Topic: 2025-Conserving Wetlands
Country: Republic of Korea
Delegate Name: Amirah Medlen-Ellis
Wetlands are very crucial to helping the biodiversity of global ecosystems, but unfortunately as of lately they have been at risk of being lost. They are aquatic spaces that house many endangered species that are in need of that type of environment. hey provide many types of including but not limited to fish and plants. They play a vital role in storing carbon and climate control. They also help with keeping floods under control and filtering out bodies of water. As people build cities and roads, the wetlands decrease. They get drained or become polluted killing off the species that live in them. In Korea there is the Wetland Conservation Act. The protection of biodiversity is considered to be very important, so these wetlands are actively trying to be preserved. In one way Environmental Impact Assessments, otherwise known as EIAs, are required for major producers.he impacts of these projects are studied to make sure they do not cause negative impacts on the wetland. There is a National Wetland Center that is used to overlook the wetlands and manage them. The governement is making sure to spread awareness so peple will know how import they are and that they should participate in protecting them. Korea is active in the Ramsar Convention which allows for the wetlands to be considered Ramsey Sites and become protected. Korea proposes that every country should work to spread awareness of these wetlands and abou the loss of them. EIAs should be required everywhere to cut down on the negative effects on wetlands from major projects. As these wetlands are becoming more and more scarce other countries should take an approach like Korea and have a major focus on wetlands.
