Green Dream, Green City working with People The Story of Seoul Green Trust

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2008 International Urban Parks Conference
Green Dream, Green City working with People The
Story of Seoul Green Trust
September 22. 2009
Byoung-E Yang, Kang-Oh Lee
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Contents

• Introduction Environmental Crisis of Seoul
• Green Dream Seoul Green Vision 2020
• Major Achievement from 2003 to 2007
• Seoul Forest Park Conservancy
• Community Park Project
• Conclusion Toward Green Asia

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• Introduction Environmental Crisis of Seoul

During the past half century, Seoul has achieved
remarkable growth, and Become a political as well
as economical center of Northeastern Asia.
However, we had to pay too much We could see
a clean blue sky in 13 days only through a
year. What happened?
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Air Pollution

• PM10(Particulate Matter Less than 10?) in Seoul
  recorded 58ug/m3 in 2005(double of Tokyo).
• The average of life span of the citizen of Seoul
  is 3-years shorter than Tokyo due to air
  pollution.
• No. of car in Seoul recorded 2.86mil in 2006
  that had been increased 6 times than
  1985(0.45mil.)

PM10 concentration in Seoul OECD in 2005
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Heat island Effect

• Global warming and heat island effect lead to an
  increase in temperatures up to 2 degrees during
  the last century. It is 3 times higher than the
  mean of global climate change.

Temperature change of the surface of earth, world
cities and Seoul from 1906 to 2006
Global Warming!
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Green Space per capita in 2002
23.46
?/capita
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14.12
15
9.2
10
7.89
4.58
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0
VANCOUVER
NEWYORK
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
SEOUL

• WHOs Green Space Guideline 9? per capita
• Seoul has only its ½ of International Standard

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Pavement Map of Seoul in 2005

• Approximately 82 of the downtown area in Seoul
  is covered with impermeable pavement.

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Ecological change due to Heat Island Effect

• Robinia pseudo-acacia flowered earlier in Seoul
  than the southern region in Korea
• Average temperature of Seoul was 24? in the
  spring of 2006, while the southern region was 19?

In 2006
Seoul May 17
Southern Region May 18
Flower of Robinia pseudo-acacia
Map of the flowering season of Robinia
pseudo-acacia
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Water Cycle Change in Seoul(1962 to 2002)
Year of 1962
Year of 2002
Rain
Rain
Natural cycle Artificial Cycle
Natural cycle Artificial Cycle
House/Building
Water Service
Water Service
House/Building
Sewage
Sewage
River
River
Underground
Underground
Flood
Evaporation Transpiration 648?384?/y (40.7
decreased) Surface Runoff 113?596?/year
(527 increased) Penetration to Underground
266?159?/y (40.2 decreased)
Heat Island
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II. Green Dream Seoul Green Vision 2020
Lets make Seoul green! Its time to plant a
tree. All 10 million of Seoul citizens
participating in greenery increase of 3.3 square
meters per citizen!
9?/person
6?/person
4.5?/person
Year 2010
Year 2020
Year 2003
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Seoul Green Trust as a multi-sector partnership

• Seoul Green Trust was founded in 2003 by Forest
  For Life (Nation-wide Forest NGO) and Seoul
  Metropolitan Government

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SGT aims to restore urban ecosystem in Seoul

• Proposal on connecting the green ways within the
  city of Seoul

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How to Secure 33mil. ? of Greenery to 2020

• Make a green dot on the idle lands and school
  ground (Dots). Connect green dots and restore 34
  streams (Lines). Create large-scale eco-parks
  (Patches).

