Jeonnam Province Selects Sinan-gun as Recipient of 'Urban Forest Creation and Management Evaluation' Award

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 5th that Sinan-gun won the prestigious Grand Prize in the ‘Urban Forest Creation and Management Evaluation’.

The urban forest evaluation was established to spread excellent cases of urban forest creation and to share forest creation management.

After selecting five cities and counties through the first document screening, a comprehensive evaluation was conducted on two excellent cases submitted by each city and county, based on ▲appropriateness of site selection ▲forest design such as tree arrangement ▲tree growth condition ▲usage by residents and tourists ▲contribution to tourism resources.

As a result of the evaluation, a total of five local governments were selected, and Sinan-gun received the prestigious Grand Prize for the excellent cases of ‘Dochodo Zelkova Premium Forest Trail (Dochodo Fantasy Garden)’ and ‘Bald Cypress Waterfront Park’.

Gokseong-gun won the Excellence Award by being recognized for the excellence of forest design with ‘Veterans Hall Green Pocket Forest’ and ‘Osan Elementary School Meditation Forest,’ while Suncheon-si, Boseong-gun, and Damyang-gun were selected for the Merit Award.

In particular, the Grand Prize-winning ‘Sinan Dochodo Zelkova Premium Forest Trail (Dochodo Fantasy Garden)’ was created by actively receiving a donation of 304 zelkovas aged 70 to 100 years scattered across mountain areas nationwide.

It was highly evaluated for creating a beautiful 3.2 km street forest trail, with understory vegetation such as hydrangea and dwarf iris blending harmoniously, making it a representative attraction of Sinan-gun where flowers bloom all year round.

Gokseong-gun was recognized for excellence by designing a forest that stands out in color beauty by placing hibiscus in connection with the Veterans Center and introducing understory vegetation with beautiful autumn foliage.

Suncheon-si, Boseong-gun, and Damyang-gun received good evaluations for creating distinctive urban forests linked with local resources.

Park Hyungho, Director of the Forest Recreation Division of Jeonnam Province, said, “We will expand the excellent cases discovered through this evaluation to all cities and counties,” and added, “We will continuously expand high-quality urban forests where residents can be healed in the post-COVID-19 era.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.