DAEJEON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Urban areas with more green spaces have a lower level of microplastics, research showed Thursday. A joint research team consisting of the National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul National University and anti-pests company Cesco, analyzed the quantity and composition of microplastics (diameter of higher than 20 micrometers, equivalent to the [...]
DAEJEON, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly passed a bill Wednesday on the creation and management of urban forests, giving momentum to the urban forest development project that the Korea Forest Service (KFS) has been pushing for. Until now, the KFS and local governments have created and managed urban forests based on the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey showed that Seoul has the lowest availability of urban green space per capita in South Korea. According to the Korea Forest Service, the urban green space available for each resident of Seoul last year was no more than 4.38㎡, which was the smallest tally among 17 cities and [...]
SUWON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province plans to expand its urban forest by 2022 to tackle fine dust. The city announced on Monday that it plans to reduce average fine dust levels by 30 percent before 2022, by expanding urban green spaces by 30 percent. Tree planting, covering urban [...]
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, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Urban forests are thought to be one of the most effective tools to tackle fine dust, as a new report has revealed neighborhoods surrounding parks and mountains can experience reductions in airborne fine dust of up to 40 percent compared to other areas. According to statistics published by the National [...]