Korea Forest Service Selects 26 New 'Resident Communities' in the Forestry Sector

Diagrammatic data of forest job models for 26 newly selected resident communities. Provided by the Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service announced on the 17th that it has newly selected 26 resident communities (Groot Management Bodies) that will lead job creation in the forestry sector and regional economic growth.

The selected resident communities consist of residents with diverse backgrounds such as young forestry workers, returnees to rural areas, and migrant women in nine regions nationwide where the Groot Managers selected this year are active.

The Korea Forest Service plans to provide the selected resident communities with tailored education, field visits to excellent projects, prototype production, and promotional support through the Forest Job Development Center support project for up to three years to help them grow into enterprises.

Earlier, through the Forest Job Development Center, the Korea Forest Service received 54 applications for resident community projects last month and finally selected 26 resident communities through the first document screening and the second presentation and interview screening.

Since its launch in April 2018, the Forest Job Development Center has supported 227 resident communities involving 1,910 participants. Among them, 110 resident communities have been incorporated and are developing region-specific specialized forestry projects.

Cho Sung-dong, head of the Forest Job Startup Team at the Korea Forest Service, said, “The Forest Job Development Center will actively support the discovered resident communities to create quality forestry jobs through startups and contribute to the revitalization of mountain villages.”

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