Jin Byeong-yeong, Hamyang County Governor, Visits Korea Forest Service to Request Financial Support for Current Projects

Request for Support of Total Project Cost
43 Billion KRW for Multipurpose Check Dams and Others

Jin Byeong-yeong, the governor of Hamyang County, Gyeongnam, announced on the 8th that he visited the Korea Forest Service to request national funding support for major projects under the jurisdiction of the Korea Forest Service for 2025.

According to the county, Governor Jin met with Nam Seong-hyeon, the head of the Korea Forest Service, and requested financial support totaling 43 billion KRW for projects including 20 billion KRW for the National Daebongsan Forest Healing Center construction project, 20 billion KRW for the Southern Timber Resource Center establishment, and 3 billion KRW for the multipurpose check dam construction.

Left: Jin Byeong-yeong, Hamyang County Governor; Nam Seong-hyeon, Korea Forest Service Administrator.

The National Daebongsan Forest Healing Center construction project is a forest healing center development project linking Daebongsan Recreation Forest, Healing Forest, and Ecological Forest within the Hamyang Daebongsan Healing Valley, a representative mountain tourism healing destination in the Gyeongnam region. The project aims to build educational, lodging, and experience facilities utilizing forest resources to create a hub complex for forest education, experience, and tourism.

The Southern Timber Resource Center construction project plans to secure 20 billion KRW in project funds to establish timber distribution and production complexes, leveraging Hamyang’s geographical advantages and the high value-added timber production in the southern region to revitalize the timber industry in response to the need for a southern regional timber distribution hub.

Additionally, the multipurpose check dam installation project is aimed at installing four check dams with a budget of 3 billion KRW in the Samjeong-ri area of Macheon-myeon to prevent forest disasters during localized heavy rains and to secure water sources for firefighting helicopters in winter, thereby preserving the excellent forest genetic resources of Jirisan.

Governor Jin stated, “With 78% of the total area being mountainous, Hamyang County requires various projects linked to forest resources.” He added, “We will continue close communication with central government agencies to secure funding for forest recreation, timber industry, and forest disaster projects, making this year a year of leap forward in people, tourism, and industry, which is the direction of our county administration.”

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