Korea National Park Service

Korea National Park Service (KNPS) is a professional protected area management organisation established in 1987. Its headquarter is located in Wonju, Gangwon province and it manages around thirty percent of Korea’s protected areas including 21 national parks. With the vision ‘Leading Protected Areas Management by Connecting Nature, People, and the Future’, KNPS commits its’ resources to achieve conservation and sustainable use of national parks and provides various support for other protected areas managed by local governments.