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Byeonsan-bando National Park.. The environment of South Korea is the natural environment of South Korea, which occupies the southern half of the Korean peninsula.Environment - current issues: air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; acid rain; drift net fishing.
Rock-carved triad buddha in Seosan, also known as "the Smile of Baekje", expresses the art and aesthetic sense of Baekje people and is considered a representative work of Korean Buddhist art history. 90 Goryeo ware (고려청자) Goryeo ware is a cultural heritage that expresses Korea's splendid aesthetic sense. 91 Joseon white porcelain (백자)
South Korea has 379 species of birds, including 111 are winter visitors and 90 are winter and spring passage migrants. Most of these species either reside or visit the southern evergreen forests, where the winter climate is milder. 207 bird species and subspecies have been recorded on the Jeju, and 54 species on the Ulleungdo Island.
In 1963 Korea Association for the Conservation of Nature was established. [citation needed] In 1997 the non-profit organization International Aid for Korean Animals was founded to promote animal protection and humane treatment. [citation needed] Animal Rescue Korea, an English-language internet resource, helps animals in South Korea. [citation ...
Early on, admission to national parks in South Korea was free. In 1974, most of South Korea's national parks cancelled the free admission policy. Currently only Gyeongju National Park is free. In 1993, the ticket revenue of the Korean National Park accounted for 65% of the park's total revenue.
Mount Hallasan Nature Reserve (한라산 천연보호구역) Jeju-do: A 91,620,591 m 2 (986,195,830 sq ft) nature reserve centered around Hallasan, a shield volcano and South Korea's highest peak. The reserve 1,565 varieties of plant, 873 insects, 198 birds, 17 mammals, and 8 reptiles in multiple areas around Jeju-do between 600 m (2,000 ft ...
South Korea hosts 8,271 species of plants, consisting of 4,662 vascular species and 3,609 non-vascular species. [1] Wild plants include species native to Korea such as Pentactina. Ecosystems are unstable because of land development. 67 km 2 of forest disappear each year, accounting for 0.1% of South Korean forests. [21]
Other Korean artists combining modern Western and Korean painting traditions are i.e. Junggeun Oh and Tschoon Su Kim. While there have been only rare studies on Korean aesthetics, a useful place to begin for understanding how Korean art developed an aesthetic is in Korean philosophy, and related articles on Korean Buddhism, and Korean Confucianism.