Healing the planet evidently means never having to stay home and use Skype: 10,000 delegates head to a resort island in East Asia for yet another 10-day "environmental" junket

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Jeju Islands aims to become global environmental capital

The World Conservation Congress (WCC) will give Jeju Island a good opportunity to emerge as the “world’s environmental capital,” said Woo Keun-min, governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

“The congress will show the international community that the resort island offers a unique experience in terms of conferences and tours,” he said.

The 10-day event will be held in East Asia for the first time after the island beat Cancun, an international resort island in Mexico, in a vote in 2009.

A record number of 10,000 delegates from more than 170 countries are on hand.