Wild Plants and Stray Cat Management: Any Effective Solutions? Gijang-gun's Creation of an Eco-Friendly Ecological City

Okyu-seok, Mayor of Gijang-gun, Calls for Securing Personnel and Budget Next Year to Manage and Preserve Wild Grasses and Wildflowers
Creating an Ecological City Coexisting with Flora and Fauna... Plans to Establish Stray Cat Management Measures

Busan Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] How to coexist with stray cats? How to manage wild plants scattered along riversides and vacant lots?

Busan Gijang-gun has rolled up its sleeves to create an eco-friendly ecological city by securing budgets and manpower.

On the 28th, Oh Gyu-seok, the head of Gijang-gun, said, “To prepare for the post-COVID-19 era, we must carefully cultivate wild plants and wildflowers in parks, walking trails, riversides, and green spaces to provide residents with pleasant resting and healing spaces. We plan to focus next year’s budget and manpower to develop Gijang into an eco-friendly ecological city.”

Gijang-gun plans to manage wild plants and wildflowers in parks, walking trails, riversides, and green spaces without cutting them down indiscriminately, as long as they do not obstruct walking.

Wild aquatic plants along riversides will also be cultivated in an eco-friendly manner. Maintenance of grass and kudzu vines around parks, walking trails, and green spaces will be carried out simultaneously.

Next year, five dedicated personnel will be secured for each of the five towns and townships to undertake eco-friendly ecological maintenance work within the city. Along with grass cutting projects in urban areas, roadsides, and sidewalks, wild plants and wildflowers in rivers, drainage ditches, reservoirs, and hiking trails will also be maintained.

Coexistence measures with stray cats will also be explored alongside wild plants and wildflowers. To create a harmonious ecological city where animals and plants coexist, continuous measures for managing stray cats will be established.

Gijang-gun also plans to promote projects such as ‘Hiking Trail Discovery and Network Project’ and ‘Park Network Project’ to provide eco-friendly resting spaces for residents.

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