Construction of facilities for growth and cultivation of Dokdo native plants’ seeds for the first time in Korea...Distribution of Dokdo native plants to whole country

Utilization as education and experience facilities for students and general populations on Dokdo natural ecology

Support of project expenses by Gyeongbuk and Seorin Company ROUND LAB

[May 30, 2022]

  The facilities to raise and cultivate Dokdo native plant seeds were constructed on YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) Campus. YU constructed Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse.

  Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse is the facility to collect seeds of Dokdo native plants in Dokdo and raise and cultivate them for preservation of endangered native plants in Dokdo. This facility is a one-story 162㎡ steel-framed glass greenhouse built near the facility management support center next to YU’s Graduate School of Music. Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse is constructed with the support by Gyeongsangbukdo and Seorin Company ROUND LAB, a Dokdo-related cosmetics manufacture and distribution company 

  YU intends to distribute Dokdo native plants cultivated in Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse to whole country so as to be used for education and love of Dokdo and to use it as natural ecology education and experience facility for related government officials, teachers, students, and general populations. In addition, it will be used as Dokdo education & experience facility instead of Dokdo visit and will play an important role in preservation of and study on Dokdo plants in connection with Dokdo Archive, Natural Museum, and Dokdo Native Plant Garden operated by Dokdo Research Institute. 

  CHOI Jae-mok, Prof. of Dept of Philosophy and head of YU Dokdo Research Institute, said, “It is very meaningful that Dokdo Native Plant Garden and Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse were constructed, for the first time in Korea, in YU that is the hub of Dokdo research. I hope that the constructed greenhouse and native plant garden will be used as experience and education places to inform general populations and preliminary/middle/high school students of Dokdo native plants and ecological environment and they will be used for Dokdo education.

  Meanwhile, in the completion ceremony of YU Dokdo Natural Eco-Greenhouse held on May 30, KIM Nam-il (Director of Gyeongsangbuk-do Donghae Rim Regional Headquarters Director), JOO Ho-yeong (National Assembly member of People's Strength), BAE Seong-geun (Acting Superintendent of Education of Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education), and BAE Byeong-geun (Special Vice President of YU), etc. participated.