Nakdong River Eulsukdo 'Yangmiyeokchwi' Removal Operation Begins

Nakdong River Management Headquarters Launches Program to Remove Invasive Plant Species

A perennial herb of the Asteraceae family, Yangmiyeokchwi. It is an invasive species disrupting the ecosystem.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] "Destroy the invasive plant 'Yangmiyeokchwi' in the Nakdong River!"

The Nakdong River Management Headquarters of Busan City will carry out an invasive plant removal operation on the 11th to inform citizens about the necessity of removing invasive plants that disrupt the ecosystem.

On this day, the program will invite Lee Seong-geun, Executive Director of Busan Green Trust, who conducted a survey on the distribution status of the invasive species Yangmiyeokchwi in Busan (2019), to provide education on invasive plants in the Nakdong River estuary and conduct removal activities together.

The event will involve 30 citizen participants, nature environment interpreters, and the Busan Sustainable Development Council. Participating citizens will receive prior education on the necessity of removing invasive plants and will remove Yangmiyeokchwi, a representative invasive plant distributed around the wetlands of Eulsukdo Migratory Bird Park.

Yangmiyeokchwi is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family that blooms yellow flowers in the autumn months of September and October. Although it is an alien species, it was designated as an invasive plant by the Ministry of Environment in 2009 due to its strong reproductive ability that threatens native plant ecosystems. Recently, as Yangmiyeokchwi has spread in the Nakdong River Ecological Park, it threatens the ecosystem to the extent that native plants cannot grow, making its removal urgent.

Yeo Un-cheol, head of the Nakdong River Management Headquarters of Busan City, said, "Through this experience, we hope to provide citizens with information about invasive species and offer a time for them to feel pride in actively participating in removal activities to preserve native species."

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