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DocumentA study on the ecotourism cooperation using the forest cultural heritage in South and North Korea - Focusing on the Geumgangsan Yusan-gi (Geumgang mountain travels)
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest restoration and ecological protection in North Korea require a variety of approaches.
This research focuses on the Geumgangsan Yusan-gi, a shared forest cultural heritage between the two Koreas, to find ways to collaborate with ecotourism.
Is ecotourism a novel approach to Inter-Korean forest cooperation?
What are the advantages and prospects of working together on ecotourism projects centered on the Geumgangsan Yusan-gi?
To achieve the study's goal, North Korean literature data were reviewed and analyzed, and value models for ecotourism cooperation were investigated using content analysis of the Geumgangsan Yusan-gi.
Inter-Korean forest cooperation has primarily focused on planting and management to prevent forest devastation in North Korea.
Forest cooperation needs to develop into a scalable project that connects peace and tourism.
Ecotourism has the potential to be a new model for inter-Korean forest cooperation.
First, ecotourism cooperation pursues reciprocity.
Second, ecotourism is a sustainable project different from one-time support.
Third, ecotourism can be backed by the international community and promoted readily in the face of North Korean sanctions.
Fourth, the ecotourism cooperation project is in line with the Kim Jong-un administration's current tourism policy.
Fifth, the inter-Korean collaboration project based on the two Koreas' shared forest cultural legacy is a unique initiative rooted in Korea's history and tradition.
The Geumgangsan Yusan-gi can promote ecotourism cooperation, such as joint inter-Korean investigation and program development and operation.
To become a reality rather than a pipe dream, this proposal must overcome some obstacles, including the US and international community sanctions against North Korea.
Civil society organizations, such as forests and environmental organizations, play an important role in peace initiatives such as ecotourism and forest cooperation. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Biodiversity conservation, Education, Human health and well-being, Sustainable forest management ID: 3622982 -
ArticleSustainability performance model through local community participation towards the development of sustainable community-based tourism on nature-based sites in Bicol region, Philippines
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Community-based tourism in the Philippines thrives on natural areas both protected and non-protected. In this regard, the participation of tourism stakeholders and their sustainability performance is essential to determine actions and programs to ensure environmental protection and the provision of long-term benefits. This study evaluated the extent of participation of the local tourism stakeholders in the identified community-based tourism (CBT) sites in Bicol Region, Philippines, and determine its influence on sustainability performance. The sustainability performance indicators were anchored from various international CBT indicators and employed the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Standard as the baseline criteria. The participants of the study consist of the members of CBT organizations, the Local Government Unit, full-pledged municipal tourism officers, tourism officers-designate, barangay officials, private stakeholders, NGOs, and tourists. This study used a descriptive research method and utilized qualitative and quantitative analysis. Results showed that all factors of the extent of participation relate significantly to the overall sustainability performance but to a varying degree. The analysis of the extent of participation and sustainability performance showed significant differences among each community with moderate association to one another. The significant predictors for sustainability performance were political maturity, cultural richness, and environmental purity. Political maturity registered the highest effect on sustainability performance. It can be concluded that in the context of Bicol Region, government and political support determines success in tourism development alongside cultural and environmental dimensions of tourism sustainability. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt the Sustainability Performance Model for CBT sites in Bicol Region. Keywords: Community-Based Tourism; Sustainability Performance; Community Participation; Nature-Based ID: 3623835 -
ArticleA study on the establishment of crucial forest resources and cultural heritage protection systems using public big data (focusing on the use of QGIS)
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In case of huge wildfires, the command headquarter of the relevant forest site immediately becomes a center on which all resources, such as material resources and manpower, are concentrated, giving a negative impact on effective management for fire-fighting manpower on ground. Even worse, the conditions of wildfires are naturally varied by each case while the fire spreads into vast areas in a short time, if left unchecked, so a quick decision for the fire fighting is inevitable. For this reason, the necessity of providing wildfire maps is increasingly recognized. Therefore, a wildfire map was created by mapping major forest resources, protected-trees and spatial information of cultural assets with QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System), an open source geographic information system. Also, a verification experiment was conducted by utilizing ‘QField’ (a smartphone application) as a decision making platform in the forest disaster scene. As a result of the experiment, firstly, there was an improvement in effectiveness of the hours required to deploy firefighters (300 meters reduced, 61% improvement in terms of time), as the command headquarters could easily identify the case to be handled with the highest priority, and deploy the necessary number of firefighters promptly; secondly, immediate decision making was available at the scene of forest fire frequently changed its development by several factors, including wind; and thirdly, by utilizing big data for several elements like helicopters stations and catchments, we secured interoperability and expandability through which various kinds of forest maps could be generated. It is expected that various kinds of forest maps in this study can be widely utilized in the wildfire scenes by combining the maps with big data platforms, such as public data portals and national spatial data infrastructure. Key words: QGIS; QField, wildfire fighting; Korea Forest Service ID: 3623494
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