Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Mount Chilbo
The Mount Chilbo Biosphere Reserve is part of the Great Paektu Mountain Range formed in the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula by fault movement and volcanic eruption during the late Neogene and early Quaternary period The Mt Chilbo Mountains embrace 700m to 1103m mountains forming a middlealtitudinal landscape whilst the Chilbo Stream flows through the Mt Chilbo Biosphere Reserve to the Korean Peninsula Mount Chilbo holds enormous cultural heritage notably through the Kaesim Temple with its thousand year old history built in 826 and ten other State Natural Monuments This biosphere reserve covers an area of 50340 hectares with its highest elevation above sea level being 1103m and lowest at 13m Among its primary targets for protection are the Tricholoma matsutake and its spectacular ecological environments
Democratic People's Republic of Korea