GANGNEUNG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds were found resilient in their old habitat despite a massive wildfire that devastated the area. A wildfire, which engulfed near Gyeongpo Lake in the northeastern coastal city of Gangneung last April, devastated 121 hectares of forest. Since then, new plants have gradually covered the devastated area in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A honey source forest equivalent in size to the area of 4,700 soccer fields has been created in South Chungcheong Province. The provincial government announced that it completed the first stage of the honey source forest creation and cultivation project it carried out from 2018 to this year. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service said Thursday it will launch an initiative to supply byproducts of its forest cultivation project — trees that are hard to recycle into lumber — to the vulnerable class. The initiative is designed to reduce fuel costs for the vulnerable class, who have difficulty due [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is stepping up efforts to create more forests to protect biodiversity as well as to better respond to the climate crisis. The South Korea’s biggest carmaker said Wednesday it will create a new forest with a size of about 16,000 square meters in Hongcheon County, Gangwon [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean-style forest park will be set up near Angkor Wat Buddhist temple complex, Cambodia’s most famous tourist destination, using South Korean forest management technology. The Korea Forest Service held the first plenary session for the Korea-Cambodia joint operating committee online on Tuesday. The park will be set up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Monday that it will start an official development assistance (ODA) project that will establish a shellfish farm in Northern Vietnam and transfer relevant technology. The Korea Forest Service plans to utilize a 330-hectare mangrove forest that is being established in Vietnam as [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Guatemala has sent a word of appreciation to the South Korean government for setting a foundation for turning lands devastated by climate change into forests, South Korea’s overseas aid agency said Tuesday. “We’d like to thank the South Korean government for their support in recovering the forests in Alta [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s flagship carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday that as part of its eco-friendly activities, it signed a business agreement with the Mapo District Office to establish the ‘SKYPASS Forest’ within the Gyeongui Line Forest Park. The construction for the third section (between Gajwa and DMC stations) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of some 170 fans of BTS member V, together with an environmental group, on Wednesday dedicated a grove they built alongside Seoul’s Han River to the K-pop star. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement said the grove of four zelkova and some 1,200 bridal-wreath trees, named Forest [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO has embarked on a project to restore deforested areas through partnerships with a string of domestic and international companies. On Saturday, POSCO held a tree planting event in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province along with Australian mining giant BHP Group Ltd. and local social enterprise [...]