Skip to contents
  Arirang
 
Arirang Player   Play TV   
TVRadioNewsDrama
 
Log In    Sign Up    Customer Center    Arirang Town
DateTuesday, FEB 09, 2010,  (KST)  zoom inzoom out
National
Politics
Business
IT / Science
Life / Culture
Sports
World
Weather
Photo News
 
Tuesday 09 February 2010
ARIRANG BULLETIN 10:00

Play
 
 
Today's Top News Stories
  Pres. Lee Holds Summit with German PresidentVOD  
  Two Koreas Failed to Reach Compromise at Tourism TalksVOD  
  Chinese and DPRK Officials Hold Talks on Bilateral CooperationVOD  
Latest  News
  North Korean Leader Meets With Visiting Chinese Envoy  
  Two Koreas Failed to Reach Compromise at Tourism Talks  
  FM Says N.Korea Showing No Sign of Returning to 6-Party Talks  
  Pres. Lee Holds Summit with German President  
  Al Qaeda Calls for Attacks Against US Interests "Everywhere"  
  Speaking with the Senior Minister of Senegal  
  Court Orders Hyundai Motor Chairman to Pay 70 Bil. Won  
 
 
Updated : September 6, 2008
 
SEARCH
Start Search
Korea Gets Ready to Host Ramsar Conference
 
It's all about conserving wetlands home to rare species and plants.
Unlike many other environment-related conferences the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has a long history. Established in 1971 at the city of Ramsar, Iran 18 countries signed an intergovernmental treaty which works to conserve wetlands and its resources.

Now that convention has 158 member states with Korea becoming its 101st member in 1997.
The convention takes place every three years and this time the 10th Ramsar Convention kicks off on October 28th for a week in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.
This year's convention has a new goal to come up with a declaration to be implemented and reviewed at its next meeting.

[Interview : Anada Tiega Secretary General, Ramsar Convention] "Changwon Declaration itself will be a way to highlight some of the key issues from the Ramsar Strategic Plan, which will be running from 2009 to 2014."

This will be the second time the convention has been held in Asia.
The first time was in Japan back in 1993. When it comes to wetlands Korea boasts the Upo wetland near Nakdong River in South Gyeongsang Province dating back some 140-million years. It's home to more than three-hundred endangered species including rare plants birds and fish.

There is also the Soonchun wetland located in South Jeolla Province which ranks fifth in the world spanning some 30 kilometers north and south. Next month's convention is expected to bring in around two-thousand government representatives from 160 countries and non-governmental organizations. Changwon city officials hope the event which took three years of preparation will bring more support and attention to the region.

Lee Jeewon, Arirang News.

SEP 06, 2008
 
Reporter : hshin@arirang.co.kr
 
Save Email Print
 
Weekly Most Popular in National News
      Two Koreas Hold Working-Level Talks on Gaeseong ComplexVOD  
      Pres. Lee Rules Out Any Reward to Hold Inter-Korean SummitVOD  
      Govt. Reveals 7 Action Plans to Get Public to Go GreenVOD  
      Seoul Open to Inter-Korean Summit if Pyeongyang Demonstrates a Different AttitudeVOD  
      Wang Jiarui Meets Kim Yong-il in Pyeongyang, While Inter-Korean Talks will be Held on MondayVOD  
  
PR  English Korean Chinese Spanish Arabic Announcements    Site Map    °æ¿µ°ø½Ã(IR)
Address: Arirang Tower 1467-80 Seocho-dong Seocho-Gu Seoul 137-868, Korea Tel: 82-2-3475-5000E-mail: webmaster@arirang.co.kr
Copyright: Since 1997, The Korea International Boradcasting Foundation All Reserved.
Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy