[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] To discover and promote field-centered policies in the marine environment sector that citizens can directly experience, the Busan Marine Environment Management Committee is launching full-scale activities.
Busan City will hold the first meeting of the Busan Marine Environment Management Committee at 2 p.m. on the 21st in the small conference room on the 12th floor of City Hall.
The committee consists of a total of 11 members, including ex officio members such as the Busan City Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs and the Director of Marine Fisheries, representatives from marine environment institutions and organizations in the Busan area such as the Korea Maritime Institute and Busan Research Institute, five members recommended by the City Council, and four experts selected through an open recruitment process based on their extensive knowledge and experience in the marine environment.
The committee members will serve as a communication channel for public-private-academic cooperation and governance in the marine environment sector going forward.
At the first meeting, the city will review the ‘2022 Marine Waste and Marine Pollution Sediment Management Implementation Plan’ and discuss policies to reduce marine waste.
The implementation plan includes five major strategies and 28 detailed tasks across 14 key initiatives aimed at achieving the goals of ‘reducing marine plastic waste generation by 60% by 2030 and achieving zero by 2050.’ These strategies are ▲ management of marine waste sources ▲ resolving blind spots in collection and promoting marine waste treatment and recycling ▲ strengthening the foundation for marine waste management ▲ enhancing citizen participation and education/public relations ▲ and strengthening marine pollution sediment management.
To realize this, the city will invest 6.4 billion KRW in the marine waste sector and 3.6 billion KRW in pollution sediment cleanup and restoration projects this year to carry out the detailed tasks.
Based on the committee, Busan City plans to create a clean marine environment and realize the vision of ‘Green Smart City Busan.’
The city intends to propose marine environment policies that actively reflect the voices of experts and the field, and take the lead in marine environment conservation and improvement projects that citizens can directly experience.
Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, said, “We will promote citizen participation policies in step with the Marine Environment Management Committee and continuously strengthen domestic and international cooperation to seek appropriate utilization methods of marine resources.”
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