Gyeongnam's Agricultural Heritage Terraced Rice Fields, Gyeongnam Province Launches Revitalization Project

The 1st Gyeongnam Social Innovation Series Forum of the Year Co-hosted with the Korean Rural Heritage Society

On the 24th, Gyeongnam Province held a forum at the provincial government office on the theme of "Gyeongnam's Agricultural Heritage Terraced Rice Fields: Preservation and Revitalization."

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do held the 2021 1st Gyeongnam Social Innovation Continuous Forum on the theme of "Gyeongnam's Agricultural Heritage Terraced Rice Fields, Preservation and Revitalization" at the provincial government office on the 24th.

The forum was jointly hosted with the Korean Rural Heritage Society, with about 50 participants including officials from the province and cities/counties, related organizations, and residents of terraced rice field villages, focusing on the "Gyeongnam Agricultural Heritage Terraced Rice Field Revitalization Project."

In his opening remarks, Professor Lee Yoojik of Pusan National University emphasized, "Terraced rice fields contain the wisdom of farmers responding to the climate crisis, and we have the duty to fully pass on this wisdom to future generations."

Professor Yoon Wongeun, Professor Emeritus at Hyupsung University, who gave the keynote lecture, spoke about the background of the Korean Terraced Rice Field Research Association's interest in terraced rice fields and the necessity of their preservation and revitalization.

Professor Yoon stressed, "Through the revitalization of terraced rice fields and designation as agricultural heritage, we can create a good example that contributes to regional development by preserving important local resources without developing them."

The thematic presentations were given in the order of the terraced rice field revitalization project (Kim Jinhan, Miryang Terraced Cooperative), the necessity and introduction plan of the regional agricultural heritage system (Yoo Hakyeol, Chungnam Research Institute), and the importance of biodiversity in paddy wetlands and Japanese terraced rice field preservation cases (Lee Chanwoo, Environmental Research Institute).

Finally, Heo Namhyuk, an officer of the Provincial Social Innovation Promotion Team, explained the tasks and project plans related to terraced rice field revitalization and announced plans to promote policy proposals to cities/counties and the central government as well as monthly forum operations through the Gyeongnam Terraced Rice Field Network.

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