Gwonseon-gu Implements Pest Control for Urban Forests

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Gwonseon-gu, Suwon announced on the 6th that it will implement systematic pest control and disease prevention measures for urban forests, beginning with stem injection treatment on cherry trees along Hwanggujicheon Stream.

Recently, the risk of outbreak and spread of various pests and diseases such as box tree moth, aphids, white spotted tussock moth, and forsythia sawfly in forests, green spaces, street trees, and urban parks has been increasing.

The district will conduct focused management including early surveillance and control, occurrence surveys, promotion of citizen reporting, and strengthened surveillance activities to prevent damage in advance. In addition, it will operate a forest pest control task force and implement customized control measures by type.