Yeosu Sustainable Cooperation, Hosts the '2nd Blue Sky Day' Event

Maintenance of Street Trees and Trail Improvement Activities at Manheung Park along the Jeolla Line Old Railroad

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Sim Kyung-taek] On the occasion of the 2nd Blue Sky Day, the Jeonnam Yeosu Sustainable Development Council (hereinafter Yeosu Sustainable Council) carried out park maintenance activities around the Jeolla Line Old Railroad Park and Manheung Park area on the 10th.

Blue Sky Day, now in its second year, is the first official commemorative day adopted by the United Nations, originally proposed by South Korea. Starting this month, which includes Blue Sky Day, Yeosu Sustainable Council plans to conduct various programs until next month, marking the 100th day since Yeosu City assumed the presidency of the Sustainable Development Local Governments Council.

The park maintenance activities involved about 20 participants, including members of Yeosu Sustainable Council, Purujigi, Green Leaders, and the Yeosu branch of the Korean Women's Association. Activities included removing kudzu vines from street trees, trimming lower branches, and maintaining the cypress forest walking trails.

In addition to maintaining the park and street trees in this section, members also took part in trail maintenance at the Jeonnam Cypress Forest in the woods (in front of Orim Tunnel), a park jointly created by Yeosu Sustainable Council, Jeollanam-do Province, Yeosu City, and Purujigi.

For this event, the Yeosu City Forestry Department provided tools and directly participated in the maintenance activities.

Co-chairman Cho Hyun-seo of Yeosu Sustainable Council stated, “Our city, actively working to overcome the climate crisis through initiatives such as the COP28 hosting bid and the 2050 carbon neutrality declaration, finds great significance in collaborating with the private sector to commemorate Blue Sky Day, the first official UN commemorative day originally proposed by our government, by conducting various events.”

Manheung Park, where the event was held, spans from the old Manseong-ri Station to Orim Tunnel. Yeosu industrial complex companies participating in Yeosu Sustainable Council funded 450 million KRW to create a small park and planted street trees along this section.

Yeosu industrial complex companies within Yeosu Sustainable Council have invested about 1.3 billion KRW to date, creating five parks in the Yeosu industrial complex and downtown Yeosu, which have been provided to Yeosu City.

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Sim Kyung-taek simkt7@asiae.co.kr

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