The Haean “Punchbowl” area, where the Terreco project is carried out

As a supporter of the Terreco project on agricultural and eco-system development in the inner-Korean border area Hanns-Seidel-Foundation will co-organize a stakeholder workshop with excursions on June 16 to June 19, 2010, mainly organized by Bayreuth University and Gangwon National University and also supported by the Research Institute for Gangwon, the spatial planning institute in the region and a partner of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation. Sustainable development in the inner-Korean border area, in particular in the Eastern part of the border region, is the aim of the cooperation of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Gangwon province. Therefore, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation initiated the partnership of the government of Upper Franconia (in Bavaria at the former inner-German border) with Gangwon province. The “Terreco”-project at Bayreuth University, in cooperation with Gangwon National University, a partner of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, analyses the eco-system around the Soyang watershed in Haean community directly at the inner-Korean border, the so-called Punchbowl area famous from the Korean War. It is directed by Prof. John Tenhunen (Bayreuth University) and Prof. Sinyu Kang (Gangwon National University). At Bayreuth University currently German and Korean scientists and PhD students work together on the effects of agriculture on water quality in the border area. The mountainous Gangwon province is the most important water reservoir for Korea, in particular for Seoul metropolitan area.

External link: http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/terreco/