Jeonnam Naju City, 79th Arbor Day Commemoration Naju Love Tree Planting

Naju City in Jeollanam-do held the 'Naju Love Tree Planting' event on the 21st at Seungjasan Mountain in Gyosan-ri, Seji-myeon, to celebrate the 79th Arbor Day.

About 500 participants, including Mayor Yoon Byung-tae, city hall officials, and related organizations such as the National Naju Forest Experience Center, planted 8,000 cypress trees, which are excellent for air purification and have high-quality timber.

This year, Naju City plans to invest 2 billion KRW to establish economic forests for stable and sustainable timber resource supply, and to create melliferous trees and fire-resistant forest belts to respond to the climate crisis.

Additionally, to foster healthy and high-quality forests, the city will promote forest management over an area of 815 hectares, including large trees, young trees, and afforestation sites, aiming to practice carbon neutrality and enhance the public and economic value of forests.

Mayor Yoon Byung-tae of Naju said, "The cypress trees planted this time emit natural antibacterial substances and, as subtropical conifers, grow quickly, which will greatly help timber production. We hope that this planting will remind us of the importance of forests in responding to rapidly changing climate conditions and that the trees planted today will become the forests for the future of Naju."

Naju = Kim Yuk-bong, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

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