About International Ecology School
Welcome
Principal,
Hen-biau KING
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Ecosystems around the world are being threatened by unprecedented anthropogenic pressures. Ecosystem’s processes have lowered in service quality, or even degraded to stop serving. Biodiversity at the same time is declining at an alarming rate. To cope with the threats, it is imperative that we mitigate this trend of ecosystem degradation by taking advantage of the newest knowledge, adopting the most advanced technologies, and using an adaptive management approach and educational resources to increase ecosystem resilience.
While this urgent situation is recognized by all of the East Asia/Pacific Regional LTER scientists, the KLTER Network took the initiative to set up the International Ecology School (IES) Program to protect ecosystems and their biodiversity. The Program advocate (KLTER Network) would like to work with other LTER member networks to provide an opportunity to teach and train junior scientists―including graduate and undergraduate students, the next generation of helmsmen―by holding a wide range of educational projects. This program is already endorsed and supported by many of our regional LTER member networks.
We envision ecosystems that can be properly-functioning. The IES Program focuses on the mission of sustaining the services of ecosystems, maintaining ecosystem resilience, protecting biodiversity, and understanding our duty to and values in the nature world. Strategically, the IES Program stresses the importance of information management and big data analytics, adopting cutting edge technologies, valuing researches on impacts of climate change on ecosystems, and recruiting LTER scientists with specific field research skills and research sites.
The goals of the IES Program are to offer opportunities to junior scientists to enhance their ecological research capacity by introducing the
newest ecological knowledge and methodology, as well as cutting-edge technologies. The IES Program will take actions to implement a variety of projects to achieve the above mentioned goals, such as hosting LTER summer/winter junior scientist camps, holding junior scientist workshops and conferences, and conducting student reciprocal site visits and more.
I appreciate the Korean corporates whose donations constitute the major funding source of this program. Other funding supports will be tuition of participating junior scientists, and in-kind contribution by host member networks. Long-term research requires long-term plans and immediate actions.
Vision
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To appreciate properly-functioning ecosystems.
Mission
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To research the processes which sustain the services of ecosystems.
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To maintain ecosystems’ resilience.
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To protect biodiversity.
Core
Values
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To protect ecosystems and biodiversity against human disturbances.
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To understand the duty to and values in the natural world.
Goals
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To provide opportunities for junior scientists to enhance their ecological research by introducing the newest ecological knowledge and advanced and cutting-edge technologies.
Meet our Supporters
Environment·Ecology·Meteorology·ICT Consilience Forum (EEMICF), South Korea
Organizer
EEMICF is a forum for policy development and related research to establish a national vision for the future, with experts from the fields of environment, ecology, meteorology, and ICT. In a legal sense, it is registered as a Nonprofit Corporation under National Assembly of Korea.
The purpose of EEMICF is (1) to raise awareness of the role and importance of the natural environment and ecosystem domestically and internationally, (2) to present the future vision of the national environment, ecology, meteorology, and ICT, (3) to provide the basis for policy development and legislation through inter-disciplinary convergence technology, and (4) to share the benefits of various ecosystem services, thereby contributing to sustainable environmental conservation and improving the quality of human life.
Korean Long-Term Ecological Research Network (KLTER)
Co-organizer
KLTER is a Korean member network of International Long Term Ecological Research Network(ILTER), which is an international academic network that was founded in 1993. It is a network of 44 member countries with more than 200 institutions and also a Global Research Infrastructure of approximately 800 LTER field sites.
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DB Insurance Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Sponsor
DB Insurance is a world-class insurance company with global competitiveness to create customer values. It was launched as Korea’s first public auto insurance company in 1962 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
DB Insurance continues to expand its global business capability. It has been operating branch offices in US and representative offices in London, Beijing, Jakarta, and Yangon. It also established joint ventures in Qingdao, Chongqing, and Hanoi.
Moreover, it not only is fulfilling its social responsibility as a corporate citizen but also cares about global environmental issues. In addition to the generous donations and support for ecological and environmental education in EAP region, DB Insurance conducts a 'Green-start' campaign and possesses several eco-friendly insurance products. It also recently signed MOU with UNEP for Earth without Contamination: Sustainable Green Development.
Organizer
Co-organizer
Sponsor
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Hen-biau KING
Principal
Chau-Chin LIN
Deputy Principal
Sung-Bae Park
Executive Director
Yura Rhee
Administrator