​￮ The aim of this study is to assess the current degradation status of natural environment in Jeollabuk-do to present the policy direction and major tasks for planning and executing effective green restoration projects suitable for the province.

￮ The analysis of the environmentally damaging projects in Jeollabuk-do for the past 40 years, since the 1980s, revealed that the environmental deterioration occurred due to the construction of industrial-complexes and urban development projects, and road construction, tourism-complex development, and golf-course construction, which resulted in separating 119 forest corridors and 95 river corridors.

￮ According to the time-series analysis of the land-cover type during the same period, the forest area, agricultural area, grassland, and wetland decreased, and the urbanized and dry area increased. In particular, the shift from the agricultural area to other types of land was the largest, which was 10.12% of the entire area of the province.

￮ The vision is to "recover ecological space in Jeollabuk-do with green restoration" and the goal is to "implement green ecological space with Jeollabuk-do’s unique ecosystem and culture harmonized." The implementation strategies include ① restoring the connectivity, structure, and function of the natural environment, ② creating new restoration spaces, ③ regenerating and developing the region through the convergence of ecology and culture, and ④ securing the foundation for proceeding with green restoration.

￮ The tasks include ① connecting and restoring the forest-river-coast-islands-maritime ecological corridors, ② planning and executing large-scale complex ecosystem restoration projects, ③ building green infrastructure for urban and rural areas, ④ restoring underused and contaminated sites and recovering the natural attributes of rivers and coasts, ⑤ creating ecosystem services through green restoration, ecological culture, and IT technology, ⑥ creating eco-tourism areas in accordance with ecological restoration, ⑦ securing the foundation of a mid-to-long-term green restoration including the development of ecological maps, and ⑧ establishing a system of cooperation system involving the government, the region, and experts, together with citizen participation.​