Residents' Inconvenience Expected... Gyeongnam Province Begins Removing Kudzu Vines Damaging Forests

Gyeongsangnam-do will carry out kudzu vine removal work from June to October.

On the 8th, Gyeongnam Province announced that it will focus on removing vines in afforestation areas within forests, residents' living areas, walking paths, and major occurrence sites by deploying personnel for vine removal projects and public forest management.

Vine removal workers and public forest maintenance personnel are removing kudzu vines.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government]

According to the province, kudzu vines are known as harmful plants that have strong vitality and continuously reproduce, hindering the growth of trees and damaging forests.

They harm urban landscapes and ecological environments and invade walking paths, obstructing passage.

A provincial official emphasized that the timing and method of vine removal must be determined according to the life cycle of kudzu.

It was explained that from March to April, before the active growth of kudzu vines, roots should be removed from the previous year's occurrence sites; from May to October, before the formation of the perennial stem base of kudzu, herbicide application and vine winding should be conducted; and from November to December, during the dormancy preparation period and stem death period of kudzu vines, roots should be removed from reoccurrence sites.

Kang Myeonghyo, head of the Forest Management Division, said, “We will continue to promote the kudzu vine removal project and do our best to protect the forest ecosystem.”