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South Korean Business and the DMZ in an Era of Climate Change

South Korean businesses might use the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea as a resource in the country’s effort to fight global warming.
A Meeting at the Korea Society on New York City is called for September 10, 2008 in order to discuss the areas potential for Sustainable Development.
They will be having experts from The DMZ Forum and Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index program for a get together to discuss how the
DMZ could function as a conservation resource.

with

Hall Healy, President, DMZ Forum
William B. Shore, Secretary, DMZ Forum
John Mickelson, Landscape Ecologist
Christine Kim, Program and Research Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ♦ Luncheon and Presentation

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of 57th Street and Third Avenue)

$20 for members, $25 for nonmembers
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For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328, or email.

South Korea mastered the game of development economics, rising to become the world’s eleventh largest economy by producing cars, ships and electronics. Now, with climate change a major global issue, the game has changed. From desertification in Mongolia to increased flooding in North Korea, to car emissions, development and air pollution within its borders, South Korea is already wrestling with the effects of global warming on its economy. Can it successfully integrate with the new environmental paradigm?

Hall Healy, president of The DMZ Forum, Inc., believes South Korea can thrive in this new era of green economics, and that the DMZ, untouched by 50 years of development, may be one of its biggest assets. If developed responsibly, the pristine environment of the DMZ could provide clean drinking water to millions of Koreans, trillions of won in income and an untold number of jobs in eco-tourism, sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services. Healy will also discuss other strategies that could help South Korean industries re-tool for the future with landscape ecologist John Mickelson and William B. Shore, secretary of The DMZ Forum. Christine Kim, Yale’s program director for the Environmental Performance Index will discuss North and South Korea’s rankings.

This forum is jointly presented by The Korea Society and the DMZ Forum  www.dmzforum.org)