Pohang City Exceeds 4th Year Goal of Planting 20 Million Trees 'Growing Strong'...

'Luxury Green City' Achieves 113% of This Year's Goal, 122% of 4-Year Cumulative Target

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang participating in a tree planting campaign.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, which is conducting a campaign to plant 20 million trees by 2026, announced on the 16th that it has already exceeded this year's target.

Since the campaign began in 2017, Pohang City explained that by the end of June this year, about 8.938 million trees have been planted, achieving 111.7% of the 4-year cumulative target of 8 million trees (112.6% of the 2020 target of 2 million trees).

The "20 Million Trees of Life Planting Movement" is a representative citizen participation program of the "Pohang GreenWay Project," which aims to ensure that every citizen can access a park or urban forest within a 5-minute walk. It is a movement to cultivate the entire city into a sustainable eco-friendly green city by citizens' hands, moving away from government-led tree planting projects.

Despite difficult conditions such as the cancellation of spring tree planting events in civil society, including Arbor Day tree planting, due to the spread of COVID-19, continuous promotion of tree planting projects such as fine dust blocking forests, along with achievements in the private sector including corporate and apartment landscaping and alley garden creation, had a significant impact.

Since the completion of the railway forest, the central green axis of Pohang, in May last year, the promotion rates in both the public and private sectors have increased evenly, showing an annual increase of more than 10% in planting volume from 2017 to the first half of 2020. Pohang City's "Ten Million Roses City Creation Project," launched in 2017, has also revitalized the city atmosphere by planting about 62,000 roses in 51 locations including Yeongildae Rose Garden together with civil society.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang said, "As the 20 Million Trees of Life Planting Movement enters its fourth year, citizens' awareness of tree planting is improving," and added, "I ask for active and proactive participation with the mindset that each tree we plant will leave a better environment for future generations."

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