Osan City Plants Over 64,000 Trees Including Lilies

Osan City is holding a large-scale tree-planting campaign across the city from the 28th through next month's 6th to commemorate the 67th Arbor Day and to enhance citizens' awareness of forests, which are drivers of low-carbon green growth and prevention of global warming.

During the tree-planting event held on the 28th, around 100 citizens and civil servants participated in planting 6,000 lily trees in a forest area located in Jigot-dong, Osan City (around Doksan Fortress), which absorb the most carbon dioxide—the primary culprit rapidly accelerating global warming.

This tree-planting campaign is being conducted as an initiative to respond to climate change and pursue low-carbon green growth, creating healthy forests and abundant mountains while developing a tree-planting movement that engages all citizens.

Gwak Sang-uk, Mayor of Osan City, who attended the event, stated, "By implementing this city-wide tree-planting campaign, we can widely promote the value of forests and trees, and tree-planting events are essential to address the global issue of global warming, yellow dust, and desertification," emphasizing, "Let us work together to resolve global environmental problems and build an active and prosperous Osan."