The Korea Forest Service held an international meeting for cooperation with Central Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The meeting took place from Oct. 27 to 29 and was attended by five Central Asian delegations and those from international organizations.The delegations were sent by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
The Korea Forest Service signed an agreement with the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative on Oct. 28 to promote the use of Korean-made machinery and equipment in forestry development projects in developing countries.The business agreement is intended to ensure that Korean machinery man
POSCO has been selected as the winner for the ‘Excellence in Sustainability’ category at the 11th Steelie Awards held by worldsteel on Oct. 14.The Steelie Awards assesses the contribution of worldsteel member companies or individuals to the steel industry over one year in seven categories that inclu
The authors are analysts of NH Investment & Securities. They can be reached at ys.hwang@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Earth’s fragility revealedOn Dec 24, 1968, an astronaut on the Apollo 8 mission took a photograph showing Earth behind a portion of the Moon’s surface. Named Earthrise, the photograph is often ci
Korea Forest Service held a briefing on July 21 for ambassadors of relevant nations to Korea to drum up support for the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), which was established under the leadership of the Korean government, in expanding its international activities to respond to global f
Hanwha Group is actively responding to climate change by expanding its Solar Forest campaign.The group and social enterprise Tree Planet launched the social contribution campaign in 2011 in order to expand forests. They started from desertification prevention in Tujiin Nars located in Selenge, Mongo
The Korea Forest Service (KFS) will host the 15th World Forest Congress in 2021. The congress is the largest global gathering of foresters held in every six years to strengthen international cooperation on forest restoration and combating desertification. In the Seoul congress, says Minister Kim Jae
The Hanwha Group announced on July 18 that the United Nations introduced the Hanwha Solar Forest Project as a best practice case of corporate partnership-based sustainable growth, which is to reverse desertification by means of eco-friendly forestation.Hanwha's forestation project was introduced
Korea South-East Power (KOEN) has launched an emissions reduction project in Myanmar under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).The project calls for distributing a total of 90,000 high-efficiency cooking stoves in Myanmar over the next five years.The main heat source for cooking in Myanmar is wood
KT&G, South Korea’s top tobacco maker, has carried out various corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at home and abroad, actively practicing its management philosophy of “Go-together Company.” The company has been involved in CSR activities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Mongolia
KT&G, South Korea’s top tobacco maker, said on September 26 that it would dispatch its employee volunteer team to Cambodia on an international volunteering mission that is scheduled to end on the 29th.The team is comprised of 22 executives and employees who were selected as those who frequently part
The Korea Forest Service rolled up its sleeves to bring the 15th World Forestry Congress (WFC) to be held in 2021 to Korea. Kim Yong-ha, vice director of the Korea Forest Service (KFS) had a high-ranking meeting with Zhang Jianlong, Administrator of State Forestry Administration of China one day bef
A research team led by Dr. Kwak Sang-soo at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology is receiving a lot of attention with their original research that can prevent desertification using crops. The research team studies crops and plants like sweet potatoes and alfalfa. They explain t
As the new concept of forest welfare is emerging, the Korea Forest Service (KFS) is ironing out various programs for the development of leisure culture and welfare services for the public, while setting up diverse infrastructure for them. As part of these efforts, the KFS has established and opened
Winter is here, and dust clouds from coal, China’s main source of heat, have filled Seoul’s sky, painting it gray. The levels of carcinogens in the dust is impossible to measure. It is estimated that 8 percent of deaths in the city of Seoul are caused by respiratory disorders. Living with dust is an
The Korea Forest Service (KFS) is working on various programs for the development of leisure culture and welfare services for the general public with the importance of forestry and forest protection on the rise amid global climate change. At the same time, the organization is contributing to the imp
Gyeongsang Namdo (GSND) and SK Telecom will realize a paperless meeting by supplying 1,000 units of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the 10th UNCCD (UN Convention to Combat Desertifica-tion) meeting to be held in Changwon city from October 10. The GSND government and SK Telecom announced on September 5 that