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area abounding in wildlife! The fact that it is a vast mine field where patrols can only penetrate on well marked paths has made it into a unique area for ecological study where facts may be learned that will help you in future habitat restoration, if you can make such studies without getting blown up in the process."

Giving full support to his remark in the speech, I will make a preliminary survey on the ecological study of biocommunity in DMZ and also have symposium about this survey at the 11th Pacific Congress which will be held in Tokyo, Japan in next August. Beside these, there also are some urgent projects that will have to be carried out by us.

1) Survey of the wintering ground of waterfowl, a delta in the lower course of the Naktong river (from Wondong to Changrim, Kyungsang-Namdo).

2) Census and preservation of the following threatened species.
Birds:
Manchurian Crane
Japanese Crested Ibis
Japanese Stork
Spoon Bill
Black Stork
Tristram's Woodpecker

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