Jeju Wetland Tour Bus to be operated next month to commemorate "World Wetlands Day"

연합뉴스 / 2023-01-23 08:00:04

▲ This photo, provided by Ramsar Wetland City Regional Management Committee in Jochen-eup, Jeju City, shows the poster of World Wetlands Day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) - Wetland tour bus is to be operated in Jeju to mark World Wetland Day on the 2nd of next month.

According to the Ramsar Wetland City Regional Management Committee in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City on Friday, the wetland tour bus will visit Dongbaek Garden in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, the Ramsar Wetland, the first course 1100 highland wetland, the second course Mulyeongari wetland, the third course Hadori Migratory Bird Habitat, and the fourth course Susanhan pond (translated).

Anyone can participate by choosing one of the courses.

Up to 30 participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis for each course. Register can be done in Wetland Tour Bus (https://forms.gle/tQyL1E4LzwNA2QAv7).

On the same day, wetland animation screening, Jeju Island wetland photo exhibition, wetland video screening, and wetland painting exhibition will be held at the Dongbaek Garden Wetland Center in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City.

The Wetland Blog Press Corps, which tells the value and story of Jeju Wetland, has released "Again, Jeju Wetland" blog (www.ramsarjeju.blogspot.com).

World Wetland Day was established on February 2, 1971 to commemorate the Ramsar Convention.

Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, where Dongbaek Garden, a Ramsar wetland, is located, was recognized as a Ramsar wetland city in 2018.

The "Ramsar Wetland City Regional Management Committee in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City" is a local organization for the preservation and utilization of Ramsar Wetlands.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

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