The urgent need to diversify forest products accident insurance items in South Korea

(Muan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = The National Assembly Legislative Investigation Office is drawing attention by taking a position that it is necessary to introduce forest product accident insurance. Currently, 60 items are applied to agricultural products, whereas only 7 items are covered by forest product disaster insurance. Seo Sam-seok (Yeongam, Muan, and Sinan), a member of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock Food, Marine and Fisheries Committee, pointed out at the National Forest Service audit on the 12th, "It is urgent to introduce forest product disaster insurance so that foresters can stably conduct forestry." According to the 'Necessity of Introduction and Expansion of Forest Product Disaster Insurance' submitted by the Korea Forest Service, the importance of conservation and maintenance of public functions such as carbon absorption is increasing, but forest products (trees) are in a blind spot in responding to disasters. In the event of ...