Pohang City Awards Commendations to Contributors for Wildfire Prevention and Pine Wilt Disease Control

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the 26th, Pohang City awarded commendation certificates to meritorious persons in the forestry sector (forest fires, pine wilt disease) at the city hall's main conference room.

During the nationwide forest fire caution periods last fall and this spring, about 280 forest fires occurred nationwide, but in Pohang, there was no significant damage from forest fires due to the active forest fire prevention activities of the specialized forest fire suppression team and forest fire watchers.

To achieve the ecologically manageable level target by 2023, Pohang City removed 15,000 damaged dead pine trees and conducted preventive tree injections over 300 hectares through the pine wilt disease control project carried out from October last year to the end of March this year.

In particular, among the companies implementing the control project, five companies that actively promoted control efforts under difficult working conditions to reduce pine wilt disease damage were selected and awarded commendation certificates.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok emphasized, "Forest fire prevention and pine wilt disease control are essential tasks for creating an eco-friendly green ecological city established through the Greenway project, which is a key project of Pohang City."

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