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A Participation Income Project to Remove Marine Debris and its Possible Contribution to Creating a Marine Protected Area in Korea

  • Yong-Chang Jang (Department of Public Administration Studies, Kyung-nam University)
  • Received : 2023.03.27
  • Accepted : 2023.05.29
  • Published : 2023.05.31
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Abstract

The creation of marine protected areas is an important aspect of marine ecosystem sustainability. However, South Korea has not achieved its Aichi Biodiversity Target to designate 10% of its sea as marine protected by 2020. Local residents have strong opposition to the designation of protected areas in South Korea; there has been little trust in the government since the 1970s, when residents felt that their property rights were being ignored in favor of creating national parks. Here, we present a case where creation of a marine protected area was led by residents of TongYeong City. The success of a participation income project to remove marine debris in the city seems to be an important factor that led to the designation of the marine protected area. The case of TongYeong City is compared with that of nearby Geoje City, where an ecologically important stream has not been designated as a wetland protection area, although a similar participation income project enrolled the city's residents. The comparison provides a tentative assessment of the conditions needed to increase trust among residents. The results suggest that, if the projects are well-designed and well-managed, participation income projects to remove marine debris can be effective in building trust among stakeholders in potential marine protected areas.

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Acknowledgement

This study is based on two participation income projects conducted by TongYeong branch office and Geoje branch office of Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM). I appreciate the activists in these two offices and the residents in the two villages who participated in the projects. I also appreciate the Community Chest of Korea and Korea Water Resources Corporation, who financially supported the projects.

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