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The National Institute of Biological Resources, part of the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment, announced that it will hold a ‘Local Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Support Forum’ on December 11 at the Daewang Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, to support the establishment and implementation of local governments’ biodiversity strategies.
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recommends that both central and local governments prepare strategies for biodiversity conservation. Accordingly, South Korea included the goal of establishing and implementing local biodiversity strategies in the ‘Fifth National Biodiversity Strategy’ formulated in 2024.
In this forum, examples from Seoul and Ulsan will be used to explore balanced ways to establish five common action goals: expanding natural capital through ecosystem restoration, expanding excellent ecological areas, blocking and controlling the influx of invasive alien species, promoting urban biodiversity, and ensuring participation of diverse stakeholders.
Additionally, cases of restoration areas voluntarily participated by Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Gwangju, Ulsan, Gyeonggi, and Chungnam to fulfill one of the common action goals of the ‘Fifth National Biodiversity Strategy’ – ‘implementation of ecosystem restoration’ – will also be shared.