July 27, 1953 in Panmunjom between North Korea and the PRC on the one hand and the United Nations forces on behalf of the United States on the other was signed by the ceasefire agreement that put an end to the three-year bloody war on the Korean peninsula and consolidated the split of Korea into two parts . The demarcation line between South and North Korea, established along the front line, crosses the Korean peninsula from west to east and has a length of about 250 km . along the line of the demilitarized zone (abbreviated DMZ) . DMZ surround more Illion armed soldiers, minefields, artillery batteries and barbed wire . According to former US President Bill Clinton, the DMZ - is "the worst place on earth" .But where animals are terrified, animals and birds can safely live .

For the past 56 years, the demilitarized zone, where the human foot practically does not move, has turned into a paradise of wildlife . In the course of a study conducted by specialists of the Central State the scientific museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, about 1,000 rare and endangered species of animals and plants were found in the DMZ . Among them are representatives of birds such as hornets, small spoonbill, chick-teale and small Chinese gull . In addition, in coastal areas near Ganghwado Island whether previously found is not found in Korea kinds of plants and fungi .

ecosystem, to create a story created after the end of the Korean War, a demilitarized zone initially was a devastated land, which, after bloody battles almost no wildlife. Today this 4 km wide section with a length of about 250 km is a unique nature reserve, mountain ranges, forests, rivers and swamps of which are an ideal natural habitat for various species of animals and plants.

For example, in the Pyeonggang Plateau area the foot of Mount Sobansan, many wetlands in which miscanthus grows sugar, Japanese reeds, Korean willow . The banks of the river Hantkhangan serve as a resting place during long flights from Siberia to Australia and back for such species ereletnyh birds, endangered species, like the Japanese (Ussuri) and white-naped crane, black vulture .In the meadows along the river rare species of birds feed, such as spoonbill . Wetlands of the Chhorva Plain located in the central part of the DMZ, represent a unique ecosystem full of wildlife . Formerly there were folded mountains, however, during the Korean War, many they were destroyed, and in their place there are now only hills and plateaus, serving as a home for many representatives of flora and fauna .

In the region of Chhorvon, in the central part of the DMZ, there are species of birds of prey such as eagles and owls, and also such a unique representative of birds as a kingfisher kingfisher. In the streams flowing through the DMZ, unique species of Hankin gorchaks, found only in Korea, Scherzer's sinicard and other rare species of fish, were found. Mountainous areas located to the east, serve as a home for various species of mammals - gorals, kabarog, Far Eastern forest cats, flying squirrels. In the streams flowing into the river Imjinggan, there are otters.

In 2002, a white-bears bear was found in the Yanggu-gong district of the DMZ @ Due to the unique biological diversity of the demilitarized zone, the Ministry of Ecology of the RK seeks it to be declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO . Biosphere Reserve is a typical site of nature, untouched or slightly modified by the economic activity of a person and is a self-regulating natural system . This is exactly the last 56 years is the demilitarized zone, of a war-torn earth into a wildlife paradise .. November 17, 2009

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