Im Sang-seop, Deputy Director of Korea Forest Service, Conducts On-site Inspection of Suncheon Urban Forest

The Korea Forest Service announced on the 15th that Deputy Director Im Sang-seop visited Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, to inspect the maintenance and management status of urban forests.

Im Sang-seop, Deputy Director of the Korea Forest Service, is inspecting the maintenance status of the urban forest for climate response at Dongcheon Retention Basin in Suncheon City with on-site personnel. Photo by Korea Forest Service

In Suncheon, urban forests have been established at the Dongcheon Retention Basin in Ocheon-dong and along the city roads in Jorye-dong to mitigate the urban heat island effect and reduce fine dust.

From 2019 to 2023, the Korea Forest Service created urban forests at 473 locations nationwide, including Suncheon. The total area of these urban forests amounts to 706 hectares, equivalent to 989 soccer fields.

Generally, urban forests have been confirmed to lower the average daytime temperature in summer by 3 to 7 degrees Celsius and reduce fine dust by 26 to 27%.

Deputy Director Im Sang-seop of the Korea Forest Service stated, “The Korea Forest Service will strive to enhance the quality of life for citizens through the expansion of urban forests and to increase climate response effects.”

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