Damyang-gun Hosts Forum Highlighting the Value of Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark

Exploring Activation Plans for Global Geoparks under the Theme 'Gionature: Return to Nature'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 27th, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, announced on the 28th that it held a Geo discussion forum to reexamine the value of the ‘UNESCO Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark’ at Mudong Village in Gasamunhak-myeon.

This event was organized to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the designation and to explore the overall changes in the Mudeungsan area following the UNESCO Global Geopark re-certification field inspection conducted from the 19th to the 22nd, the roles of the Geo Village Doraesoo Village and Mudong Village, and long-term activation plans for the Global Geopark.

The discussion forum, under the theme ‘Geo Nature: Return to Nature,’ was attended by Lee Byeongno, Mayor of Damyang-gun, Heo Min, Co-representative of the Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark, Jeong Jeongsuk, Head of the Tourism Promotion MICE Team at Gwangju Tourism Foundation, and Kim Sunhwan, Head of Mudong Village, who shared various opinions as panelists.

UNESCO certified the Mudeungsan area, spanning Damyang-gun, Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Hwasun-gun, as the ‘UNESCO Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark’ in April 2018, with the entire Damyang-gun designated.

The Geo discussion forum can be viewed on Gwangju MBC’s YouTube channel and will be produced as a broadcast program scheduled to air on the 1st of next month.

Meanwhile, Gwangju City, Jeollanam-do, Damyang-gun, and Hwasun-gun successfully completed the on-site inspection for the re-certification of the Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark conducted from the 19th to the 22nd.

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