Muan-gun Receives Donated Discarded Trees to Create Parks and Urban Forests

Creating an Urban Forest with Donated Trees and Shrubs... Saving 40 Million Won in Budget

Trees are being planted in the Youth Community Park in Muan-gun. (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwanju] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 31st that it is operating a Tree Bank project that receives and manages discarded trees to utilize them for parks or urban forest creation.

The county operates a total of three Tree Bank sites, including the existing Hyeongyeong-myeon Poji, and the newly established Mangun-myeon and Cheonggye-myeon Poji last year, managing about 2,200 trees such as crape myrtle, thorn trees, and zelkova trees.

Additionally, the county plans a Future Forest Creation Project that transplants trees from the Tree Bank to each village to create beautiful landscapes with the purpose of generating green spaces.

It is expected that about 1,000 trees, 2 to 3 per village, will be needed, and the county intends to reduce project costs through active collection of donated trees as well as existing Tree Bank trees.

A county official said, “The Tree Bank project is a meaningful initiative that not only saves trees that would otherwise be discarded but also greatly helps reduce project costs. If landscaping trees to be discarded are donated to the Tree Bank through the county office’s Forest and Park Division, we will manage them well and utilize them efficiently.”

Meanwhile, last year Muan-gun utilized the donated Tree Bank trees for projects such as the Youth Community Garden, Land Island Urban Forest, and Steel Material Hwadam Forest Creation Project, achieving a budget saving effect of about 40 million won in the process.

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