Preserving the Korean DMZ is ecologically beneficial because it has created a protected habitat that supports a significant percentage of critically endangered species.

“if if suddenly there was a peace treaty and everybody there was you reunited Korea or however it ended up being sold, it would just be devastating for for the ecosystem that has been created in this in this abandoned land, right? It would be completely devastating.”

The unintended ecosystem created in the Korean DMZ is a valuable subject for studying the effects of human absence on nature.

“So you get these little pockets and it's just this amazing study that you can make in what happens when humans completely vacate an area. It's like really extraordinary just how much nature thrives”