A gathering was held to share the achievements of water management in the Jeonbuk region and to establish a foundation for resident participation in agricultural non-point source pollution management.

The '2025 Jeonbuk Water Forum Achievement Sharing Meeting and Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Management Resident Participation Gathering' took place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 18th in Jeonju and Jeongeup.

The event was divided into two parts. Part 1, the '2025 Jeonbuk Water Forum Achievement Sharing Meeting,' was held at the Jeonbuk Research Institute Conference Hall (Annex 3rd floor), where the progress and policy achievements of the Jeonbuk Water Forum over the past year were shared. A total of 47 people, including co-representatives of the Jeonbuk Water Forum, policy planners, conflict resolution experts, and participation culture subcommittee members, attended.

Part 2 continued at the Hwangto Regional Harmony Center in Deokcheon-myeon, Jeongeup, with the 'Launch Ceremony of the Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Management Resident Committee.'

About 150 people attended this launch event, jointly organized by the Jeonbuk Regional Environmental Office's Saemangeum Watershed Management Team and Jeongeup City, including over 80 residents from participating villages in Jeongeup City and Buan County for agricultural non-point source pollution management. Representatives from the Jeonbuk Regional Environmental Office, Jeonbuk Provincial Water Management Department, Jeongeup City and Buan County environmental and agricultural departments, Jeonbuk Research Institute, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Rural Community Corporation, Earth Green Environmental Center, and other related organizations were present.

Kim Bo-guk, Senior Research Fellow at the Jeonbuk Research Institute, expressed hope that this event would serve as an opportunity to strengthen the cooperative system for resident-participatory water management and agricultural non-point source pollution reduction.