Gyeonggi-do Opens Protected Tree Management Support Center... Systematic Management of 1,047 Trees

The Gyeonggi-do Forest Environment Research Institute recently established the 'Gyeonggi-do Protected Tree Management Support Center' to systematically manage 1,047 protected trees within the province.

The Protected Tree Management Support Center will provide systematic management consulting, including management technology and expert consultations on tree damage, training for management personnel, protected tree management seminars, and support for the production of successor trees across 31 cities and counties in the province.

To this end, the Forest Environment Research Institute appointed professors specializing in various fields such as tree pathology, pests, and physiology as external advisory members of the center.

Attendees at the opening ceremony of the Gyeonggi-do Protected Tree Management Support Center are taking a commemorative photo.

Additionally, to improve protected tree management techniques, the center supports ▲ specialized training for public officials in charge from cities and counties ▲ systematic consulting through active growth environment inspections ▲ expert-invited seminars for the specialization of protected tree management.

Furthermore, to produce successor trees (offspring trees) of protected trees, the center also produces genetically identical successor trees using tissue culture technology.

Yoon Ha-gong, head of the Gyeonggi-do Protected Tree Management Support Center, stated, "It is regrettable to see cases where protected trees with long histories and ecological value suffer damage and die," adding, "The role of the Gyeonggi-do Protected Tree Management Support Center will be crucial in the management of protected trees."

Meanwhile, the Forest Environment Research Institute succeeded in propagating successor trees of a 530-year-old Zelkova tree in Yeongtong, Suwon, which was broken by strong winds in 2018.

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