Ganghwa County Selected as Outstanding Institution in 2021 National Local Government Joint Evaluation by Korea Forest Service

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Shin Eun-seop] Ganghwa County announced on the 27th that it was selected as an outstanding institution in the forestry sector in the '2021 National Joint Evaluation of Local Governments' led by the Korea Forest Service.

In this evaluation, the county received excellent ratings across all forestry sector assessment categories including ▲establishing a landslide prevention and response system ▲achieving sustainable forest resource goals ▲forest fire prevention performance achievement.

In particular, the county received superior evaluations compared to other local governments in protecting and managing forest resources by implementing ▲six vulnerable area erosion control projects for landslide prevention ▲2.7km of newly constructed forest roads ▲11ha of afforestation projects to foster forest resources ▲forest management activities covering 783ha.

Additionally, the county has established a forest fire response center to build a rapid response system in the event of forest fires, and is making every effort to protect residents' safety and property and minimize forest damage through forest fire prevention activities.

A county official said, "As we are a region with abundant forest resources, we will do our best to protect forests to enhance the public value of forest resources and expand leisure and green welfare spaces through forests."