1. In-depth study of broad-leaf bamboo
World Natural Heritage department spending ￦400m on research

Researchers are expanding their study of broad-leaf bamboo to determine how best to manage the plant, which, in some areas at least, appears to be taking over the island.

The provincial department of World Natural Heritage has set aside four hundred million won for the study, which will be at an elevation of 14-hundred meters along the northern slope of Hallasan Mountain. Researchers will focus on a 160-square-kilometer area to determine the spread of the species and what effect it’s having on the ecosystem.

Nanji Livestock Research Institute is letting the department use nine horses as part of the study. They will be left around Manse Hill for three months to see if they can control the broad-leaf bamboo there.

한라산 제주조릿대 관리 연구 확대

한라산 생태계를 위협하는 제주조릿대 관리방안에 대한 연구가 확대됩니다.

제주도 세계유산본부는 올해 사업비 4억원을 투입해 한라산 1천 400미터 북쪽지역 160제곱킬로미터 지역에 대해 제주조릿대의 분포 면적을 산출하고 산림생태계에 미치는 영향을 분석합니다.

특히 난지축산연구소의 말 9마리를 지원받아 만세동산 일대에서 3개월가 방목 실험을 통해 조릿대 감소효과를 연구합니다.