Ulsan City Completes This Year’s ‘Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project’

Planted 10,384 Trees on 11,000㎡ of Modular General Industrial Complex Area

Ulsan City announced on the 29th that the "2024 Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project," which was promoted to improve the working environment of resident companies within the modular general industrial complex located in Hyo-mun-dong and Yeonam-dong, Buk-gu, and to provide a pleasant living environment for citizens, has been completed.

The "Climate Response Urban Forest Creation Project" has been promoted over five years from 2022 to 2026.

This year, a total project cost of 1 billion KRW (500 million KRW in national funds) was invested to plant 10,384 trees of forest service recommended species with excellent fine dust reduction capabilities, such as Ipop trees, on a green area of 11,000㎡ within the "Modular General Industrial Complex."

Dense forests were created by planting large trees such as Ipop trees, Zelkova trees, and Korean red pines, as well as multi-stem and multi-layered structures of shrubs like Japanese spirea and flowering dogwood around factories within the industrial complex.

Previously, in 2022, with a total project cost of 1 billion KRW, 18,244 trees including Zelkova trees were planted on an area of 11,000㎡ within the "Jungsan 1st and 2nd General Industrial Complex."

Also, in 2023, with a total project cost of 500 million KRW, 17,339 trees including Japanese cypress were planted on an area of 5,000㎡ within the "Maegok 2nd and 3rd Industrial Complex."

Next year, with a total project cost of 1 billion KRW, an urban forest will be created on 10,000㎡ in the "Shin General Industrial Complex" in Cheongnyang-eup, Ulju-gun, and in the final year of the project, 2026, a 5,000㎡ forest will be created in the Gilcheon and Bonggye General Industrial Complexes.

According to research by the National Institute of Forest Science, urban forests reduce fine dust (PM10) concentration by an average of 25.6% and ultrafine dust (PM2.5) by 40.9% compared to general urban areas, and a 10,000㎡ forest can reduce airborne fine dust and other pollutants by 168 kg annually.

In particular, areas with urban forests experience average summer temperatures 3 to 7℃ lower and humidity increases of 9 to 23%, thereby alleviating the urban heat island effect.

Ulsan City Hall.

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