“Pinewood nematode disease, national disaster level response”… Gyeongnam Province, suggestion to Korea Forest Service

(Changwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hoon = Gyeongnam Province announced on the 14th that it has suggested to the Korea Forest Service measures to prevent the spread of pinewood nematode disease, focusing on the need to respond to pinewood nematode disease as a national disaster. Min Ki-sik, Director of the Gyeongnam Province Environment and Forestry Bureau, visited the Korea Forest Service on this day and met with Vice Minister Lee Mi-ra to request that the government revise the law to declare pinewood nematode disease special control areas as special disaster areas, and respond to pinewood nematode disease as a national disaster. Director Min also suggested additional support for control project costs and tree species conversion in areas of mass damage. As pinewood nematode disease damage spreads nationwide, 18 cities and counties in Gyeongnam Province are also suffering significant damage from pinewood nematode disease. As of June, 737,971 ha of pine tree exports were ...