Korea s 300 million tree harvest plan to reduce carbon emission irks activists
Posted : 2021-05-27 08:36
Updated : 2021-05-27 16:07
In this May 6, 2020, file photo, trees are felled at the top of a mountain behind Indong Community Office in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. The trees were cut down even before the district office launched an official business plan as to what to do with the land, according to a report by the Hankook Ilbo, sister paper of The Korea Times. Korea Times file
By Ko Dong-hwan
A major plan by Korea s state forest watchdog to harvest old trees in order to meet the country s goal of completely eradicating local carbon emissions by 2050 has drawn criticism from environmental activists, who say the plan is near-sighted and puts the country s long-conserved forests at risk.