Birds threatened by land grab

Published: 25 November 2008 y., Tuesday

They say it could be one of the country's biggest ecological blunders. The Saemangeum land reclamation project would use a 33-km (20.5 mile) sea dyke to reclaim an area of 400 square kms (155 sq miles), turning coastal tidelands that are key feeding areas for globally threatened birds into land for factories, golf courses and water treatment plants.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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