Hampyeong-gun, Total Effort to Control Pine Wilt Disease

Infected Trees Found in the Area... Emergency Budget Allocated for Pest Control Operations

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Hampyeong County is mobilizing all administrative efforts to carry out pest control work to prevent the spread of pine wilt disease occurring within the jurisdiction.

According to Hampyeong County on the 17th, pine trees infected with pine wilt disease were confirmed earlier this month in Yangjeong-ri and Oechi-ri, Wolya-myeon, and it is presumed to have spread from Gaamsan in Yangdong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.

Accordingly, on the 9th, officials from related organizations including the Korea Forest Service, National Institute of Forest Science, Jeonnam Provincial Government, and Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall, as well as neighboring cities and counties, held an emergency joint pest control countermeasure meeting to prepare pest control measures to prevent the spread of pine wilt disease.

The county urgently invested 30 million won in project funds to carry out pest control work such as preventive tree injections on 23 hectares of forest land around Oechi-ri and Yangjeong-ri, Wolya-myeon, where the pine wilt disease first occurred, and designated 2,703 hectares of forest land near the outbreak area as a pine tree export prohibition zone, implementing pine tree movement restrictions.

The county will secure additional budget and launch large-scale pest control work in forest areas of Haebo-myeon, Nasan-myeon, and Wolya-myeon around Bulgapsan Mountain.

A county official said, “There is no cure for pine wilt disease, so once infected, the tree inevitably dies 100%,” and added, “Since prevention is most important, we will do our best to prevent the spread of pine wilt disease through proactive quarantine work with related organizations.”

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