Selected as One of the Top 10 News by the Korea Forest Service, Including the '100 Luxury Forests'

The Korea Forest Service announced the 'Top 10 News of the Korea Forest Service in 2023' on the 19th.

The most attention in the Top 10 News was given to the 'Selection of Korea's Top 100 Premium Forests Reborn as Dense Forests after 50 Years.'

Following the previous discovery of 50 premium national forests, this year, marking the 50th anniversary of national land greening, the Korea Forest Service additionally selected 50 forests created by individuals, companies, and local governments, completing the list of the 'Top 100 Premium Forests.'

The premium forests were selected as excellent models in forest management since the national land greening and to promote and share the value of forests as regional tourism resources with the public.

Other Top 10 News included the expansion of forest fire-fighting roads to minimize forest fire disasters (2nd place), 'K-Forest Firefighting' appearing at the Canadian forest fire site (3rd place), selection of 50 premium forest trails suitable for walking in all seasons (4th place), the opening of the pilot section of the East-West Trail and the full-scale creation of an 849 km section (5th place), promotion of the enactment of the Forest Disaster Prevention Act to respond to large-scale forest disasters (6th place), successful hosting of the largest-ever Suncheonman International Garden Expo (7th place), suspension of aerial pesticide spraying for pine wilt disease considering environmental impact (8th place), full implementation of the Tree Doctor system after five years (9th place), and minimizing casualties through improvement of the landslide information system (10th place).

The Top 10 News were selected through votes by the public, journalists, and Korea Forest Service employees among issues related to the Korea Forest Service. Among them, the public showed high interest in forest welfare-related fields such as premium forests, premium forest trails, the East-West Trail, and the garden expo, while journalists and Korea Forest Service employees showed high interest in forest disaster fields such as forest fires, landslides, and pine wilt disease.

Jung Cheol-ho, spokesperson for the Korea Forest Service, said, "This year marks the 50th anniversary of national land greening, and the Korea Forest Service considers it a meaningful year to return the forests that have been carefully nurtured to the public through the selection of the Top 100 Premium Forests." He added, "The Korea Forest Service will continue to practice proactive administration next year to help improve the lives of the public."

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