Globally recognized Anmyeon-do


March 29, 2005
Se-kyung Chung

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Anmyeon-do Recreation Forest was introduced in the FAO publication titled "In Search of Excellence: Exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific"

Anmyeon-do recreation forest of Korea was recognized as one the 28 cases of exemplary forest management in Asia Pacific region. The compilation of exemplary cases was published by FAO Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission(APFC) and distributed during the recent seventeenth session of FAO forestry committee. regional commission is composed of 29 member states including Republic of Korea, Japan, China, India, Australia. The Commission was established in 1949 holding biennial meeting to provide coordination and expert advisory for forestry in the region.

The pine forests of Anmyeon-do is aged 80~120 years and was well managed since the Chosun Dynasty. During this dynasty forest areas reserved for timber supply were demarcated by stone markers called the "Bongpyo." The marked forests were given special attention after the independence. In the past, the pine forests produced timber for royal purposes and in the present, they play a significant role as the windbreak and recreation.

The forests cover about 43% or 5,175 ha of Anmyeon-do. 3,890 ha is provincial forest, 175 ha is national recreation forest, 115 ha is designated as protected natural forest. 230 ha is managed by Korea Forest Research Institute as a seed orchard.

The underlying recreational, ecological, and biodivesity functions of Anmyeon-do forests provide multiple benefits.
The multifunctionality conserved for more than thousand years has contributed in achieving the international recognition.




Overview of "In search of Excellence: Exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific"
◎ In 1982, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman published business management
guidelines title "In Search of Excellence" that gained much popularity. They
compiled exemplary business cases and identified the success factors.
◎ FAO Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission modeled after the Peter and Waterman＇s
approach in search of exemplary forest management. The publication identifies
exemplary cases in the Asia Pacific region and analyzes the success factors.
◎ Out of 170 nominated forests in the region, 31 forests were selected for the
compilation. Australis(3), Cambodia(1), China(2), Fiji(1), India(3), Indonesia(3),
Japan(1), Korea(1), Kyrgys(1), Laos(1), Malaysia(1), Mongolia(1), Nepal(2),
New Zealand(3), Philippines(4), Sri Lanka(1), Vanuatu(1), Viet Nam(1)
◎ Launched and distributed during the Seventeenth Session of FAO Committee on
Forestry

For full paper on Anmyeon-do Recreation Forest, see attachment. (Anmyeon-do Recreation Forest.doc)


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