Changwon Special City Masanhwoin District Office Operates Forest Pest Monitoring and Control Team

Creating Healthy Forests Free of Pine Wilt Disease

and Generating Forestry Jobs

The Masanhwoewon-gu Office of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, operates a forest pest monitoring and control team to promptly monitor various forest pests, including pine wilt disease, and carry out timely control measures.

The district office plans to initially hire two members for the forest pest monitoring team through a recruitment exam on the 28th. The final successful candidates will perform forest pest-related tasks for about nine months starting from August 7, including monitoring and sample collection and inspection of pine wilt disease occurring in 6,229 hectares of local forests, as well as cracking down on illegal movement of pine trees.

A site where the Forest Pest Control Team is working.

Before the pine wilt disease control period begins, Masanhwoewon-gu plans to actively utilize past monitoring data to establish a systematic control promotion plan tailored to local conditions. Based on this, the district will additionally hire 10 members for the forest pest control team in October and focus on forest pest control work such as removing damaged pine trees affected by pine wilt disease, fumigation, and preventive tree injections until April next year.

Kim Hwayeong, the district mayor, stated, “As the occurrence of forest pests increases due to climate change such as global warming, we will do our best to maintain the health of the forest ecosystem by enhancing early monitoring activities and emergency control capabilities through the operation of the forest pest monitoring and control team.”

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