The Central Regional Coast Guard Agency announced on the 8th that on the 4th, it signed a 'Business Agreement for the Creation of Incheon Tidal Flat Blue Carbon' together with POSCO E&C, Korea Electric Power Corporation Incheon Headquarters, Incheon Facilities Corporation, and Inha University Gyeonggi-Incheon Sea Grant Center.

Blue Carbon refers to the carbon absorbed by coastal ecosystems, including halophytic plants, seaweed, and sediments that inhabit coastal areas. It has recently gained attention as a means to reduce greenhouse gases.

The agreement organizations, including the Central Regional Coast Guard Agency, agreed to actively cooperate in creating blue carbon that can enhance the carbon absorption capacity of tidal flats in the Incheon area by utilizing their respective capabilities and resources to realize a carbon-neutral society.

In addition, they plan to jointly promote seed sowing of halophytic plants (plants that grow in salty soil) and ecosystem restoration at the Seaside Park abandoned salt farm site on Yeongjongdo, Jung-gu, Incheon, which was selected as the blue carbon creation site.

At the 'Incheon Tidal Flat Blue Carbon Creation Business Agreement Ceremony' held at the Central Coast Guard Headquarters on the 4th, (from left in the photo) Kim Jong-pil, Chairman of Incheon Facilities Corporation, On Seong-woong, Head of POSCO E&C Business Division, Kim Byung-ro, Chief of Central Coast Guard Headquarters, Kim Kyung-ho, Head of KEPCO Incheon Headquarters, and Woo Seung-beom, Director of Inha University Gyeonggi Incheon Sea Grant Center, signed the agreement and posed for a commemorative photo. 2023.5.4 [Photo by Central Coast Guard Headquarters]

In February, the Central Regional Coast Guard Agency selected the Seaside Park abandoned salt farm site as a project site for creating a halophytic plant community and sowed seeds of four types of halophytic plants: Salicornia, Suaeda, Atriplex, and Sesuvium.

From the end of this month, they will intensify projects such as cultivating the sown halophytic plants, free distribution, and restoration of natural communities together with the agreement organizations.

At the signing ceremony, Kim Byung-ro, head of the Central Regional Coast Guard Agency, stated, "We will take a more active role in creating blue carbon through tidal flat ecological restoration together with public institutions, companies, academia, and civic groups in the Incheon area."

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