History

2001.04.13

Established the Korea-China Cultural Youth Association Futre Forest

2008.08.01

Earned the country’s first UNEP observer status

2009.12.20

• Earned a UNFCCC observer status
• Earned a UNFCCC accredited organization status

2010.01.04

Appointed a UNCCD ‘Sustainable Land Management Champion’

2012.03.01

Appointed a UNCCD ‘Drylands Ambassador’

2014.09.30

Byung-Hyun Kwon received the “Friendship Award” from the Chinese government

2015.06.08

Selected as a 2015 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Public Diplomacy Cooperation Project

2015.06.28

CEO Byung-hyun Kwon, China Public Audience Center, named ‘China Ecological Hero International’ by the State Forestry Administration

2016.03.22

Selected as a 2016 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Public Diplomacy Cooperation Project

2016.04.01

Presidential Citation (for contributions to national social development through the creation of forest resources)

2016.06.17

• Ministry of Environment won Environmental Practice Award, co-hosted by Chosun Ilbo
• CEO Byung-hyun Kwon won the 24th Chosun Ilbo Environmental Award (Minister of Environment Award)

2016.09.27

UN New York Headquarters held <Green Core Exhibition to Save Earth >

2018.02.01

Held <Earth Saving Green Core Exhibition> Commemorating the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

2019.09.01

Appointment of the UNCCD ‘Land Ambassador’

2019.09.05

Organized the Global CSO Alliance to combat desertification

2019.12.20

Awarded the Forestry Commissioner’s Award from China Headquarters