Yuhan-Kimberly Holds Forest Field Study... Hands-on Experience in Conservation of Endangered Kusan Namu Trees

On the 5th, participants of Yuhan-Kimberly's future environmental leader training program 'Green Camp' are taking a commemorative photo before the forest field study held at the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum located in Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk. [Photo by Yuhan-Kimberly]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Min-jae] Yuhan-Kimberly announced on the 8th that it conducted a forest field study at the National Baekdudaegan Arboretum in Bonghwa, Gyeongbuk, through its future environmental leader training program, "Green Camp."

The forest field study resumed after three years since COVID-19, having been held online recently through platforms such as the metaverse. The National Baekdudaegan Arboretum is known as the location of a seed vault established to preserve various wild plant seeds, including endangered species domestically and internationally, and as the site where a Kusan tree forest will be created.

The experience program involved 15 selected participants out of the 400 total Green Camp participants. The participants explored the seed bank researching wild plants, attended a lecture on alpine plants by a plant taxonomist, and toured the Alpine House and Baekdusan Tiger Forest.

Since last year, Yuhan-Kimberly has been collaborating with the Korea Arboretum and Garden Management Institute on ▲investigations and seed collection for the conservation of Kusan trees ▲creation of Kusan tree forests for ex-situ conservation (at the National Baekdudaegan Arboretum) ▲protection and conservation of endangered alpine conifers.

In addition to the forest field study, Green Camp included lectures such as "Climate Change: Present, Future, and Us" by Choi Jae-chun, Chair Professor at Ewha Womans University and CEO of the Biodiversity Foundation; "Climate Crisis and Efforts to Preserve Forest Biodiversity" by Lee Ha-yan, Team Leader of the Seed Vault Research Center at the National Baekdudaegan Arboretum; and "Honeybees, Kusan Trees, and the Future" by Kim Seung-hyun, CEO of the social enterprise "Willden," covering the necessity of preserving forests and biodiversity amid the climate crisis.