
구미국유림관리소는 소나무재선충병 확산 방지를 위해 대구시, 경북도 및 인근 지자체 공무원과 전문가가 참석한 가운데 제2차 지역방제 협의회를 개최하고 상반기 방제실적 및 하반기 방제계획을 공유하며 지역 맞춤형 방제전략을 논의했다고 밝혔다.
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소나무재선충병은 소나무에 치명적인 피해를 주는 병충해로, 전국적으로 확산 우려가 커지고 있어 지자체 및 산림 당국 간 협력이 강조되고 있다.
구미국유림관리소는 소나무재선충병 확산 대응과 방제 강화를 위해 제2차 지역방제 협의회를 개최했다고 5일 밝혔다.
전날 관리소에서 열린 협의회에는 대구시, 경북도, 구미·김천·상주·경산시청 및 성주·고령·청도군청 담당 공무원과 한국산림재난안전기술공단 등의 전문가가 참석했다.
회의에서는 상반기 방제실적과 하반기 방제계획을 공유하고 지역 상황을 고려한 방제전략을 논의했다.
관리소는 앞서 중요 소나무림 보호 등을 위해 공동방제 구역을 당초 고령군에서 김천시·상주시로 조정하고 각 지자체와 업무협약을 체결한 바 있다.
박소영 구미국유림관리소장은 "소나무재선충병은 국가적 산림재난으로 대응을 위해서는 지역의 협조가 필요하다"며 "소나무림을 청정 숲으로 만드는 데 최선을 다하겠다"고 말했다.
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하반기 방제계획에 따라 공동방제 구역 내 소나무재선충병 확산 속도가 둔화될 것이다.
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The Masan Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it will promote marine accident prevention measures, including management of vulnerable vessels, safety inspection of passenger ships, and operation of a special traffic response team, from this month to November to welcome the fall season when fishing and marine tourism increases.

Due to the Liberation Day holiday and heavy rain in the southern region at the end of August, the agricultural water storage rate in the Gyeongnam region recovered to 83.5% of the normal level, virtually eliminating the extreme drought, and 15 cities and counties returned to normal.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced that it will downgrade the heat wave disaster warning from 'severe' to 'alert' level as of 10 p.m. on the 4th and lift the emergency duty of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters as of 10 p.m. on the 4th, based on the results of monitoring heat wave disaster crisis signs. Accordingly, the heat wave emergency response service, which began operation on July 27th, will end after 40 days of operation until today.

One to two Spoon-billed Sandpipers, a critically endangered species with only about 500 remaining in the world, are being observed in the Gochang mudflats every year from 2023, and Gochang-gun is carrying out a campaign to protect migratory birds and preserve the mudflat ecosystem.

On the southern coast of Gyeongnam, 643,000 farmed fish and abalone died in one day due to high temperatures, causing property damage worth more than 1.5 billion won. The accumulated damage since the end of July has exceeded 15.8 billion won, and a high temperature warning is currently in effect along the southern coast.

Amid casualties from large-scale debris flow disasters that occurred in the Himalayan region bordering China and Nepal, concerns were raised about frequent glacial disasters in areas such as the Qingzang Plateau due to global warming. Experts pointed to bedrock collapse as the main cause in addition to glacier instability and emphasized the need for a new early warning system.