Cultural Heritage Administration Invests 23.1 Billion KRW in National Heritage Damage Restoration and More

Preparing for Rapid Climate Change
Development of Fire Safety Measures and Techniques to Avoid Harmful Species

The Cultural Heritage Administration announced on the 16th that it will invest 23.1 billion KRW over five years in the 'Climate Change Response National Heritage Damage Restoration and Adaptation Management Technology Development (R&D)' project to prepare for rapidly changing climate conditions.

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This is a core project of the comprehensive national heritage climate change response plan established in July last year. It aims to develop technologies that support the rapid and accurate restoration of national heritage to its original state and minimize damage. Technologies to predict and prevent damage and to advance preservation management will also be developed.

The tasks are broadly divided into four areas: fire safety treatment technology (for wooden architectural heritage), biological pest avoidance technology, restoration treatment technology for aged timber architectural heritage, and intelligent architectural heritage information modeling technology. The Cultural Heritage Administration explained, "Based on the developed technologies, we plan to assess the risk levels of architectural cultural heritage and predict and inspect changes in the growth conditions of plant heritage."

Applications for the project will be accepted through the Pan-Government Integrated Research Support System until the 16th of next month. For more details, please refer to the websites of the Cultural Heritage Administration or the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage.

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