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Korea new ENVIRONMENT MAP from Department Of Environment |
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Hello ambassadors and TUNZA members. So excited to report this article. The Republic of Korea has made a great achievement about environment.(At least personally, it's a fantastic thing:)) The department of environment has made an environment map. The map contains environmental features of each city, from August 6th. In the category of nature, water, climate and air, life environment, and basic geography, the system shows total 25 maps of information. So picture below is the main page of the website. Unfortunately, the English version is not yet made......
The reason they made this system is because they wanted to provide the environmental information easily and in diverse way. For the citizens, they can realize the environment of their residential area. In wider view, it can be used as a means of implementing new policies. We can obtain information based on the category and easy internet research.
So let's look at some maps. Maps below can be seen more detailed and the exact number can be seen in other pages, but for now, let's see the overview. By the way, since the map is written in Korean, I translated in English only the category so please understand..
First picture is a map shows the amount of waste generated per day, in three categories.
To briefly explain, the dark parts of Korea are industrialized parts compared to the lighter parts. And it seems that construction waste is mostly generated in most regions. The second map I'm going to share represents regions which are designated as preservation area. There are nine Ecological landscape protected area, 21 National park, 18 wetlands and conservation area, 1 wildlife sanctuary, and 206 specific island. It was very interesting.
The last map I will introduce indicates the frequency of finding endangered species. It was little bit disappointing for me that endangered species were not highly shown in some areas of the nation.
It's my pleasure to share this environmental information with world friends. I hope our country to work harder on preserving the nature and I believe this map to be a stepping-stone toward the environment. |
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@ Harmanjot Kaur, Luiz Bispo, Rohan Kapur, Ni Putu Wulan Romianingsih, Yuna Tae,
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Thanks all for your appreciation. I hope this map to be widely known by our residents as well. Thanks for your comments :)
Posted 23-08-2015 17:17
Wow Chaeyun this is very interesting information! I also read article about this new system... I think it's great how it is easy for anyone to visually see what's going on with our enviornment. Hopefully the English version will be available soon!!
Posted 12-08-2015 04:40
A milestone reached! This is such a great achievement. Mere looking at the map and the legends, facts and figures can be deduced. Thanks for sharing this wonderful development in Korea.
Posted 11-08-2015 11:13
No wonder Korea is well known for its advanced technology. This map is a great & innovative idea. Now all Korean citizen have access to environmental information
Posted 10-08-2015 12:19
This new ENVIRONMENT MAP , is indeed an awesome idea to keep residents updated of environmental sustainability performance of each city in addition to providing other environment related useful information. Thanks for sharing , Chae.
Posted 09-08-2015 17:29
Thanks ChaeYun for sharing a useful environmental information based initiative by Korea.
The maps are really interesting to look & ponder. They are in local language, it is understandable as most of the users will be Koreans.
Posted 09-08-2015 12:42
Korea always set up great methods to lead with things nationally and internationally!!! I do appreciate Korea thinking and development!!! Thanks for sharing this ChaeYun!!! =D
Posted 09-08-2015 12:37
What a great idea!Such maps will guide further environmental policies that can help improve the conditions.I am glad to know that even statistics about endangered species are shown. Great work Korea!
Posted 09-08-2015 00:29