Ulsan City to Complete This Year's 'Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project'

10,739 Trees on 5,000㎡ at Maegok 2nd and 3rd Industrial Complex

Ulsan City has completed this year's forest creation project to respond to the climate crisis.

On the 20th, Ulsan City announced that it has finished the '2023 Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project' in Maegok 2nd and 3rd General Industrial Complexes, aiming to improve the working environment for employees of resident companies and provide a pleasant living environment for citizens.

This project invested a total of 450 million KRW (250 million KRW from the national government) to create a forest by planting 17,339 trees of forest service recommended species with excellent fine dust reduction capabilities, such as Ipap trees, on a green area of 5,000㎡ within the 'Maegok 2nd and 3rd General Industrial Complexes.'

The 2023 climate response urban forest development site in Ulsan.

Ulsan City planted dense forests with multi-row and multi-layer structures around factories in the industrial complex using species such as Ash trees, Ipap trees, and Strobe pine trees. At the entrance of the industrial complex, plum trees related to the origin of the place name Maegok-dong were planted to add significance.

Previously, Ulsan City planted 18,244 trees including Zelkova trees on an area of 11,000㎡ around the Jungsan 1st and 2nd General Industrial Complexes last year with a total project cost of 1.1 billion KRW, and plans to create an urban forest on 10,000㎡ of the Modular General Industrial Complex next year with a total project cost of 1 billion KRW.

The 'Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project' is a five-year project running from 2022 to 2026, with urban forests planned to be created on 5,000㎡ at Bonggye General Industrial Complex in 2025 and 2,800㎡ at Gilcheon and Shin General Industrial Complexes in 2026.

According to research by the National Institute of Forest Science, urban forests reduce fine dust (PM10) concentration by an average of 25.6% and ultrafine dust (PM2.5) by 40.9% compared to general urban areas, and a 10,000㎡ forest can reduce airborne fine dust and other pollutants by 168 kg annually.

Areas with urban forests experience average summer temperatures 3 to 7℃ lower and humidity increases of 9 to 23%, which also helps mitigate the urban heat island effect.

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