Chungnam to Plant '6.17 Million Trees' on 2,541ha of Forest Land

A citizen participating in a local government-sponsored event is planting a tree. The photo is unrelated to the article. Source=Asia Economy DB

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province announced on the 17th that it will plant a total of 6.17 million trees over 2,541 hectares of forestland this year as part of its tree-planting project.

The project will be carried out by categorizing into economic forest creation, large tree planting, regional specialized afforestation, firebreak forest creation, and fine dust reduction afforestation.

First, to establish a foundation for timber production, the province will carry out an economic forest creation project by harvesting Korean pine (Pinus rigida) and others in an eco-friendly manner, then planting 5.39 million trees of 12 species including pine, larch, oak, and hinoki cypress over 1,831 hectares.

The large tree planting project will be promoted to enhance the public functions of forests, such as restoring areas damaged by forest fires and pine wilt disease, and creating roadside living environment landscapes, by planting 550,000 trees over 389 hectares.

The regional specialized afforestation focuses on creating melliferous tree specialized forests to revitalize the local beekeeping industry and forest resource utilization, as well as planting 80,000 distinctive landscape trees.

Additionally, the province will create firebreak forest belts to prevent the spread of large-scale forest fires when fires occur in forests near residential areas, and simultaneously plant trees mainly around industrial complexes and other fine dust emission areas to reduce fine dust.

Following the planting of 14,700 magnolia trees in Beolgok-myeon, Nonsan City on the 13th, the province plans to simultaneously plant trees in 15 cities and counties by the 20th of next month.

Lee Sang-chun, Director of the Provincial Forest Resources Division, said, “We will take the lead in creating forest resources to establish a foundation for sustainable forest management and strive to create melliferous forests to maintain a healthy natural ecosystem. We ask for the active participation and interest of the residents in this year’s tree-planting project.”

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