Travelers could soon be able to hike three routes in the Korean Peninsula's Demilitarized Zone, often described as the world's most heavily armed border
Thanks to the restrictions, the area became an unintended refuge for all sorts of endangered species, from migratory birds to wild mammals, such as red-crowned cranes, white-naped cranes, mandarin ducks, musk deer, mountain goats and more.The National Institute of Ecology of South Korea says there are about 6,000 different species of flora and fauna living inside the DMZ.
"Then the next 10 years were spent trying to really understand those areas and why those animals are there and at what time of the year certain plants bloom," says Kim. The World Wide Fund for Nature describes the DMZ as"a critical stopping-off point during the annual migration of these birds from breeding grounds in northeastern China and southeastern Russia."
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