Gyeongbuk Region Wildfire Damaged Trees Transformed into Wooden Building Materials

[Financial News] The wildfire damaged trees from the Gyeongbuk region, where large-scale wildfires occurred this spring, will be used as materials for wooden buildings. 
 The Korea Forest Service recently announced on the 14th that it held a joint public-private working meeting with Gyeongbuk Province, Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province, Chungju and Jecheon Cities in Chungbuk Province, Yeongyang County in Gyeongbuk, the Korea Wood Culture Promotion Association, and the Korea Domestic Wood Cooperative, and agreed to work together to utilize wildfire damaged trees in public sector wooden construction projects.
 The utilization of wildfire damaged trees in the Gyeongbuk region will proceed by processing trees such as pine trees, which can be used for construction, into lumber and using them as materials for public sector wooden buildings. The public buildings where wildfire damaged trees will be used as construction materials include △ the National Wood Culture Experience Center in Seoul City △ the Wood Education Comprehensive Center in Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province △ the Wood Culture Center in Chungju City △ the Woraksan Tourist Information Center in Jecheon City.
 To ensure the smooth utilization of wildfire damaged trees, the Korea Forest Service plans to process the damaged trees at the Korea Domestic Wood Cooperative in Jecheon City this year, and from next year, process them at the Wood Resource Center being established in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk.
 Eun-sik Park, Director of the Forest Industry Policy Bureau of the Korea Forest Service, said, “We are quickly promoting the removal of hazardous trees to restore the large wildfire affected areas to lush forests again this year,” and added, “We will actively work with private companies and local governments to enhance the resource value of wildfire damaged trees.”

kwj5797@fnnews.com Won-jun Kim Reporter