WWF and Panasonic enter into second stage of Yellow Sea Ecoregion support project in Korea

The second stage of the plan, the "Regional Development Type Coastal Area Management Model Project" ("Model Project") in Muan County of Korea’s South Jeolla Province, was inaugurated today at a signing ceremony attended by representatives of the WWF, KORDI (Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) and the Marine Department of Muan County. The ceremony as well as a work shop took place at the Muan County Office.

The Model Project will be carried out over approximately three years from March 2010 through to March 2013 in the coastal area of Muan County. Particularly notable is that local residents play a role of primary movers in this project, cooperating with the local government to conduct scientific research into relationships between coastal fishery and marine resources, and benthic organisms in wetlands. The project also aims to carry out necessary measures that will lead to regional development while enabling sustainable use and conservation of the coastal and marine resources.

The cooperation between the local residents, Muan County, KORDI, Korea’s renowned research institute, WWF, a global environment conservation organization, and Panasonic, a company that is committed to promoting environmental conservation, is expected to bring forth a coastal area management model that combines environment conservation and regional development in Korea and serve as an example for sustainable development.