Toward the World Heritage ' s Management and Utilization via the

1. Toward the World Heritage' s Management and Utilization via the Environment Education System Building Koh, Seung-Hahn (Senior Research Fellow, Jeju Development Institute)

2. CONTENTS Primary Issues Ⅰ Ⅱ Jeju World Heritage's Values and Socio-economic Meanings Jeju's Environment Education Reality and Problems Ⅲ Ⅳ Toward Environment Education System Building in Jeju 1

3. Primary Issues Ⅰ. How will Jeju local government sustain the harmony between environment and development? * How will Jeju province reserve well Jeju world heritages designated by UNESCO? * Is the environment education functional to intensify the turf of Jeju world heritages? * How can we build the environment education system for Jeju world heritage continuity? * 2

4. Jeju World Heritage’s Values and Socio-economic Meanings Ⅱ. ◎ Jeju World Heritages by UNESCO - World Biosphere Reserve (December 6, 2002) - World Natural Heritage (June 27, 2007) - Global Geopark (October, 2010) ◎ Jeju World Heritages' Values and Meanings • Until the end of 1990s, the physical development against Jeju nature and landscape was stressed, thus led to Jeju local economy growth. • Since the designation of world heritages such as World Biosphere Reserve, • World Natural Heritage, Global Geopark in Jeju, social, economic and • environmental values and meanings have been rapidly changed into • reserving a much more public goods. • Jeju world heritages'values and meanings would be construct and • reconstructed endlessly in a changing and dynamic society as a whole · 3

5. Ⅲ. Jeju’s Environment Education Reality and Problems • Environment Education Situation ◎ Host Institutes/Organizations (26) • Public Offices(7), NGO(19) ◎ Education Objects • public servants, employees of special companies/organizations, general people, children, students ◎ Education Period • short-term, medium and long-term ◎ Education Contexts • natural environment, human environment, environment policies 4

6. Ⅲ. Jeju’s Environment Education Reality and Problems • Environment Education Problems in Jeju * Lack of professional textbooks for environment education * Lack of teaching experts for environment education Less development of education programs and facilities related to Jeju natural environment * * Not enough for the financial aids in the environment education Difficulty to foster the environment experts due to lack of professional knowledge and information * 5

7. Ⅲ. Jeju’s Environment Education Reality and Problems Non-existence of environment education programs for general companies * Lack of diversity in the environment education programs * Lack of networking web among the environment education institutes * Quantity increase tendency of environment education rather than its quality in the county level(Eup, Myun, Dong Office unit) * Not interest in long-term environment education for Jeju' s sustainable development * 6

8. Ⅳ. Toward Environment Education System Building in Jeju • Policy suggestions for both environment education and Jeju • world heritage's management and utilization A much more advanced facilities for the environment education are needed * Fostering and development of professional manpower for the environment education * Various education programs'inducement within overall schooling curriculum in Jeju * Advanced education program participation for public workers of environment division at Jeju local government * All related-institutes for the environment education' s governance networking building, in terms of so-called Jeju Environment Education Governance Forum * 8

9. Ⅳ. Toward Environment Education System Building in Jeju * To improve an environment guide quality Environment education research and its R&D projects are more needed. * Reflection of education consumers' interests and needs in a variety of environment education program * Establishment of Jeju International Environment College in order to visualize Jeju' s worldwide hub role for the environmental education * A financial supporting system legalization under Jeju Provincial Government Act. * 9