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III. Major Achievements (20032007)
Seoul Forest Park Conservancy Community Park
Project
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Seoul Forest Park
Park of Life Citizens Participation
Green Refuge
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About of the seoul forest park

•  Location NorthEast Part of Seoul Metropolitan
• Area 1,156,498? (1/3 of the Central Park in
  New York)
• Date of Opening June 28, 2005
•  Visitors more than 10million per year
• 5 Major Parts
• A. Family Park
• B. Eco Park
• C. Environmental Education Park
• D. Wet Land
• E. Riverside Park

D
A
B

• Multi-sectoral Collaboration Partnership
• - City Government provides 116ha land
• (property value is more or less 30billion
  US)
• - Citizen Corporation donate 5million US
  for tree planting
• - Professionals, volunteers mobilize man-power

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C
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History

• During the Choson Dynasty
• Royal Hunting area .
• 1910s The first water purification system in
• Korea was established
• 1960s Race track. One of the most famous
• picnic area along the Han River
• 1980s Public golf course
• 1990s Development plan for commercial use
• was planned
• 2003 Decision made to build the Area for
• Forest for the Future Generation
• June 28, 2003 Seoul Green Trust founded
• 2003-2005 Tree Planting
• June 28, 2005 Seoul Forest Park Opened

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History
2002
2003
2004
2005.6.28.
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Virtual Park
1 hour Tour
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Park Management through Partnership
Seoul Forest Park Conservancy
Seoul Forest Park Control Office

• Maintain facilities
• (Restaurant, Parking lot, Asthlet
• facilities outsourcing)
• Support for Partnership
• Administration of property

• Fund raising
• Events Programs
• Volunteering
• PR Marketing

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Budget of Seoul Forest Park Conservancy
Revenue Other Support
Expenses
(Dollars in thousands)
(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries 214,634
Visitor Service 28,200
Public Program 178,100
Education program 41,885
Volunteering 52,568
PR/Advertising 60,450
In Kind Volunteer In Kind 91,618
? Total Expenses for Seoul Forest Maintenance by
Seoul Metropolitan Government 3.1million US
dollar
? Volunteer in kind The Value of volunteering
service is calculated by labor cost
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Major Accomplishment
(1) Green refuge for 10milion annual Visitors
2005. 6. 18. 6,000,000 Visitor for 3
months after Opening
Week day Environmental education
for Children Youth ,
Well-being place for Community
Weekend A relaxing place for
100 thousand citizens
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Major Accomplishment
(2) 13km Greenway in connection with
Cheongyecheon
As of 2006, SFP is home for 487 species of
birds, animals, plants

• Animal/Plants Report
• - 95 species of insects
• 335 species of Plants
• 8 Species of Fishes
• - 31species of Birds
• ? deer, elk
• total individual no. 158

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Major Accomplishment
(3) Center for volunteer CSR in Seoul
Tree Planting Fund 5million US(03-05),
Operating Fund 1.2millionUS/year (05-06)
70 Corporations participated in Corporations
Greenery (15,000US /330?) Managing the Park
? Planting 100,000 trees shrubs
over(throughout) 115,500?, Install 80 Benches
2milion
1milion
03
04
05
06
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Major Accomplishment
(3) Center for volunteer CSR in Seoul
Total 5,000 Volunteers, 30,000 volunteering
hours in 2007
Persons
? Type of Volunteer
5000
4000
3000
150
110
2000
50
1000
10
03
04
05
06
07
Planting Tree
Gardening
Key Volunteers
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Major Accomplishment
(4) Model of Administrative Improvement
Building New Park Management System through
Partnership with Citizen
Tree Planting Fund_ 5million US, Operating Fund_
0.6millionUS /year saving
Saving budget through donation volunteer
Partnership park management system -the first in
Korea
Partnership/ Innovation of municipal
administration
Public Service Up-grade and enhancement of
park value
Promotion of citizens participation into park
management
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Major Accomplishment
(5) Campaign for improving park service manner
2006 Campaign Reading in the Park, Seoul
Forest Park
2007 Campaign Smile Seoul Forest Park
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Major Accomplishment
(6) Forest Environmental Education
Forest Environmental Education Program through
the year round Total number of 11,027
persons participated in 494 programs (MarDec,
2006)
Urban-forest for lifelong Education ( Eco
classroom for Kindergarten, Well-being walking
program for Silver, Ecological Day out for Family
etc.)
Program for Disabled Children
Summer Camp introduced to Public Park first in
Korea
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A well-developed Environment Education Network in
Seoul Forest Park
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Development Strategy
Park management by Citizens World-famous Urban
Park in Asia
STEP 3 20112010
The Period of Taking-Off in Park
Management Citizen-centered Management (public
40 private 60)
STEP 2 2008 2010
The Period of Growth in Park Management
Turning Point in Park Management (public 60
private 40)
STEP 1 2005 2007
The First Stage of Partnership Building
Co-Work System (public 80 private 20)
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Community Park Project
Since 2007
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Why? Community Park

