Andong City Plants 50,000 Trees in Pungcheon and Namhu-myeon Areas for Large Forest Fire Recovery with 4.3 Billion Won Investment

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Andong City, Gyeongbuk Province, announced on the 25th that it will promote a 'reforestation restoration project' focusing on the forest fire damage area in Pungcheon and Namhu-myeon, where a large forest fire occurred last year.

The target area for the first year of this year's reforestation restoration project includes the residential areas around three villages, including Geomam-ri in Namhu-myeon, as well as areas along the Jungang Expressway and local roads.

Andong City plans to invest 4.3 billion KRW in the project to plant 584,000 trees by the end of April over an area of 418 hectares, including coniferous species such as larch and birch, landscape species such as mountain cherry trees, zelkova trees, and Korean snowbell trees, and special-purpose trees such as cornelian cherry and maackia trees. This project is planned to be carried out over three years until 2023.

An official from Andong City stated, "It takes at least 30 years or more to restore the forest to its original state after a forest fire," and added, "We recognize that healthy forests are a precious heritage to be passed on to future generations, and we ask citizens for their special cooperation to prevent forest fires during the dry spring weather."

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