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Korean Citizens Movement for Environmental Justice
Mission:“CMEJ perceives the environmental crisis of the earth ecosystem and the Korean peninsula to have originated from a view of the world based on domination and suppression, and seeks to contribute in the realization of a socially righteous and ecologically sustainable environmental justice to overcome this crisis.”
In China since: 2003
International Contact:
Won Jyoung-Seon
100-4 Samson-dong 5ga.
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-045
Korea
Tel: +82 2 7434747
Fax: +82 2 –743-4748
In 1992, the Citzens’ Coalition for Economic Justice—Korea’s largest civic organization—founded a Center for Environment and Development as its environmental research arm. Over the years, staff at the Centre came increasingly to believe that environmental protection could best be achieved through citizen mobilisation and activism rather than research. In 1999 the Centre separated from the Coalition for Economic Justice and changed its name to the Citizen’s Movement for Environmental Justice (CMEJ). As an environmental activist network, CMEJ currently has 2,500 members, 27 full-time paid staff and 200 volunteers.
Its major achievements in Korea include stopping development activities in Daejisan—a mountain located in Southwestern Korea—in 2001; campaigning against the use of toxic chemicals and genetically engineered food through the launch of the Food Safety Campaign in 2002; and bringing together some 40 organizations to form a ‘Saving Rivers Network.’ In 2004, CMEJ acquired UN Economic and Social Council Special Consultative Status.
CMEJ’s involvement in China began in 1995, when it established an Atmospheric Action Network in East Asia (AANEA) to exchange information and conduct joint research and monitoring. This network now includes 19 NGOs from seven countries, including China. Also in 2001, as part of the ‘Save the Rivers’ campaign, CMEJ held a comparative symposium on drinking water policies in Korea, China, and Japan. In 2003, CMEJ worked with NGOs in Guangdong to provide Chinese citizens with the know-how to effectively file environmental complaints and lawsuits against polluting factories in the region.
Funding for GKU’s work in China has come mainly from membership fees, the Korean National Institute of Environmental Research, and TumenNet Project funds.
Links
http://www.ecojustice.or.kr
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