Daegu City, Wangpicheon Natural Environment Interpreter Capacity Building Training

Aiming to Enhance Visitor Satisfaction by Securing Expert Commentary

The Wangpicheon Environmental Office of the Daegu Regional Environmental Office conducted a training program to enhance the capabilities of natural environment interpreters.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 15th, the Daegu Regional Environmental Office conducted a capacity-building training session for natural environment interpreters at the Wangpicheon Ecological and Scenic Conservation Area at the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum.

Wangpicheon is the largest among the nine ecological and scenic conservation areas designated by the Ministry of Environment, covering 103㎢. It is a region where the original natural environment is well preserved and the topography and landscape are excellent, accounting for 36% of the nationwide total.

The Wangpicheon Environmental Branch Office under the Daegu Regional Environmental Office has been hiring 4 to 5 local residents from Uljin and Yeongyang annually since 2011 as natural environment interpreters, providing natural environment explanations and ecological guidance services to visitors of the conservation area.

Last year, to enhance the interpreters' explanatory capabilities, a natural environment interpreter capacity-building program was introduced, conducting four sessions including demonstration presentations, expert lectures, and field training.

This year, through six sessions including expert lectures in the field of vegetation, customized diagnosis of interpretation techniques, and study visits to advanced natural environment sites such as Taebaeksan National Park, the goal was to improve interpretation expertise and increase visitor satisfaction.

Natural environment interpreters, along with the Wangpicheon conservation area resident monitoring project, have contributed to increasing farm income by over 1 billion KRW annually in the Uljin and Yeongyang areas.

Interpreter Shim Hyunja said, “I think this will help provide visitors with interesting and content-rich explanations.”

Director Jeong Myeonghwan said, “We plan to recruit four natural environment interpreters next year,” adding, “We will strive to strengthen the capabilities of natural environment interpreters and widely promote the excellent ecology and landscape of the Wangpicheon conservation area.”

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