Since 2006, the KMPL has hosted seminars in honour of the United Nations International Mountain Day. The UNIMD was first designated on December 11, 2003 for the purpose of marking the importance of mountain ecosystems on global environments and human culture. The time is upon us once again.
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Reuters (October 27, 2010) – Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of forests, oceans and rivers on economies and human welfare. Read more →

Science Daily (October 26, 2010) – A new assessment conducted by 174 scientists from around the world underscores a growing concern about the health of the world’s biodiversity, quantifying the rate of decline among vertebrate species on a global scale for the first time. Read more →

Science Daily (October 17, 2010) — While not an outright failure, a 2010 goal set by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for staunching the loss of the world’s species fell far short of expectations for The International Year of Biodiversity. Read more →

When the KMPL discovered a small buried trash pile on the lower slopes of Wonhyo-bong in Bukhansan National Park, there was no way for us to know the scope or gravity of the situation. What we thought was just a few buried items, the remains of some thoughtless hiker’s lunch, turned out to be nearly 100 litres of tin, glass and plastic. On that day of discovery, we found ourselves unprepared to handle what we’ve come to call a trash cache and had to return to the spot a couple weeks later to finish the job. Wishful thinking. Read more →