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Method Development for the Integrated Impact Assessment in Korea: A Case Study for the Construction of Great Korean Waterway

Mega-project has great impact on the society as a whole. With a rapid transition toward industrialization, Korea has launched a series of mega-projects so far, including the construction of highway between Seoul and Pusan, the railroad construction for the KTX (Korea Train Express), the Saemangeum land reclamation project, and etc.

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EIA: Korea
Country: 
Korea
Year enacted: 
1990
Number of pages: 
27
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Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Act is to have all the people enjoy healthy and pleasant lives by preventing the environmental pollution and environmental damages and by properly managing and preserving environment through defining the right and duty of citizens and the obligation of the State with regard to environmental preservation, and determining the fundamental matters for environmental policies.

Article 2 (Fundamental Idea)
The fundamental idea of this Act is to have current citizens broadly enjoy environmental benefits and simultaneously to allow future generations inherit such benefits, by having the State, local governments, enterprisers and citizens endeavor to maintain and create a better environment, and when they perform any act utilizing the environment, to preferentially consider an environmental preservation and to devise the joint efforts for preventing any environmental harms on the earth, in view of facts that a creation of delightful environments through a qualitative improvement and preservation of the environment and a maintenance of harmony and balance between human beings and the environment through them are indispensable elements for the enjoyment of health and cultural life of citizens, the preservation of national territory, and the everlasting development of the nation.

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Fourth High-Level Forum Develops Declaration on Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
Date of Release: 
Dec 1 2011

The Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness adopted a declaration titled the "Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation." The Forum reviewed global progress on aid effectiveness, including a review of targets set in the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, shared experiences in delivering the best results, and developed new commitments toward effectiveness of aid in reducing poverty, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and supporting development beyond 2015.

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Vietnam Prepares Draft Guidelines on Contaminated Soil Monitoring
Date of Release: 
Dec 2 2011

On November 29-30, 2011, Vietnam hosted a regional consultation meeting in Hanoi joined by counterpart officials from Korea, Malaysia and Thailand to share ideas on a draft technical guideline on contaminated soil monitoring. At the consultation meeting, experts shared lessons learned and recommendations based on implementation challenges and success in their respective countries. As for the next steps, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will finalized the technical guidelines and explore opportunities to continue their twinning partnership with Korea.

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Vietnam Develops New Technical Guideline on Contaminated Soil Monitoring

Vietnamese and Korean experts discussed status of dioxin contamination and collaborative efforts to rehabilitate contaminated soil at Da Nang air base during the scoping mission.

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Korea and Vietnam Launch Twinning Partnership to Strengthen Contaminated Soil Monitoring in Vietnam
Date of Release: 
Mar 25 2011

During March 21-24, 2011, experts from Ministry of Environment of Korea, Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute and Korea Environment Cooperation met with counterparts from Vietnam to initiate a program of cooperation on contaminated soil management. At the scoping mission, Korean and Vietnamese experts exchange views on legal and policy frameworks to promote effective soil monitoring for suspected contaminated areas.

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