DAEJEON, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Forest Service (KFS) will be pushing ahead with plans to foster local towns and social enterprises that take advantage of forest products. The KFS revealed today that it will support 18 community and social enterprises this year, expanding the figure to include 212 enterprises by 2022. According [...]
DAEJEON, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting June 28, a “tree doctor” system will be implemented that allows trees at apartment complexes, schools and parks to have their care entrusted to tree experts. According to the Korea Forest Service, public health was put at risk as non-professionals previously assigned to care for trees in residential [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental authorities in South Korea will tackle fine dust problems by planting a double row of trees along streets nationwide. According to the Korea Forest Service (KFS) on Wednesday, according to new plans for urban green infrastructure over two rows of trees will be planted along streets across the country [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As brutal heat waves continue to hit South Korea, urban forests that work as naturally sourced air-conditioning systems are drawing attention. According to data released by the Korea Forest Service (KFS) on Wednesday, a thermo-graphic camera showed the average temperature in urban forests is between 4.5 and 2.3 Celsius degrees [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing global interest in the safety and eco-friendly benefits offered by wood buildings, the Korea Forest Service is pitching the pros of wood building to the South Korean construction market, with plans to build a number of tall buildings using structural wood in the next five years. Speaking to [...]
DAEJEON, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A colony of 100-year old black locust trees has been found at Gwangreung Forest in Seoul. The 133 giant trees are the legacy of an afforestation project that took place during the Japanese occupation era, which until recently was only known in record books. The Korea Forest Service (KFRI) [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service signed a cooperation agreement with the Natural Resources Canada to put in concerted effort in the field of forestry. Under the terms of the agreement reached on September 22, the two countries will share useful information on sustainable forest management, exchange forestry experts and encourage [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – How many plant and animal species live in Seoul’s forests? The fifth bio-diversity exploration event was held last weekend. The Seoul Metropolitan City Government, in partnership with the Korea Forest Service and Korea National Arboretum, held a 24-hour “BioBlitz” from 2 pm on June 14 (Saturday) to 2 pm [...]