Speaker
LEE Sukchang
Affliation
Jayeonjeju
Title
President
Session

Biography

Suk-chang Lee, president of Jayeonjeju, is an environmentalist, an expert in ecological restoration, and a cultural activist. He majored in Forestry at Konkuk University and received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in horticultural science from Chung-Ang University. He played a leading role in planting pines on Dockdo, greening the rocky island and also conducted vegetation restoration activities on the mountain Halla as well as barren island. He served as a member of Advisory Committee for Jeju World Natural Heritage and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province’s cultural properties as well as a president of Promotional Committee for Jeju World Natural Heritage. Currently, he is a deputy chairman of National Promotion Committee for Restoring Hanon Crater, a special member of Korean Society of Environment and Ecology, a deputy chairman of Korean Arboretum and Botanical Garden Association, a president of Seogwipo Cultural Organization, and a president of Seok-joo Myung Memorial Society.

이석창(李奭昌•61) 자연제주 대표는 환경운동가이자 생태복원 전문가이며, 문화활동가이다. 1982년 건국대학교 임학과를 졸업하고 중앙대학교대학원에서 원예과학과 석•박사학위를 받았다. 1978년 불모의 바위섬에 해송을 심는데 앞장 선 푸른 독도가꾸기 운동의 주역이며, 한라산과 불모의 섬에 식생복원활동을 펼쳤다. 제주도 환경정책자문위원, 제주세계자연유산연구회장, 제주특별자치도 문화재위원을 역임했다. 현재 하논분화구복원범국민추진위원회 부위원장, 한국생태학회 특별위원, 한국식물원수목원협회 부회장 서귀포문화사업회장, 석주명기념사업회장을 맡고 있다.