Intensive Kudzu Vine Removal Period Until October, Gyeongnam Province's Full-Scale Response

Gyeongnam Province Allocates 12.6 Billion KRW for Kudzu Vine Removal, Deploys 223 Workers for Public Forest Management

Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Building Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do has designated the period until October as an intensive removal period to eliminate kudzu vines, investing 12.6 billion KRW and deploying 223 personnel.

Vines cause damage to tree growth in forests and also spoil the landscape of residential forests, posing a problem.

Since 2019, Gyeongnam Province has been steadily removing visible vines in afforestation areas and along roadsides, but recently, due to climate change and other factors, the spread of kudzu vines has accelerated.

Accordingly, the province has allocated an additional 400 million KRW to hire more forest biomass collection teams and will deploy personnel for 'public forest maintenance' starting this summer to remove vines from visible forest areas along roadsides.

At a meeting with forestry department officials on the 21st, Kang Myeonghyo, Director of Forest Policy, requested cooperation, saying, "Please do your best in the kudzu vine removal project to create a pleasant forest landscape."

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