (Senior Scientist in the Soil & Fertilizer Management Division at the National Academy of Agriculture Science) Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 The present and future of highland crop agriculture 14:00-14:30 Yun Jong-Cheon (Director for Agricultural Technology Center in Yanggu County) Environmentally-friendly agriculture strategies in Haean basin 14:30-15:00 Kim Bum-Chul (Professor in Department of Environmental Science at Kangwon National University) Mitigation strategies of turbid water in Soyang drainage basin (ECOSTAR) 15:00-15:20 Coffee Break 15:20-15:50 Goo Bon-Gil (President at the North Regional Forest Service) Forest and water resource management in Haean and Soyang drainage basins 15:50-16:20 John Tenhunen (Professor at Department of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth in Germany) The TERRECO approach to sustainable regional resource management 16:20-16:50 Bernhard Seliger (Researcher at the Hanns-Seidel Stiftung) Korean and German cooperation for regional development in the border region 16:50-17:30 Discussion 17:30 Welcome dinner Post-workshop Excursions Integrated rural development in the border region: Dr. B. Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation) June 17 8.30 Start of participants from Yanggu to Haean 9.10 Briefing at the field sites (prepared by students, researchers) “Field research sites of the Terreco project 2010” (including visit to Eulji Observatory) 11.40 Transfer to Yanggu 12.15 Lunch in Yanggu 13.15 Transfer to the Peace Dam 14.00 Short Briefing at Peace Dam “The Peace Dam and its political and historical background” Visit of the Peace Dam exhibition Short briefing at the Korea Water corporation “Sustainable water management in the border area” 15.15 Transfer to Hwacheon 16.00 Visit to the Korea Otter Center in Hwacheon “River restoration, water quality and the future of the Korean otter” 17.30 Return to Haean 19.00 “Oberfranken-Evening” (sponsored by Hanns-Seidel-Foundation) Place: Punchbowl Guest House June 18 9.00 Start of student participants from Haean to Yanggu 9.40 Start in Yanggu, Hotel 10.30 Arrival at Yongneup wetland (border of Yanggu/ Inje, Ramsar site) Briefing Integrated Development and Resource Management in the Soyang Lake Region Yanggu, South Korea, June 13-19, 2010 “Yongneup as an important highland moor in the border area, its ecological importance and prospects for eco-tourism” Tour of the region 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Transfer to Goseong-gun 15.30 Arrival at the DMZ observatory Briefing at the observatory “Goseong from the Korean War to a center of inter-Korean cooperation” 16.30 Guided tour of the DMZ museum 18.00 Dinner 19.00 Check-in Kumgangsan Condominium June 19 09.00 Start to Hwajinpo 09.30 Tour of the Goseong-gun eco-trail 11.00 Short briefing at Hwajinpo lagoon “Ecology of East Coast lagoons and human activity” 11.30 Transfer to Seonjiho lagoon Briefing “East Coast lagoons as important resting areas on the Asian-Pacific migratory bird flyway” Visit of the Korea Deep Sea Water Corporation 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Visit to Hwaamsa (Seoraksan mountains) 15.00 Transfer to Yanggu or Seoul .
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