• Old town has less green space compared to new
  town.
• At least 182 community parks needs to serve green
  service to all citizens

A view of old town in Northeast Seoul
Green Service Map _ red area is neglected
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Partnership

• 8 groups are working together to develop and
  maintain community parks

City Government
Local Community
Land and financial support
Volunteer workers
CSR Business Groups
Municipal Government
Financial support
Administrative Support
Landscape Architectures
Landscape Corporations
Participatory design
Tree Planting
Social Enterprise
Program Coordinators
Participation Program Dev.
Technical maintenance
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Corporations Green Marketing _ Korea Citi Bank

• Korea Citi Banks Green City Campaign
• Lets switch a paper bill to e-mail bill to keep
  our trees. And, donate saving from green city
  campaign

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Corporations Green Marketing_ Yuhan Kimberly

• Yuhan Kimberlys Green Korea Campaign
• YKs campaigned Keep Korea Green for 25 years,
  and has supported Green School and Urban
  Community Park Projects

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Corporations Green Marketing _ ARENAAUDI

• ARENA AUDI holds a group exhibition Switch
  off, Switch on as a green project
• They donate the amount of income from a
  exhibition and prizes of Black Workers Award
  what presents to most outstanding person in 8
  different field every year.

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Achievement

• In 2007, we developed 6 community parks and are
  making another 6 community parks in 2008.

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Process and Development Strategy

• Development Strategies Local Peoples
  Participation, Ecological Restoration, and
  Continuous Maintenance by Social Enterprise
  (Pruning) and Community.

Participatory Design workshop
Working with people _Tree Planting Ceremony
Maintenance Social Enterprise
Participatory design process 1st _
Recognition 2nd_ Conception 3rd _
Understanding 4th _ Proposal 5th _
Integration 6th _ Determination
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IV. Conclusion Toward Green Asia
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Climate Change Deforestation in Asia

• Asian forest has been degraded from 20th century
  except some countries, as like Japan, China, and
  South Korea. Left top shows a bare mountain in
  North Korea, left down shows tropical forest
  degradation in Papua, and light explains a way of
  desertification in China Mongolia

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Climate Change Green Network in Korea (CCGN)

• CCGN Korea was born in June 29, 2008. It aims to
  mitigate the global climate change through forest
  activities and to share Koreas reforestation
  know-how to ASIAN.

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Korean Forest NGOs who join CCGN

• Forest NGOs and civil movement have been
  increased rapidly from 1990s in Korea

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Vision House of CCGN
Challenge to Global Climate Change Sustainable
and Green Asia Society
Target and Goal
Decrease 30mil. CO2 ton of domestic emission
through forest activity by 2015 Mitigate heat
island effect and increase green space up to
9?/capita in urban area Restore forest ecosystem
in Asia and build Green Asia Network
Method(5P Movement)
Planting in urban area degraded
Pruning thinning Man-made forest
Protecting Mountain area agricultural land
Producing Forest goods recycling
Promoting Forest education campaign
Strategy
Make strong co-work with forest NGOs, improve
partnership governance with business sector and
government, build an international network with
forest NGOs in Asia, and develop of voluntary
carbon offset/neutral program
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Thank you!
We look forward to seeing you
in the Seoul Forest park soon.