Five Villages in Gochang-gun Selected as 'Green Villages Free of Forest Fires' by Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Five villages in Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do, have been selected as ‘Green Villages Without Burning Forest Fires’ designated by the Korea Forest Service.

According to Gochang-gun on the 5th, the selected villages include one village chief, Kim Seong-gwon, of Yonggi Village, Simwon-myeon, who received the Korea Forest Service Director Award, and a total of five villages that received plaques: Yonggi Village, Simwon-myeon; Singi Village, Gosu-myeon; Haengsan Village, Haeri-myeon; Sanae Village, Seongsong-myeon; and Inchon Village, Buan-myeon.

The ‘Making Green Villages Without Burning Forest Fires’ campaign is promoted through voluntary pledges by village communities to prevent illegal burning activities in rural areas, which are a major cause of forest fires.

This year, 300 villages nationwide and 37 villages in Jeollabuk-do were selected.

Gochang-gun has prohibited burning of forest-adjacent rice paddies and fields in all villages within its jurisdiction and has promoted forest fire prevention through signature campaigns for green villages without burning forest fires.

In particular, due to the active participation of village chiefs, no large-scale forest fires caused by burning rice paddies, fields, and agricultural waste have occurred.

Yoo Gi-sang, the mayor of Gochang-gun, said, “Green Villages Without Burning Forest Fires are the result of efforts by village chiefs and residents working together to prevent forest fires,” and added, “Please continue to take an interest in forest fire prevention and cooperate to make Gochang-gun free of forest fires continuously.”

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