<기사> Korea Forest Service and Environmental Groups Plant Trees in Daegwallyeong

On the 13th, at the 'Forest Restoration Tree Planting' event held in Daegwallyeong, Baekdudaegan, officials from the Korea Forest Service, environmental organizations, and forest ecological restoration groups are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service announced on the 13th that it held a 'Forest Restoration Tree Planting' event at Daegwallyeong in the Baekdudaegan mountain range together with environmental organizations and forest ecological restoration groups.

The event was attended by Green Korea United, the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements, the Life Forest Association, the Environmental Foundation, the Korea Mountain Conservation Association, the Korea Forest Restoration Association, the Baekdudaegan Conservation Association, and the Baekdudaegan Promotion Association. It was organized to commemorate the establishment of the Forest Ecological Restoration Division in March and to promote mutual cooperation between the public and private sectors for carbon neutrality and the restoration of the Korean Peninsula's forest ecosystem.

Previously, the Korea Forest Service has been continuously conducting projects to restore damaged forests since 2006.

In particular, in 2019, the 'Act on the Creation and Management of Forest Resources' was amended to legalize forest restoration and reorganize the project implementation system, thereby expanding its scope. The establishment of the Forest Ecological Restoration Division is in line with this effort.

Through these efforts, the Korea Forest Service has restored 604 hectares of damaged forest areas equivalent to twice the size of Yeouido, restored 10 ecological corridors of the Baekdudaegan mountain range that were severed by roads, and rehabilitated 12 large-scale damaged forest landscapes.

Choi Byung-am, Administrator of the Korea Forest Service, said, "Tree planting is an important activity to respond to the climate crisis and to achieve carbon neutrality and restore the forest ecosystem of the Korean Peninsula." He added, "The Korea Forest Service will continue to strengthen cooperation with environmental organizations and forest ecological restoration groups to enhance forest biodiversity."

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