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Amino acids are the building blocks of protein consisting basic elements of all lives including human beings on Earth. CJ CheilJedang, reputed to be the responsible global food and bioengineering company, has focused on contributing to environmental sustainability and improving food security through technological innovation of amino acids used in livestock industry. Its recent projects such as “Effective Utilization of Cultivated Land”, “Prevention of Environmental Pollution caused by Livestock Industry” and “Collaborative Development of Biotechnology in Asia” explicitly contribute...[more]
The best opportunity to slow the rate of near-term warming globally and in sensitive regions such as the Arctic is by cutting emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) – most notably methane, black carbon and some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Widespread reductions, which complement the need for aggressive global action on carbon dioxide, contribute significantly to the goal of limiting warming to less than two degrees. Reducing SLCPs can also advance national priorities such as protecting air quality and public health, promoting food security, enhancing energy efficiency, and allevi...[more]
Equal pay for women and men for work of equal value is central to realizing gender equality and women's economic empowerment, reducing poverty and is beneficial to promote economic growth. EPIC aims to accelerate progress towards SDG target 8.5 by leveraging expertise across a diverse range of stakeholders through concrete actions on the ground and in workplaces.
Waste management and recycling in the Republic of Korea has not only reduced waste generation but has also encouraged reusing waste as an energy resource. Source: Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea Extended Producer Responsibility is a system that imposes a certain quota for the recycling of wastes from products or packaging materials on the manufacturer of the products or the manufacturer of products that use the packaging materials. If the quota is not complied with, a fine that is greater than the cost of implementing proper recycling shall be imposed upon the manufacturer. EPR...[more]
The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and address common problems of fisheries management and development faced by members of the Commission. 16 of WECAFC's 35 members are considered small island developing States.
The enactment of the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth is to implement measures to effectively address climate change and energy issues and promote sustainable development. Source: The foremost reason for the enactment of the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth is to implement measures to effectively address climate change and energy issues and promote sustainable development, which are partially implemented by various ministries and offices pursuant to respective Acts and subordinate statutes, by flexibly bringing them together or integrating them. The second reason is to buil...[more]
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism is an organizational network of tourism stakeholders of the public and private sectors, non-profits, UN agencies and programmes, international organizations and academic institutions. Partner organizations share the common vision and understanding of the goal of "sustainable tourism" and collaborate internationally, regionally or nationally to transform tourism globally. The mission is to transform the way tourism is done worldwide by building partnerships to support the implementation of sustainable tourism practices at destinations through adop...[more]
The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]
Since the adoption of SDGs in 2015, civil society in South Korea has been working very actively on improving the awareness of each goal as well as their implementation in close partnership with relevant civic groups. Despite the critical role of goal 11, make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, SDG 11 has not been properly highlighted by local governments in South Korea other than voicing up the importance of the goal at sustainability-related conferences. This initiative is to lead feasible actions of local government by reporting how they are dealing with...[more]
By controlling the aggregate amount of pollutant in the special coastal pollutant control sea area through setting the target water quality of the designated sea area and by setting the total amount of allowed volume of pollutant, Korea controls the inflow of pollutant into the sea area. Furthermore, Korea conducts study on the amount of waste in the ocean and collect the waste on the seabed through the project to deal with marine waste. In addition, Korea is restoring damaged, abandoned and polluted tideland to restore the function of the marine ecosystem and enhancing our understanding on th...[more]
The Republic of Korea, in 2008, adopted The National Green Growth Development Strategy for 2008-2030 Source: In September 2008 the Ministry of Knowledge Economy released a medium- to long-term National Energy Basic Plan for the period 2008-2030. The plan outlines future energy policy direction, such as the realization of low-carbon society, and calls for energy security increase, rational use of energy, and environment protection. The government will actively support the development and deployment of non-fossil energy such as new and renewable energy and nuclear, along with energy demand-si...[more]
Korea commits to find ways to enhance discussion on the international issues and expand international cooperation in the marine and fisheries sector with developing countries located on the coastal areas, by holding an international cooperation conference, . Furthermore, in the form of ODA, Korea invites public officials from Ecuador to help strengthen sanitary management on fishery products, safety management, technology transfer and support equipment. Korea dispatches experts to the Philippines to transfer the technology to predict typhoons and tsunamis, and also supports technology trans...[more]
Global steel maker POSCO has been working on a project called POSCO Steel Village that POSCO finds poor residential area, and works to improve environment and residents of the area in the cities where POSCO works. POSCO Steel Village is a project to build a great quality of residents based on POSCOs own steel-house method and to provide sustainable life for them. Starting from Vietnam in 2014, POSCO has built a total of 104 houses, and is planning to expand into various regions. POSCO began this initiative to improve poor living conditions and residents, and contribute to achieving SDG 11.
The Poverty-Environment Partnership (PEP) is an informal network of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, UN organisations and international NGOs. The PEP seeks to integrate poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and climate resilience in global, national and local development agendas. With agreement to the SDGs , the PEP is launching a ‘getting to zero’ call to action—a unifying vision for the SDGs of reaching zero extreme poverty, zero net greenhouse gas emissions, and zero net loss of natural assets. This will be the cornerstone of PEP’s future strategy and comm...[more]
To effectively respond to IUU(Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) fishing, Korea is pursuing bilateral cooperations with EU, Thailand and Taiwan, Province of China. Domestically, it will introduce Catch Documentation Scheme on species that are vulnerable to IUU fishing including croaker, saury and the species that can disturb the domestic market during the first half of this year. At the same time, it is operating a fisheries resources restoration program in which the government established a recommendation for the restoration process based on a scientific evidence on 16 species, and it is a...[more]
Korea supports the establishment and operation of the network to monitor acidification to detect any changes in the ecosystem and the marine acidification in the small island countries in the Pacific. Korea will conduct preliminary test and test operation on the system in the coastal areas with coral reef, conduct preliminary test on the ecosystem and pilot research by establishing Marine Acidification Monitoring System to identify the basic marine environment based on the intergovernmental network, and provide education on the management and operation of the acidification monitoring system to...[more]
The City of Changwon introduced a public bicycle system (Nearby Useful Bike, Interesting Joyful Attraction, NUBIJA) in September 2009 with the aim of contributing to an eco-friendly urban environment. Source: The ICLEI Case Study series Changwon's aim was to introduce a user-friendly bicycle system that would become part of the city's urban landscape. The city has managed to create a bicycle system matching its own particular needs by researching other cities' bicycle programs, analysing Changwon's physical conditions and by applying advanced technologies. The new system, NUBIJA, has lead to i...[more]
