Gyeongbuk Province Launches Full-Scale Ecological Resource Conservation Project for Ulleungdo and Dokdo

Gyeongbuk Health and Environment Institute & Kyungpook National University Sign Agreement for 'Ulleung-Dokdo Research Institute'

Joint Ecosystem Research, Ensuring Sustainable Biodiversity

Gyeongbuk Province is launching a project to conserve the ecological resources of Ulleungdo and Dokdo.

The Gyeongbuk Institute of Health and Environment and the Ulleungdo·Dokdo Research Institute of Kyungpook National University signed a "Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of the Natural Environment and Ecosystem of Ulleungdo and Dokdo" on the 11th.

The two institutions plan to closely cooperate to present data on biodiversity conservation through research on the rich ecological value of Ulleungdo and Dokdo. They will also establish a cooperative system including joint research and exchanges to provide residents with a healthy life.

Gyeongbuk Health and Environment Research Institute and Gyeongbuk National University Ulleungdo-Dokdo Research Institute are signing a business agreement.

Through this agreement, the two institutions will establish a joint cooperation system for △ joint academic research related to health and environment such as pathogenic organisms in Ulleungdo and Dokdo △ research for the conservation of ecosystems and species in Ulleungdo and Dokdo △ participation of members in degree programs and mutual exchanges and joint research among researchers △ mutual use and utilization of equipment owned by both institutions △ maintaining and conserving the soundness of Ulleungdo and Dokdo.

The two institutions plan to share internationally advanced environmental and ecological survey techniques through personnel exchanges for detailed investigations of the environmental ecosystem of Ulleungdo and Dokdo. They also aim to enhance academic value and reliability through scientific investigations using the advanced analytical equipment of the Gyeongbuk Institute of Health and Environment.

Son Chang-gyu, Director of the Gyeongbuk Institute of Health and Environment, said, “This provides an opportunity to advance academic research on the investigation of endemic species and ecosystem conservation of Ulleungdo and Dokdo to the next level, and we will further activate personnel and material exchanges so that the research can be recognized not only domestically but also globally.”

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